Category: Blockchain

The cryptocurrency industry woke up to bullish momentum, with the top assets printing impressive gains. Over the past 24 hours, the global crypto market cap has inched a 3.54% gain to top $2.35 trillion. Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) arguably contributed the most gains to the combined market cap with over $973B and $462 billion,

The adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador will be effective tomorrow. The market concerns if the new measure would further stimulate the surge of Bitcoin’s price. The price of Bitcoin continues to stand firm above the $51K level on Monday, reaching the high of $51.918K level over the past 24 hours, according

Indian film studio Zee Studios announced that it has officially partnered with the Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to launch its first-ever Non-fungible token (NFT) drop on Polygon blockchain. Zee Studios, a subsidiary of the Essel Group established in 2012, is a top steal entertainment content media company operating in more than 190 countries. Zee Studios

Australian online bank Neobank Volt revealed that it has partnered with crypto exchange BTC Markets (BTCM) to provide bank services for Australian crypto investors. According to Reuters, this cooperation will provide BTCM with approximately 325,000 Australian customers with corporate cash management accounts with real-time notification and automatic payment functions. Volt bank added that each Volt

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly investigating Uniswap Labs, the development firm behind the largest decentralised cryptocurrency exchange (DEX), Uniswap.    According to The Wall Street Journal media outlets, enforcement attorneys working at the agency are carrying out a civil investigation into Uniswap Labs, seeking information on how investors use the trading

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), the second-largest bank in Switzerland, has announced a new digital investment account to allow clients to build portfolios in innovative sectors. BBVA Swiss bank has unveiled a “100%” digital investment account”, popularly known as “Next Gen account”, a new offering that aims to meet the demand of a new type

Cryptocurrency trading outfit OKEx has joined the Non-Fungible Token (NFT) bandwagon with the launch of DeFi Hub. This platform will feature a marketplace for all forms of digital collectables and the maintenance of a cross-chain DeFi dashboard. As announced by the exchange, the NFT Marketplace will make it easy for digital content creators and artists

Japanese eCommerce company Rakuten has announced plans to relist XRP margin trading on its cryptocurrency exchange platform. Rakuten’s crypto-arm discontinued services related to XRP on December 24, two days after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its landmark lawsuit against Ripple blockchain company and its XRP cryptocurrency. During that, Rakuten stated that they

Standard Chartered, the British multinational bank (MNB), announced recently that the corporation would be joining the crypto and digital finance industry membership body Global Digital Finance (GDF) Patron Board. GDF, launched in 2018, is an alliance composed of the world’s leading cryptocurrency-focused financial technology companies and banks to develop blockchain technology and accelerate the adoption of

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the financial regulator and the central bank of Singapore, has put crypto exchange Binance.com on the investor alert list. The agency’s investor alert list lists unregulated firms that may have been wrongly considered unlicensed or unregulated by the regulator. However, what makes this matter interesting is that Binance’s Singapore