New York Attorney General launches inquiry into 13 crypto exchanges
Apr 18, 2018 04:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Tuesday announced the launch of an inquiry into cryptocurrency exchanges. The Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative will look into the policies and practices of digital...
Apr 18, 2018 04:10 am UTC| Digital Currency
Central bank digital currencies could significantly impact the current structure of the banking system, a Bank of Japan official recently. In his closing Remarks at the IMF-JFSA-BOJ Conference on FinTech, Masayoshi...
Bitcoin's wild ride and what's ahead for the cryptocurrency
Apr 17, 2018 15:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Digital Currency
Bitcoin has been on a volatile ride in recent times, its value rising and falling like a kite caught in variable winds. Its future will likely be as unpredictable as its past given that its a currency propped up by...
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Korbit to list Litecoin
Apr 17, 2018 11:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Korbit is going to add support for Litecoin LTC on its platform. Litecoin creator Charlie Lee made the announcement via Twitter: Tomorrow, @KorbitBTC will launch LTC...
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken to end services in Japan
Apr 17, 2018 09:35 am UTC| Digital Currency
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is going to end its trading services in Japan, Bloomberg reported. The San Francisco-based company had been allowed to operate in Japan without a license. It cited mounting costs...
FxWirePro: ETH/USD trades in narrow range, break above 50-DMA targets 600
Apr 17, 2018 08:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/USD is trading in a tight range on Tuesday as it hovers around 1w 7-SMA at 515 levels at the time of writing (Coinbase). On the upside, a consistent break above 515 (1w 7-SMA) would target 538 (Upper Bollinger)/568...
FxWirePro: BTC/USD rangebound, further bullishness only on break above 55-EMA
Apr 17, 2018 06:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD is trading in an extremely narrow range after it got rejected at 55-EMA. It is currently trading at 8025 at the time of writing (Bitstamp). On the topside, a consistent break above 8409 (55-EMA) will see the...
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