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Cryptocurrencies Will Become Mainstream in 10 Years, Says eToro and Imperial College Research

New research from global investing platform and crypto exchange eToro and the Imperial College London has found that cryptocurrencies have the potential of becoming a mainstream form of payment in the next 10 years. In the research paper, Cryptocurrencies: Overcoming Barriers to Trust and Adoption, it highlights that digital currencies already fulfil one in three… Continue reading Cryptocurrencies Will Become Mainstream in 10 Years, Says eToro and Imperial College Research

Bitcoin Hashrate Growth Continues At Astonishing Pace

The hashrate securing the Bitcoin network continues to soar, surging to over 40 EH/s in June 2018 despite several months of downward pressure on Bitcoin prices. Current hashrate is now well over double the 2017 peak of around 13 EH/s, or to frame it differently, hashrate has increased by over 100% across four months. Such… Continue reading Bitcoin Hashrate Growth Continues At Astonishing Pace

Regtech Firm IdentityMind Shares Insights and Predictions on Cryptocurrency Market, ICOs

IdentityMind, a Californian regtech company that serves cryptocurrency exchanges among other clients, believes that these platforms will witness explosive growth in the coming months, the company said on Tuesday. According to Neal Reiter, director of the ICO and virtual currency business unit of IdentityMind, there’s tremendous growth in cryptocurrency exchanges but most people just aren’t… Continue reading Regtech Firm IdentityMind Shares Insights and Predictions on Cryptocurrency Market, ICOs

Status and OmiseGo Team Up to Advance the Web3 Ecosystem

Ethereum-based mobile operating system Status has announced that it is partnering up with OmiseGO, a network providing financial inclusion and interoperability, and Plasma scalability research, to advance the web3 ecosystem. According to an announcement, the partnership will see Status and OmiseGO working to ensure seamless integration of the OMG Network decentralised exchange (DEX), where Status will… Continue reading Status and OmiseGo Team Up to Advance the Web3 Ecosystem

Philippines Central Bank Approves 2 Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Two new cryptocurrency exchanges have been authorized by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Philippines’ central bank, to process conversions between cyrptocurrencies and the Philippine peso. BSP’s deputy governor Chuchi G. Fonacier said the Philippines central has approved applications filed by Virtual Currency Philippines, Inc. and ETranss as platforms, reports the Philippine Star. This… Continue reading Philippines Central Bank Approves 2 Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Swiss Stock Exchange Operator SIX to Launch DLT-Based Exchange for Digital Assets

SIX, the financial services provider that operates the infrastructure of the Swiss Stock Exchange, is building a fully integrated trading, settlement and custody infrastructure for digital assets. The first set of services will be rolled out in the first half of 2019, the firm said on Friday. The move aims to position the firm as… Continue reading Swiss Stock Exchange Operator SIX to Launch DLT-Based Exchange for Digital Assets

Op-ed: Why Altcoins Can’t Use Marketing Budgets to Overtake Bitcoin

While Bitcoin was simply unleashed upon the world by Satoshi Nakamoto in early 2009, other cryptocurrency projects have had the benefit of raising funds through crowdfunding campaigns before the projects have even launched. Additionally, some projects use part of the block reward to pay for things like development and marketing. It is thought that these… Continue reading Op-ed: Why Altcoins Can’t Use Marketing Budgets to Overtake Bitcoin

CoinDeal Becomes an Official Partner of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club

New, but fast-growing cryptocurrency exchange CoinDeal is quickly building a name for itself in the world of cryptocurrency, and more recently football. As well as now offering fiat currency transfers, CoinDeal is sponsoring Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club as part of a marketing campaign to reach more cryptocurrency users with details of the reputable exchange. “It… Continue reading CoinDeal Becomes an Official Partner of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club

Introducing Top eToro Popular Investor, Wes Nolte

Wes Nolte, a 30-something South African-born chief technology officer based in London, describes his trading style as “diverse, risk-balanced, and bodacious”. It’s an approach that appears to work, given that he is one of the most-copied Popular Investors (PIs) on the pioneering global investment and trading platform eToro. “I have a relatively low-risk trading strategy… Continue reading Introducing Top eToro Popular Investor, Wes Nolte

Report: More than US$750M Stolen from Crypto Exchanges in First Half of 2018

The first half of 2018 has seen more than US$750 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen from exchanges, nearly three times as much as in all of 2017. The losses could rise to US$1.5 billion this year, according to a new report by CipherTrace, a US-based cybersecurity firm that develops blockchain security, anti-money laundering (AML) compliance… Continue reading Report: More than US$750M Stolen from Crypto Exchanges in First Half of 2018