Bitcoin bridge XLink resurrection underway post $10M hack

Tuesday, Jan. 15 — following a brief period of recovery yesterday, all of the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization are falling again. The only exception to this are two stablecoins Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC), which are currently in the green.Market visualization from Coin360As of press time, Bitcoin (BTC) is down 2.34 percent…

Canadian adult entertainment giant Pornhub has revealed that less than 1 percent of purchases on the platform are made in cryptocurrencies, Hard Fork reported September 28.Despite the low volume of subscriptions paid with crypto, a Pornhub spokesman told Hard Fork that  “[it] expect[s] to see widespread adoption of crypto[currency] and blockchain on our site in…

Chris Dodds, who serves on the board of directors of the Charles Schwab Corporation, has joined cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase's board of directors, according to an announcement published October 2.The Charles Schwab Corporation is a brokerage, banking and financial advisory services firm based in San Francisco. Per the firm’s annual report, the company had $3.36 trillion…

Bitcoin dipped below $4000 today, for the first time since the depths of crypto winter — and one veteran market analyst believes it could have even further to fall.Crypto markets have been in freefall following the announcement of travel bans yesterday between the U.S. and Europe, and ongoing volatility in all financial markets. Veteran trader Peter Brandt…

Micro Ether futures will become the fourth crypto derivatives product by CME and is expected to be launched on Dec. 6. 42 Total views 1 Total shares The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), one of the world’s biggest derivatives marketplaces, continues expanding its cryptocurrency derivatives offerings by adding a new Ether (ETH)-based product.CME announced Tuesday that it…

Federated Co-operatives Limited, or FCL, one of Canada’s 50-largest companies, has partnered with blockchain-based supply chain middleware platform, Morpheus.Network.FCL plans to integrate distributed ledger technology, or DLT, based tracking. This will be deployed across its diverse supply chain, encompassing 1,400 businesses across Western Canada and employs over 23,000 workers.Major Canadian co-operative embraces blockchainThe firms have…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has been showing extreme levels of volatility as it consolidates under a key level of $10,000. Previously, the price dropped to as low as $8,100 on May 10, merely a day before the highly anticipated mining rewards halving.Following the 20% drop, traders remain divided on where the Bitcoin price would go next…

Some of skew's institutional clients include One River Asset Management and Susquehanna International Group. 900 Total views 12 Total shares United States’ cryptocurrency giant Coinbase has acquired institutional-grade blockchain data analytics platform skew.Greg Tusar, vice president of institutional products at Coinbase, announced the news Friday, stating that the new acquisition will help customers make more informed…