US CFTC issues new guidance for cryptocurrency derivative products
May 22, 2018 09:32 am UTC| Digital Currency
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commissions (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) and Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) have jointly issued a new guidance for listing cryptocurrency derivative...
Ripple proposes new symbol for XRP token
May 22, 2018 09:01 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ripple team has proposed a new symbol for the XRP token, taking the efforts of the XRP community forward. Bitcoins symbol ₿ has already been added to the Unicode Standard. XRP Symbol, an open source project, believes...
FxWirePro: BTC/USD breaches cloud support, dip till 8000 likely
May 22, 2018 07:41 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD is trading tad lower on Tuesday as it couldnt hold cloud support. It is currently trading at 8323 levels at the time of writing (Bitstamp). On the top side, resistance is seen at 8452 (Cloud bottom) and a break...
OwlTing USA rolls out blockchain-powered traceability platform
May 22, 2018 06:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
OwlTing USA, a Chicago-based subsidiary of Taiwanese blockchain startup OwlTing, has launched a blockchain-powered traceability platform. OwlTing USA was established in 2017 to bring Ethereum-powered blockchain business...
Bitcoin price can fall to zero: Vanguard chief economist
May 22, 2018 06:06 am UTC| Digital Currency
Vanguard chief economist Joseph Davis sees a decent probability that bitcoin price could fall to zero. In an ETF Industry Perspective published on etf.com, Davis shared his views on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies ...
Tradeshift launches cloud-based blockchain payments solution
May 22, 2018 05:09 am UTC| Digital Currency
Supply chain payments company Tradeshift has announced the launch of a cloud platform which will bring supply chain payments, supply chain finance, and blockchain-based early payments together into one unified...
UK’s Cryptoassets Taskforce agrees on key objectives
May 22, 2018 04:19 am UTC| Digital Currency
UKs Cryptoassets Taskforce, an initiative announced earlier this year, held its first meeting on 21 May 2018. In March, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, announced the task force as part of the governments...
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