Travel agency Destinia to operate exclusively in bitcoins in Venezuela
Dec 29, 2016 06:47 am UTC| Digital Currency
Venezuelan economy has been in the strong clutches of severe economic crisis for quite some time now. According to the International Monetary Fund, consumer-price inflation is forecast to hit 480% this year and top 1,640%...
ConsenSys co-founder expects blockchain ecosystem to move beyond POC in 2017
Dec 29, 2016 06:03 am UTC| Digital Currency
With 2017 just around the corner, Andrew Keys, co-founder of ConsenSys, a production studio building decentralized applications for blockchain ecosystems, has put forward 17 decentralized technology predictions for...
Bank of Korea considers blockchain implementation in settlement system
Dec 29, 2016 04:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Bank of Korea has published a research report on blockchain or distributed ledger technology conducted together with IT companies, academics and financial experts, CoinDesk reported. The Korea Payment Settlement...
DASH/ USDT faces strong resistance around USDT10.66, break above targets USDT11.22
Dec 28, 2016 13:08 pm UTC| Digital Currency
DASH/USDT is seen trading above on Wednesday. The pair has recovered sharply from the low of USDT9.50 level (Poloniex). DASH/USDT broken minor resistance of USD10.29 high made on 26th Dec. It is currently trading around...
BTC/CNY hits fresh year high, jump till 7000 likely
Dec 28, 2016 11:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/CNY is seen trading well above on Wednesday, hitting a fresh year high. The pair broken the high made on yesterday and jumped sharply 6885 levels (BTCCCHINA). It is currently trading around 6859 at the time of...
Japanese Fukui Bank joins blockchain consortium of SBI Ripple Asia
Dec 28, 2016 10:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
SBI Holdings has announced that Japan-based Fukui Bank has recently joined the consortium of SBI Ripple Asia. Earlier in February, SBI Holdings struck amultinational dealwith Ripple, distributed ledger technology...
FxWirePro: ETH/USD takes support at 7, good to go short on break below
Dec 28, 2016 09:31 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/USD is continuing its rangebound trade on Wednesday as well, with its upside capped by 7-EMA. It is currently trading at 7.19 levels (Kraken). Long-term trend: Bearish Short-term trend: Bearish Ichimoku...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects