Global Bitcoin Acceptance Up More than 702% Since 2013
According to cryptocurrency acceptance monitoring resource CoinMap, the number of venues across the globe accepting Bitcoin (BTC) is up over 702% since December 2013. Areas with the most dramatic surge in businesses offering to exchange...
Bitcoin Lightning On Square Could Be Bigger Than Crypto ETF, Bakkt Combined
Although many industry insiders talk a big game about the real world viability of Bitcoin, as it stands the cryptocurrency has seen little adoption. In fact, it has been anecdotally said that the number...
Controversial Crypto Exchange QuadrigaCX Linked in Binary Options Scam
Independent researchers have identified financial links between crypto exchange QuadrigaCX and a shady company. The accusation surfaced after Spoofy McSpoofface, a Twitterati, found that the Canadian exchange had asked its customers to deposit money...
Japanese Shipping Line Develops Digital Cash for Crew
Nippon Yusen K.K., Japan’s largest shipping line by sales, is introducing its own digital currency for crew members, people with knowledge of the matter said.
The goal is to make it easier for seafaring workers...
MenaPay – The Stablecoin for Daily Payments
Stablecoins can be defined as cryptocurrencies that are pegged to real-world assets such as fiat currencies, gold or oil. As it’s pegged, the value of the stablecoin keeps stable unlike the volatility experienced in...
Colorado Division of Securities Has Filed Twenty Cases Against Allegedly Fraudulent ICOs
Colorado Securities Commissioner Gerald Rome has now signed orders for eighteen initial coin offerings directing the cessation of offering these unregistered securities in the state of Colorado. There are at least two more orders...
MV Index Solutions Launches Bitcoin US OTC Spot Index
MV Index Solutions today launched the MVIS Bitcoin US OTC Spot Index (MVBTCO), which is the first bitcoin index based on U.S. price feeds from established OTC digital asset trading operations. The index shows...
Bitcoin for Payments a Distant Dream as Usage Dries Up
The use of bitcoin for commercial payments has dropped dramatically this year, even as the original digital coin starts to fulfill one of the basic features of any payment currency: stability. The value of...
Refinitiv Provides KYC Automation For Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance
Refinitiv, formerly the Financial & Risk business division of Thomson Reuters, will provide an automated Know Your Customer (KYC) application to Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by adjusted trade volume.
Effective KYC tools are...
SWIFT India and MonetaGo Partner to Benefit Indian Banks
SWIFT India, a leading provider of secure financial messaging services for the Indian financial community and MonetaGo, a leading provider of financial technology, announced today a partnership and pilot program aimed at benefitting all...
