New Ripple Gateway Launched By South African Exchange for XRP-based Transfers
October 10, 2019
Xago, a Cape Town-headquartered fintech firm, revealed on October 9 that it’s launching a Ripple gateway and custom-designed exchange.
As noted in the release, Xago’s exchange connects to and utilizes RippleNet, a decentralized…
ConsenSys Gives Ethereum A Boost: $175k Given to 7 Open-Source Initiatives
October 10, 2019
ConsenSys, a Brooklyn, New York-based Ethereum development studio studio, is awarding $175,000 to seven different open-source projects being developed on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain.
Revealed on October 10, the software development…
Chainlink (LINK) Price Strong at $2.70 Amid Positive News Cycle
October 10, 2019
While a majority of altcoins have been faring well over the past week, there has been one crypto asset that has exceeded the expectations of many: Chainlink (LINK).
Over the past 10 days, the community-favorite cryptocurrency has…
"Bank for Banks" Working On Prototype Crypto Asset
October 10, 2019
BIS & SNB Working On Crypto
Announced in a document published Tuesday, the Swiss National Bank and the Bank for International Settlements, the so-called “Bank for Banks”, are looking to begin work on a blockchain-based…
Ethereum Foundation First to Donate to UNICEF's Crypto Fund
October 9, 2019
Crypto Gets Big Boost as UNICEF Launches Fund
Crypto adoption has taken on many forms over the years.
On Wednesday, UNICEF made the list of cryptocurrency adoption list that much more diverse when it revealed that it would be launching…
French Government-owned Bpifrance Joins Lightning Network Developer ACINQ's $8 Million Investment Round
October 9, 2019
Veronique Jacq, managing director of the Digital Investment Unit at Bpifrance, says that the institution is “convinced that bitcoin is becoming more and more obvious.”
Jacq, who heads the partially state-owned French investment…
Breaking: Facebook-Backed Crypto Libra to Be Forked to "OpenLibra"
October 9, 2019
Libra But Forked
There we have it folks, Libra, the Facebook-backed crypto asset, is purportedly being forked.
Announced at Devcon 5 in Japan just minutes ago, prominent blockchain developers will be forking the blockchain to create…
Analysts Expect "Big" Bitcoin Price Moves Soon; Will Bulls Step In?
October 9, 2019
While traders have made much ado about recent price action in the Bitcoin (BTC) market, volatility, in reality, has been extremely low; It’s been over two weeks since the cryptocurrency market has seen a bout of massive…
