- Binance has launched its own blockchain - Sirin Labs has laid off 25% of its workforce - Coinbase has expanded crypto-to-crypto conversions and trading services to 11 more countries - Binance brought in $78 million in profits in Q1 2019 - Japanese FSA is planning to force cryptocurrency exchanges to tighten their security - TON Labs has partnered with German payment … [Read more...] about Crypto news in brief (April 18, 2019): Binance Chain, Sirin Labs, Coinbase, Binance, Japan, TON Labs
Crypto news in brief (April 9, 2019): Bitfinex, China, mining, Coinbase, Western Union
- Bitfinex removed minimum equity requirement of $10,000 to trade on its platform - China may prohibit crypto mining - Coinbase has added support for EOS, REP and MKR - Western Union has partnered with blockchain startup Coins.ph … [Read more...] about Crypto news in brief (April 9, 2019): Bitfinex, China, mining, Coinbase, Western Union
Coinbase launches free XRP and USDC international transfers
Users of the exchange can now send funds in XRP or USDC to over 100 countries. … [Read more...] about Coinbase launches free XRP and USDC international transfers
Crypto news in brief (December 17, 2018): South Korea, Coinbase and PayPal, Belgium, Tether
- Two South Korean ministries have launched a blockchain project for the container shipping industry - Coinbase has announced that U.S. customers can now instantly withdraw balances to PayPal - Belgium’s FSMA has updated its list of suspicious cryptocurrency-related websites that show signs of fraudulent activities - Bloomberg has reviewed some bank statements of Tether … [Read more...] about Crypto news in brief (December 17, 2018): South Korea, Coinbase and PayPal, Belgium, Tether
Crypto news in brief (December 9, 2018): Ethereum hard fork, Gemini, Coinbase, Binance DEX, Poloniex
- Members of ethereum’s development team have agreed on block 7,080,000 on the ethereum blockchain as an activation point for Constantinople hard fork - Gemini has announced support for bitcoin cash (BCH) - Coinbase is considering to list 30+ new tokens - Binance has released a video demo of its forthcoming decentralized exchange, Binance DEX - Poloniex has announced the … [Read more...] about Crypto news in brief (December 9, 2018): Ethereum hard fork, Gemini, Coinbase, Binance DEX, Poloniex
Crypto news in brief (October 25, 2018): FISCO BCOS, Coinbase, USDC stablecoin, Alibaba, Bakkt, Royal Mint Gold, Japan
- The Financial Blockchain Shenzhen Consortium (FISCO) announced the launch of a coinless open-source blockchain platform - Coinbase has launched stablecoin USDC, backed one-to-one by U.S. dollar - Alibaba Cloud expanded its Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) offering outside of China - The UK Royal Mint has suspended its plan to launch gold-backed cryptourrency Royal Mint Gold … [Read more...] about Crypto news in brief (October 25, 2018): FISCO BCOS, Coinbase, USDC stablecoin, Alibaba, Bakkt, Royal Mint Gold, Japan
Crypto news in brief (August 16, 2018): Coinbase, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Square, bitcoin ETF, blockchain bond, South Korea
- Coinbase signed up 50,000 users per day in 2017 - JSE may become one of the first international stock exchanges to deploy online cryptocurrency trading platform - Square announced that users of its Cash App now can buy and sell bitcoin in all 50 U.S. states - The SEC has postponed the decision on the listing of VanEck/SolidX bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) - … [Read more...] about Crypto news in brief (August 16, 2018): Coinbase, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Square, bitcoin ETF, blockchain bond, South Korea
Crypto news in brief (August 8, 2018): Bitmain, ICE, Bakkt, Coinbase, Russia
- Bitmain will build blockchain data center and cryptocurrency mining facility in Texas - Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) plans to launch a trading platform for digital assets - Coinbase has launched a program that allows accepting BTC, BCH, ETH and LTC at multiple web stores across the globe - 44% of Russians have heard of cryptocurrencies, and 13% claim to have a good … [Read more...] about Crypto news in brief (August 8, 2018): Bitmain, ICE, Bakkt, Coinbase, Russia