Category: Digital Currency

January 25, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Robinhood will allow users to trade digital currencies for free

Robinhood, one of the unicorns of Silicon Valley, and the app that targets millennials to trade zero-fee stocks, has now set its eye on the hottest market:cryptocurrencies. This is a hugely positive news for  US investors, since the option to trade zero-fee cryptos will be limited to certain states. Robinhood users will be able to…

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January 19, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Mitsubishi Financial Group releases new cryptocurrency

It's been a tough month for the cryptocurrency market. The market capitalization of the market went from $750 billion to around $550 billion in just under two weeks. Almost all alt coins decreased in value with the recent announcement that South Korea will be banning cryptos. However, with such "gloominess" among investors, things are looking…

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January 07, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Mark Zuckerberg on the future of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies

Technology moguls are by far the most frequent leaders to speak about the value of blockchain, Bitcoin and the overall cryptocurrency market. While central banks and governments are fighting against the power and revolution the digital currencies have created, technology leaders seem to understand and embrace the currency of the "future" constantly. Facebook's founder and…

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January 03, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Russia "on its way" to the CryptoRuble

Russia has been one of the countries with the most controversial views on cryptocurrencies. The government announced in mid-2017 that the country had blocked Russians from accessing any cryptocurrency exchanges. Vladimir Putin has, however, said numerous times that he is looking into cryptocurrency opportunities. In addition, several educational reforms in leading Russian universities have been…

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December 13, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Starbucks' WiFi hijacked customers' laptops for mining Monero

Brittany Roston from Slash Gear reported that one of Starbucks stores in Buenos Aires was caught mining digital currencies through the use of customers' laptops that essentially used the store's WiFi. The Starbucks store did not know of the mining, until notified by a customer, Noah Dunkin through a tweet. According to his tweet, the…

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November 28, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

The market capitalization of cryptocurrencies at $2 trillion in 2018

Mike Novogratz, the current CEO of Galaxy Investment Partners and the former macro hedge fund manager at Fortress Investment Group, is predicting a $2 trillion market capitalization of cryptocurrencies by 2018. After he expressed his opinion on Bitcoin hitting $20,000 by December 2018, he is now defending the idea of cryptocurrencies increasing their market cap to…

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Coinbase Advanced partners with Coinrule for AI-automated trading
November 17, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Coinbase charms hedge funds with a new storage service

Coinbase, the digital online platform for trading cryptocurrencies, is now charming hedge funds with a new institutional storage service targeted specifically for institutional investors, reported Coindesk. The new storage service will be aimed at investors with a minimum of $10 million in deposits, according to Brian Armstrong, the Co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. The procedure will…

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November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Amazon in the cryptocurrency game - what does it mean for investors?

One of the largest companies in the world, Amazon is said to be launching its own cryptocurrency. Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) registered three cryptocurrency domain names on Oct. 31, 2017: AmazonEthereum.com, AmazonCryptocurrency.com, and AmazonCryptocurrencies.com, according to MoneyMorning. The retail giant has not started accepting any form of Bitcoin or Ethereum, but the rumors about Amazon…

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October 18, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ethereum ETNs Attract $10MM+ AUM in first week on Nasdaq

Ether Tracker One and Ether Tracker Euro just crossed $10MM in assets under management (AUM) a week after beginning trading on Nasdaq Stockholm. “When the group’s bitcoin ETNs – which are now at $330MM in AUM - launched in 2015, it took one year to attract the initial $10MM in AUM. The Ether Trackers achieved…

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