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M&G invests $20 million in Global Futures & Options Holding to open up cryptocurrency derivatives trading to traditional financial institutions. The investment arm of UK-based pension fund M&G has invested $20 million in the country’s first regulated Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives exchange, Global Futures & Options Holdings (GFO-X).An announcement from M&G and GFO-X outlined the details

China launching a digital counterpart of the yuan backed by gold puts Bitcoin (BTC) at a disadvantage, veteran gold bug Peter Schiff claims. In a tweet on Nov. 2, Schiff, notorious for his cynicism when it comes to Bitcoin, attempted to counter criticism of his stance by Keiser report host, Max Keiser. Schiff tells Keiser: gold…

The Astar Network team claimed that having two virtual machines is a key success factor in a budding layer-1 blockchain. 427 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTMultichain decentralized application (DApp) protocol Astar Network will launch the second iteration of its smart contracts that supports both…

Another good week for Bitcoin last week. The dollar price rose more than 5 percent, taking it to around $11,700. That rise wasn’t smooth. A flash crash took $1,500 off the price at one point, although investors remain bullish and the VIX volatility index, which is based on the S&P 500, is “extremely bullish.” Other…

It appears that more people are reading about Bitcoin these days. 687 Total views 1 Total shares A new book on Bitcoin (BTC) has catapulted into the top-3 on Amazon’s macroeconomics bestseller list, offering more evidence that digital assets are piquing peoples’ interest. Released on Dec. 2, 2020, “Bitcoin: Hard Money You Can't F*ck With:…

Germany joins countries such as France, Luxembourg, Spain and Portugal by greenlighting the Bitcoin-based EXOeu token. 807 Total views 5 Total shares German financial regulators have approved a security token offering (STO) based on a Bitcoin (BTC) sidechain.Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has greenlighted the EXOeu token by game publisher Exordium, making local retail investors…

Ukraine’s former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is currently running a presidential campaign for the March 2019 elections, wants to tackle corruption using blockchain, according to a recent Facebook post from Sunday, Dec. 9.Tymoshenko dedicated her post to International Anti-Corruption Day, stating that modern Ukraine is immersed in “total corruption.” She further explained that her…

Verisart, a company that certifies art authenticity through blockchain technology, has raised $2.5 million to further expand its commercial art platform.Verify and track provenance of artIn an Oct. 3 article by Techcrunch, it was announced that Verisart raised $2.5 million in seed financing led by Galaxy Digital EOS Fund, alongside investment firms Sinai Ventures and…

Ethereum Classic Labs, a core Ethereum Classic development and accelerator organization, announced partnerships with social media dApp iZbreaker and blockchain infrastructure developer Second State.Second State will build the next generation Ethereum infrastructureOn Sept. 1, the developer and maintainer of the Ethereum Classic blockchain said that they had partnered with blockchain infrastructure developer, Second State.Per the…