PBoC advisor calls for information disclosure requirements and moderate regulation for ICOs
Jul 10, 2017 06:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
Initial Coin Offering (ICO) continue to attract businesses and investors. Recent data suggests that the money raised by companies via this route already runs into millions of dollars. Some of the most successful ICOs in...
Thomson Reuters launches incubator program, seeks cryptocurrency and blockchain startups
Jul 10, 2017 05:55 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
Global media giant Thomson Reuters has launched a startup incubator that will host early-stage entrepreneurs engaged in cutting-edge technologies. Thomson Reuters Labs The Incubator will offer an opportunity to the...
Criminal organisations rarely use digital currencies – European Commission
Jul 10, 2017 05:13 am UTC| Digital Currency
Virtual currencies such as bitcoin are rarely used by criminal organizations to fund their activities, the European Commission (EC) has stated in a new report. According to CoinDesk, the report was sent last month from...
Princeton University researcher receives $40K funding from NSF for cryptocurrency-related research
Jul 07, 2017 13:41 pm UTC| Digital Currency
A researcher from Princeton University received over $40K from National Science Foundation (NSF) in a federal funding in order to study mechanism incentives and their applications in cryptocurrencies sector, CoinDesk...
FxWirePro: BTC/CNY consolidates in narrow range, good to buy on dips
Jul 07, 2017 11:28 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/CNY is trading in narrow range between 16744 and 18399 for the past five trading sessions (BTCCHINA). It is currently trading around 17850 at press time. Long-term trend remains to be bullish. Ichimoku analysis...
FxWirePro: ETH/USD hovers around cloud top, good to go short on break below
Jul 07, 2017 11:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/USD broke below major support at 50-DMA on Friday and is currently trading at 251 levels at the time of writing (BTC-e). Ichimoku analysis (Daily chart): Tenkan-Sen: 280.34 Kijun-Sen: 316.75 On the upside,...
Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up – July 07th, 2017
Jul 07, 2017 10:50 am UTC| Digital Currency
CFTC grants cryptocurrency Swap Execution Facility registration to LedgerX The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order of Registration to LedgerX, an institutional trading and clearing...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects