Citadel Securities and Virtu Financial are reportedly building a cryptocurrency trading platform with help from Fidelity Investments and Charles Schwab. “We know there is significant interest in this cryptocurrency space and we will look to invest in firms and technologies working to offer access with a strong regulatory focus andContinue Reading
Paypal has begun letting users transfer cryptocurrencies between its platform and other wallets and exchanges. “This feature has been consistently ranked by users as one of the most requested enhancements since we began offering the purchase of crypto on our platform,” Paypal revealed. Paypal Now Supports External Wallet Transfers PaymentsContinue Reading
On Tuesday, the financial technology company Checkout.com announced that it will allow merchant settlements using the stablecoin USDC via a partnership with the crypto firm Fireblocks. Checkout.com further detailed that in a beta test with select clients, the company settled $300 million in transaction volume leveraging the USDC stablecoin. Checkout.comContinue Reading
PRESS RELEASE. New London-based NFT marketplace platform, myNFT, has announced its upcoming launch with the news that it has received Series A funding from some of the most prominent investors in the blockchain industry. myNFT believes that the current NFT industry is filled with barriers, blocking this revolutionary technology fromContinue Reading
LINK remained close to a one-month high earlier in today’s session, as crypto markets shook off some of Tuesday’s volatile moves. Although price volatility remained, bulls returned to show force, with ADA continuing to climb higher this week. Chainlink (LINK) LINK was trading around a one-month high during today’s session,Continue Reading
Circle, the issuer of the stablecoin usd coin (USDC), announced that the project is now supported on the Polygon network. The stablecoin with the second-largest market capitalization can now be withdrawn via a Circle Account and Circle APIs without the need for manual cross-chain bridge technology. Circle Reveals Polygon-Supported USDCContinue Reading
Binance US is now offering crypto staking services and the firm details that seven digital currencies are currently available with annual percentage yields (APYs) up to 18%. Customers can earn yields on proof-of-stake (PoS) cryptocurrencies that include binance coin, solana, avalanche, livepeer, graph, cosmos, and audius. Binance US Adds StakingContinue Reading
Bitcoin moved away from Tuesday’s lows during the hump-day session, as prices were once again above $30,000. Prices have been hovering above and below this level over the last few weeks, with no significant gains in the period. ETH was also marginally higher. Bitcoin The volatility in crypto markets wasContinue Reading
PRESS RELEASE. Zug, June 08, 2022 — As markets continue to tumble, Arrakis Finance, a yet relatively unknown & tokenless project, just reached a new milestone — a total value locked of $1 billion. DeFi TVL overall fell from $224B on April 1 to $109B on May 30, dipping byContinue Reading
The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has said it does not recognize cryptocurrencies as a legitimate method of payment and that residents must avoid using them. The bank insists the local birr currency is the only lawful means of settling transactions in Ethiopia. Illegal Transactions The Ethiopian central bank hasContinue Reading
