Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Remains at $6,400, Good Sign Things Aren’t Slumping

At press time, bitcoin remains in the lower $6,400 region, and is virtually unchanged from yesterday. The father of crypto – like every digital asset in today’s market – has exhibited heavy signs of volatility over the past week, typically hopping around between $6,000 and $6,500. Thus, it’s nice to know the coin is looking … Read more

Reveal All Crypto Activity, FINRA Tells Its Members

The US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is requesting that all its member firms notify the regulator if they engage in any activity related to digital assets. This is an ongoing initiative by the regulator to ascertain the members’ involvement in the digital assets marketplace and covers the firms, their staff, and their affiliates. Making the … Read more

Uphold Buys a New York Broker-Dealer to Offer Securities Trading Services

As many cryptos such as Ripple fight to prevent their native digital tokens from being classified as securities by the SEC, other stakeholders are preparing for the worst. One of them is Uphold, a cloud-based digital money platform that allows its users to send and receive eight cryptocurrencies as well as over 30 other fiat … Read more

Bitlicense Should be Smashed, Candidate for New York Governor Urges

Since the infamous Bitlicense was put into effect, the ecosystem has fought for its removal. It turns out to be much harder in practice than in theory to oust a law once it’s put into effect. The good news is groups like Startup Cities are on the case. They’ve snagged a candidate for governor to … Read more

Cryptocurrency Firm Circle Sees Institutional Interest Spike 30%

This week the cryptocurrency firm Circle revealed it has seen a significant uptick in institutional interest. According to Circle CEO and co-founder, Jeremy Allaire says even though cryptocurrency markets were down in during the month of May the company saw a 30 percent spike from institutional clients last month. Also read: Meet Three More Applications That … Read more

Coinbase Inches Closer to Listing Securities With Three Acquisitions

With the debate on which digital assets should be considered securities and which shouldn’t dominating the crypto universe in recent months, crypto exchanges are taking measures to align themselves with whichever way the law swings. Coinbase is leading in this race with a number of initiatives in recent months that include applying for a banking … Read more