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The Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange) Ed Tilly declared that there was a need for BTC (Bitcoin)…

The CEO, president and chairman of CBOE or Chicago Board Options Exchange named Ed Tilly suggested that there is a significant need for Bitcoin exchange-traded notes (also known as ETNs). According to him, this would give all Wall Street institutional investors the ability to join the cryptocurrency space.

The state of Wyoming has just made a significant move in order to advance and legitimize cryptocurrencies, as well as businesses that offer or utilize the blockchain technology. The state reportedly put forward a bill that will clarify the very legal position of all digital assets, including those that are in custody via banks rather than the usual financial institutions.

tZero is deemed to be Overstock.com’s much-awaited security token trading platform. And finally, it will now go live by the end of next week.…

Bitcoin burst onto popularity sometime in 2009, and since then, the world’s leading cryptocurrency has taken the world by storm. It has even become a medium specifically meant for all types of transactions. And just like the prominent U.S. dollars – including other government-issued currencies – the digital currency has found utilize cases in terms of illicit transactions.

Binance is known to be among the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. Interestingly, it has announced its intentions to increase its reach and spread to a total of eight different countries. And it is something that the company is looking to achieve by the end of 2019.

The UK-based company BlockEx confirmed that is would be laying off its staff because of financial issues just one year after a hugely successful initial coin offering (ICO) that raised $25 million.

Grayscale Investments, which is the firm behind the Bitcoin Investment Fund, has recently announced its plan to offer a fund to let professional investors obtain exposure to Stellar.

Just earlier this week, the cryptocurrency world was shocked following the hack involving the digital currency exchange Cryptopia. It reportedly suffered from a significant security breach, which gave hackers the opportunity to run away with around 19,390 Ethereum. Interestingly, Binance was successful in foiling the transaction coming from the hacker.

BitPay is seen as a global leader when it comes to being a blockchain payments provider. Now, it has recently announced a milestone, which suggests the U.S.-based company processed about $1 billion worth of transactions in 2018. Here is everything about it in a nutshell.