Monex Group mulls acquisition of Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange
Apr 05, 2018 03:10 am UTC| Digital Currency
Japanese brokerage firm Monex Group is considering to acquire Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck, which was hacked earlier this year, Nikkei Asian Review reported. In January, Coincheck suffered a major hack in which it...
Swiss startup Procivis to give digital IDs to Rohingya via blockchain
Apr 04, 2018 11:03 am UTC| Digital Currency
Procivis, a Switzerland-based digital identity platform, is collaborating with the Rohingya Project NGO in order to provide digital IDs to Rohingya people, the worlds biggest stateless minority. Press Release:...
Cryptocurrency data startup BitKan secures $10M in Series B funding
Apr 04, 2018 10:28 am UTC| Digital Currency
BitKan, a Bitcoin-focused data and trading services provider, has secured $10 million in a Series B funding round led by China-based financing firm Zhongyunhui Capital. The funding round also drew contributions from IDG...
Google moves to ban cryptocurrency mining extensions on Chrome
Apr 04, 2018 09:25 am UTC| Digital Currency
Search engine giant Google has announced a ban on Chrome extensions that mine cryptocurrency. In a blog post, the company said that over the past couple of months, there has been a rise in malicious extensions that...
FxWirePro: ETH/USD upside capped by 10-DMA, bias bearish
Apr 04, 2018 08:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/USD is trading in a narrow range on Wednesday as it struggles for a consistent break above 10-DMA. It is currently trading at 403 levels at the time of writing (Coinbase). On the upside, a decisive break above 413...
FxWirePro: BTC/USD hovers around 10-DMA, bias neutral
Apr 04, 2018 06:48 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD is trading in a close range on Wednesday and hovering around 10-DMA at 7365 levels at the time of writing (Bitstamp). On the topside, a decisive break above 7338 (10-DMA) would target 7668 (23.6% retracement of...
President and Vice President of NEM Foundation move to advisory role
Apr 04, 2018 05:55 am UTC| Digital Currency
The NEM.io Foundation, creators of the peer-to-peer NEM blockchain platform, has announced major changes in its leadership. According to the announcement, President Lon Wong and Vice President Jeff McDonald will be...
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