Texas Congressman calls for rational and balanced policies for digital currencies
Jul 24, 2017 07:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
The rise of digital currencies should not aid the activities of terrorists and criminals, Texas Congressman Roger Williams said recently. According to CryptoCoinsNews, the comments come as an accompaniment to a hearing...
Rothschild Investment Corporation invests in bitcoin via Bitcoin Investment Trust
Jul 24, 2017 05:25 am UTC| Digital Currency
Rothschild Investment Corporation, one of Chicagos oldest employee owned investment manager, has invested in digital currency bitcoin via Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC), according to the documents sent to the Securities...
ECB President calls for monitoring of increase in usage of digital currencies
Jul 24, 2017 04:19 am UTC| Digital Currency
The European Union plans to continue keeping a close watch on virtual currency schemes (VCS), including their traded volumes and exchange rate dynamics, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) said recently. In...
FxWirePro: ETH/USD forms Dragonfly Doji pattern, bias neutral
Jul 21, 2017 11:35 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/USD is struggling for a consistent break above 20-DMA and is currently trading at 214 levels at the time of writing (BTC-e). Ichimoku analysis (Daily chart): Tenkan-Sen: 196.23 Kijun-Sen: 224.82 On the...
FxWirePro: BTC/USD spikes on BIP 91 lock-in, stops short of all-time high at 2938
Jul 21, 2017 08:41 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD skyrocketed on Thursday, driven by the reports of BIP 91 lock-in. It stopped short of its all-time high 2980 levels and hit 2938 levels. The pair is currently trading in the red at 2758 levels at press time...
Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up – July 21st, 2017
Jul 21, 2017 06:55 am UTC| Digital Currency
US Congressman calls for stronger digital currency standards Banning digital currencies such as bitcoin would not help in preventing financing of terrorism activities, a Republican member of the US House of...
Bitcoin price skyrockets as BIP 91 locks-in
Jul 21, 2017 06:37 am UTC| Digital Currency
Leading cryptocurrency exchange BTCC earlier this week issued an official statement on how it would deal with the implementation of the different bitcoin scaling solutions currently being discussed. BTCC said that it...
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