New Crypto Exchanges Launch in South Korea Despite Lack of Fiat Deposits

A number of new cryptocurrency exchanges are launching in South Korea despite being unable to provide full service due to regulatory challenges. Since the Korean government enforced the real-name system on cryptocurrency accounts, banks have only been providing fiat deposit services to the country’s four largest crypto exchanges. Also read: Japan’s DMM Bitcoin Exchange Opens for … Read more

NY Regulator Demands Vigilance Against Market Manipulation from Bitlicense Firms

Accusations, rumors and fears of manipulation in the cryptocurrency market have been around for a long while now. The most recent one involves Tether supposedly artificially propping up the price of bitcoin by printing USDT. Now one regulator demands that companies in its jurisdiction will take action against such possible risks. Also Read: Weiss Ratings … Read more

Grayscale Plans to Launch a Cryptocurrency ‘Large Cap Fund’

This Wednesday Grayscale Investments, the sponsor of the Bitcoin Trust (OTCQX: GBTC) has announced a new cryptocurrency investment vehicle is coming. The company plans to launch the ‘Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund’ (the “Fund”) that intends to hold the top digital assets within the cryptocurrency economy. Also Read: Phony PBOC Email Sent to U.S. Media Aimed … Read more

Forbes’ Inaugural Crypto Rich List Is Crass Yet Compelling

Ogling the fortunes of the filthy rich is a popular pastime with the poorer segments of society. It’s been that way for centuries, with 1849 marking the debut of Who’s Who, a 250-page guide “of living noteworthy and influential individuals, from all walks of life, worldwide.” In more recent years, Forbes has picked up the … Read more

New Research Suggests Ripple Is Even More Centralized Than Previously Thought

Despite being associated with cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum, ripple’s status as a decentralized currency is a matter of dispute. Critics have taken aim at XRP for years, claiming that Ripple exerts an unprecedented degree of control over transactions, something the company has always denied. A new report from Bitmex Research, whose cryptocurrency analysis … Read more

Roboforex Adds Bitcoin Cash and Three Other Cryptocurrency CFDs for Trading

Another major international leveraged trading brokerage has launched a contract-for-difference (CFD) for Bitcoin Cash paired against the US dollar. This means that Roboforex clients gain today the ability to trade the instrument on the most popular platform in the retail forex market, MT4. Also Read: China to Block Access to International Cryptocurrency Exchanges Bitcoin Cash … Read more

Missed the Altcoin Craze? Don’t Worry, the Satoshi Is Still Very Cheap

When Satoshi Nakamoto designed bitcoin, his smartest trick wasn’t to cap the total supply at 21 million coins – it was to make each coin divisible to eight decimal places. At the time, as now, the smallest unit of bitcoin was worth so little as to be inexpressible in fiat terms. But bitcoin’s creator had … Read more

Markets Update: Bears Claw Cryptocurrency Prices Down to New Lows

Cryptocurrency markets are suffering from new lows on the first of February as nearly every digital asset is down 3-20 percent. Since the last week of December 2017, bitcoin core (BTC/USD) markets are seeing a continuous downward spiral not seen since 2014. At the moment BTC is desperately trying to climb above the $9K region … Read more