First Global Credit adds stocks from HKEX to bitcoin-backed trading portal
Feb 07, 2017 05:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
First Global Credit, a finance company that brings mainstream profit opportunities within the reach of bitcoin holders, announced that it has added more than 50 fast moving stocks from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX)...
Credit Suisse completes global blockchain hackathon using R3’s Corda
Feb 07, 2017 04:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
Swiss bank Credit Suisse recently held a global hackathon in which teams explored how R3s Corda distributed ledger platform could help in cost savings and efficiency applications. According to the hackathon details on...
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitsane adds AdvCash, DASH and ICN support
Feb 07, 2017 04:35 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ireland-based cryptocurrency exchange platform Bitsane has added the support of AdvCash, DASH and Iconomi transactions. Bitsane users can now trade DASH and Iconomi (ICN) for Dollars and Euro and can also make deposits and...
FxWirePro: ETH/USD holding above 5-DMA, stay long
Feb 06, 2017 10:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/USD broke above the trend line joining 11.63 and 11.19, thereby breaching the 11.00 mark on February 04 and hit a high of 11.46 levels. The pair is showing a slight dip and is currently trading at 11.26 levels...
Reinsurance company SCOR tests blockchain PoC, joins B3i consortium
Feb 06, 2017 10:36 am UTC| Digital Currency
SCOR, a global reinsurance company, announced that it has successfully tested and pleased with the results of a Technical Accounting Blockchain Proof of Concept (PoC) that was launched last year in a move to access the...
FxWirePro: BTC/GBP faces resistance at 835, consistent break above targets 875
Feb 06, 2017 10:10 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/GBP hit a high of 835 levels on February 04 but reverted from that level. It is currently trying to hold above 5-DMA and is trading at 823 levels at press time (Coinbase). Ichimoku analysis of daily chart: Tenkan...
FxWirePro: BTC/CNY faces strong resistance at 61.8% fibo, good to buy on dips
Feb 06, 2017 10:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/CNY is seen trading slightly above on Monday. The pair breaks ichimoku cloud top and jumped till 7281 yesterday (BTCCHINA). It is currently trading around 7272.71 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of daily...
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