Category: Cryptocurrency News

Op-Ed This story about a rejected government offer was written by Tomas Forgac, friend of Bitcoin.com, early Bitcoin investor and entrepreneur, now focusing on Bitcoin Cash adoption and growth.  *** An unnamed pro-crypto government recently gave Bitcoin.com an unsolicited offer to finance the expansion of operations. While we are grateful for the trust given to us and the bitcoin cash community, we feel we must explain why we would never accept such offer. We also hope our decision inspires others in Read more …

Although the crypto industry has its fair share of over-ardent speculators, many of which are blinded by visions of grandeur, high ceilings, and chandeliers, others in this nascent line of business have erred on the side of caution. One such skeptical optimist, known for his intriguing, yet controversial statements, has even claimed that Bitcoin won’t see a breakout until 2019 at the earliest. Civic CEO Not Sold On Short-Term Bitcoin Bullishness This soothsayer in question is Vinny Lingham, who CNBC recently dubbed Read more …

Blockchain startup Harbor has officially launched its security token compliance platform and is moving to offer digitized shares in a high-rise building located in in South Carolina. Announced Tuesday at CoinDesk’s Consensus: Invest event, Harbor is now allowing investors to register to buy shares in apartment block called The Hub at Columbia, owned by the real-estate wing of DRW Holdings, Convexity Properties. There are 955 shares – represented by 955 tokens – available at a cost of $21,000 apiece. The company, which raised Read more …

Messari, an open-source cryptocurrency-focused version of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database, is launching a disclosure registry for token-issuing projects to publicly share information that might otherwise be difficult to find. The registry, announced Tuesday at CoinDesk’s Consensus: Invest event, will share a range of typically non-public information, including token design, supply details, any audits of the technology, official communication channels, treasury management and details of team members. Messari founder Ryan Selkis told CoinDesk that the platform is Read more …

Bitcoin market has plunged by more than 80 percent across the spot markets. But that hasn’t deterred the world’s second largest stock exchange from eyeing it. The Nasdaq Stock Market is reportedly looking to list Bitcoin futures on its exchange by Q1 2019, according to a Bloomberg report. The New York exchange operator is taking care of the concerns raised by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the US’s chief swaps regulator, to ensure a smooth launch of a Bitcoin Read more …

Bitstamp, one of the oldest cryptocurrency exchanges, is upgrading its tech arsenal in a bid to attract institutional investors. The exchange announced Tuesday that it’s implementing the Irisium Surveillance platform to monitor for suspicious activity and market manipulation. Following Bitstamp’s recent partnership with Cinnober, a tech provider for mainstream financial markets and a partial owner of Irisium, the crypto exchange will now adopt a tool that entities such as Asia Pacific Exchange Pte Ltd (APEX) use to detect illicit behavior. “We are Read more …

The Daily In this edition of The Daily, we detail the reduced role that tether is playing at the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange and the progress being made in adding bitcoin futures to the world’s second largest stock exchange. We also round up the latest progress being made in the security token space. Also read: Petition to Free Ross Ulbricht Gathers 100,000 Signatures Binance Tiptoes Away From Tether Like many exchanges, Binance has sought to reduce its exposure to tether (USDT) Read more …

Bitcoin will bottom out after totaling a plunge of 85% since its all-time high, says Anthony Pompliano. The Morgan Creek Digital Partner told CNBC during a grilling interview that it is normal for Bitcoin to undergo bear cycles every once a while. He acknowledged the digital currency’s relevance as a secure transaction settlement layer, adding that such use cases would never let Bitcoin become a worthless asset.  “Bitcoin has been the best performing asset class in the last ten year,” Read more …

A group of 10 companies focused on cryptocurrencies and financial services have formed a new group aimed at standardizing a code of conduct for the still-nascent digital asset space. Announced Tuesday, the Association for Digital Market Assets, or ADAM, is backed by founding members Galaxy Digital, Genesis Global Trading, GSR, Hudson River Trading, Paxos, Symbiont, BitOoda Technologies, BTIG, Cumberland and XBTO. Together, the companies are pitching conduct voluntary rules to cover the areas of efficient trading, custody, clearing and digital asset settlement, Read more …

Twitter Facebook LinkedIn CCN is expanding. Are you our next full-time journalist from the West Coast USA? Send us your CV and examples here. The world’s second largest stock exchange Nasdaq is planning to introduce a Bitcoin futures market within the first quarter of 2019. Sources told Bloomberg that Nasdaq has been cooperating with the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to receive regulatory approval to operate as a compliant cryptocurrency futures market operator. The report read: “Nasdaq has been Read more …

Crypto payment processor BitPay issued advice on its official blog yesterday, Nov. 26, for users of its open-source Bitcoin (BTC) wallet Copay, which has reportedly been compromised by malicious code. The vulnerability pertains to a third-party Node.js module, also known as an “event stream,” which is used in versions 5.0.2 through 5.1.0 of BitPay’s Copay and BitPay apps. According to a GitHub issue report, this module was modified to load malware that is capable of stealing users’ private keys. BitPay’s Read more …