‘Cryptocurrency’ Articles

Big Japanese Marketcap Companies Enter Crypto-space * Yahoo Japan Corp (27 Billion) buys a minority stake in cryptocurrency exchange BitARG Exchange Tokyo.(ccinews.net) * Rakuten (11 Billion): Japan’s largest e-commerce company launching their own blockchain cryptocurrency coin. (which-50.com) * Line (9 Billion) started a crypto exchange, [Continue]

Cryptocurrency News items worthy of attention: * Bitcoin surges over 1000 USD in 30 minutes with largest single 1 hour volume in history. (marketwatch.com) * 2nd largest Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx moves to Malta. (bitcoinmagazine.com) * Chile Energy Regulator adopts Ethereum blockchain. (http://markets.businessinsider.com/) * Cryptocurrency [Continue]

Cryptocurrency News items worthy of attention: * 22 European countries sign Blockchain & Artificial Intelligence Development Partnership (financemagnates.com) * Litecoin (LTC) blockchain to launch smart contracts on April 13th, 2018. (cryptoslate.com) * Jeremy Gardner co-founder of Augur reports OTC demand for bitcoin (BTC) is now at historic [Continue]

Cryptocurrency News items worthy of attention: * Travel Industry seeks to use blockchain to eliminate middlemen and reduce delays & lost bags. (reuters.com) * Power Ledger & Greenwood Solutions announce First Commercial Deployment of Power Ledger Platform In Melbourne, Australia (kryptomoney.com) * Carrefour French grocery store chain [Continue]

Cryptocurrency News items worthy of attention: * Rockefeller’s family venture firm Venrock investing in cryptocurrency projects via Coinfund. (Bitcoin.com) * Chinese government fosters blockchain development with a Blockchain Industrial Park, Research Institute and 1.6B USD Investment Fund in Hangzhou. (cointelegraph.com) * Monero (XMR): privacy [Continue]

Cryptocurrency News items worthy of attention: * Coinbase Index (CBIDX) a cryptocurrency marketcap weighed index is now live on CNBC (cnbc.com) * Coinbase Venture Fund is launched, which invests in early stage blockchain companies not necessarily crypto currency (cnbc.com) * German tourism board has announced it will accept bitcoin for its [Continue]

Cryptocurrency News items worthy of attention: * China’s new central bank head is an American-trained economist and is pro-cryptocurrency. (coinigy.com) * Singapore government to reward successful blockchain projects with funding. (Coindesk.com) * Seoul, Korea wants to create their own “S” coin according to the Mayor to help support [Continue]

Cryptocurrency News items worthy of attention: • Afterschool activities get 29 million USD boost from Ripple (XRP) donation via DonorsChoose.org funds used to buy calculators, pencils, field trips etc. (CNBC) • CBOE writes letter to US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) recommending they NOT interfere in approving Bitcoin Exchange [Continue]

A few Cryptocurrency News items worthy of attention. • 20% of College students are breaking rules using their student loan money to buy cryptocurrency. (CNBC) • Coinbase exchange adds technology to possibly enable listing of popular Ethereum ERC20 tokens in the future such as: EOS, Tron, VeChain, ICON, OMGtoken etc. (ZDNet) • Bitcoin (BTC) [Continue]

The Joint Economic Committee (JEC) released a 311 page Economic report on March 13, 2018. The JEC is one of four joint committees of the U.S. Congress (established in 1946), that is responsible for reporting the current economic condition of the United States as well as for making suggestions to improve the economy. Starting on [Continue]