Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 174 of 298

Digital Asset Issuer Amun Is Launching Inverse Bitcoin ETP

January 23, 2020

Switzerland-based Amun has launched the 21Shares Short Bitcoin ETP (SBTC) on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX), an exchange traded product tracking bitcoin’s price movements inversely. “If you’ve ever tried t...

Tether Gold (XAU₮): A New Tokenized Gold Product Built On Ethereum And TRON

January 23, 2020

On Thursday (January 23), Tether launched a new product called Tether Gold (XAUt), which is a crypto token -- available as an ERC-20 token on the Ethereum blockchain and as a TRC20 token on the TRON blockchai...

BitPay Taps Simplex to Smooth Cryptocurrency Purchases

January 23, 2020

BitPay today announced that users on its platform will now be able to purchase cryptocurrency directly in the App with bank cards after it has inked a partnership with payment provider Simplex. Announced tod...

Amun Lists Inverse Bitcoin ETP on SIX

January 23, 2020

Amun AG, a crypto investment instrument provider, has listed a new Bitcoin inverse exchange-traded product (ETP) on Swiss stock exchange SIX. Unlike traditional ETP, inverse products allow traders to short o...

Hong Kong, Thailand Central Banks Mull Over Digital Currencies

January 22, 2020

The central banks of Hong Kong and Thailand are working hand-in-hand for the issuance of digital currencies for their utilization in cross-border payments between the two countries. Reported by Reuters on We...

Dukascopy Adds Litecoin CFDs to Cryptocurrency Offering

January 22, 2020

Switzerland’s forex bank and broker, Dukascopy, has expanded its range of cryptocurrency instruments and will now add trading support for Litecoin, which joins its already installed CFDs on Bitcoin and Ethere...

Vodafone Exits Libra as Central Banks Threats Mount

January 22, 2020

British telecom giant Vodafone has become the latest member to leave the Libra Association. With this Coindesk-reported exit, the original consortium of 28 members supporting Facebook’s ambitious digital cur...

British Telco Giant Vodafone Exits Libra Association

January 22, 2020

After a spate of big names parting ways with the Libra Association late last year such as Paypal, Visa, Mastercard, and Ebay, British telecommunications giant Vodafone has become the latest to bid the ambit...

South Korea Mulls 20% Crypto Income Tax

January 20, 2020

The South Korean government is considering a 20% income tax for cryptocurrency transactions. According to a 20th January report in the The Korea Times, the South Korean Ministry of Economy and Finance is...

Binance Adds Vietnamese Dong to P2P Platform

January 20, 2020

Leading crypto exchange Binance on Monday announced the launch of peer-to-peer (P2P) trading services for the Vietnamese dong (VND). With this, the platform will allow traders to buy and sell four digital cu...