Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 268 of 298

ICM Capital Launches Bitcoin CFD Trading

November 13, 2017

ICM Capital is now offering cryptocurrency trading to its customers, according to a company announcement. Specifically, the new service is for Bitcoin CFDs. This means that customers will not actually own bi...

ESMA Joins Fellow Regulators in Warning Against ICOs

November 13, 2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority and the Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the financial regulators of the EU and Holland respectively, have issued statements on the subject of initial coin offering...

Bitcoin Cash Obliterates Other Cryptos, Rising 40% on Korean Buying

November 10, 2017

The result of the first hard fork of Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash is obliterating any competition in the cryptocurrency markets today. The unit is trading 37 percent higher at just over $870. The move higher is a di...

Bitcoin May Still Be in for a Wild Ride as Segwit2x Gets Mysterious

November 10, 2017

Bitcoin has traded in a tight range today, as the market’s ‘animal spirits’ calmed down somewhat. As traders digest the news about the suspension of the Segwit2x hard fork, some of the latest developments are...

Germany’s BaFin Takes Aim at ICOs, Warns Public Against Investment Risks

November 9, 2017

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) have continued to see a growing emphasis amongst regulators globally. German’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has become the latest European authority to join th...

SEC Chair Blasts ICOs, Warns Some Tokens Resemble Securities

November 9, 2017

The Chairman of the SEC, Jay Clayton, is making some worrying remarks for crypto-enthusiasts while speaking at the Practicing Law Institute’s annual symposium. In prepared remarks, the recently appointed chai...

Lykke Wallet to Support ERC20 ICO Tokens After Latest Update

November 9, 2017

Lykke, a Swiss FinTech company building a global marketplace on the blockchain, today announced that from the latest update to the Lykke Wallet the mobile application will support ERC20 tokens. ERC20 is a st...

Bitcoin Price Soars Just Shy of $8,000 as SegWit2x Fork Suspended

November 8, 2017

Bitgo CEO Mike Belshe has proposed delaying SegWit2x in a statement signed by Jihan Wu, Jeff Garzik and Erik Voorhees as the third fork of Bitcoin is proving to be a very contentious proposal in the cryptocurre...

Indian Central Bank Will Not Allow Bitcoin as Legal Tender

November 8, 2017

The Executive Director at the Reserve Bank of India, S Ganesh Kumar, recently expressed the system’s hostility towards the new-age digital currency and rejected any possibility of allowing Bitcoin as legal te...

Bitcoin Price Soars Just Shy of $8,000 as SegWit2x Fork Suspended

November 8, 2017

Bitgo CEO Mike Belshe has proposed delaying SegWit2x in a statement signed by Jihan Wu, Jeff Garzik and Erik Voorhees as the third fork of Bitcoin is proving to be a very contentious proposal in the cryptocur...