Category: Cryptocurrency
Another day, another cryptocurrency heist. Hackers have breached over 100 Ripple $XRP▲4.21% (XRP) Ledger wallets managed by service provider GateHub. If that wasn’t bad enough, additional reports suggest the attackers have siphoned off more than $10 million worth of XRP. The company admitted to the security breach in a preliminary statement posted on its website. “Recently, we have […]
Rakuten Wallet is launching a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan, and for this, it has partnered with the security company CipherTrace for all Anti-Money laundering procedures or AML compliance. The information comes from RTT News. The partnership is expected to drive trust and security in the market. Rakuten started accepting account registrations last month from those who […]
Taotao which is owned by Yahoo! Japan confirmed in a Twitter post that it will be launching on May 30. Upon translating, their tweet read: “[Announcement of business start Date] We’ve kept you waiting. ☺️ The virtual currency exchange “TAOTAO” service will start at noon (scheduled) on May 30, 2019 (JST)! Please wait until business […]
Facebook is planning to set up a digital payments system by the first quarter of 2020, which will be available in many countries according to BBC. The social media giant wants to start testing its crypto-currency, which has been referred to internally as GlobalCoin, by the end of this year. Facebook is expected to outline […]
JP Morgan is rolling out the first US bank-backed cryptocurrency As reported by The New York Times, JP Morgan officially became the first major US bank to launch a cryptocurrency called JPM coin that is going to have real-world use. It is a mistake to think that Mr. Dimon is anything but for blockchain, as […]
The next generation blockchain payment system, Terra, announced that it has earned a strategic investment from LuneX Ventures, the crypto-focused investment arm of Golden Gate Ventures. This investment allows Terra to further its expansion through Southeast Asia and Singapore. Terra’s growth owes to an ever-growing eCommerce alliance across Asia. This alliance holds a collective annual […]
eToroX, the blockchain division of global investment company eToro, has today announced the addition of two commodity-stablecoins – eToro Gold (GOLDX) and eToro Silver (SLVX), two further fiat-stablecoins – eToro Ruble (RUBX) and eToro Yuan (CNYX) – plus 15 fiat pairs to its crypto exchange. The new instruments added to the eToroX exchange are: 2 […]
Coinbase Visa is powered by customers’ Coinbase account crypto balalances, giving them the ability to pay in-store and online using bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin and more. The visa debit card will let UK customers to spend crypto as effortlessly as the money in thei bank. Customers can use their card in millions of locations around the […]
Facebook is seeking USD 1 billion in external funding for its forthcoming stable coin that is building within the blockchain division of the company. The company has been tight-lipped about the purpose and progress of the coin, but Facebook has so far hired at least 30 people to the division with David Marcus – former […]
Payments and e-commerce crypto Dash has just been listed on the Australian-based exchange, Jinance (formally known as String Exchange). The integration features the first AUD-Dash trading pair and in addition to this it incorporates Dash’s InstantSend technology, enabling fast and seamless transactions. Jinance will leverage automated InstantSend for outgoing transactions, a feature introduced as part […]
