According to an official Medium blog post published on Friday, October 12, the American cryptocurrency exchange owned by the Winklevoss twins, Gemini, has been given regulatory approval to list Litecoin on its platform for custody and trading purposes.
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Bitfinex Suspends Fiat Deposits
Last updated: October 12, 2018, 7:21 am Cryptocurrency NewsThe world’s fourth biggest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of trading volume, Bitfinex, has reportedly suspended fiat deposits for the time being.
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Losses of Hacked Exchanges Close to $1 Bn So Far
Last updated: October 11, 2018, 5:55 am Cryptocurrency NewsAccording to a recent report from the American cyber security firm CipherTrace, the losses caused by the hacking of cryptocurrency exchanges globally have reached almost $1 billion so far this year. This number is already 250% higher than the total losses suffered due cryptocurrency exchanges being hacked in 2017.
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Forbes Partnering with Civil to Publish Content
Last updated: October 10, 2018, 5:18 am Cryptocurrency NewsForbes, the 100-year-old international business media giant, announced that it has partnered with Civil, the Blockchain based journalism platform, becoming the first major media company to experiment with publishing content on a Blockchain platform. Civil’s co-founder Matt Coolidge also confirmed this new partnership and called it a “major milestone” for Blockchain powered journalism.
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IBM Launches Food Tracking Blockchain
Last updated: October 9, 2018, 5:15 am Cryptocurrency NewsThe American technology giant International Business Machines Corporation – more popularly known as IBM Corp. – has officially launched a new Blockchain based food tracking platform called Food Trust.
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Venezuelan Petro Finally Officially Launched
Last updated: October 8, 2018, 4:12 am Cryptocurrency NewsVenezuela has finally officially launched its cryptocurrency called El Petro. According to the country’s President Nicolas Maduro, the Petro is the first ever cryptocurrency that is state backed and mineral-reserves-backed.
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US Senators Want Stronger Sanctions on Venezuela’s Crypto ‘Petro’
Last updated: October 7, 2018, 5:20 am Cryptocurrency NewsIn the latest cryptocurrency news, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators is now pushing for tighter sanctions in response to Venezuela’s state-backed cryptocurrency. The latter is known as the Petro.
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Yale University Investing in Paradigm Crypto Fund
Last updated: December 11, 2018, 5:36 am Cryptocurrency NewsYale University, which is known to have invested in a range of assets such as Puerto Rican bonds to New Hampshire timber, is now entering the cryptocurrency market. According to an anonymous source, the Ivy League school is one of investors that has helped a major new crypto fund raise $400 million.
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BlackBerry Reveals Blockchain Platform for Healthcare
Last updated: October 5, 2018, 5:14 am Cryptocurrency NewsBlackBerry, that software company that once used to make a line of mobile phones that dominated the smartphone market, announced that it was launching a new Blockchain platform focused on the healthcare industry.
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Israel’s Securities Authority Using Blockchain
Last updated: October 4, 2018, 5:58 am Cryptocurrency NewsAccording to the latest news reports, the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) announced on Wednesday that the agency had started using Blockchain technology to enhance its cybersecurity measures and also to meet challenges related to information security.