Crypto use more common among the underbanked, says FDIC report

Key on-chain metrics suggest a higher baseline for Bitcoin price now that the halving is complete.

The five-day Unitize virtual blockchain conference organized by BlockShow and San Francisco Blockchain Week ended with the final session on Friday. The event saw appearances from Heath Tarbert, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Vitalik Buterin, a co-founder of Ethereum; and Tim Draper, a serial blockchain investor, as well as other speakers from…

OKCoin, the parent company for world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange OKEx, has  launched fiat-crypto trading services in Argentina, the company revealed in a tweet Thursday, Nov. 15.According to the company’s blog post about the move, customers can already deposit Argentine pesos (ARS) in exchange for major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), Ethereum…

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Bitcoin (BTC) stayed choppy at the April 28 Wall Street open while United States macro data conformed to expectations.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewPCE offers "nothing to shock"Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD fluctuating around the $29,000 mark on Bitstamp.U.S. Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Index data, tipped as the macro event…

Thailand’s Customs Department intends to use IBM’s Tradelens blockchain solution to track shipping in Thai ports.According to an announcement published on Aug. 28 on the Thai Customs Department’s official website, the country plans to use Tradelens, a blockchain logistics system. Local news outlet Bangkok Post reported the next day that the platform is expected to…

Exodus CEO JP Richardson says the firm’s security team reviews all engineers’ code to prevent malicious actions.

The Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) will obligate its member exchanges to place limits on the trading activity of some clients, Cointelegraph Japan reports today, July 28. The self-regulatory body has reportedly established a policy of to require its member crypto exchanges to place maximum limits on the volumes traded by the exchanges’ customers.…