Binance Launchpad’s regular sale token events have already entered into some sort of public consciousness and the recent launch of Elrond project can only confirm why Binance is now seen as a positive influencer of the blockchain space. Let’s look at the numbers surrounding the recent Binance Launchpad lottery conducted for the Elrond project. According […]
Continue ReadingAccording to recent data from Etherscan, the daily number of Ethereum transactions increased at the end of June to surpass 1 million for the first time in 2019. Last time 1 million daily transactions were observed on Ethereum blockchain was in May 2018, almost a year ago before the crypto winter started to dominate the […]
Continue ReadingLedgerX, a BTC derivatives provider, was approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to deliver futures contracts that will be settled in Bitcoin. LedgerX applied to CFTC for a Designated Contract Market (DCM) license which allows the company to offer futures contracts to its customers. It is worth mentioning that LedgerX is one of […]
Continue ReadingBinance announced the release of a Bitcoin-pegged token BTCB that will be backed by a reserve of actual BTC permitting users to use the new coin on Binance DEX. Why? Though this piece of news might seem a little puzzling for many people, we have to remind traders that Binance DEX – the crypto company’s […]
Continue ReadingBakkt Bitcoin platform for institutional investors from Intercontinental Exchange is planning to start the testing phase of two BTC futures contracts on July 22, 2019. Adam White, Bakkt chief operating officer, revealed in a blog that Bitcoin futures contracts will set “a new standard for institutional market quality for digital assets” going even further and […]
Continue ReadingBitcoin managed to jump over the $10,000 threshold on June 21 with millennials, retail investors and infamous whales buying like never before. Last time the price stood at this level was for a short period in March 2018 before the start of the last crypto winter. $10,000 price level represents a major psychological boundary that […]
Continue ReadingMay 2019 was definitely an interesting month for cryptocurrencies as more projects were announced, institutional interest continued to grow and finally more than 300 Bitcoin ATMs were installed all over the world. According to data from Coinatmradar, with the latest BTC ATMs installed in May 2019 we are now closer to the magic number of […]
Continue ReadingThe position of the Russian government on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies was somehow fuzzy and unclear over the last years with some voices claiming Putin president’s support for digital currencies while other analysts taking notice of the Russian Central Bank’s negative stance regarding cryptos. However, we are now closer to the truth as a representative of […]
Continue ReadingBack in April 2019 Coinbase launched its Visa crypto card in the United Kingdom allowing British customers to easily spend cryptocurrencies directly from their Coinbase wallets in online and offline locations. Though Coinbase representatives declared in April that more European countries would soon follow, we expected a longer period of time to pass before we […]
Continue ReadingFacebook just released the highly anticipated white paper of Libra, its blockchain-based payment system that should bring cryptocurrencies to the mainstream in 2020. Facebook’s cryptocurrency is a stablecoin built on the Libra blockchain to be backed by a reserve of assets and national currencies. The reserve is funded by fiat deposits and government securities that […]
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