Month: March 2019
Staten Island man faces charges for allegedly defrauding crypto traders
The 46-year-old Staten Island-based crypto trader is now facing 9 different charges as he swindled nearly $200,000 in cryptocurrency and cash by duping the investors.…
Agustin Carstens is opposing the idea of central banks issuing their own digital tokens
One of the hard-core Bitcoin critics, Agustin Carstens, general manager at the Bank for International Settlements, drew the attention to the number of risks associated…
Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, says crypto adoption is inevitable in the future
At a recent FinTech crypto meeting on March 18, organized by long-time Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) trader and FinTank cofounder David Carman and…
Cash-strapped Maduro administration targets bitcoin remittance to finance itself
According to a report published on Bloomberg, on 31st January, Venezuelans were moving to the black-market to buy Dollars because the officially sanctioned government market/exchange…
Digitec Galaxus becomes the first Swiss online retailer to accept cryptocurrencies
According to a press release published on March 19, the biggest online retailer in Switzerland – Digitec Galaxus AG has recently announced that it will…
IBM Signs 6 Banks to Issue Stable coins on IBM payment network, World Wire
IBM is taking its banking clients a step closer to cryptocurrency with IBM’s Stellar-powered money wiring service on which six major international banks will launch…
Australia’s new blockchain strategy is AU$100K and a non-existent roadmap
The Hon Karen Andrews, Australia‘s minister for trade, tourism, and investment, has recently announced through a press release that the Morrison Government will help to…
Report: Coinbase Employs Amazon Web Services Expert to Develop Staking Solutions
Major United States crypto exchange and wallet service provider Coinbase has reportedly hired a veteran of Amazon Web Services to develop staking and governance solutions…
Samsung declares Galaxy S10 crypto associates, Bitcoin and Ethereum Support.
The new Samsung Galaxy S10 series smartphones produce by South Korean tech giant Samsung will actually have wallet utilities for Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin (BTC) and…
Blockstream Announces Upgrade of Its Bitcoin Lightning Network Execution.
Blockchain development company Blockstream has come out with a new version of its Bitcoin (BTC) scalability software, c-lightning, a post on the company’s web blog…