Going by recent headlines, it appears as though central banks around the world are planning to or in the process of creating their own digital currencies.The coins, by their disruptive nature, are bound to attract attention from these banks. And with Facebook’s plans to launch the Libra, there are ever-growing challenges to their monetary authority…
According to a report from the AFP News Agency, France’s central bank will be launching a digital asset (decisively different than a crypto asset) in the coming year.France to Launch Digital CurrencyThe outlet reported via Twitter, the Bank of France’s governor, Francois Villeroy de Galhau, said in a recent statement that his organization will start…
As 2019 nears its apex, it’s time to take a look back at the projects that crushed it this year. Crypto startups that shrugged off bearish market conditions, community apathy and industry in-fighting, and focused on shipping clean code and great products. There’s a lot of noise in the cryptosphere, but the following projects cut…
The token issuance market is currently dominated by ERC-20 standard tokens issued on the basis of the Ethereum protocol. Credits is a new infrastructure provider acting as a public blockchain platform for tokenization. After 2 years of hard work for development of the company’s product infrastructure, Credits is ready to shine. This is confirmed by…
Online payment services firm Skrill has announced the expansion of its cryptocurrency offering. With its crypto-to-crypto buy and sell service, Skrill users will now be able to use Bitcoin to buy other cryptocurrencies, making transactions on the platform faster and lower-cost. It comes after the UK-based firm first introduced its Cryptocurrency Service last year. Before…
The cryptocurrency space has seemingly revived in 2019. After a massive blood-letting through the course of 2018, the space has begun to regain a new life. The price of Bitcoin, for example, increased over 400% through the first half of the year. While this trend has reversed in part, the overall movement of the industry…
Today, November 26, 2019, KuCoin, an IDG-backed crypto exchange, and fiat on-ramp service, Banxa, announced a strategic partnership to launch instant fiat to crypto conversions for all KuCoin users. The new partnership allows KuCoin’s customers to buy Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) with Australia Dollar (AUD) and British Pound (GBP) directly, using bank transfers, debit/credit…
OKEx, the largest digital assets exchange platform has achieved yet another milestone with the CryptoCompare Exchange Benchmark report placing it among the top 10 cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, at number 6. This is not the first time OKEx has been featured in the CryptoCompare reports. In fact, recently the platform was listed as the…
Following the listing of Tezos (XTZ) token on OKEx earlier this month, the world’s leading digital asset exchange and trading platform has now announced the launch of Tezos Baking (staking) Service on OKEx Pool (Get to Know OKEx Pool). By availing the staking service for the 21st leading cryptocurrency in the market, users can achieve…
U.K.: Crypto-assets are legally equivalent to property, clearing the way for businesses to use digital currencies backed by blockchain technology, a high-powered group of legal experts chaired by a senior member of the judiciary reported today. The panel urged commercial lawyers to prepare for the disruptive impact of digital coins and associated technologies on the…