Hong Kong’s SFC directs crypto exchanges to delist securities tokens
Feb 09, 2018 06:19 am UTC| Digital Currency
Hong Kongs Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has directed seven domestic cryptocurrency exchanges not to trade cryptocurrencies or tokens that fall under the definition of securities. The regulator last year...
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare attracts $30M in new funding
Feb 09, 2018 05:34 am UTC| Digital Currency
Canadian cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare has raised $30 million in new equity financing led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. According to the official release, Coinsquare has raised a total of $47.3 million in just four...
Digital currencies moved up on the agenda: ECB’s Yves Mersch
Feb 09, 2018 04:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
The European Central Bank is concerned about the social and psychological effects that digital currencies seem to have, an ECB executive board member said recently. In an interview with Bloomberg, Yves Mersch spoke at...
Grayscale Investments launches new fund for top digital assets
Feb 09, 2018 04:07 am UTC| Digital Currency
Grayscale Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, has launched a new investment vehicle, the Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund. In its media release, Grayscale Investments said that the fund...
Blockchain payments startup BitPesa acquires TransferZero
Feb 09, 2018 03:10 am UTC| Digital Currency
BitPesa, a Kenya-based blockchain payments startup, has acquired TransferZero, an international, online money transfer platform. Founded in May 2016, TransferZero is the fintech company licensed by the Bank of Spain as...
Chinese payment provider LianLian International partners with blockchain startup Ripple
Feb 08, 2018 11:18 am UTC| Digital Currency
Money service company LianLian International has entered into an agreement with Ripple to use the latters enterprise blockchain solution, xCurrent, to process real-time cross-border payments. Under the agreement,...
FxWirePro: BTC/EUR breaks above 200-DMA at 6683, good to go long on dips
Feb 08, 2018 10:44 am UTC| Technicals Digital Currency
BTC/EUR retraces back above 200-DMA at 6683 levels, bias higher. The pair is trading 12.50% higher on the day at around 6933 levels at the time of writing. Price has broken above strong trendline resistance at...
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