UK Crypto Futures Exchange Adds Bitcoin Cash Contract

news An Austrian printing company that has history going back to the early 1800s has launched a cryptocurrency storage device. The new hardware wallet comes from YOUNIQX Identity, a subsidiary of the Vienna-based Austrian State Printing House (Oesterreichische Staatsdruckerei or OeSD) – a secure printing firm which is now the country’s high-tech passport maker and…

Declining national fiat currencies and a generally unstable economy have helped propel bitcoin (BTC) to all-time high prices in Turkey and Nigeria, despite the asset trading 50% below its peak in the U.S. dollar terms.Recent price surges have caused bitcoin to cross price peaks against the Turkish lira and the Nigerian naira, data shows. As

Aug 31, 2020 at 19:00 UTCUpdated Aug 31, 2020 at 19:15 UTC(Nuthawut Somsuk/Getty Images)US Stock Market Cap to GDP Ratio Reaches 190%, Eclipsing Dot-Com Bubble HighThe booming stock market is driven by perception of the Federal Reserve’s commitment to high prices and growing individual trading, but how sustainable is it? For more episodes and free early access…

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news Tether is planning to issue a stablecoin pegged to the Chinese renminbi, according to a trader with ties to the company. Zhao Dong, an over-the-counter (OTC) trader in China and a shareholder of crypto exchange Bitfinex – which shares managers and owners with Tether – revealed the move on WeChat on Wednesday, saying Tether plans…

Solana-based decentralized exchange Cypher plans to hold a token sale soon as part of its efforts to recover from a debilitating hack earlier this month.In a series of blog posts, contributors said Cypher will use the proceeds of the sale to fund development and fill the project’s depleted treasury. Cypher lost upwards of $1 million…

The European Union's banking and markets regulators have issued a set of draft technical standards for stablecoins that reference multiple currencies or assets.The standards are one of several batches the watchdogs are expected to formulate and issue under the EU's landmark Markets in Crypto Asset (MiCA) regulation. The European Union’s banking regulator published its last

The prevailing narrative for the past several years around blockchain and digital assets has been that regulatory risk is the biggest threat to the industry, but that’s false.If the past two years have taught us anything, it’s that regulators will work at their own pace to sort rules and regulations; and we must continue to

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Lyllah Ledesma is a CoinDesk Markets reporter currently based in Europe. She holds bitcoin, ether and small amounts of other crypto assets.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Crypto derivatives trading volumes…