Category: Cryptocurrency

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 […]