February 2019 | Page 50 of 104 | Last Cryptocurrency News Feed

tZERO Is Live, But Volume Is Light and Its Token’s Price Is Down Sharply

feature tZERO is off to a slow start. In the three weeks since the long-awaited launch of Overstock.com’s alternative trading system (ATS) for security tokens, activity has been light. According to traders in a dedicated Telegram chat, daily volume has fluctuated between 7,000 and 23,000 units of the platform’s own tZERO Preferred (TZROP) token –…

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Hyundai Commercial Partners With IBM to Accelerate Blockchain Development

Hyundai Commercial — a financial services subsidiary of leading South Korean automobile manufacturer Hyundai — has announced a partnership with American tech giant IBM to modernize its business model using blockchain. The news was announced on Feb. 13 at IBM’s annual tech and business conference “IBM Think 2019” in San Francisco, California.Hyundai Commercial is reportedly…

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CME Group CEO Terry Duffy: Government Involvement Key to Crypto’s Success

Terry Duffy, CEO of leading derivative market CME Group, has said that until governments start to accept cryptocurrencies, it is very difficult for major commercial banks to get involved in the market. Duffy made his comments during an interview with Bloomberg published on Feb. 14.When asked if Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has hit its bottom, Duffy…

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Survey: 41% of Institutional Investors to Invest in ICOs Within Five Years

According to a survey of institutional investors conducted by the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), 19 percent believe that digital assets will be regularly invested in and traded by 2021. The results of the survey were shared with Cointelegraph on Feb. 14.The survey was conducted in December 2018 and January 2019 by market research company…

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What is Ethereum 2.0? We Reveal its Unclear, Uncertain, Yet Promising Future

For the past few months, Ethereum 2.0 has been a hot topic in the crypto space. People are patiently waiting to see how the second most popular cryptocurrency can showcase its new and improved speed, scalability, and security features through a series of updates. The updates are aimed at addressing current scaling, mining and consensual…

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NYSE Arca Filing Kicks Off Countdown for New Bitcoin ETF

news The clock just started on the latest effort to launch a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it was beginning its review of a bitcoin ETF rule change proposal filed by NYSE Arca and Bitwise Asset Management on Feb. 11, and the proposal itself was published in the Federal…

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What QuadrigaCX Says About Institutional Crypto Investment

opinion Noelle Acheson is a veteran of company analysis and member of CoinDesk’s product team. The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a newsletter for the institutional market, with news and views on crypto infrastructure delivered every Tuesday. Sign up here. _______ Open pretty much any mainstream financial media source and it’s hard to feel…

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Bakkt: What Should We Expect From an Exchange Tailor-Made for Wall Street Investors?

Last week, the CEO of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) said that the firm’s digital asset platform, Bakkt, is expected to launch later in 2019. It is time to look deeper into the project, and see what it can bring to the crypto industry.What is Bakkt exactly?Bakkt (pronounced “backed,” referring to “asset-backed securities”) is a digital…

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Report: Brazilian Bank Bradesco Closes Accounts of Local Crypto Exchange and Owners

One of the largest Brazilian banks, Bradesco, has notified crypto exchange Bitblue that its banking accounts will be closed late February, local crypto outlet Portal do Bitcoin reported on Feb. 13.As the outlet has learned from unnamed industry insiders, Bitblue will face the closure of its accounts in Bradesco on Feb. 26. Moreover, the decision…

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8 Illicit Crypto-Mining Windows Apps Removed From Microsoft Store

news A number of apps in Microsoft’s app store have been found to be able to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. The eight apps, discovered by Symantec on Jan. 17, hosted a version of Coinhive, a script for mining the monero cryptocurrency that has proved popular with cyber criminals. In a blog post on the discovery, Symantec said it had reported the…