Ether Outshines Bitcoin in a Gloomy Month for Crypto Prices

September has been a rough month for bitcoin and the wider cryptocurrency market, but ether has weathered the storm better than most. Bitcoin, (BTC), the leading cryptocurrency by market value, is on track to post a monthly loss of more than 16 percent – the biggest since November 2018, according to CoinMarketCap. As of writing, BTC is trading around $8,070, having hit a 3.5-month low of $7,838 earlier today. Meanwhile, the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies has currently shed nearly 13.7 percent on a month-to-date basis, standing at $215…

Bakkt’s Launch Caused Bitcoin Price Loss, Says JPMorgan Analysts

Analysts from JPMorgan have suggested that Bakkt is largely the reason why Bitcoin price fell below $8,000 last week. Even though activity has picked up a bit, the market is still a little discouraged.  After quite a long period of incubation and regulatory pursuits, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), eventually launched its Bakkt’s Bitcoin futures contracts last week. The platform had always been heralded as the main ingredient that will serve as the proper Bitcoin catalyst but has failed so far. In fact, a day after Bakkt officially launched, Bitcoin shed…

Coinbase-Led Group Aims to Help Crypto Firms Avoid Securities Violations

Crypto industry leaders are taking the initiative to help firms in the space avoid falling foul of securities rules. In a company blog post, Coinbase announced it’s co-founded the Crypto Rating Council, a member-only organization purposed with assisting cryptocurrency companies determine if they comply with current U.S. federal securities law. Coinbase is joined at launch by seven other firms: Anchorage, Bittrex, Circle, DRW Cumberland, Genesis, Grayscale Investments and Kraken. As part of the effort, the council will issue a 1-5 rating for a given cryptocurrency or token’s similarity to a security.…

Bitcoin, Gold Dips as Investors Appraise Trade War Escalation

Bitcoin prices edged lower on Monday, pressured by a current correction momentum that saw the cryptocurrency plunging by more than 40 percent since June this year. The BTC/USD instrument was trading at $7,863.28 as of 0907 UTC, down 2.34 percent from the open. Around the same time, CME bitcoin futures had slipped by 1.99 percent to trade at $7,875.00, indicating the possibility of an extended downside correction on Monday. Bitcoin price is showing signs of extended downside correction | Image credits: TradingView.com Bonds More Attractive than Bitcoin On Friday, global…

Tron Investors Need to Worry About Binance’s TRX Death-Grip

Binance appears to be using its TRX stockpile to vote for itself as a TRON Super Representative and then scoop up the majority of the TRON block rewards. The TRONSCAN website reveals the No.1 TRON Super Representative (SR) to be Binance’s recently launched staking address. After launching mere days ago, the Binance address has already acquired 60% of all the votes in the TRON ecosystem. Just a few days after launching, Binance’s staking wallet has become the No.1 Super Representative on the TRON blockchain. | Source: TRONSCAN Super Representatives oversee…

Tron Investors Need to Worry About Binance’s TRX Death-Grip

Binance appears to be using its TRX stockpile to vote for itself as a TRON Super Representative and then scoop up the majority of the TRON block rewards. The TRONSCAN website reveals the No.1 TRON Super Representative (SR) to be Binance’s recently launched staking address. After launching mere days ago, the Binance address has already acquired 60% of all the votes in the TRON ecosystem. Just a few days after launching, Binance’s staking wallet has become the No.1 Super Representative on the TRON blockchain. | Source: TRONSCAN Super Representatives oversee…

Coinbase, Kraken to Jointly Define Which Cryptos Are Securities: Report

Major United States’ crypto firms such as Coinbase and Kraken teamed up to launch a rating system to jointly define which digital assets are securities. Crypto Ratings Council to launch on Sept. 30 In a move to provide more clarity for what tokens can be traded without the supervision of regulators, major U.S.-based exchanges formed the so-called Crypto Ratings Council, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports on Sept. 30. According to the report, other members of the Crypto Ratings Council include Circle Internet Financial, Bittrex, Genesis Global Trading, Grayscale Investments,…

Binance Becomes Tron’s Top ‘Super Representative’, Adds TRX Staking Support

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance has become the highest-ranked “Super Representative” (SR) in the Tron (TRX) ecosystem. According to Tronscan’s data on Sept. 30, Binance acquired over 12 billion votes for the top-spot ranking. Blockchain community Sesameseed.org is now the second-largest SR, Tron-based BeatzCoin — in third place. Binance announces TRX staking support On Sept. 30, Binance revealed that it would add support for TRX staking starting Oct. 1, with initial estimation of rewards to be calculated through Nov. 1 and subsequently distributed before Nov. 5. The system will then continue…

SIX Digital Exchange Gathers Financial Institutions for Initial Digital Offering

The IDO for its native SDX security tokens will take place next year in mid-2020 and the issuance of tokens will happen on an enterprise-grade blockchain built using R3’s Corda technology. In the latest development, Switzerland-based SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) has invited financial institutions from across the globe to back its Initial Digital Offering (IDO). SDX is a blockchain-based utility that is completely owned by the Swiss stock exchange SIX Group. The SIX Digital Exchange plans to launch its IDO in mid-2020. This will be just similar to a traditional…

Crypto Exchange Bithumb’s $333 Million Acquisition May Be in Jeopardy

A deal to acquire cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb for over $300 million remains in choppy waters. According to The Korea Herald on Monday, fintech firm BK Global Consortium’s deal to buy a majority stake in the major South Korean exchange has not yet been fully paid for. In October 2018, BTC Korean Holdings had agreed to sell 51 percent of its share in Bithumb to BK Global Consortium for $333 million. Since the deal was brokered, BK Global reportedly made a down payment of $100 million. However, sources close to the matter told…