Authorities in Hong Kong have taken steps to attract fintech specialists who can support its economic development. The government of the Chinese region has prepared a list of needed professions from several related fields, including distributed ledger technologies and asset management. Also read: China Escalates Crackdown, Russia Chases Shadows, UK Warns of Scams Hong Kong […]
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Crypto exchange Huobi has become the largest shareholder of a public firm listed in Hong Kong, inching a step closer to a possible back-door listing.
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<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /> <br /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><br />After a brief hiatus, the Let’s Talk Bitcoin show is back with an informative episode on the intersection of “Wall Street” financial tools and the Bitcoin space. For those who are unfamiliar with how mainstream financial tools are […]
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The cryptocurrency market has now been in a bear cycle for more than two-thirds of the past year, and, as August prepares to roll in September, predictions from past months that the bitcoin price would test its all-time high in 2018 appear less and less likely. However, even after this prolonged decline, Litecoin creator Charlie […]
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A moderator of the popular Bitcoin sub-reddit has revealed that traffic has once again picked up after dropping every month since December 2017. r/Bitcoin Sub-reddit Nears 1 Million Subscribers Ranked number 14 in the world and number 5 in the United States, according to Alexa Rankings, Reddit is one of the most visited websites in […]
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Yet another stablecoin is joining the arguably already crowded ecosystem. Terra, as the new fiat-pegged crypto is called, counts four of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world among its investors, including Binance, Okex, Huobi and Upbit. Also Read: Morgan Creek Launches Digital Asset Index Fund for Institutional Investors Terra Firma Terra has announced today […]
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Bitcoinist is excited to announce a new partnership with the CoolWallet S — our new preferred wallet. The CoolWallet S is a unique, user-friendly, and secure hardware wallet for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, and ERC20 Tokens. In June, Bitcoinist reviewed the CoolWallet S and was impressed by its sleek, attractive, and durable credit […]
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The Italian football club Rimini, which plays in the Italian Serie C division, has sold a portion of the team’s shares in exchange for cryptocurrency. The first-of-its-kind acquisition was made by Heritage Sports Holdings (HSH), a sports investment company based in the United Arab Emirates. Contrary to initial reporting by various outlets, the club’s shares […]
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Trend Micro found that there were nearly 790,000 instances of cryptomining malware detected in the first half of 2018, according to a new report.
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Almost one-fifth of US university students own cryptocurrency, while 9 percent have already formally studied it — new research from Coinbase released on August 28 reveals. ‘Tremendous Excitement’ Together with research startup Qriously, the largest US exchange and wallet provider undertook a poll of 675 US students as part of the project — which also surveyed […]
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