Bithumb happens to be the largest exchange in South Korea and in an attempt to make its listing procedure more decentralized, the company has launched Pickthumb. The aim of this new venture is to offer means of voting to the participants and allow them to file their opinion regarding the listing of any new project.…

Weekly Bitcoin Price Chart The end of the week leads straight into a small rally, which may or may not last. The reasoning behind the rally is the fact that Blockstream launched a satellite that broadcasts the Bitcoin blockchain on the 17th of December, which received good media coverage and impressed a lot of people. …

At WebSummit 2018, in early November, YoniAssia, Chief Executive of eToro,announced the launch of GoodDollar:an ecosystem-led project that explores how cryptocurrency and blockchaintechnology may reduce inequality through models based on universal basic income(UBI). Lessthan two weeks later, on November 19, GoodDollar’s first community event tookplace, in Berlin, and was designed to establish an…

Declining fiat values has prompted many crypto critics to assert that blockchain assets are fundamentally flawed, or far less popular than earlier believed. The truth appears to be more complicated, with blockchain technology thriving, and interest in crypto continuing to grow, despite the drop in prices. One clear indicator of crypto’s increasing popularity is the…

Global multi-asset investment platform eToro has launched eToro FC, a community for football fans interested in learning about cryptoassets and investing, as part of its new #WelcomeToTheClub Premier League campaign. In August, eToro partnered with seven Premier League clubs in deals that were paid for using bitcoin. From today, eToro will work with those seven clubs…

During the last couple of months, China has often reiterated its aggressive position towards digital currencies. A similar event recently took place, after the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) decided to ban security token offerings, also known as STOs. Banning the Successor to ICOs For those who do not know, STOs are considered the successors to ICOs.…

In recent months Ripple Labs has made significant progress toward its goal of creating a system for efficient, cross-border fiat currency transfers. Although the company is certainly not without its critics, there is no doubt that if successful, its products could revolutionize much of the financial sector. Now, the team behind SWIFT, Ripple’s primary competitor,…

In the race of fiat and crypto payment processors trying to outperform one another, Mastercard has rolled out a futuristic idea of keeping crypto transactions private. They recently filed a patent and according to the US Patent and Trademark Office, the industry giant has proposed a method of executing the transaction on the blockchain. As a…

Throughout history, society has used a range of different mechanisms to represent value. Whether that’s Gold, wood or rare metals – a medium of exchange can be facilitated by just about anything. Paper money, or cash, has since replaced the bartering system of times gone by, but for how much longer? We often hear…

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