'Most bullish' weekly close — 5 Things to know in Bitcoin this week

The new service, Interchange, will provide an alternative to the pre-funding and margin models of cryptocurrency exchanges. 1266 Total views 10 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTCrypto asset provider Zodia Custody has launched a new service to help protect its clients from exchange insolvency. According to the company, its…

Coinbase Commerce, a platform that supports cryptocurrency payments for internet retailers, has added MakerDAO’s DAI stablecoin as a supported payment method this week. This integration will let merchants around the world accept the USD-pegged stablecoin as payment for goods and services without Coinbase Commerce taking any extra fees.Merchants can add a “pay with crypto” button to…

Bitcoin looks set to benefit little from the latest CPI figures, analysts warn, with fresh BTC price losses firmly on the cards. 212 Total views 2 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) hovered near $29,500 on Aug. 10 as markets braced for a fresh United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) print.BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingViewTrader warns of…

Decentralized identity startup Civic and blockchain security firm BitGo plan to launch a new wallet using BitGo’s multisig technology in Q4 2019.In a press release shared with Cointelegraph on July 23, the two firms revealed that the forthcoming “Civic Wallet” will host hold both cryptocurrency and identity data on mobile devices.Control and security over funds…

Crypto market trading volume has declined by more than 50% since February, when it was at its highest levels this year. Crypto trading volumes and dwindling digital asset prices are flashing signs of trader exhaustion and potentially weaker market momentum, according to analysts.  Crypto-wide trading volume has been dropping since it peaked in February amid

Update (March 11 at 9:59 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include a response from the SEC. Ian Balina, the CEO of Token Metrics and a YouTuber with more than 100,000 subscribers, said the US Securities and Exchange Commission will stop pursuing him in court over allegations he violated securities laws by promoting

Regulated Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt is reportedly eyeing going public through a rumored merger. 1100 Total views 7 Total shares Bakkt, the cryptocurrency trading platform majority-owned by Intercontinental Exchange, is rumored to be deep in discussions to go public through a merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings.On Jan. 7, Bloomberg published a story citing anonymous…

Rostin Behnam said it was "critically important to have a primary cop on on the beat" of an emerging market that included cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. 601 Total views 55 Total shares Acting chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, Rostin Behnam has likened the government agency’s enforcement of the digital asset space to…

There is an old saying in China: “Building the road is the first step to becoming rich.” Asian countries use infrastructure to boost the economy, and China is probably the most aggressive one — its annual average infrastructure spending is one of the highest at 8.3% of its gross domestic product from 2010 to 2015,…