Intercontinental Exchange is Launching a Global Platform for Digital Assets by November 2018
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has become a major player since it was founded in the year 2000. The company owns no less than 23 regulated marketplaces and exchanges spanning the financial and commodities markets. Its exchanges include the New York Stock Exchange...
Coinbase Expanding to the U.K.
Coinbase became a little more user-friendly for its UK-based users today, as the platform announced that they are incorporating support for the British Pound (GBP). Coinbase UK Chief Executive Zeeshan Feroz said the move represents "progress towards becoming a primary...
It’s Independence Day, BCH
August 1st is the “Independence Day” of Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and the one-year anniversary of the hard fork from Bitcoin (BTC). Whilst the crypto community is still divided, there's no disputing the fact that BCH has had a productive year and that the coin is in a...
Coming Attraction: Crypto Payments at Largest Thai Cineplex Chain!
Thailand is perhaps not the first country that springs to mind when considering the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrency. The south-east Asian state has until recently adopted a fairly hardline stance towards initial coin offerings (ICOs), which seemed to take some...
Gibraltar United Football Club Player’s Salary will be Cryptocurrency in 2019
Gibraltar is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, nestled on the far south-western tip of Spain. The tiny enclave has a land area of under 3 square miles, but boasts geopolitical, economic and strategic influence which belies its size. This weekend Gibraltar...
NASDAQ Cryptophiles Behind Closed Doors?
NASDAQ is the second largest stock exchange in the world with a market capitalization of around $7.8 billion. Nasdaq Inc., who run the exchange as well as eight European stock exchanges, holds around $14 billion in assets and employs over 4,000 people worldwide. Just...
CZ Speaks! And we should all listen.
Changpeng Zhao, or simply “CZ”, is CEO of the crypto world's most influential, fastest growing, highest grossing and most pioneering asset exchange, Binance. With 200k Twitter followers and an estimated net worth in the region of $1.39 billion, Zhao is a force to be...
First Venezuela, Now Iran to Issue GovCoin.
In May, Donald Trump announced that the US would abandon the nuclear agreement and restore sanctions against Iran. Earlier today, the state controlled media outlet Press TV announced that the middle-Eastern country is planning to launch its own cryptocurrency in an...
Government Understeps? CFTC Does Not Regulate Crypto
It is clear that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are the key agency in US crypto regulation, but the role of other regulatory agencies in policy and practice remains largely undefined. One of the key additional agencies in the future regulation of the...
Coinbase Gift Cards Change the Game Again!
Coinbase has announced a cutting edge partnership which will enable crypto to be spent with a host of big name businesses. Working alongside WeGift, the partnership will mean traders can transfer their crypto onto a gift card and spend their funds with Tesco, Uber,...