South America: Crypto and Blockchain News Roundup, 21st to 27th September 2018
South America Welcome to our weekly roundup of all important blockchain and cryptocurrency news from around the world. Follow the latest developments in the cryptocurrency space continent by continent, country by country. Brazil Exchange wins legal tussle against big bank: Popular Brazilian cryptocurrency exchange Braziliex has won an initial legal tussle against local big bank […]
Blockchain Expert Panel: Is There Really a Way to Predict Bitcoin Price?
In a panel debate at Blockchain Live 2018 in London Wednesday, experts came to head over whether there is, in fact, any way of accurately predicting Bitcoin price and that of other cryptocurrencies. Speaking on the panel was Jemima Kelly, Alphaville reporter at the Financial Times, Jane Lippencott, business development at CoinFi and Origin X Capital, and Lisa […]
JP Morgan Adds 75 More Cogs to Its Blockchain Machine
America’s largest bank, JP Morgan, has revealed that it has signed up 75 banks to its live blockchain service. The New York global banking giant is flexing its blockchain muscle to speed up global payments with its Interbank Information Network (IIN) launched in 2017. The Quorum-based blockchain has attracted the Union Bank of the Philippines […]
French Stock Market Regulator Bans 21 Crypto-Related Websites
The French markets regulator has announced that it has blacklisted 20 new investment websites, mostly cryptocurrency-related ventures. The Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF) has maintained a blacklist for some time but, the recent addition to the list is much more wide-ranging than any other steps taken by the authority. The reasons given for the blacklisting of […]
New Swiss Startup Seeks License for Crypto and Fiat Banking
A Swiss startup has raised CHF 100 million (USD 103 million) to build a bank which could revolutionize banking in the country by offering both crypto and fiat banking services to serve two financial communities. The startup SEBA Crypto AG wants to create an environment where both traditional banking services and cryptocurrency users can be […]
Still Early Days for Crypto in the State of Israel
Israel has been slow to embrace cryptocurrency as an element of an expanding fintech industry in the country, particularly given its geographical position on the fringes of Europe. Recently, the rate of startup investment and blockchain research has begun to gain some pace, as the country looks to the US and Europe and their enthusiastic embracing […]
BitcoinNews.com Daily Podcast, 26th September 2018
Listen to the 26 September 2018 BitcoinNews.com Daily Podcast below. [su_audio url=”https://anchor.fm/s/58aba88/podcast/play/1424339/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2018-8-26%2F4808448-44100-2-7541c5b7b6a49.mp3″] On this edition of the BitcoinNews.com Daily Podcast, we discuss if Ethereum is actually at its capacity for dApps, and how US government agencies have spent over USD 5 million on blockchain espionage so far in 2018. Hear about the largest Bitcoin block […]
42% of Bitcoins in HODL Explains $5,800 Price Floor
A study released by Diar on 17 September 2018 found that 42% of all Bitcoin in circulation were held in wallets containing over BTC 200 that have had zero outgoing transactions since the price peak of USD 20,000 in December 2017. This indicates that Bitcoiners are strongly hodling, and this probably explains the USD 5,800 […]
Is Ethereum At Capacity? Network Metrics Indicate No
An Officer at Parity Communications and avid Ethereum user, Afri Schoedon, tweeted on 20 September 2018 that Ethereum is at capacity and requested that users stop creating new decentralized apps (Dapps). Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, disagreed and urged users not to follow that advice. A deep dive into Ethereum’s network metrics indicate that Ethereum […]
UK’s HMRC Blockchain PoC Needs Experts, Policy Direction
Head of Platform Architecture at Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Richard Mander, has shared details of the department’s blockchain Proof of Concept (PoC). While he cited the potential benefits as being substantial, hiring and maintaining experienced staff has been an issue. Speaking on the Govtech stage at Blockchain Live 2018 in London Wednesday, Mander […]
