AlphaPoint Helps Launch XRP-Based Cryptocurrency Exchange

A commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) spoke positively about the potential uses for blockchain while emphasizing how his agency must respect its role in financial markets during a meeting of international regulators on Thursday. CFTC Commissioner Rostin Behnam called for "an open mind" with regulating the financial technology space, highlighting a number…

The price of bitcoin is down over 60 percent from its all-time-high so we've taken a look into how and when this bear market could end.

news Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have settled their lawsuit against fellow early bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem, whom they previously claimed owed them $26 million worth of the cryptocurrency. In an April 5 court filing, Judge Jed Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed the case, explaining that the…

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris “understands” crypto and may embrace it as an issue in her nascent campaign for the White House, Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-NC) said at the Bitcoin Nashville conference on Saturday. "We had a total reset of the presidential election," Nickel said, adding "we’ve been working hard to get a reset from

news Just like that, the promise of quantum computers overtaking traditional computers is one step closer to reality. According to a recent report by the Financial Times, tech giant Google claims to have achieved “quantum supremacy,” meaning it has built a quantum computer able to solve formerly impossible mathematical calculations. If proven true, this marks…

news Institutional-focused crypto exchange Seed CX is launching a new wallet solution aimed at adding security and transparency for its customers. The company, which raised $15 million in funding last fall, announced Thursday that its new wallet features on-chain settlement, and provides each customer a unique wallet rather than using omnibus wallets. Provided through its…

MuesliSwap, a Cardano-based decentralized exchange (DEX), said on Wednesday that it would refund users who unintentionally lost money due to a “misunderstanding” about how slippage on the platform works.Market makers — or trading participants who fill buy and sell orders — were able to “fill the limit order and choose whether to return the additional…

Mar 23, 2020 at 21:01 UTCUpdated Mar 23, 2020 at 21:03 UTCGold is up Monday and so are most cryptocurrencies, seemingly buoyed by the U.S. Federal Reserve's drastic quantitative easing action to thwart the coronavirus’ effects on markets and the economy. Bitcoin (BTC) is up 7 percent as of 20:30 UTC. Over the past 24…

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