Blockchain startup Chainalysis raises $16M in Series A round
Apr 06, 2018 10:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
New York-based blockchain startup Chainalysis has announced that it has raised $16 million in Series A funding round led by Benchmark. The latest funding round follows a seed round in 2016 in which the startup secured...
FxWirePro: ETH/USD upside capped by 10-DMA, good to go short on break below 360
Apr 06, 2018 07:53 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/USD is trading in the red on Friday at 367 levels as it faces strong resistance at 10-DMA (Coinbase). On the upside, the pair faces strong resistance at 392 (10-DMA) would see the pair testing 421 (3h 100-SMA)/459...
FxWirePro: BTC/EUR finds strong support at 5300, good to go short on break below
Apr 06, 2018 07:03 am UTC| Technicals Digital Currency
BTC/EUR is trading in a Symmetric Triangle pattern and price action is currently holding strong support at 5300 (Triangle Base). The pair is trading with a major bearish bias and we see scope for further weakness on...
Apr 06, 2018 06:55 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD is trading lower on Friday as it failed to break above 10-DMA. It is currently trading at 6555 levels at the time of writing (Bitstamp). On the topside, resistance is seen at 6850 (1h 50-SMA) and a break above...
Tunisian government taps blockchain for school meals programme
Apr 06, 2018 05:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Tunisian Ministry of Education has signed an agreement with blockchain supply chain startup Devery.io in order to implement a blockchain-based tracking system for its school meals programme. The Tunisian government...
RBI bans banks from engaging with crypto companies, explores central bank digital currency
Apr 06, 2018 04:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
In its latest statement on developmental and regulatory policies, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has banned the entities regulated by it from engaging with any individual or businesses involved with digital...
Federal Reserve monitoring extreme volatility of cryptocurrencies: Governor Brainard
Apr 06, 2018 03:56 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Federal Reserve is closely monitoring the extreme volatility seen in some cryptocurrencies, Governor Lael Brainard said recently. Speaking at the Center for Global Economy and Business, Stern School of Business, New...
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