This week, Bitcoin is fighting several ‘fear, uncertainty, and doubt’ all at the same time. The week started on a red note, as the price of the digital asset declined by 28.5%, and the market got a buy the dip opportunity. On the downside, $30k is of importance, whose breach could trigger “could trigger a […]
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As ‘The Bitcoin Fund’ Breaches $1B, Arxnovum Looks to Join 3iQ on Toronto Stock Exchange with Bitcoin ETF
On the heels of Van Eck re-filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a Bitcoin based ETF, we have been greeted with various bits of related news coming from the Great White North – Canada. The following are a couple examples, highlighting growth being seen in these products. $1 Billion In less than […]
Fireblocks Introduces Crypto Staking for Institutional Investors; Ethereum, Tezos and Polkadot
Fireblocks wants to help institutional investors access crypto staking opportunities. The company’s institutional focus comes at a time when interest in crypto is high. Digital asset security platform Fireblocks has been working over the past year to improve institutional access to cryptocurrencies. Following the success in decentralized finance (DeFi) and more, the company is now […]
Crypto Custodian, Gnosis Safe Is Now The 4th Largest Ethereum Wallet Address; Adds 1.5M ETH In A Day
In a tweet sent out on Thursday, Gnosis Safe, an Ethereum digital assets custodian, confirmed over 1,500,000 ETH (~$1.8 billion) was added to their safe on Jan 14. This brings the total amount of ETH stored on Gnosis wallets to slightly above 2% of the total supply of ETH. Make that 2-2.5% of the ETH […]
A Call for the Cryptocurrency Industry to Reject Extremists
It is undeniable that Bitcoin has a dark history, in 2019 alone over $1 billion in Bitcoin was spent on the dark web. These funds were used for many purposes, in some cases it was drug trafficking, in other cases child porn, and in some extreme cases hiring hitman such as a case in California […]
Blockstream’s Liquid Federation Adds New Members; 59 Crypto Companies In The Network
Blockstream has expanded the membership of its federated Bitcoin sidechain to 59 members by adding 6 members. The members include fintech-focused broker Watchdog Capital, Bitcoin-native financial service provider Vulpem Ventures, Liquid swap infrastructure provider SideSwap, Infrastructural privacy developer Nym Technologies, digital asset custody firm Komainu, as well as Bitcoin wallet app Coinos. Increased interest in […]
Fat-BTC Review 2021: What is the Fat-BTC exchange?
FatBTC is a cryptocurrency exchange that was founded in 2014 in the Seychelles. The exchange offers a large range of cryptocurrency offerings. The platform features its own native token FAT, which can be used on the exchange for reduced fees and network costs — similar to how Binance has its own BNB coin for the […]
Blockchain Capital’s BCAP Token Q4, 2020 Results
Blockchain Capital launched the first security token back in April 2017, this was to be the first tokenized venture fund. This STO event raised $10M USD with each token selling for $1.00. Today they announced that the net asset value (“NAV”) of each BCAP token as of December 31st, 2020, is $6.33, based on the […]
Investing in Compound (COMP) Cryptocurrency
What is Compound (COMP)? COMP is the governance token for the Compound Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol. DeFi networks seek to convert traditional financial systems over to decentralized versions. In this way, regular users gain a share in the profits that were once only available to large financial institutions. Compound is an algorithmic money market protocol […]
BitMex and ShapeShift Taking Different Approaches Towards KYC
Throughout most nations in the world, companies dealing with financial products are responsible for gathering identifying information on their clientele. The purpose of this practice is typically to discourage and track illegal activity, such as money laundering – protecting investors and service providers alike. This identifying information usually extends to include documentation such as the […]
