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Continue ReadingCryptocurrency brokerage firm Coinbase has met with US regulators to discuss applying for a banking license, according to an anonymous source familiar with the matter. The Wall Street Journal reports…
Continue ReadingDisgraced cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has come under new management, and its new owners are planning to bring the trading platform to the US market. Bloomberg reports that Monex, the Japanese…
Continue ReadingGPU manufacturers Nvidia and AMD each enjoyed massive sales over the past year, partially thanks to miners who buy GPUs to mine cryptocurrencies. However, those sales are now declining. The…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency derivatives exchange LedgerX has launched the first bitcoin savings account regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (SEC). The new product, unveiled by the New York City-based firm on…
Continue ReadingThe chief executive of one the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges has called it quits. Chris Lee, the head of OKEx, has resigned from the Hong Kong-based exchange just as it…
Continue ReadingNvidia, the world’s largest GPU Manufacturer, posted their earnings call for the first quarter and reported revenue of $3.21 Billion, which was more than the estimates of $2.89 Billion. According…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency-friendly stock trading app Robinhood is now valued at $5.6 billion following a mammoth funding round. The fintech startup announced on Thursday that it had raised $363 million in a…
Continue ReadingCanaan Creative, China’s second-largest bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer, plans to raise $1 billion through an initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK). The South China Morning…
Continue Reading“Enough already.” That’s the message that billionaire Mike Novogratz had for the @Bitcoin Twitter account, whose operator has lately hopped on the “Bitcoin Cash is Bitcoin” bandwagon. Responding to a…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency industry giant Coinbase is preparing to open an office in Chicago and add support for block trading in a bid to attract more institutional clients to GDAX, its professional…
Continue ReadingPeter Thiel’s Founders Fund is wagering that institutional investors will soon make a splash in cryptoassets. The Wall Street Journal reports that the legendary Silicon Valley venture capital firm has…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency exchange and brokerage giant Coinbase internally values itself at $8 billion, sources familiar with the company’s offer to purchase Bitcoin startup Earn.com say. Tech news outlet Recode reports that…
Continue ReadingBiotech-company-turned-cryptocurrency-investment-firm Riot Blockchain is not long on Bitcoin Cash. That’s one of several revelations from a recent public filing that provides an overview of the Colorado-based company’s 2017 financial results.…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp will reportedly be acquired by a South Korean gaming company. Citing three sources familiar with the matter, Business Insider reports that Bitstamp — the world’s oldest surviving…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency mining rig manufacturer and mining pool operator Bitmain has announced that it will destroy a portion of the transaction fees that it accrues from mining Bitcoin Cash blocks in…
Continue ReadingBiotech-turned-cryptocurrency company Riot Blockchain has received a subpoena from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and may be delisted from the Nasdaq. The Colorado-based firm, which attracted headlines last…
Continue ReadingAhead of its planned launch of a cryptocurrency exchange., an Indian crypto startup has filed a writ petition challenging the central bank’s mandate of stopping banks from providing services to…
Continue ReadingCoinbase has officially embarked on a shopping spree. The San Francisco-based company on Monday announced its second buyout in less than a week, revealing that it had acquired fellow cryptocurrency…
Continue ReadingLong Blockchain’s stock price is in free fall following the announcement that its shares are set to be delisted from the Nasdaq Stock Market. Shares for the ex-beverage producer (LBCC)…
Continue ReadingBitfinex, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has been implicated in a Polish investigation into the Columbian drug cartel’s money laundering operation, local media outlets report. Last week, authorities…
Continue ReadingCoinbase, the first cryptocurrency “unicorn,” is launching a venture capital fund to incubate early-stage startups in the burgeoning industry. The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange and brokerage firm made the announcement…
Continue ReadingThe first Ethereum ASIC miners are about to hit the market, ushering in a new — and potentially disruptive — era for the second-largest cryptocurrency. Chinese mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain…
Continue ReadingOne of Silicon Valley’s oldest venture capital firms is dipping its toe into the blockchain ecosystem with an investment in cryptocurrency payment processing startup BitPay. The investment, announced on Monday,…
Continue ReadingBitPay merchants can now accept a second cryptocurrency in addition to Bitcoin — its offshoot Bitcoin Cash. The Atlanta-based company made the announcement in a Wednesday blog post, marking the…
Continue ReadingMainstream financial analysts might be fixated on Bitcoin’s so-called “death cross” and what it might mean for the flagship cryptocurrency moving forward, but Abra CEO Bill Barhydt believes that another…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency brokerage Coinbase is preparing to make the largest acquisition in its nearly seven-year history, sources close to the situation say. Citing people “directly involved with the discussions,” CoinDesk reports…
Continue ReadingA wholly-owned subsidiary of Canada-based stock exchange operator TMX Group has announced that it will launch a cryptocurrency brokerage platform. TMX — best known as the operator of the Toronto…
Continue ReadingThe US Department of Justice (DOJ) has slapped cryptocurrency-friendly money transfer service Payza with a lawsuit for allegedly laundering more than $250 million connected to illicit activities including Ponzi schemes,…
Continue ReadingNew research suggests that cryptocurrency startup Tether — creator of dollar-pegged stablecoin USDT — has a banking relationship with Puerto Rican financial institution Noble Bank. On Monday, BitMEX Research published…
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