$80K BTC price chases gold — 5 Things to know in Bitcoin this week

United States-based investment firm Blockchain Capital has led a seed funding round for  blockchain compliance startup TRM, a press release from the firm reveals Jan. 31.TRM announced today that it had a closed a funding round totalling $1.7 million. Tapas Capital, Green D Ventures, The MBA Fund, and “strategic angel investors” also participated in the…

The asset recently received the blessing of the Japanese Virtual Currency Exchange Association. 2948 Total views 21 Total shares On Jan 19, Blockchain-based Enjin Coin (ENJ) became the first gaming cryptocurrency to be legally authorized for trade by the Japanese Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA).This coincided with a sudden 71% increase to the coin’s dollar…

“YOU’VE TRANSCENDED. You are here because you’ve opened your eyes to a new type of society; one powered by a decentralised economy and full of shimmering new possibilities.” This is not the calling card for a new religion. This is what new Monolith customers are met with when opening up the box for the first time.…

The Kenyan president announced the talks at an American business summit in Nairobi attended by the U.S. commerce secretary.

The growth of stablecoin's market cap and circulating supply has been one of the best indicators for attaining a general pulse on how participants in the market are feeling during bullish and bearish times.Monitoring the Tether (USDT) treasury for large issuances was a common tactic used by analysts and traders to position themselves for a…

UK-based service TransferGo has reportedly become the world’s first remittance operator to offer crypto trading, Bloomberg reported July 27. TransferGo now lets customers buy and sell five major cryptocurrencies –– Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Litecoin (LTC). According to TransferGo CEO and founder Daumantas Dvilinskas, the crypto trading option was…

Roger Ver, the prominent Bitcoin Cash (BCH) advocate and former CEO of Bitcoin.com, appears to think that the world’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionate.In a tweet published on March 29, Ver tweeted a screenshot of statistics ostensibly comparing the global COVID-19 death toll with that of other illnesses — including seasonal flu, malaria…

Bitcoin (BTC) has a unique advantage: self custody, which the traditional financial system cannot compete with. It is important that the Bitcoin ecosystem maximizes this competitive advantage in order to compete with the legacy system.Custodial solutions are important for financial markets, whether traditional or innovative, and have been historically limited for Bitcoin. But why do…

It is already illegal to mine crypto within the de facto state. Abkhazia, a de facto state in the South Caucasus, continues to face an energy crisis. The head of the region’s national energy provider recently blamed increased crypto mining activity for the problems.According to Jam News, the government’s year-old ban on crypto mining has…