Winklevoss Twins: Bitcoin (BTC) Will Surpass Gold’s $7 Trillion Market Cap
After a 3-year hiatus, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the founders of Gemini Trust, a New York-based digital currency exchange and custodian, took to Reddit to field questions in an official “Ask Me Anything” (AMA). Cameron Winklevoss ✔@winklevoss It’s been 3 years since my last #RedditAMA w/ @tylerwinklevoss! Come join us in 10 minutes (at 1pm ET) and ask us anything! https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/adk0ua/we_are_cameron_and_tyler_winklevoss_cofounders_of/ … […]
US Department of Energy to Fund Blockchain Research Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced federal funding of up to $4.8 million for universities working on R&D projects, including those related to blockchain. Announced Monday, the funding is being made available through the department’s Office of Fossil Energy as a part of the “University Training and Research” initiative aimed to develop fossil energy applications. […]
Bitcoin IRA Launches White-Label Solution for Enterprises The solution is targeted to the financial advisors and wealth managers.
Los Angeles-based cryptocurrency company Bitcoin IRA has announced the launch of a turnkey white-label solution for enterprise businesses. Targeted to financial advisors, registered investment advisors (RIAs), wealth managers and other licensed money managers, this system will allow their customers to invest in Bitcoin-based retirement funds. Discover iFX EXPO, Your Gateway to Asian Markets! Commenting on the launch […]
US Bill Filed To Exempt Bitcoin From Securities Law
In the US state of Colorado, two lawmakers have recently introduced legislation which looks to exempt cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum and other digital tokens from securities law. Late last week, the Republican Jack Tate and the Democrat Stephen Fenberg both filed a bill called the “Colorado Digital Token Act”. This act proposes that digital tokens with […]
Ethereum Classic’s Price Stumbles Amid Suspected 51% Attack
The price of ethereum classic (ETC) is pulling back as a result of a recently reported attack that resulted in a series of blockchain history rewrites. At press time, ETC is trading at an average price of $5.01 – down more than 7.5 percent in the past 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. ETC had fallen to an intraday […]
UK Crypto Exchange Coinfloor to Launch Trading of Physically Delivered Bitcoin Futures
CoinfloorEX, a unit of the United Kingdom cryptocurrency exchange Coinfloor, has been reorganized to offer trading of physical Bitcoin futures on the Asian market. The CEO of the company has revealed this in an interview with Bloomberg on Monday, Jan. 7. The rebranded CoinFLEX — short for Coin Futures and Lending Exchange — is reportedly owned by a consortium that includes Roger Ver, […]
Litecoin (LTC) Surges Another 11% to Overtake Stellar (XLM) for 6th Place
On Sunday (January 6th), Litecoin (LTC) surged over 11%, in the process overtaking Stellar Lumens (XLM) to become the sixth most valuable cryptocurrency (by market cap). At press time (18:00 UTC), according to CryptoCompare, Litecoin is trading at $39.73 for a $2.38 billion market cap, while Stellar Lumens is trading at 0.1208 for a $2.31 billion market cap. […]
Bitcoin Drops to $3,800 as Analyst Points to Incoming Institutional Investor Inflows
Bitcoin, the number one cryptocurrency by market cap is on its way to close its 10th consecutive session below the $4,000 mark, which has been seemingly acting as a resistance since December 28. According to CryptoCompare data, BTC is currently trading at roughly $3,800 after falling 0.65% in the last 24-hour period. Remaining below the $4,000 […]
Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Bullish Above $3,700, Overstock Path Paving
Latest Bitcoin News Aside from Bakkt, the never-ending wait for US SEC to comment or even approve Bitcoin ETF, the crypto and Bitcoin sphere is bereft of market-moving news. True, there are essential updates from time to time and what dominates right now is Overstock plans of “paying” their commercial activity taxes (CAT) using Bitcoin […]
Coinbase Exec Leaves Crypto Exchange for Stablecoin Issuer
Another alumnus of Coinbase has left the cryptocurrency industry unicorn for a smaller startup. Vaishali Mehta, who worked as a senior compliance manager at Coinbase from November 2017 to November 2018, joined TrustToken last month as head of compliance, according to her LinkedIn profile. TrustToken, the company behind the TrueUSD stablecoin, confirmed the hire. Neither Coinbase nor […]