Bitcoin Group SE Reports Half-Year Profit Surges 300% to $3.86 Million

German digital currency exchange Bitcoin Group SE reported on Friday a first-half net profit increase of more than 300% to €3.33 million (~$3.86 million USD). The company added 86,000 new accounts of people buying and selling cryptocurrency like bitcoin and bitcoin cash in the first six months of 2018. Also read: Debit Card Issuer Bitnovo Announces … Read more

Pesamill Africa Launches as Kenya’s Latest Exchange Offering P2P And Centralized Trading

Pesamill Africa started trading today in one of Africa’s most active bitcoin markets. The exchange will compete with the likes of Bitpesa, and market itself to more than 48 million Kenyans, promising to help them buy and sell cryptocurrency peer-to-peer or through a centralized exchange with an order book. Also read: European Banks Complicit as Corrupt … Read more

Japan’s GMO Launches Live Crypto Trading Platform, Adds Mining Facilities

Japanese internet giant GMO has launched a live crypto trading platform via its subsidiary GMO Coin. This is the company’s third crypto exchange and trading service. Meanwhile, the group has established more mining facilities and has mined almost 3,000 BTC and over 660 BCH so far. Also read: 160 Crypto Exchanges Seek to Enter Japanese Market, … Read more

PR: Fabric Token Launches TokenGen 3.0 – The All in One Token Crowdsale Automation Tool

TokenGen is now in a league of its own in terms of token crowdsale automation. The tool’s 3.0 version provides an all-in-one solution for anyone who wants to run and manage a token generation event, but doesn’t have the necessary programming know-how. The post PR: Fabric Token Launches TokenGen 3.0 – The All in One … Read more

The Daily: Mycrypto Raises $4 million, Islamic Crypto Exchange Sets Foot in Malta

Wallet solution Mycrypto has raised $4 million to build a platform allowing users to create new wallets, the full details of which are in this edition of The Daily. Also, the wallet advertised by software guru John McAfee, Bitfi, is removing the ‘unhackable’ claim from its branding, an Islamic crypto exchange applies for a license … Read more

The Daily: Ledger Adds Coins, Okex Launches Coinall, Exmo Partners with Mistertango

Covered in The Daily on Friday are several announcements crypto users may find interesting. Ledger has added support for 8 new coins and crypto exchange Okex is launching a white label platform. Also, Exmo will offer its European users faster payments and transfers in partnership with Mistertango, and Estonian startup Citowise has integrated credit card … Read more

Cash Shuffle’s BCH Mixer Moves Forward with Steady Testing

Back in December, a new privacy protocol was released for bitcoin cash users called Cash Shuffle. The application has seen steady development since its inception and this week Cash Shuffle developers say that the platform’s alpha testing has been successful and the team has seen lots of testers. After the application is polished up, some … Read more

Top 3 SEC-Compliant ICOs

For investors who were successful during the 2017 ICO craze, the wild west nature of the crowdsale model already appears to be a thing of the past. As the US SEC has begun to take an increasingly active stance throughout 2018 on the disruptive ICO approach, more and more startups are electing to limit the … Read more

PR: Boomstarter.Network to Democratize Global Startup Funding with Blockchain

Boomstarter.Network, the biggest platform in Eastern Europe generating pre-sales for startups, moves to blockchain to challenge a number of limitations that constrain existing crowdfunding services. In contrast to many classical crowdfunding platforms, Boomstarter.Network will allow startups from any country to pre-sell their future products. This becomes possible with blockchain technology and digital currencies. Boomstarter.Network will … Read more

Bitcoin in Brief Wednesday: Zug Tests Blockchain to Decide on Fireworks and Digital IDs

The city of Zug, home of the Swiss Crypto Valley, will invite its residents to take part in an experimental blockchain-based vote. They are expected to share opinions on several questions of local importance, including the fireworks display during the annual Lakeside Festival and the use of digital IDs to borrow books and pay parking … Read more