Last week, the president of Venezuela appeared on national television holding a Trezor wallet. Was it just a stunt? Last week, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, appeared on national television approaching a Trezor-branded stall at a local technological fair. He seemed perplexed as to what exactly a hardware cryptocurrency wallet is supposed to do.…
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Bitcoin futures trading on the Intercontinental Exchange’s Bakkt platform will expand to include a cash-settled option, COO Adam White has revealed. Bitcoin (BTC) futures trading on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)’s Bakkt platform will expand to include a cash-settled option, COO Adam White has revealed. Speaking at the Invest: NYC conference on Nov. 12, White reportedly…
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British cryptocurrency-friendly mobile banking firm Revolut is negotiating with investors to raise at least half a billion dollars. British mobile banking firm Revolut is negotiating with investors to raise at least half a billion dollars next year, Reuters reports on Nov. 12. Since the end of 2017, Revolut’s app has allowed its users to complete…
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HSBC will explore the use of distributed ledger technologies for bond issuance in a joint trial with the Singapore Exchange and Temasek. Global banking giant HSBC will explore the use of blockchain for the issuance of fixed income securities in a joint trial with Singapore Exchange (SGX) and investment firm Temasek. Focused on the Asia…
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Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up to date with under-the-radar crypto news from around the world. Adoption news Crypto payments service Utrust partnered up with with the UK-based Alternative Airlines, an online flight search platform, bringing cryptocurrency payments to over 650 carriers, the Read more…
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Block.One, the firm that developed the EOSIO software, announced that it will now vote for the block producers of the EOS network. Block.One, the firm that developed the EOSIO software, announced on Nov. 13 that it will begin participating in the election procedures for block producers (BPs) on the EOS blockchain. “Small, but significant EOS…
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Justin Sun. Source: Twitter, @justinsuntron Tron (TRX) prices are up on the news that the company’s CEO Justin Sun is indeed an investor in the Poloniex exchange, which started accepting limit orders for TRX/BTC, TRX/USDT and TRX/USDC yesterday. Hour-by-hour Tron rates were still in the green at 6:10 AM UTC, with 24-hour prices above the…
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Evercoin launches Evercoin 2, a secure crypto wallet powered by YubiKey 5ci. How does it compare with Trezor and Ledger and will it really keep users safe? Evercoin announced the launch of Evercoin 2 today, Nov. 12, at New York Consensus Invest Summit. Evercoin claims that its new wallet is the safest hardware wallet currently…
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Justin Sun confirms that TRX, the 11th largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has now been listed on the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange. Tron (TRX), the 11th largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has now been listed on the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange. Sun confirms TRX listing on Poloniex In a Nov. 9 blog post, Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange announced…
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Could a crypto comeback be on the cards in Vietnam? And could South Korean blockchain firms provide a catalyst for change? In the past few days, Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City authorities have stated that they will “develop a blockchain infrastructure” to power smart city construction initiatives, claiming they would use blockchain to “mitigate risk…
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