Circle Offers New ‘Buy the Market’ Feature
Circle, the cryptocurrency brokerage service, has released a new “Buy the Market” feature on its investing app in a new update. The new feature allows retail investors to purchase market cap-weighted positions in the various cryptocurrencies listed on the platform....
What the World’s Richest Men Think About Cryptocurrency
Throughout history, when new emerging technologies or industries come to market, the “common people” often turn to the successful entrepreneurs and previous generation of innovators to see what they think, and to gauge their reactions. Cryptocurrency is no exception,...
Russia and Iran Could Use Cryptocurrency to Evade Sanctions
Two countries currently facing sanctions from a number of Western countries, Russia and Iran, are discussing potential ways to utilize cryptocurrency to help reduce their dependence on US dollar-based commerce. Iran’s fiat currency, the rial, has reached historically...
Banks will Begin Trading Cryptocurrency Sooner than you Think
Amber Baldet is the former head of J.P. Morgan’s blockchain arm. And while she is no longer on Wall Street, having stepped down from her role at JP Morgan early last month, the former institution insider believes that major banks like her former one entering the...
First Multi-Cryptocurrency ATM Spotted in South Africa
South Africa continues to take strides toward becoming more ingrained with Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Last month a survey showed a growing number of South Africans adopting cryptocurrency, and now the city of Johannesburg is taking advantage of that, making it easier...
Apple’s Steve Wozniak says Ethereum could be the next Apple
Steve Wozniak is a legend in the tech space, and for justifiable reasons. In his recent years, he has turned into more of a celebrity spokesperson than a tech luminary, though, and has stayed in the public eye through appearances on TV, in films, and speaking at...
Kraken Looks to Pursue SEC Regulation
US based trading platform, Kraken, is likely to register with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a broker-dealer and as an alternative trading system (ATS) according to CEO Jesse Powell, speaking at Consensus. “We would probably get registered as a...
Bitcoin Halving: What It Is And How It Will Affect The Future Of The Cryptocurrency
When Satoshi Nakamoto invented Bitcoin in 2009, he already set the maximum number of Bitcoins that could be mined, which is 21 million Bitcoins. Due to its limited supply accompanied by the social media frenzy surrounding cryptocurrencies, the value and demand for...
ICON Announces Partnership with Messaging Giant, LINE
Four months ago, Japan's most popular messaging service, LINE, announced it was looking to enter the crypto space. LINE has continued to keep learning more about the blockchain industry and advanced projects happening within it. This week, LINE announced that by way...
Bitcoin Cash 32MB Block Fork Successful!
9 months out from the split with BTC, and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is exploding past the other coins in the cryptosphere. As of 16:00 UTC on May 15th, The Bitcoin Cash blockchain has successfully implemented its network upgrade to become the first SHA-256 chain that can...