Top Stories Last Week Ethereum completes Istanbul hard fork It’s happened! Ethereum’s much-anticipated shift to Istanbul has been completed, and the system-wide update came into force when the network passed block #9069000 late on Saturday night. Vitalik Buterin claims capacity now…
By 2030, the demand for alternative currencies will rise, with digital currencies eventually replacing cash, according to the research of Deutsche Bank. In the “Imagine 2030” report, Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid raised awareness of the challenges the existing fiat system has…
Kenneth Blanco – Director of The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) ) – said that Anti-Money Laundering (AML) laws will be strictly enforced in the world of cryptocurrencies. On Nov 15, Blanco made clear that cryptocurrency companies engaged in…
The end of 2019 is happening with many interesting events. The current Coinmarketcap (CMC) event at Victoria Theater (Singapore) is still bringing more curiosity to the audiences. The founders of CMC (Brandon Chez) and Capital (Sunny King) are shown up…
You’ve got your costume picked out, candy buckets filled, and party all planned — all that’s left to do for the best Halloween ever is put your knowledge to the test. How much do you really know about Halloween? Turns…
Fiat payment gateways are no longer the enemy of bitcoin. Today the fiat and crypto worlds are bridged and doing business. Many centralized payment processors have learned to live with decentralized currency. Enemies become Frenemies In the early days of…
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) laws apply to everyone. The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Kenneth Blanco spoke at the University of Georgetown where he made it clear. On Oct. 21, banking trade publication American Banker reported that Blanco said that fintech…
One of Germany’s largest cooperative banks has begun charging its retail customers a negative interest rate. While the European Central Bank cut the deposit rate to a record low, other major banks could follow it up. Deutsche Bank recently said…
France is apparently seeing a surge in cryptocurrency adoption. In late September, over 25,000 points-of-sale of 30 French retailers had been installed. Including sportswear giant Decathlon and cosmetics store Sephora will start accepting BTC payments by early 2020. As earlier…
On Monday, a number of cryptocurrencies gained between 2-5% over the course of the day. Crypto prices have held steady into the next day and many digital assets will likely test key resistance levels in order to press forward. Strong…
Bitcoin (BTC) $ 7,114.46 0.22%
Ethereum (ETH) $ 142.72 0.34%
Litecoin (LTC) $ 43.45 0.08%
Monero (XMR) $ 50.77 1.48%