December 2020 was one of the hottest months in cryptocurrency history. But the next cross-border bitcoin storm should be postponed until next year, the Year of the Bull. Tom Lee, managing partner of global consultant Fundstrat and cryptocurrency aficionado, expects the…
Canadian augmented reality company NexTech is investing $2 million in bitcoin to diversify its investment portfolio. NexTech CEO Evan Happelberg announced that the company’s initial investment in BTC will be $2 million and that NexTech will continue to invest in the cryptocurrency next year. Gappelberg sees Bitcoin as a secure…
Cryptocurrencies have long established themselves as an investment instrument capable of generating profits quickly. Wells Fargo Investment Institute experts even called bitcoin the best investment instrument, with a year-on-year growth rate of 170%. However, it is not yet clear whether bitcoin…
Microsoft, together with the consulting firm Ernst & Young (EY), introduced a blockchain platform that allows you to manage the contracts of content creators and partners involved in game development. The platform will allow artists, musicians, writers and other people involved…
The World Economic Forum (WEF) introduced the blockchain-based COT platform for tracking carbon emissions. WEF management announced the successful testing of proof of concept under the Mining and Metals Blockchain Initiative. The COT platform is designed for mining and metallurgical enterprises.…
Lawyers for Alexander Vinnik, accused of laundering from $4 billion to $9 billion through the BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange, are preparing to appeal the verdict of the Paris court. In the summer of 2017, Vinnik was detained in Greece at the request…
Visa has released a research document describing how to use state cryptocurrencies to conduct offline payments. Visa has proposed an autonomous offline payments system for state cryptocurrencies. The document entitled “On the way to a two-level hierarchical infrastructure: an autonomous payment…
The research arm of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) – LabCFTC – presented a training document describing digital assets, as well as their risks and benefits.The authors of the document explained that they compiled it not for the development…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused the Robinhood trading platform of hiding information from users. Robinhood will pay a fine of $65 million. According to the charge, Robinhood Financial LLC did not tell traders that it charged them trading…
According to the Minister of Finance of Malta, the plan of the Maltese government to once again become a “blockchain island” has reached an impasse due to the reluctance of local retail banks to work with cryptocurrency firms. According to the…
The venture capital division of the American Express payment system invested in the development of a cryptocurrency trading platform for institutional clients of FalconX. The press release notes that the investment in the cryptocurrency platform marks another step in the adoption…
According to Catherine Clay, head of information solutions at CBOE, the exchange will initially focus on providing data for several cryptocurrency indexes with high market capitalization – probably for ten or less leading trading couples. For example, BTC and ETH versus…