Robinhood stock trading app: A National Banking Charter is attractive to many financial tech companies but alas! it is very hard to get. That hasn’t stopped California-based stock trading app Robinhood from approaching regulators at the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), with an ambition to acquire necessary licenses allowing it to receive a national banking…
Robinhood stock trading app: A National Banking Charter is attractive to many financial tech companies but alas, it is very hard to get. That hasn’t stopped California-based stock trading app Robinhood from approaching regulators at the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) with an ambition to acquire the necessary licenses to allow them to receive a…
While the communities of Ripple (XRP) and Monero (XMR) are growing, fans of the currencies still face challenges when it comes to storage — with little support for user-controlled storing, sending or receiving of these currencies on many popular exchanges or wallets. Things got a little brighter today, however, as the Edge multi-asset wallet has…
It’s day 8 of the Crypto World Cup, and we have some of the biggest players facing off with one another. Charlie Lee will play against Vitalik Buterin in a nail-biting match. Plus, Charles Hoskinson, Apolo Ohno, Bill Barhydt, and Tiffany Hayden. You won’t want to miss it! If you don’t know them all yet,…
Blockchain in Switzerland: It seems that blockchain technology is expected to infiltrate Switzerland’s economy even more-so. Already, the Alpine nation has been known as quite the hot-spot for all things cryptocurrency. But this time it seems that the technology behind blockchain specifically, allows for a real push in technological advancement for the nation. Johann N.…
The IRS may be cracking down on crypto bought on foreign exchanges as part of a technicality involving overseas holdings. Americans who hold more than $10,000 abroad are required to file Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) reports each year with the U.S. Treasury Department. They are also required by the Foreign Account Tax Compliance…
Crypto energy consumption: Bitcoin took the world by storm. Some experts warned against trading it, touting it as fraudulent. But as time went by, the cryptocurrency remained strong, surprising everyone. These days a lot of people are trading Bitcoin and investing in it, in hopes of making a profit. There are still some skeptics, but…
HomeSponsoredDLive Launches Android App to Bring Twitch-Style Streaming to Blockchain DLive, the world’s first (and biggest) decentralized streaming platform has been seeing some impressive growth. Since launching about six months ago, the blockchain startup already has 500,000 monthly active users who tune into the platform to watch everything from Fortnite streams to DIY cooking shows.…
Reports of Stellar acquiring Chain are floating around this week. On June 20th, Fortune reported that Stellar, the creator of the virtual currency XLM, is in talks to purchase the California-based blockchain startup. But is it really going to happen? Stellar Acquiring Chain – Real or Fake? Rumors in the crypto space take different paths.…
Bithumb hack investors repaid: Another week, another crypto exchange hack. Last Monday, June 11, the world awoke to the news of the Coinrail hack. This week, another South Korean exchange was also hacked. This time around it was Bithumb. In the Bithumb hack, roughly $30M in digital assets was stolen. Don’t worry, though – Bithumb…
