Bakkt, a cryptocurrency trading platform, is working on consumer apps for digital assets and is going to launch its first one in partnership with Starbucks. Last year, Starbucks revealed that it is among the companies that will work with Bakkt “to create an integrated platform...
Facebook’s announcement that it was launching its own cryptocurrency, called Libra, has caused a resurgence of interest in crypto — and bitcoin, the most famous digital coin, surged to an 18-month high on Wednesday (June 26), according to a report by Reuters. Bitcoin has been...
Afghanistan is looking to boost its ailing economy with bitcoin. At the annual Spring Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, Khalil Sediq, governor at the Central Bank of Afghanistan, told The Asia Times that Afghanistan...
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies trade at levels far off peaks, a bit above lows. There is hope that new trading opportunities — such as through derivatives — will boost liquidity and investor count. The U.K. is the latest country to splash some cold water on the notion...
November 28, 2022
Officials of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reportedly met with FTX staff before the crypto exchange’s bankruptcy to discuss changes to financial market structure rules but hadn’t made a decision. The U.S. arm of FTX proposed the plan to the CFTC in March but CFTC Chairman Rostin Benham said Monday (Nov. 28) at […]
October 28, 2019
Bakkt, a cryptocurrency trading platform, is working on consumer apps for digital assets and is going to launch its first one in partnership with Starbucks. Last year, Starbucks revealed that...
June 27, 2019
Facebook’s announcement that it was launching its own cryptocurrency, called Libra, has caused a resurgence of interest in crypto — and bitcoin, the most famous digital coin, surged to an...
April 22, 2019
Afghanistan is looking to boost its ailing economy with bitcoin. At the annual Spring Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund...
