Terra’s Do Kwon Investigated for Running a Ponzi: Report

South Korean prosecutors are reportedly weighing whether they could charge Do Kwon for running a Ponzi scheme by promising unsustainably high fixed interest rates on UST deposits via Anchor Protocol....

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India: Crypto Investors Could Be Subject to 2% Levy on Purchases from Offshore Exchanges

A report posits that Indians might be charged a 2% levy on crypto purchased from overseas exchanges. Charges Could Be Imposed on Indian Crypto Enthusiasts According to a report by The Economic Times published on June 22, digital currencies bought from crypto exchanges outside India could be subject to a 2% levy charge. Dubbed ‘equalizationRead More

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Canada’s Third Bitcoin ETF Might Spring as CI Global Files Issue

After two ETFs went live last week, there could be a third Canadian bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). On Friday, CI Global Asset Management, a subsidiary of a firm in charge of more than $230 billion worth of assets, filed a preliminary prospectus for the financial instrument.

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Ethereum is Breaking Free of a Multi-Year Trading Range as Bulls Take Charge

Ethereum appears to be entering price discovery mode, with bulls taking full control of its price action as they sent the crypto flying It set fresh all-time highs overnight and is currently consolidating below the $1,600 resistance level that many analysts have been watching A break above here could confirm that it is currently in price discovery mode and allow for significantly further upside in the days and weeks ahead One trader is now highlighting […]

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OMG Network flashes sell signal as bears look to take charge

OMG/USD price is above $3.40 but could drop to lows of $3.00 as suggested...

The post OMG Network flashes sell signal as bears look to take charge appeared first on Coin Journal.

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Billionaire Mike Novogratz Builds Bitcoin Position on Prescience

The sentiment in the crypto community has shifted now that the bulls are back in charge. With the bitcoin price trading within striking distance of $12,000, investors know from experience that this could be just the beginning of another major rally.

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Bitcoin's security could be why DeFi building has been inhibited

The cryptocurrency industry has been about creating a new world of finance, one where people are in charge of their own money. Here, Bitcoin was supposed to be the alternative to the financial system,The post Bitcoin's security could be why DeFi building has been inhibited appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Ethereum Bulls Back in Action, Can ETH Reach $300 This Time?

Signs during trading in today’s Asian session indicate that the correction could be over already. Ethereum is leading the charge once again, can it reach $300 this time around? Crypto markets appear to be recovering today though bitcoin has hardly moved on the day, remaining at around $9,800.

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Crypto Goes IPO — Ripple Could Lead the Blockchain Industry's Charge

The reality of a Ripple IPO divides analysts: “A successful IPO has the potential to alter the dynamics around how investors trade Ripple.”

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Why crypto? Holding money at Dutch bank ING could cost you

When consumers hold money in banks, they expect to be paid an interest rate—there’s a reason why people don’t store their money under a mattress in a safe in their house. But, this financial trend is changing, with there being banks that now charge consumers and businesses for storing money, something unheard of ten or […] The post Why crypto? Holding money at Dutch bank ING could cost you appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Circle to Charge Fees on US-Based Poloniex Traders’ Crypto After Dec. 16

Circle has warned U.S.-based Poloniex users that it could fine or confiscate their balances if they do not remove their funds

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60% Of German Banks’ Charge Negative Interest Rates, ECB Says It Could Give Rise To ‘Bigger Risks’

Nearly 60% of German banks are charging negative interest rates from corporate clients on deposits while 23% are doing the same for retail customers, revealed a survey by the German central bank. Two weeks after the European Central Bank cut interest rates deeper into negative territory, from minus 0.4% to minus 0.5% in mid-September, the […]

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Calibra CEO David Marcus Responds to Claims That Facebook’s Libra Is A Threat To Financial Systems

David Marcus, known as the head of Calibra, the company in charge of Facebook’s Libra stablecoin, has recently decided to respond to the prominent concerns that Libra could affect the sovereignty of national fiat currencies.

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Apple Could be Joining the Cryptocurrency Bandwagon

Apple Inc. , the American multinational technology firm in charge of the iPhone, iPad and other high-end devices, has hinted that it’s closely watching cryptocurrency and could join the bandwagon in the near future, according to a CNN report on September 5, 2019.

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E3 Could be in Serious Trouble, Journalists Start Receiving Death Threats Due to Doxxing

Let's say it right away: E3 is known for unfortunate security breaches. Generally, such breaches result simply in hackers revealing games ahead of the companies that made them. This year, the ESA, the organization in charge of E3's management, messed up in a way not even Keanu Reeves will be able to save them from.

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Comcast hikes up the price for HD video on ‘unlimited’ plans

Comcast-owned Xfinity Mobile will now charge subscribers an additional $20 a month to stream HD video. The change first started about a year ago, when it capped video resolution for mobile subscribers to 480p.

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India to seek EU’s approval on GDPR compliance for ‘adequacy’ status

The Economic Times reports that India is gearing up to seek ‘adequacy’ status with the European Union‘s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a set of privacy laws adopted by the region in 2016 and enforced from last year.

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Ethereum (ETH) Price Surge 13.1% As Cloudflare Launchs A Gateway

Ethereum (ETH) rally, up 13. 1 percent Cloudflare launches an Ethereum gateway The promise of Ethereum 2. 0 is bliss for ETH holders. As Cloudflare positions itself, prices are rallying. Week to date, ETH is up 13.

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Crypto Market Wrap: Koreans Crazy for SOLVE as Consolidation Continues

Crypto markets remain in consolidation; Binance Coin getting back up, BSV falling further back, SOLVE on a charge.   Market Wrap Crypto markets have remained in consolidation for the past 24 hours.

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Watchtowers Are Coming to Lightning

“The Eye of Sauron casts its gaze upon the Lightning Network. ”This is how Lightning Labs CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun (aka, roasbeef) has heralded the coming of Watchtowers to the Lightning Network.

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Spanish Banking Fintech Launches Visa-Friendly EU Crypto Debit Card

By CCN: 2gether, based in the EU, announced today that it’s launching a Visa debit card which will enable users to convert crypto to fiat via ATM quickly. The card itself doesn’t charge a fee to make these transactions, but there is a fee involved in exchanging the crypto and whatever fees the ATM itself may charge.

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Supreme Court ruling means Apple could face lawsuits from lots of angry customers

The United States Supreme Court ruled this week that users could sue Apple for allegedly monopolizing the App Store and driving up the price of apps. This means that, if you’re so inclined, you could bring suit against Apple for overcharging you.

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Microsoft Is Building an ID Verification Platform on Bitcoin

Microsoft is leveraging blockchain technology to create a trustless digital identity scheme, but its not launching a token or building a private blockchain to do so.

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Bitcoin Could Badly Spoil Australia’s Cash Payment Crackdown Plan

By CCN: Bitcoin is a lousy tool to launder million and billions worth of cash. But the same cannot be said about a mere $6,989, as not noted by Malcolm Turnbull. The former Australian Prime Minister led his office to launch a crackdown on cash-in-hand payments.

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Study: More electric cars could help us breathe easier

Electric vehicles have a small but fast-growing share of the car market. This switch from the gas-powered internal combustion engine to battery-powered electric propulsion is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Op Ed: 3 Reasons Why Crypto Has an Exchange Problem

While the Crypto Winter may be lingering with us into the spring, crypto exchanges are doing just fine. According to CoinMarketCap, there are now 255 major crypto exchanges.

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Amazon is reportedly building a high-fidelity music streaming service to rival Tidal

Amazon is set to launch a new music streaming service later this year that will serve up tracks at higher quality than what most mainstream platforms like Spotify offer, reports Music Business Worldwide.

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Cryptocurrency Donations Could Lead the Charge For Notre Dame Cathedral’s Reconstruction

Notre Dame Cathedral Rebuilding Could Accept Cryptocurrency Donations Do you want to donate crypto for Notre Dame Cathedral? Don't worry, soon that may become a possibility. On Monday, France's twelfth-century cathedral was devastated by a wildfire which its cause is still unknown.

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Ubisoft offers Assassin’s Creed Unity for free so you can visit Notre-Dame

Ubisoft today announced it’d be giving away Assassin’s Creed Unity away for free, as a tribute to the damaged Notre-Dame and to give gamers “the chance to experience the majesty and beauty of the cathedral” in the wake of the fire.

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These phones give you the most battery life per dollar

Phones have improved in pretty much every way over the past 20 years. Well, apart from in one area: battery life. Yep, the days when you could expect your phone to last you a week without a full charge are long gone.

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With Latest Partnership, Ledger Vault Offers a Fix to Crypto’s Custody Problem

Within the sphere of traditional finance, at least, crypto has a custody problem. The problem? Crypto is complicated, security is tricky and — if we’re being frank — the suits don’t know a bit from a byte (or a blockchain from a cloud server).

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CoolWallet S Review: An ‘Everyday’ Wallet for Crypto?

The CoolWallet S, made by CoolBit X, combines hot and cold storage solutions, blending the mobility afforded by software wallets with the enhanced security features offered by hardware wallets.

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IBM World Wire Loosen Banks, Bullish for Ripple (XRP)

Ripple prices flat Stellar—IBM partnership and roll-out of World Wire bullish Transaction volumes must spike above 60 million for bulls or bears to be in charge IBM involvement is a game changer. Although they are launching from Stellar, their confidence in blockchain could see banks experiment with crypto.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Prices Exciting but Close Above $4,500 Definitive

Bitcoin prices up after upswings in the Asian session Traders will start paying maker fees in CoinBase Pro beginning Mar 22 Transaction volumes likely to increase as Bitcoin prices expand CoinBase Pro decision to charge maker fees and bar stops on market orders could decrease market liquidity as traders shy away.

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Breaking: MtGox CEO Faces Court Verdict in 3 Days. Is This The End of the Story?

The Mt. Gox case could be close to concluding one of the most significant stages of a 5-year odyssey. According to Channel News Asia, the Japanese court in charge of the trial is expected to. . .

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Vitalik Buterin Proposes That Wallets Charge Gas Fee for Transactions

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin suggested that wallets could take a gas fee for transactions to support developers

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Decentralized Exchange Hodl Hodl Is Launching a Bitcoin-Based Prediction Market

Hodl Hodl, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange, has announced that it is launching a prediction market on Bitcoin. Slated for launch in the spring of 2019, it would be the first Bitcoin-based prediction market to go live on Bitcoin’s mainnet.

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Mastercard, Visa Greed Could be the Catalyst For Merchants Accepting Bitcoin

Visa and Mastercard are reportedly on the cusp of hiking fees they charge merchants who accept credit and debit cards. They could hike the fees they charge merchants as early as April, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Is It Time to Take an Initiative to Decrease Bitcoin’s Block Size Seriously?

Whilst debate raged throughout the Bitcoin community over whether the block size limit should be increased and how, Luke-jr for years stood out for arguing the exact opposite position.

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Litecoin (LTC) Price Analysis: Healthy Pullback Could Lead to More Upside

The price of Litecoin (LTC) is currently consolidating after a small pullback from the well-overbought levels seen late last week. Is there more upside for the altcoin in the immediate future?  After leading the marketwide charge late last week, the price of Litecoin (LTC) has cooled off and is looking set for another move.

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Binance CEO Announces Testnet Launch for “Binance Chain” DEX

Binance’s CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), has hinted that their decentralized exchange project, dubbed “Binance Chain,” is nearing completion and could be launched as early as February 20, 2019.

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Anarchism: A Look at the Different Schools of Anarchic Thought

In mainstream culture, anarchy is often a dirty word, deployed as a pejorative to describe failed states or an insult by conservative news anchors to describe what could happen if a semi-radical government took charge.

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Binance Opens the Fiat Locks to Accept Credit Card Payments for Crypto

Binance will enable merchants to utilize Visa and MasterCard to purchase a wide scope of crypto, successfully offering a fiat to the crypto entryway. The move could be provisional for charge cards in any case, as card guarantors could prevent the utilization from claiming credit for crypto buys.

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We need to reclaim an open internet — tech founders should lead the charge

Back in 1989, when British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee laid the foundation for what would become the internet, he imagined the web as an open platform where anyone could share information anywhere.

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Report: Apple may abandon Lightning for USB-C (and bring back the iPod Touch)

A new report suggests Apple “might” make the switch to USB-C in 2019 on both the iPhone and iPad. The report, from supply chain blog Macotakara, claims Apple engineers are working on the USB-C transition but haven’t yet reached the reference design stage — meaning, it could miss the 2019 cut-off, pushing it to 2020.

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Sold! Lightning Network Art Auction Goes to the Lowest Bidder

Yesterday, an auction was held by cryptocurrency and blockchain artist @cryptograffiti for a piece titled “black swan,” which the artist made using “fiat and counterfeit detector pen ink.

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Analysis: Cryptocurrency Point of Sales (PoS) Platforms Could Fuel Global Crypto Adoption

While the cryptocurrency markets bull run of 2017 succeeded in bringing digital assets global consciousness, the rollercoaster ride did very little to increase meaningful adoption, as most holders bought bitcoin and other cryptoassets for only speculative purposes and not for payments.

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Cardano (ADA) Leads Bullish Charge, Is The Market Sobering?

The market is green again. Since the market rallied during the weekend, bulls have remained adamant and are not allowing bears any room to take over again. Could this be a sign that the market is finally sobering up? For the past four weeks, the market has been stumbling and falling and for some time, […] The post Cardano (ADA) Leads Bullish Charge, Is The Market Sobering? appeared first on ZyCrypto.

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Bitcoin’s Tech Trends of 2018: What This Year Brought Us (Part 1)

Where 2017’s dizzying price highs embedded “hodl” into the public consciousness, 2018 was the year that “buidl" became a trend in the crypto-industry — and Bitcoin was no exception.

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