Category: Cryptocurrency
Nasdaq will launch two new indices tracking cryptocurrency prices on Feb 25. Bitcoin Liquid Index ( BLX) and the Ethererum Liquid Index (ELX). The indices, will offer real-time price updates in thirdy-second intervals for clients using NASDAQ’s Global Index Data Service (GIDS). According to Nasdaq Trader: Effective Monday, February 25, 2019, Nasdaq, through its data dissemination relationship […]
Opera Mobile Browser – The Norwegian browser-maker Opera has announced that Opera users will not be able to buy cryptocurrencies direct from their website browser. However, will enable users to buy cryptocurrencies directly on their smartphones using Opera for Android. The app features a digital wallet top up option via an integration with Sweden’s online […]
Canada’s largest cryptocurrency QuadrigaCX exchange is unable to access millions in digital currency following the sudden death of its founder. It seems that they took security seriously as only the CEO knows the password. Quadriga has filed for creditor protection and estimates that about C$180m ($137m; £105m) in cryptocurrency coins is missing. It has not […]
UAE Central bank and the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA), have announced a digital currency called Aber. The news was reported by the National Saudi Press Agency on Jan 29. The use of Aber, digital currency, will be limited to financial settlements using distributed ledger technologies (DLT) “on a probational basis and for exclusive use by […]
Coinbase, one of the most popular and trusted crypto platforms in the world, has announced that it will expand its newly developed custodial services into the Asia market. The move is seen as two-fold. First, to attract major institutional players in the region and to provide custodial services for crypto exchanges in need of another layer of protection […]
European cryptocurrency trading platform, Blockport, is coming out of beta and goes into full launch to offer trading with social sharing and bank connectivity. Blockport claims to have had paying-user conversion rates that are four to five times higher than those of Coinbase in the time since the beta launch in August 2018. Over the […]
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the results of its assessment of the applicability and suitability of EU law to crypto-assets. Typically, crypto-asset activities do not constitute regulated services within the scope of EU banking, payments and electronic money law, and risks exist for consumers that are not addressed at the EU level. Crypto-asset […]
Bakkt, a digital asset platform created by the Intercontinental Exchange, has completed its first funding round, securing an investment from Li Ka-shing, a renowned Hong Kong billionaire and one of the wealthiest men on the planet. Li Ka-Shing Leads Investment Round For Bakkt Bakkt, a cryptocurrency platform backed by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) had completed […]
As it is known, cryptocurrency is supposed to guaranteed, that no one can spend the same coin twice. Every transaction ever made with Bitcoin, is recorded in a database that anyone can access. The database is called blockchain and its supposed to keep everyone honest. However, Coinbase has publicly announced through a blog post that […]
