Day: January 6, 2020

Juventus Soccer Club’s Fans Choose New Goal Song via Tokenized Platform

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Fans of Italian professional soccer club Juventus have used the Socios platform to vote on the song to be played when they score a goal in their home stadium. The voting marked the first-ever poll held on Socios, a tokenized fan-voting platform for sports, and a real use-case of the team’s branded token JUV, according to a Jan. 6 blog post. Following the poll initiated in December, fans have chosen Song 2 by Blur as the new song which will play at Juventus’ Allianz Stadium every time the team scores…

Price Analysis Jan 06: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, LTC, EOS, BNB, BSV, XLM, XMR

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Several altcoins have made their first move from longtime lows and if Bitcoin is able to confirm a bottom, a marketwide rally is likely to pick up steam. The price of an asset class is determined by its fundamentals and the sentiment towards it. At times of panic or exuberance, fundamentals take a back seat and sentiment dictates the price action. Currently, the US-Iran tension has sent investors scurrying towards safety. This has seen a move away from stocks and into assets that are considered safe havens. However, it is…

Blog: The benefits of sharing personal data – what can we learn from Open Banking?

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6 January 2020 The ICO’s Regulators’ Business Innovation Privacy Hub has recently been looking at the key data protection considerations for innovators who are working in the Open Banking space. Whilst the idea of mass data sharing is usually enough to send a shiver down any data protection practitioner’s spine, the rollout of Open Banking demonstrates the clear benefits it can bring both to consumers and organisations, while still complying with data protection law. Open Banking was instigated by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which was keen to increase…

Insiders, Outsiders and Experimenters in Crypto Regulation, Part 3

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This is the final part of a three-part series covering the regulatory landscape for cryptos in 2019 and thinking about the prospects for 2020. The first two parts covered the “Insiders” of Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim, and “Outsider” nations such as China, Russia and India. This piece covers the prospects for the “Experimenters”: countries that have made efforts to foster innovation and welcome crypto projects to their shores. The Experimenters and their different paths into the crypto space  The Swiss were the first to discover the power…

2019 to 2020: Insiders, Outsiders and Experimenters in Crypto Regulation: Part 3

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This is the final part of a three-part series covering the regulatory landscape for cryptos in 2019 and thinking about the prospects for 2020. The first two parts covered the “Insiders” of Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim, and “Outsider” nations such as China, Russia and India. This piece covers the prospects for the “Experimenters”: countries that have made efforts to foster innovation and welcome crypto projects to their shores. The Experimenters and their different paths into the crypto space  The Swiss were the first to discover the power…

This Bullish Cryptocurrency is Asking for Investors’ “Attention”

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It is an ideal time to open a long position on the popular cryptocurrency BAT, according to prominent Twitterati Crypto Michaël. The full-time stock and crypto trader said on Monday that BAT could undergo a massive upside swing that ranges from anywhere between 29 percent and 135 percent. He based his prediction upon his belief that the cryptocurrency is in a strong accumulation zone, noting that the price support area around 2,300-2,450 satoshis could attract traders en masse. “I’m aiming to see whether 2450 or 2300 hold as support,” said Mr. Michaël. The…

AuthenTrend’s AT.Wallet Offers Fingerprint Security in Ultrathin Package

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LAS VEGAS — A Taiwanese security company called AuthenTrend is trying something new in the ultraslim wallet world. Its first product? A cold wallet the size of two credit cards back to back that features an e-ink screen and fingerprint-based security. The thin plastic wallet uses biometrics to temporarily unlock the device in order to display a QR code for deposits along with current crypto balances. The device comes with a USB “case” that allows a person to connect it to a computer as well as low-energy Bluetooth support for…

Crypto Booking Service Sees 33% Boost After Partnership With Booking.com

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Cryptocurrency-accepting booking service Travala has seen its revenue for the month of December go up by over 33.5% month-on-month following a partnership with Booking.com. According to a post published on the firm’s official blog on Jan. 1, Travala has also seen the total monthly number of accommodation nights booked through the service reach 1,528 in December, which is a 15.2% increase since November. Furthermore, the average room price increased by over 15%, from $115 to $133 over the same period. Chart of the monthly accommodation nights booked through Travala. Source:…

Telegram Tries to ‘Clarify’ Gram Crypto Project Amid Ongoing SEC Fight

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Telegram will not integrate a crypto wallet into its messaging app, at least until it gets the green light from U.S. regulators, the company said Monday on its official website. The announcement comes ahead of Telegram’s CEO deposition in Dubai on Tuesday.  The post, which appears to be the first official notice addressing the TON blockchain project, is signed by “The Telegram Team” and describes the relationship between Telegram and TON. “In light of recent events, we wanted to take the time to publicly clarify certain aspects of the TON…

‘Grams Are Not Investment’ Says Telegram, Subtly Denying SEC Jurisdiction

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Telegram’s Gram, the native cryptocurrency for the Telegram Open Network (TON), is not an investment product, the firm stressed in a fresh public statement. In a Jan. 6 blog post, Telegram emphasized that Grams should not be associated with expectations for profits based on purchase or holding of the token. Such an expectation usually defines a security. In the United States, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) governs the sale of securities, and their recent actions against Telegram’s offering of its Gram token assume that Grams fall within the commission’s purview.…