Steven Parker is joining Crypterium, and the team is delighted for an opportunity to benefit from his expertise in a variety of fields, including business development, customer analytics, marketing and product innovation. Steven worked broadly in many different industries and achieved considerable success in all of them. His experience in innovation and technology (Visa, Experian), strategic consulting (Booz-Allen) and hospitality (Holiday …

Ripple’s xRapid –Information reaching us states that Western Union and FLEETCOR are nearing an agreement to completely sell the WU’s business payments operations, PE Hubstated on Wednesday, November 15, 2018. PE Hub, which cited three unnamed sources, airs that Citi is the dealing advisor, stating further that the deal could reach nothing less than $600 million. While this has not been confirmed, Deutsche …

With ICOs going through regulatory growing pains, with fraudulent feedback from the mainstream media and low success rate, we must strive to find more satisfactory means of funding blockchain innovation that are more legitimate. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hearings are changing the future of how cryptocurrencies work at the intersection of more stringent regulations. As ICOs open …

Advertisement A case involving almost half a million dollars in cryptocurrency led to an important new precedent in China. A high Chinese court, the Court of International Arbitration, ruled that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are valuable personal property and are therefore protected under existing Chinese law. The court also stated that there is no law on the books prohibiting the possession or …

OneCoin: AHS LatAm S.A. Has Launched the OFC Bundles Offering SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct.19, 2018 As of October 08, 2018AHS LatAm S.A. has launched its OFC Bundles Offering using OneCoin cryptocurrency (ONE). The packages offered on http://www.onecoinico.io, containing OFC bundles, will be available until January 07, 2019when participants will be able to convert them into ONE at the rate of 300 OFCs for 1 …

In a new interview, Ripple’s chief marketing strategist Cory Johnson says Ripple has discussed XRP with the Trump administration. In response to a question about the administration’s take on Ripple, Johnson told Breaker the White House is doing an impressive amount of research on crypto at large. “There’s clearly a lot of homework going on. The White House in particular seems to …

Advertisement  Binance has made another step towards facilitating cryptocurrency trading in the East African country. Months after announcing the launch of Uganda’s first-ever fiat-crypto exchange, Binance has made another step towards facilitating cryptocurrency trading in the East African country. Beginning October 17, users will be able to make deposits to Binance Uganda in the leading cryptocurrencies bitcoin and ethereum as well as in Ugandan Shillings. …

The Gemini cryptocurrency exchange announced that customer assets are now covered by insurance. It comes through a consortium of global insurers who were organized by Aon.   The Gemini digital cryptocurrency has notified customers that insurance for digital assets is now available. A news release said is was arranged by a professional services firm called Aon who organized a collective of leading …

The long debate over what bitcoin actually is from a regulatory perspective—a currency, a commodity or a security—is finally over. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) officially called bitcoin a commodity, which means it’s essentially claiming it under its umbrella. Oversight has long been one of the issues the Securities and Exchange Commission has held against attempts at packaging …

Ether has lost 70 percent of its value this year but Wall Street’s biggest crypto bull says it’s “about to rally strongly.” Fundstrat’s Tom Lee says the past four out of four times ether underperformed other cryptocurrencies by two standard deviations, it saw a”major trend reversal.” It was one of the best performing cryptocurrencies last year but ether struggled from …