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Facebook Hires Former Aide to US Senator to Lobby on Libra

August 6, 2019

Social media giant Facebook has hired Susan Zook, a former aide to US Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), to lobby for its ambitious cryptocurrency project Libra. According to Politico, Zook, founder of Mason Stre...

Pbet Announces IEO Launch On LAToken

August 5, 2019

Pbet has recently got its IEO hosted at LAToken exchange on its multi-asset trading platform. The company envisions to conjoin physical casinos with online casinos, thanks to its blockchain crypto-based Unifi...

Tron Set to Launch Sun Network Later This Week

August 5, 2019

Blockchain platform Tron is set to launch its much anticipated Sun Network on August 10, the company’s founder Justin Sun revealed in a tweet. According to Sun, version 1.0 of the network will facilitate 100...

BitMEX Records $524 Million in Fund Outflows in July

August 5, 2019

Crypto derivatives platform BitMEX has recorded an outflow of $524 million from its trading platform in July, making it the worst month for the exchange. According to the data compiled by TokenAnalyst, the o...

eToro Ups Crypto Listings to 15, Adds Support for Tezos (XTZ)

August 5, 2019

Tezos (XTZ), a cryptocurrency with a market valuation of over $950 million, is the next coin to join eToro’s list of featured virtual assets. The introduction of new instruments adds to eToro’s rapidly expan...

South Korean Authorities Nabb 12 for $18 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme

August 4, 2019

South Korean authorities last Thursday busted a crypto-related Ponzi scheme which duped around 56,000 people for more than 21.2 million won (around $18.7 million). According to the April 8 Korea Joongang Dai...

Square Doubles Its Quarterly Bitcoin Sales Revenue in Q2

August 2, 2019

Square, a mobile payment startup, on Thursday reported that it generated $125 million in revenue in the second quarter of 2019 from Bitcoin sales through its Cash App. The Bitcoin-related revenue figure almo...

eToro Sponsors Everton & Aston Villa for 2019/2020 Season

August 2, 2019

eToro has continued to expand its presence in the sports sponsorship field, by signing two new partnerships with premier league teams Everton and Aston Villa for the 2019/2020 season. The cryptocurrency inve...

Walmart Files Patent for Libra-Like Stablecoin

August 2, 2019

Retail giant Walmart has filed a patent for its own fiat-pegged digital currency in the United States. Filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on August 1, the application describes it as a pro...

CBOE Reports Weakest Spot FX Volumes in July Since 2017

August 1, 2019

Summer lulls appear to have hit CBOE, which has released its foreign exchange (forex) spot trading volumes for July this Thursday, as the largest options exchange in the US noted its weakest monthly trading v...