Chinese mining equipment maker Ebang launching its own cryptocurrency exchange in 2021 Ebang International Holdings Inc. one of the largest manufacturers of mining equipment in China, is launching its own cryptocurrency exchange. The company announced this in an official press release.We…
Dogecoin, a joke cryptocurrency, more than doubled in a matter of hours amid another plunge triggered by an adult film star’s tweet. The cryptocurrency Dogecoin made a new all-time high in trading on Saturday, January 2, testing the $0.14 mark. In…
The year 2020 saw many important events for the cryptocurrency community. Many of them were related to the most capitalized coin, Bitcoin 2020. As we approach the New Year, the BeInCrypto editorial staff decided to look back to see how 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…
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…
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…