In late 2017, Fidelity, one of the largest brokerages and asset managers with 7.2 trillion in assets under management as of October 2018, launched its first crypto initiative. By partnering with Coinbase, the biggest crypto-to-fiat exchange in the global market, Fidelity enabled its clients to track investments in major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum through the Fidelity Portfolio Summary View. …
Highlights of Week 41: ICOVO, OceanEx, 0x
ICOVO’s crowdsale is currently live. The phase 1 of the crowdsale started on October 10th and goes on until October 30th, and offers a +10% bonus. to participants. Participants are invited to join the Whitelist here. Soft cap has been reached (5,868 ETH). In September, the project also received a “No Action” letter from FINMA. ICOVO’s vision is to create …
Crypto Exchange Coinbase Is Opening an Office in Dublin
Coinbase vice president of operations and technology Tina Bhatnagar announced late Monday that the exchange is opening a new office in Dublin, Ireland in response to customer growth in the EU. What’s more, it’s a helpful backstop against the looming exit of the U.K. from the European Union, known as Brexit. “It is also a plan B for Brexit. As we …
Major Korean Financial Holding Company Wins Blockchain Patent for Improved Fintech Security
Leading South Korean financial holding company KB Financial Group Inc. has been awarded a patent for a blockchain-based fintech app security solution, South Korean economic news outlets The Digital Times reports Monday, Oct. 15. KB Financial is reported to have over $342 billion in assets under management and presides over multiple overseas and domestic subsidiaries, among them KB Kookmin Bank, …
Crypto Market Update: Are the Bulls Back? (Bitcoin BTC Price Analysis)
BuySellAds Zone Code End BuySellAds Zone Code From yesterday’s low which was slightly below $200B the evaluation of the cryptocurrency market capitalization has spiked up to $220,252,569,861 but has pulled back quickly to around $212B level. Market Cap: $212,478,735,722 24h Vol: $20,812,434,086 BTC Dominance: 54.3% As you can see from the global chart the evaluation spiked up to the …
Church Mining Cryptocurrency Told to Pay Higher Electricity Rates
Home crypto mining, still popular in parts of Eastern Europe where private consumers and some organizations enjoy preferential, subsidized electricity rates, may take a hit following a court ruling in Russia, a country with vast energy resources which often remain unutilized. A protestant church in Irkutsk Oblast, a region in the Siberian Federal District, has been accused of mining cryptocurrency …
Crypto Market Keeps Its Balance After Recent Sell-Off, Bitcoin Above $6,300
Sunday, October 14: crypto markets keep their balance after the recent sell-off this week, with most of the 20 top coins by market cap slightly in the green. Fluctuations on the markets in both directions have for the most part been no more than 1 percent, as data from Coin360 shows. Market visualization from Coin360 Bitcoin (BTC) has seen slight …
Hacker Livestreams 51% Attack on Bitcoin Private
Geocold promised he would 51 percent attack an altcoin to prove how easy it was, and he did, but the attempt did not run as smoothly as he might have hoped. Over 750 viewers were tuned in, and the likes of Jackson Palmer live-tweeting the spectacle, when Twitch suddenly pulled the plug. Cam-whores and other performance artists can broadcast their …
Coinbase Adds Its First Ethereum Token to Professional Trading Platform
Crypto exchange startup Coinbase is adding the 0x protocol token to its professional trading platform, Coinbase Pro. Announced Thursday, the exchange said in a blog post that it had begun accepting deposits for ZRX, and would enable trading around 5:00 A.M. UTC, or after at least 12 hours after the initial announcement. The move represents the first time the platform …
Annual List of China’s Richest Includes Crypto Entrepreneurs
The annual Hurun China Rich List, a catalogue of individuals in the country with a net worth over 2 billion yuan ($209 million), has listed several crypto entrepreneurs among China’s financial elite, according to a release published Oct. 10. The Hurun Research Institute released the 2018 Hurun China Rich List of the richest individuals in the country, with at least …









