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HTC’s Blockchain Phone | Native Crypto Wallet Now Available

May 15, 2019 adminBlockchain, Crypto, HTCs, Native, Phone, Wallet0 comment

According to CoinTelegraph, HTC’s blockchain phone, Exodus 1, now allows users to trade cryptocurrency directly from the phone’s native crypto wallet. The Taiwanese technology giant made the announcement early on Tuesday. Exodus 1 Blockchain Phone – Native Wallet Trading HTC’s Zion Vault will now allow swaps between various cryptocurrencies. The new feature is the result of a partnership with Kyber Network—a dedicated platform for cross-token trading solutions. HTC has added Kyber’s liquidity protocol and this allows easy swaps. The swapping pairs include Ethereum-based ERC-20 tokens, including basic attention token (BAT), Kyber…

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Facebook Coin | Catalyst for Crypto Growth, Says Spencer Bogart

May 10, 2019 adminBogart, Catalyst, Coin, Crypto, Facebook, Growth, Spencer0 comment

With the introduction of the Facebook Coin, the cryptocurrency world is facing a revolution. Spencer Bogart of Blockchain Capital, in an interview with Bloomberg, shed some light on the media giant’s venture into the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The Trickle-Down Effect of Facebook Coin In the interview, Bogart stated that there are several catalysts on the horizon in the cryptocurrency market despite the speculated “bottom” being reached. One good catalyst will be the anticipated Facebook Coin that will change dynamics in the cryptocurrency industry. The Facebook Coin project will be an incredible project…

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Facebook Crypto Ad Ban | Platform Loosens Restriction on Crypto Ads

May 9, 2019 adminAd, Ads, Ban, Crypto, Facebook, Loosens, platform, Restriction0 comment

According to CNBC, Facebook said on Wednesday that it will loosen its ban on cryptocurrency advertising on its platform. The result will allow businesses related to crypto and blockchain to promote their projects on the social network. The Facebook crypto ad ban first came into effect in January 2018. Facebook Crypto Ad Ban The social media giant first started blocking ads on initial coin offerings, saying it had concerns for its users’ welfare. It was afraid that many would fall for scams and fraudulent crypto products. But earlier this year…

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Facebook Partners with E-Commerce Companies to Support Crypto Payment

May 3, 2019 adminCompanies, Crypto, ECommerce, Facebook, Partners, Payment, Support0 comment

The Wall Street Journal has reported that Facebook is in talks with various e-commerce companies and financial firms to support its crypto payment that is under development. So far Facebook has engaged MasterCard and Visa about the project that is known as Project Libra. Crypto Payment Facebook is expected to commit $1 billion to the development of crypto payment. The company has approached various e-commerce companies to invest in its crypto payment feature and be a partner of the network. Paying via crypto will not be limited only to Facebook…

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Crypto Theft Could Hit $1.2 Billion in 2019, Says Cipher Trace

May 2, 2019 adminBillion, Cipher, Crypto, Hit, Theft, Trace0 comment

Crypto theft has greatly reduced this year compared to last year as regulators continue to enhance their scrutiny and the enforcement of anti-money laundering controls. Crypto Theft Could Hit $1 billion Mark Despite being $500 million less than last year, crypto theft could still go well beyond a billion dollars by the end of this year. A quarterly report released on May 1 by Cipher Trace indicates that investigatory specialists had found that over $356 million worth of crypto had been stolen in Q1 2019. The amount stolen includes the CoineBene…

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Bitcoin Remains Stable | Crypto Market Capitalization Hits New High

April 15, 2019 adminBitcoin, Capitalization, Crypto, High, Hits, Market, Remains, Stable0 comment

Over the last month, the cryptocurrency market was on a hot streak, rising about 38% as investors piled into crypto assets such as Bitcoin and other popular alternatives like Litecoin, Ripple’s XRP, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and EOS. Crypto Market Capitalization Hits New All-Time High At the beginning of the month, Bitcoin (BTC) price surged, taking analysts and traders by surprise as to what might have caused the sudden increase in price. However, analysts are unsure whether the cryptocurrencies will hold their recent gains. But considering Bitcoin has managed to maintain…

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Harvard University Purchases Blockstack’s Crypto Tokens

April 12, 2019 adminBlockstacks, Crypto, Harvard, Purchases, Tokens, University0 comment

In the news making headlines in the cryptocurrency industry, Harvard University Endowment has made an investment in the crypto token sale of Blockstack. Blockstack Offering 95.83 million Crypto Tokens A filing made with the US Securities Exchange Commission listed designees affiliated to the Havard Management Company including Charlie Saravia, Rodolfo Gonzalez, and Zavain Dar who have been participating in the purchase of 95.8 million Blockstack tokens, worth $11.5 million. Although it’s not clear how much the Harvard University Endowment has purchased, it is, however, the first time a major endowment has…

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Chicago Mayor Believes Crypto Adoption is “Inevitable”

March 22, 2019 adminAdoption, Believes, Chicago, Crypto, Inevitable, Mayor0 comment

Cryptocurrency received an endorsement from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel when he stated that wide-scale crypto adoption is “inevitable” at a FinTech meeting in his city earlier this week. The chief of staff for former US President Barack Obama said that while he is no expert in crypto technology, he believes digital assets could help financially unstable countries with their economic recovery. The politician thinks that “an alternative way of currency dealing with the debt markets is going to happen” at some point in the future. “One day, somebody’s going to figure out—whether that’s Argentina,…

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Crypto News | OKEx Lists TRON and IBM Adds Two Blockchain Patents

March 8, 2019 adminAdds, Blockchain, Crypto, IBM, Lists, News, OKEx, Patents, TRON0 comment

In today’s edition of crypto news, we’ll cover OKEX’s latest addition to its customer-to-customer platform and IBM’s new blockchain patents. Crypto news has been a bit slow this week, in regards to big announcements but the two we’ll discuss today should give investors some confidence going into the weekend. OKEx Adds TRON (TRX) to C2C Platform OKEx, the world’s fourth-largest cryptocurrency exchange by 24-hour trade volume, announced the addition of TRON (TRX) to its Customer-to-Customer platform on Wednesday. Tron (TRX) is now available on our C2C market! Deposit/Trade in our C2C market…

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Crypto News | Elon Musk Talks Bitcoin and Binance Expands

February 20, 2019 adminBinance, Bitcoin, Crypto, Elon, Expands, Musk, News, Talks0 comment

The cryptocurrency market had quite the shakeup last week, causing a spike in most digital currencies. On Valentine’s Day, six days ago, JP Morgan announced that it would launch a test for its new JPM coin. This was the biggest crypto news to surface in quite some time. Now, digital currencies seem to have corrected, and most are trading red today. In today’s crypto news, we’ll discuss Elon Musk’s interview and the details behind him calling Bitcoin “quite brilliant.” Also, we’ll look into Binance’s new testnet they just released. Crypto News:…