Jun 28, 2018 06:51 am UTC| Digital Currency
Social networking giant Facebook is reversing its blanket ban on advertisements relating to cryptocurrencies. Earlier this year, Facebook announced a new policy to prohibit promotional activities on initial coin...
JD.com, Lenovo and others join Hyperledger blockchain project
Jun 28, 2018 06:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
Cross-industry collaborative blockchain initiative Hyperledger continues to add new members to the consortium. The latest members hail from the U.S., Europe, and Asia, along with a major wave of the new members from...
UN agency partners with blockchain-based image verification platform Truepic
Jun 28, 2018 05:09 am UTC| Digital Currency Technology
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is teaming up with Truepic, a California-based image authentication platform. With this partnership, the UN agency seeks to use a new photo verification technology to...
FxWirePro: ETH/EUR trades with bearish bias, break below 365 to see resumption of weakness
Jun 28, 2018 04:57 am UTC| Digital Currency Technicals
ETH/EUR trades in narrow range, with the days high at 383 and low at 372 levels. The pair is trading with a bearish bias, but is struggling to break strong trendline support at 365 level. Price action extends in...
Crypto startup Uphold to acquire JNK Securities, seeks to launch securities division
Jun 28, 2018 04:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
Digital money platform Uphold has announced its plans to acquire New York-based broker-dealer JNK Securities as it seeks to expand its service offering. The acquisition will open up Upholds platform to a new group of...
India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank joins Ripple’s blockchain network
Jun 28, 2018 03:34 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
India-based Kotak Mahindra Bank is the latest financial institution to join RippleNet, Ripples enterprise blockchain network. Kotak will use Ripples settlement solution, xCurrent, to provide its customers with real-time...
Indian bitcoin exchange Coinsecure begins process to compensate affected users
Jun 27, 2018 11:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
Indian bitcoin exchange Coinsecure has announced that it has started the process of compensating the customers who lost funds in major hack earlier this year. In April, Coinsecure announced that 438.318 bitcoins...
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