New All-Star Bakkt Board Announced

The CEO of institutional trading platform Bakkt, Kelly Loeffler, has unveiled Tom Noonan as the new chairman of their organisation’s board, alongside more board announcements. Noonan cut his teeth as a cybersecurity expert and was the founder of big-name cyber companies, IBM, JouleX and Endgame. Association with any of these companies alone would be impressive, so […]

UPDATE: Bithumb Hack Value in the range of $20 Million

Following news that Bithumb suffered a hack yesterday, it has been revealed the value of the hack is in the range of $20 million. Yesterday we reported that Bithumb had suffered a hack at some point on Friday. However, further details have been released about the extent of the damage done to the service. A […]

Bithumb Reportedly Hacked by “Insider”

Deposits and withdrawals at exchange platform, Bithumb have been paused following suspicious activity earlier this morning. Bithumb explained why users couldn’t move money in or out of their account in a link posted via a tweet earlier today. It stated that “we detected abnormal withdrawal of the company’s cryptocurrency through Bithumb’s abnormal trading monitoring system.” […]

Coinbase Custody Now Supports Tezos

Coinbase have today announced they will be offering the Tezos baking via their service, with support for governance for MakerDAO to follow shortly. Coinbase Custody will be now be offering Tezo baking to players, making it the first service offering regulated and comprehensively insured 100% offline staking provider in crypto. This is the latest move […]

Changelly: Dash Value To Increase 5x by End of 2019.

The value of Dash could be worth 5x as much as it is currently by the end of 2019, with further increases expected in 2020. Exchange platform, Changelly have released their latest price prediction and it is happy reading for Dash users. According to their predictions, the crypto’s value could increase by as much as […]

A Town In Canada Has Approved Pilot Property taxes in Bitcoin

Innisfil, an Ontario town in Canada has approved a pilot program that allows taxpayers to pay property taxes with Bitcoin, according to a press release published by the local government. The city of Innisfil has reached a partnership with cryptocurrency payment startup Coinberry Pay to allow its residents to make property taxes payments in Bitcoins, […]

Japan Approves Two Crypto Exchange Registrations; 140 In StandBy

The Japan Cashless project is all geared up for 2020. This includes all ventures within the cryptocurrency sphere. Two applications for cryptocurrency exchange have been approved by the Japanese Financial Service Agency: Rakuten Wallet and Decurret. However, the number of entities that are waiting for their approval sums up to 140 firms. According to the […]

Japan JR Railway Company To Accept Crypto Payments

Anyone who visits Japan is usually impressed by the balance between the traditional world and new technologies. Akihabara is a prime example of this. Of course, to arrive in Akiba, you should take one of the many lines the JR railway company has serving the Tokyo prefecture. So, the East Japan Railway Company is now considering […]

Only 14% of Exchange Platforms Licensed, New Study Shows

According to regulatory start-up, Coinfirm, just 14% of online exchange platforms have licensing from a recommended licensing authority according to new research. When we do anything online, it is always important to know we can trust that where we operate can be trusted. Never more so than we it comes to online funds. Hence why […]

You Can Now Pay For Air BNB with Bitrefill

BitRefill will now let you pay for your Air BNB reservation with either Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Dogecoin (DOGE) or dash (DASH). In a new move from BetRefill, a cryptocurrency gift card provider, you will now be able to book where you stay on your vacation or business trip with Airbnb. This is […]