The study, conducted by London-based investment firm IW Capital, reveals that only five per cent of British crypto investors realise profit, and only 38 per cent of the general population have any understanding of cryptocurrency, or the underlying technology. But despite this, a full third of survey respondents believe that the price of bitcoin is a…
On January 9 of this year, the price of Bitcoin in South Korea was 43% higher than it was in the U.S. If you’d had a way of buying $100k USD of BTC in the U.S. and selling it on Bithumb without any fees, foreign currency exchange rates, or time delays, you could have pocketed $43k.…
$10.7 trillion custodian helping hedge funds invest in bitcoin (med impact) Financial services firm Northern Trust which provides custody and wealth management services to corporations and institutional investors has started opening up its services to cryptocurrency hedge funds. Forbes reported that Northern Trust, in the top 500 of the largest US companies, has been working…
In today’s edition of Crypto Daily News, we’ll cover why Bithumb has dropped nearly 40% in its trade volume and why Bitcoin (BTC) was unaffected by the NYSE news. Crypto Daily News: August 3rd, 2018 Bithumb Sees Slump in Trade Volume The world’s 13th largest cryptocurrency exchange by its current trade volume, Bithumb, has dropped…
Bitcoin for coffee. It has a nice ring to it. But actually using Bitcoin (BTC) to buy coffee? Turns into a big mess real fast. However, that might be about to change. Starbucks just hinted that it might soon have a way to make using BTC to pay for coffee a whole lot easier for…
Goldman Sachs appears to have mixed feelings towards Bitcoin. Earlier in 2018, the bank said it was planning on opening a BTC trading desk. Yesterday, a former Goldman Sachs executive said a Bitcoin ETF was possible. Yet, in the Goldman Sachs midyear economic-outlook report, Bitcoin was reported to decline even more than it has so…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AXS Blockchain Solutions Inc. (“AXS Blockchain”) (CSE:BAXS) (FRA: C0B), a leader in blockchain solution development, is pleased to announce that the board of directors has appointed Ashik Karim as Chief Executive Officer, and a director, effective August 3, 2018. Mr. Karim is currently and will also…
Announced this morning is some pretty major news that Bitcoin bulls have been waiting for; Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) – the trading giant that owns the New York Stock Exchange – has a goal of breaking Bitcoin into mainstream currency and it plans to do this by forming a new company called Bakkt. Bakkt is soon…
Ashik KarimVANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AXS Blockchain Solutions Inc. (“AXS Blockchain”) (CSE:BAXS) (FRA: C0B), a leader in blockchain solution development, is pleased to announce that the board of directors has appointed Ashik Karim as Chief Executive Officer, and a director, effective August 3, 2018. Mr. Karim is currently and will…
At the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium in Barcelona last week, two researchers presented a plan to bring the anonymity of monero to the ethereum network. With the catchline “Trustless Tumbling for Transaction Privacy”, the protocol uses mixing solutions to obscure the payment information of ether transactions. Unlike monero, bitcoin and ethereum do not offer transaction privacy,…
