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Bitcoin Futures | Bakkt Announces Futures Launch Date!

The launch date for Bitcoin futures on the Bakkt platform has been announced.

Bakkt is a platform for trading, storing, and spending digital assets, and was created earlier in 2018 by Intercontinental Exchange—the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

Bitcoin Futures Launch Date

According to a document released today, the launch date for trading is December 12th, 2018. The…

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Circle and Coinbase Launch Their Joint Stablecoin USDC

Two of the largest companies in the cryptocurrency space, Circle and Coinbase, have joined forces to establish their own stablecoin, the USDC, or USD Coin. The tech startup companies are calling their joint venture the ‘CENTRE Consortium,’ which has its own website already.

Circle and Coinbase: CENTRE

Both Circle and Coinbasereleased their own individual blog posts about the joint venture and…

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Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchanges Can Now Police Themselves

Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges have been given full license to create their own regulations.

So what’s going on?

Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Earlier today, the country’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), granted the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) a self-regulatory status.

The JVCEA is made up of 16 licensed and domestic crypto exchanges.…

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Coinbase BCH Insider Trading Case Dismissed by US Court

Major US cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase had just been granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit over alleged insider trading. The alleged Coinbase BCH insider trading occurred last year during the company’s launch of Bitcoin Cash (BCH).

Coinbase BCH Insider Trading

The United States District Court North District of California publisheda court document this past Tuesday…

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The First Cryptocurrency-Backed Prepaid Card in the US

Wirex – the payments pioneer that aims to bridge the gap between cryptocurrencies and everyday spending – announced that they have teamed up with payments processing technology provider i2c to launch the United States’ first multiple cryptocurrency-backed prepaid card. It means that Wirex will be extending its European Wirex Visa Card programme, that allows cardholders to use the card anywhere…

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The Original Software Wallet Releases its First Hardware Wallet

Blockchain is releasing its first hardware wallet, called the Lockbox. The company that is synonymous with having one of the oldest software wallets will begin shipping its new device in November.

Blockchain’s Lockbox

Blockchain’s online software wallet boasts over 30 million accounts, so will its new hardware device do the same?

The company partnered with hardware wallet maker Ledger to…

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MobileGo and Xsolla | A Partnership with Creative Vision

HomeSponsoredXsolla and MobileGO: The Collaboration with a New Vision

The worldwide Xsolla billing platform provides millions of its users with a new payment system — visionary MGO tokens. These coins belong to the MobileGO project that recently raised over $53 m during the last stage of its ICO campaign.

Xsolla is recognized all over the world as a global provider of billing solutions for…

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The International Remittance Market | Will Blockchain Take it Over?

Data shows that the international remittance market is huge. In 2016, migrants living in different parts of the world transferred more than $570 billion USD to their home countries. Even though several FinTech overseas money transfer companies have made their presence felt in recent times, the field is still dominated by three of the original players – MoneyGram, Western Union, and Ria.…

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New token Makes Unprecedented Gains after Binance Listing

Coinmarketcap.com has a new listing in its top 100. As of Sunday, Ravencoin has been occupying the 58th spot thanks to a Binance listing and has sustained a growth of 118% since that announcement.

Within ten days, the coin has grown its market cap from $212,000 to $49 million! This is a rather unbelievable rise of 23,000%.

In the last 24 hours alone, the coin has grown by 55%. It is now…

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Crypto Day Trading | How you're Going to Lose your Money Quick

Crypto Day Trading | How you’re Going to Lose your Money Quick

Over the past few years the idea of becoming a ‘crypto day trader’ has gained in popularity.

There are countless YouTube videos all claiming to teach viewers the “real secret” to the high-flying, trading lifestyle. How you can spend an hour or two in front of your laptop every day and pocket upwards of $500 in profit on a daily basis.

Before we look at the validity of such a claim, let us…

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Ripple (XRP) and Litecoin (LTC)

The cryptocurrency market is currently sitting just above $210 billion this morning. While mainstream media is heavily focused on cannabis at the moment, blockchain companies are still making moves in the background. Today, we’ll take a closer look at Ripple (XRP) and Litecoin (LTC) and the latest advancements with the two projects.

Ripple (XRP)

Ripple and XRP are often confused as the same…

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Litecoin Transaction Fees | Reducing in Next Core Release

Litecoin transaction fees are set to be lowered by ten times in the next Core release.

The team behind the seventh biggest coin by market cap revealed the news via a Medium post earlier today.

Litecoin Transaction Fees Set to Lower

Currently, the average Litecointransaction fee equates to about $0.05 per KB. But the network’s upcoming release of Litecoin Core 0.17 is going to lower this by a…

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Nicolas Maduro Urges Venezuelan Residents to Invest in Petro Coin

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s president, called on workers in his country to save money in gold and his cryptocurrency ‘The Petro’ during a salary shake-up Thursday. According to the local news source Noticiero Digital, in the next few weeks workers will be receiving their bonuses in the Petro coin, instead of fiat.

Nicolas Maduro and The Petro

Maduro said:

“In the coming weeks the payment…

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Relocating to Blockchain Island Due to Strict Regulations

Zebpay, India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is heading for Malta! Following in the footsteps of major platforms Binance and OKEx, the exchange has had no choice but to move its operations to the ‘blockchain island’ amid strict regulations in India.

Zebpay Moves to Malta

The exchange shut down its operations in India last month, due to strict regulations issuedby the Reserve Bank of India…

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Ethereum (ETH) | Foundation Hands Out Over $3 Million in Awards

The Ethereum (ETH) Foundation has just announced its fourth set of grants given out to 20 individuals and groups working on the Ethereum blockchain.

[Blog] Ethereum Foundation Grants Update – Wave IV #ethereum #grants https://t.co/Xw39mmIX93 pic.twitter.com/gu0csjFlNk

— Ethereum (@ethereum) October 15, 2018

Ethereum (ETH) Grants

According to the official press release, the total amount of…

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Small Bitcoin Fee | Only 10 Cents for $194 Million on the Bitcoin Network

According to sources, on October 16th, a Bitcoin user managed to transfer 29,999 BTC with a transaction fee of only $0.10. This amount of Bitcoin equates to $194 million, and a transaction of this magnitude would usually incur bank fees in the tens of thousands of dollars. With such a small Bitcoin fee for such a large transaction, will we see widespread adoption for big over-sea payments?

Smal…

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Top Coins Today | Tezos and DigixDAO Lead the Pack

According to coinmarketcap.com, there are two top coins today.

In the top 100, leading the pack and standing out for their double-digit gains are Tezos and DigixDAO.

In 24 hours, both coins have increased almost 17%. So what’s going on with these two?

Top Coins: Tezos and DigixDAO

This morning, Tezos began listing on European exchange Kraken. The news has seen the coin increase nearly 17% in…

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