Lloyd’s of London Insures Cryptocurrency Custody Service Kingdom Trust

According to the institutional cryptocurrency storage platform Kingdom Trust, the company is now insured by the world’s largest insurance marketplace, Lloyd’s of London. The Kentucky-based alternative asset custody service, Kingdom Trust, claims to hold assets worth $12B that consist of 30 digital currencies under its wing. Also Read: Crypto-Backed Lending Platform Blockfi Approved to Operate in … Read more

Handcash Launches Pop — A New BCH Point-of-Sale Companion Application

This week the developers of the NFC-enabled Bitcoin Cash (BCH) wallet, Handcash, have announced the launch of a new companion application called ‘Handcash Pop.’ The Pop platform provides Handcash users with a point-of-sale (PoS) platform that is tethered to their wallet’s handle so merchants can easily make payment requests for bitcoin cash. Also read: Bitangels Co-Founder … Read more

Bitangels Co-Founder Sues AT&T for $224 Million Over Cryptocurrency Hack

The cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin is suing the large telecom firm AT&T because his mobile phone was compromised by hackers who stole $24M USD worth of digital assets. Terpin says he was hacked twice in less than a year and employees at AT&T participated in a SIM swap fraud. Also read: Fivebucks.com: Meet the Freelancer’s Marketplace … Read more

Jamaica Stock Exchange Plans to Offer Cryptocurrency Trading

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) has announced it plans to allow investors the ability to trade cryptocurrencies through the regulated stock exchange. According to the JSE, the Canadian-based Blockstation will help facilitate the crypto-trading services. Also read: Malta Tops Exchange-Based Crypto Trade, Russia Leads in OTC Volume Jamaica Stock Exchange Plans to Facilitate Crypto-Asset Trades in … Read more

Markets Update: Bloody Crypto-Markets Suffer More Losses

Leading up until this Tuesday a great majority of cryptocurrency markets have lost considerable value over the past few days. Since our last markets update this past Saturday, the overall cryptocurrency capitalization as a whole has dropped significantly by losing $20 billion USD. All eyes will surely be fixed on digital asset charts this week … Read more

Bitcoin Cash Acceptance Grows — Dish Network and Flow Partner With Bitpay

This week Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponents will be pleased to hear that more merchants can now accept bitcoin cash due to the crypto-payment processing firm Bitpay announcing a few strategic partnerships this week. The first announcement stems from the subscription cable provider, Dish, who announced on August 9th that BCH is now accepted as a … Read more

Markets Update: Bears Claw Billions Off Digital Currency Valuations

Cryptocurrencies tumbled once again today in value as a great majority of digital assets are seeing losses this Saturday. Since our last markets update the entire digital currency economy shaved another $15 billion off the market capitalizations of all 1,600+ cryptocurrencies. Alongside the dreary prices, trade volumes have also been lackluster, leading many individuals to … Read more

Market Caps for Privacy-Centric Currencies Have Dropped Significantly

Over the past few years, a few privacy-centric cryptocurrencies have gained both in popularity and value. Many of these coins like monero, dash, pivx, zcash, and more were at one time top ten digital asset contenders as far as market valuation is concerned. Now even though a few of these specific digital assets have dropped … Read more

Markets Update: Crypto-Prices See Some Recovery After the Dip

Digital assets, this weekend, have recovered a touch after a temporary price dip that started roughly 48 hours ago but crypto-values have rebounded once again on July 27. This Saturday, all 1600+ digital currencies are seeing slight gains as the entire cryptocurrency market capitalization at the start of the weekend is around $297.9Bn USD, with … Read more

Openbazaar Users Can Now Trade 1500 Cryptocurrencies With No KYC

This Friday the decentralized marketplace Openbazaar announced the release of its 2.2.2 version which adds a variety of new features and improvements. One particular feature added to the latest Openbazaar release allows users to trade 1,500+ cryptocurrencies with no fees. Moreover, all the swaps are peer-to-peer trades between two parties with no KYC process.  Also … Read more