Day: September 5, 2019

OKCoin’s Fiat-to-Token Trading Now Available in 7 More US States

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San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin will now offer fiat-to-token and token-to-token trading services to residents of seven more US states. OKCoin expands services in the United States of America On Sept. 5, OKCoin, one of the top cryptocurrency exchanges by adjusted volume, announced that its trading services are now available in 7 new US states: Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wisconsin, which are added to an already extensive list of areas of operation in the US. Expanding into Europe Cointelegraph reported in early June that OKCoin had decided…

Startup Tests New Ethereum Sidechain Following Coinbase Investment

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Following investment from Coinbase Ventures, Offchain Labs has opened up the Alpha version of its Ethereum (ETH) scaling solution, dubbed Arbitrum. Enterprise-focused blockchain startup Offchain Labs said that their solution will enable processing speed of more than 500 transactions per second for Ethereum applications, industry-focused news outlet Crypto Briefing reported on Sept. 5. Arbitrum has reportedly secured new investment from Coinbase Ventures, the investment arm of major American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. Faster than Ethereum Deploying Arbitrum, developers can build smart contracts on Ethereum’s Solidity code. However, unlike regular Ethereum decentralized…

Fantasy NFL Platform Partners with BitPay to Enable Bitcoin Payments

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The start of the new National Football League (NFL) season in the United States will see fantasy players able to use bitcoin to subscribe for their sports app, according to a press release by BitPay. The crypto payments platform says the move is part of plans to expand digital currency payment adoption to different industries. FanDuel Now Accepts Bitcoin Payments BitPay released a press statement on Tuesday (September 3, 2019), announcing its partnership with FanDuel — an online sports entertainment platform. The collaboration will see customers of the latter being…

Crypto Giant Binance Launches Token Airdrop Following JEX Acquisition

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Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance plans to launch a token airdrop as part of the company’s acquisition of JEX, a crypto-asset trading platform. In a Sept. 5 announcement, Binance again revealed the acquisition of JEX, which will now operate under the name Binance JEX as an independent team within the Binance ecosystem. Following the acquisition, Binance is going to convert ERC-20 JEX tokens into native Binance Chain-based BNB (BEP2) ones. Distribution of 200 million tokens Binance will then distribute all 200 million unlocked JEX team tokens to all BNB holders on…

Co-founder of LinkedIn Presents Crypto Rap Video: Hamilton vs. Satoshi

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Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, decided to let Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States, face-off against Bitcoin (BTC) creator Satoshi Nakamoto in an epic crypto-rap-battle video. Cryptocurrency debate between actor-rappers playing Hamilton and Satoshi On Sept. 5, Hoffman released a new hip-hop rap battle video which shows Alexander Hamilton, the founder of the United States financial system and central bank, fighting in rap-battle-style for the merits of centralized currencies against the mysterious Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Hoffman said that he was inspired by watching the…

Paxful Joins Forces With CoinLogiq to Bring Crypto ATMs to Columbia and Peru

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The global peer-to-peer Bitcoin (BTC) marketplace, Paxful, and Medellin-based blockchain company, CoinLogiq, are joining forces to bring 20 new crypto ATMs to Colombia and, later, 25 to Peru. Colombians will have access to 20 new ATMs In a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Sept. 5, Paxful announced that it is joining forces with CoinLogiq to bring 20 new ATMs to several points of interest to the main Colombian cities such as Bogota and Medellín. The partnership between the two companies will reportedly encourage people to withdraw digital currencies in…

Burundi: Government Bans Bitcoin Trading

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The government of Burundi has placed a blanket ban on cryptocurrency trading in the state citing a lack of protection for consumers who burn their fingers trading bitcoin (BTC) and other digital assets. The nation now plans to make defaulters pay huge penalties, reports Bloomberg on September 4, 2019. Bitcoin Trading Illegal in Burundi  Burundi, a central African country with a population of nearly 12 million people, has banned cryptocurrency trading. Per sources close to the matter, the columbium and tin ore-rich nation decided to outrightly ban the trading of…

Bitcoin Price Corrects While Gold Sees Worst Daily Drop in 2.5 Years

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Thursday, Sept. 5 — after failing to break $10,800 price point, Bitcoin continued to hover around $10,500, while most of the top 20 coins saw major losses. Market visualization | Source: Coin360 After hitting an intraday high of $10,761, Bitcoin has seen a notable decline and continued fluctuating around $10,500 for most of the day. At press time, Bitcoin is trading at  $10,528, down around 1% over the past 24 hours at press time. Still, Bitcoin is up more than 10% over the past 7 days as, according to some,…

Crypto Insurance Market to Grow, Lloyd’s of London and Aon to Lead

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The cryptocurrency insurance market is expected to grow at a faster rate if United States regulators provide more regulatory clarity, according to industry experts. As Forbes reported on Sept. 5, CEO of San Francisco-based cybersecurity agency Coalition, Joshua Motta suggested that the market for digital currency insurance is now worth between $200 million and $500 million in premium revenue. He expects the market to outpace the current 20% to 25% expansion rate of the cybersecurity insurance sector. Lloyd’s of London, the world’s leading insurance market providing specialist insurance services to…

Leading Technical Analysis Expert Predicts a Bitcoin Shakeout Before Rally – CCN Markets

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The Fear and Greed Index suggests that crypto investors are feaful. In addition, a top analyst believes bitcoin has more downside risk before skyrocketing. | Source: Shutterstock Over the last few weeks, bitcoin has been struggling to stay above $10,000. The bullish steam that pushed the dominant crypto to $13,880 is fading away. Armchair traders are quick to notice the coin’s growing weakness. A pseudonymous trader named Escobar has closed short-term long positions. While doing so, the analyst is also maintaining shorts above $12,000. #Bitcoin 1D TF- Closing short term…