Business 4 hours ago

Boerse Stuttgart to launch crypto trading venue in 2019

Boerse Stuttgart, the firm behind the Stuttgart Stock Exchange, is to launch a crypto trading market in 2019, in partnership with solarisBank. According to a statement published by the exchange, Germany’s second largest, Boerse Stuttgart ...

Business 5 hours ago

Startup Revolut gains European banking license

UK-based fintech firm Revolut has been awarded a banking license in Lithuania, giving the firm access to provide current accounts and loan services across the EU from 2019. The London startup will initially focus on ...

Business 5 hours ago

Basis stablecoin folds, will return $133M in investments

Basis, the heavily funded stablecoin, has confirmed rumors that it is to close, returning all of the funds to investors. The project, which had gained significant traction, was shuttered due to the unfavorable legal landscape, ...

Business 5 hours ago

Venezuela starts paying monthly pensions in Petro: report

Venezuelan citizens are not too happy with the government’s decision to convert their monthly pensions into Petro. According to recent reports, the Venezuelan government converted the most recent pension payments into its oil-backed national cryptocurrency. ...

Business 6 hours ago

Bitpoint announces expansion into Panama

Bitpoint, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, has launched a new crypto-to-fiat trading platform for Panama. This is the first country outside of Japan that Bitpoint has expanded to, and they have already launched a fully translated ...

Business 8 hours ago

Coinflux services frozen on heels of CEO’s arrest

CoinFlux, who boasts as the leading digital currency exchange service from Romania, is having a really bad week. According to several Romanian sources, Vlad Nistor, the CEO of Coinflux, was arrested by local law enforcement ...

Business 8 hours ago

Atomic Wallet integrates Bitcoin SV

Adoption momentum for Bitcoin SV (BSV), the only coin that follows the original Satoshi Vision for Bitcoin, continues to build. This week, more services have started integrating the coin, which offers both scalability and utility ...

Business 9 hours ago

Circle Invest adds Bitcoin SV to portfolio

Bitcoin SV (BSV) has a new, easy method to get started with Bitcoin as it was originally intended by Satoshi. Circle Invest, an app available on the Apple App Store and Google Play, has announced ...

Business 13 hours ago

HandCash’s POP! speeds up Bitcoin SV payments for merchants

Cryptocurrency wallet and payment solutions provider HandCash has released an app specifically for merchants to handle more transactions at a time. The company, through its ‘POP! by HandCash’ Twitter account, said that the new app ...

Business 14 hours ago

NDIC concerned about evolution of digital currencies in banking

Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has expressed concern over the development of digital currencies. According to local reports, digital currencies have brought more problems for the banking industry compared to other technological changes. NDIC believes ...

Business 14 hours ago

French lawmakers seek €500M blockchain fund, mining perks

Two French parliamentarians are advocating €500 million ($570 million) for the development of blockchain in the country. Representatives Jean-Michel Mis and Laure Raudière released a report this week, calling on the government not to be ...

Business 14 hours ago

Head of European investment group calls for crypto ban, proves he doesn’t understand the industry

The CEO and global chief investment officer for Allianz Global Investors, Andreas Utermann, thinks cryptocurrency should be “outlawed.” According to a report prepared by Reuters, Utermann made his proclamation during a panel discussion this past ...