Day: September 23, 2019

Bakkt Regulated Bitcoin Futures Now Live on Major Exchange

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Trading is now live for Bakkt’s regulated, physically-delivered daily and monthly bitcoin futures, with the first trade executed at 8:02 pm ET on Sunday. Customers’ bitcoins are stored in the Bakkt Warehouse, a qualified custodian, regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Bakkt is powered by Intercontinental Exchange, owner of the New York Stock Exchange. Also read: India’s Popular ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ Show Gives Crypto a Boost Bakkt’s Bitcoin Futures Now Live Bakkt, a much-hyped digital asset platform powered by Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE),…

Crypto Market & Bitcoin Could Extend Losses: BCH, EOS, TRX, ADA Analysis

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The total crypto market cap is currently struggling below the $260.0B resistance area. Bitcoin price is declining and is trading just below the $10,000 support area. EOS price is correcting gains and it even broke the $3.850 support area. BCH price is declining and is approaching the main $300 support area. Tron (TRX) price is down more than 5% and it is approaching the $0.0165 support level. Cardano (ADA) price failed to stay above the $0.0500 support and declined below $0.0485. Bitcoin and the crypto market cap are currently declining.…

US Attorney’s Office Indicts Two Suspects in EtherDelta Hack

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The United States attorney’s office for the Northern District of California has indicted two suspects — Elliot Gunton and Anthony Tyler Nashatka — for hacking EtherDelta, a non-custodial marketplace for trading Ethereum (ETH) ERC-20 tokens, in December 2017. According to the documents originally filed on Aug. 13, Ganton and Nashatka changed the settings of EtherDelta’s domain name system to mislead users and collect their crypto addresses, private keys and to withdraw funds. A fake website The suspects managed to gain access to the settings using the phone number of one…

Ripple Price (XRP) Approaching Key Support: BTC & ETH Declining

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Ripple price is currently declining and is trading below the $0.2850 support against the US dollar. The price is likely to face resistance near $0.2850 and $0.2920 in the near term. There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.2820 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The price is under pressure, but it approaching a crucial support area near the $0.2650 level. Ripple price is currently declining against the US Dollar, along with bitcoin and Ethereum. XRP price is likely to…

Ethereum (ETH) Price Could Retest $200 Before Fresh Increase

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ETH price is currently correcting lower and it recently broke the $212 support against the US Dollar. The price is facing a lot of hurdles on the upside near the $212 and $215 levels. There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $214 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could extend its decline towards the $200-$202 support area before starting a fresh increase. Ethereum price is currently declining below $212 versus the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. ETH price is likely…

Oil and Gas Giant Pilots New Blockchain Platform From Modex

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Blockchain startup Modex announced the launch of its blockchain-based database platform for simplified blockchain deployment, which will be piloted by Dietsmann, a major oil and gas firm. Simplifying blockchain adoption  On Sept. 19, Modex announced the release of its latest product, the Modex Blockchain Database platform (Modex BCDB) which simplifies the way companies can deploy blockchain technology projects. According to the announcement, Modex BCDB enables companies to start blockchain projects in just a few hours, instead of days or even months. Mihai Ivascu, CEO and founder of Modex said: “With…

Bakkt’s Much-Anticipated Bitcoin Futures Trading Platform Goes Live

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Bakkt’s physically settled Bitcoin (BTC) futures trading is now live for trading on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). New option for traders As of 8 PM EST on Sept. 22 (00:00 UTC Sept. 23), Bakkt’s much-anticipated BTC futures trading has launched. The platform is the first of its kind to receive approval from United States regulators and is a product of ICE, the operator of the New York Stock Exchange.   While news of Bakkt’s launch and intention to facilitate BTC futures trading broke over a year ago, the platform itself has…