Australian State Grants Crypto Startup $100k to Boost Tourism

Exponential.fi, best known as a crypto risk assessment platform, is launching a new product suite designed to make the world of decentralized finance (DeFi) less daunting for retail traders. The new platform, which has been available to a small number of beta testers for the past year, aims to serve as a one-stop shop for

Cathie Wood's ARK Invest sold another $50.5 million worth of Coinbase (COIN) shares on July 14 to cash in on the recent rally in the cryptocurrency exchange stock.ARK sold over 480,000 COIN shares across three different funds. The tech-focused investment manager owns over 10.5 million shares in Coinbase making it one of the largest holders…

The adult entertainment website now accepts payment in 16 cryptocurrencies.Jan 20, 2021 at 9:09 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 20, 2021 at 10:07 p.m. UTCPornhub Now Accepts XRP, DOGE, BNB and USDCAdult entertainment website Pornhub, which last month was booted off mainstream payment networks, is now accepting payment in a cryptocurrency others are shunning: XRP.Along with XRP…

TaxBit co-founders Justin and Austin Woodward. (Image courtesy TaxBit)Uphold Teams Up With TaxBit to More Accurately Report Users’ Crypto TradesUphold is hoping to prevent its customers from being audited by reporting their crypto trades as property trades – not income, as many exchanges have done in the past.The platform, which provides trading in crypto, fiat…

CoinDesk Indices (CDI) has teamed with ICE Futures Singapore to update that exchange's bitcoin futures contracts, which will now be known as CoinDesk Bitcoin Futures contracts (BMC), according to a press release.The BMC will utilize the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (XBX) for its monthly contract settlement, said the release, which noted XBX has been in

news Consumer electronics giant LG may be looking to launch its own blockchain smartphone. A report earlier today from Korean media outlet Chosun said “LG is likely to respond to Samsung’s innovation initiative,” a major brand competitor. In the report, Chosun further claimed LG is having difficulty separating a potential blockchain phone from Samsung’s previous…

Nov 18, 2020 at 8:15 a.m. UTCUpdated Nov 18, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. UTCMexico’s Second Richest Man Reveals 10% of His Liquid Assets Are in BitcoinMexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego just declared 10% of his portfolio is now tied up in bitcoin.Announced in a tweet on Wednesday, Mexico’s second-wealthiest man responded to questions that “many…

markets View Bitcoin continues to trade flat despite a bullish crossover of the 100- and 200-period moving averages on the three-day chart – a lagging indicator. BTC may lack clear directional bias for the next few weeks, historical data indicates. Daily and 4-hour charts continue to call a drop to recent lows below $7,800. A…

"The government will launch a pilot to deliver a Digital Gilt Instrument, using distributed ledger technology (DLT)," the government said in a statement. Labour took over the government in July but has since said little about its crypto plans. The party is now using this speech to reassure companies it is pro-innovation. 01:45 Bitcoin Tops