Cred Secures $200M in Credit Facility, Now Available on Uphold
Cred, the decentralized global lending platform, has secured $200,000,000 USD in crypto-backed lending facilities. In addition to securing this unprecedented lending facility, Cred has also announced an important milestone...
Bitfury’s Coffee Machine Accepts Bitcoin Via Lightning Network
Blockchain firm Bitfury has come up with a novel product aimed at making it easier to pay for products with bitcoin. A specialized engineering team within the company has developed...
Charlie Lee Defends Litecoin Against ‘FUD’ from Short-Sellers
Litecoin creator Charlie Lee is striking back at what he calls a “concerted effort to suppress” the LTC price on the party of bearish traders and hedge funds who...
Bank of America Charges Clients 6000 Times More in Fees Than Bitcoin
While Bitcoin critics claim the cryptocurrency is too expensive to use for transactions, data from Bank of America (BoA) shows traditional fiat transfers cost 6000 times as much. BoA,...
Poland’s Bank to Launch Blockchain Platform for Document Management
Poland’s largest bank will launch a blockchain solution for its customer documents via a partnership with UK-based Coinform “in the coming days,” the parties confirmed in a press release...
Brazil Antitrust Watchdog Probes Banks in Cryptocurrency Trade
Brazilian antitrust watchdog CADE opened an investigation into the country’s largest banks on Tuesday for allegedly using their market position to corner the cryptocurrency trade to the disadvantage of...
NY Crypto Exchange Report Bearish for Bitcoin ETF Plans
A new report drafted by the New York attorney general’s office (OAG) alleges that a significant number of cryptocurrency exchanges may be vulnerable to market manipulation, a finding that...
LINE Unveils Ambitious Plan for Crypto Token Ecosystem
LINE, the messaging app giant from Japan, has unveiled plans that will see it launch an ambitious, token-powered ecosystem by the end of 2018. Aimed at capitalizing on the company's...
Crypto Exchange Zaif Hacked In $60 Million
Yet another Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange has been hacked, losing a 6.7 billion yen (about $60 million worth of cryptocurrency), including 5,966 bitcoins. The licensed exchange, called Zaif, is operated by...
Singapore Central Bank Refutes Fake Articles
Singapore’s de facto central bank issued two warnings over two fake news websites Tuesday, September 18, after articles were published with “fabricated comments” about crypto from Chairman and Deputy...