Coinmarketcap made changes in its ranking methodology to ensure crypto assets have been fairer ranked. The new approach will help to make a comparative assessment of crypto-asset. As a result, CMC would need additional data from exchanges. The new standards apply to both the exchange ranking pages, as well as...
Japan’s SBI Holdings yesterday announced that the firm will payout Interim Shareholder Benefits to shareholders in XRP cryptocurrency. The company will give 30 XRP cryptocurrency to each of the shareholders who hold 100 shares or more of SBI Holdings as of September 30, 2019. Eligible Shareholders will be notified by...
China’s central bank becomes the first central bank to issue the state-backed digital currency. According to the former employee of one of the selected institutions, the following seven institutions will receive the digital currency- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China China Construction Bank Corporation Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of...
Brave today mentioned in the blog post addition of crypto wallet feature in its ‘Brave’ browser. The wallet will initially support ETH and most of the ERC-20 standard tokens including its own native cryptocurrency ‘BAT’ and collectibles. Much like Metamask but build into Brave browser, users will have control over...
The U.S. Financial Services Committee after meeting with Swiss regulators remain concerned about Facebook’s plan to create a global cryptocurrency. Swiss officals who were represented in the discussion with U.S. Financial Services Committee are – – State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF), – Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner...
Rakuten group on Monday 19th Aug 2019 announced the launch of their cryptocurrency wallet. The wallet will support the spot trading for following crypto assets – BTC, ETH, and BCH. As per the press release, there will be no fees for purchasing or selling crypto assets or depositing money. So...
Rakuten, Japan’s largest e-commerce and among the world’s largest by sales, often referred to as ‘the Amazon of Japan’ announced today launch of its cryptocurrency wallet. Source: Rakuten’s press release report. The wallet is currently available for Android smartphones and can be used to conduct spot trading of crypto assets....
Bakkt announced today that they have clearance from the New York State Department of Financial Services to launch Bitcoin futures.
Coinbase Custody announced on Thursday, successful acquisition of Xapo’s institutional businesses. Xapo has long been a pioneer in the storage of crypto assets. Best known to house the vault in a decommissioned Swiss military bunker that offers uniquely robust protection against physical theft. With this acquisition, Coinbase Custody has grown...
KakaoTalk which has global monthly active users of 50.9 million recently released a teaser of its cryptocurrency wallet ‘Klip’. The wallet is been developed by Kakao’s blockchain subsidiary Ground X. The blockchain platform is expected to be launched later this year. Since the teaser, a number of dApp partners and...
