The third-largest Japanese bank by assets, SMBC, will leverage R3’s Marco Polo blockchain for trade finance

Bill Barhydt, CEO and Founder of Abra – a leading fintech firm in the cryptocurrency space, spoke about a range of services offered by the platform, in an interview with Nugget’s News. The discussion started with Barhydt talking about why he started Abra. He stated that it was because he wanted to “build an effectively […]

New enterprise-targeting crypto mining malware Beapy surged to over 12,000 unique infection across 732 organizations since March, according Symantec researchers

The Malta Financial Services Authority has released guidelines on crypto-related risks and the possibility of scams

Crypto markets recovered from yesterday’s sufficient sell-off, Bitcoin is back to trading above the $5,500 threshold

By CCN: Bitcoin’s year-to-date returns of nearly 50% aren’t too shabby. But if you’d have invested in bitcoin two years ago, you would be sitting on a return of more than 457%. Morgan Creek Digital Co-Founder Anthony Pompliano did the back-of-the-napkin math. He proved that there’s a new sheriff in town, even in the face of the stock market’s historic bull run. While the time period includes bitcoin’s 2017 peak, it also accounts for the crypto winter, which provides some balance. All told, the bitcoin price is up by a triple-digit percentage. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has delivered,

Anthony Pompliano – Co-founder and Partner at Morgan Creek Digital, as well as long-time Bitcoin bull and influencer with…

Yesterday, the Tether treasury, responsible for managing the supply of the stablecoin, has minted an additional $300 million USD worth of the fiat-backed stablecoin, following the recent bullish Bitcoin price action. Prior to the powerful break through seemingly unbreakable support at $6,000 in November, Tether had removed the same amount from the market, suggesting that...

Wietse Wind, prominent contributor and a developer in the XRP community, is in the news after he announced that he would be partnering with Bitrue, a crypto-platform, to help serve the XRP community. Bitrue announced the same in their tweet, After so many tipping effort made through @xrptipbot , finally we are taking it to […]

By CCN: The once invulnerable tobacco powerhouse, Altria, saw its stock get clobbered on Thursday after it reported disastrous earnings. Cigarette sales have plummeted and taken Altria stock down with it, as consumers move towards e-cigarettes, vaping, and cannabis. The company has made strategic investments in the alternative products in an effort to fire up revenues. Altria Suffers Troubling Decline in Cigarette Sales In the first quarter, Altria posted a diluted earnings per share number of $0.90, after removing one-time items. This was a 5.3 percent year-over-year decrease from the first quarter of 2018. Altria stock is reacting to a

The trustee of now-defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has extended the deadline for submission of rehabilitation plans

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Bitcoin Press Release: Scalable dApp creation platform Squeezer.io will help software developers integrate decentralized apps into already established business infrastructures. Monday 22nd April, 2019, Belize City, BELIZE –  Scalable dApp creation platform Squeezer.io will help software developers integrate decentralized apps into already established business infrastructures. Squeezer.IO uses a platform, Framework, and Chain-kit (unique software tools) to enable the design and development of open source apps, import projects directly from GitHub, and develop fast solutions for Blockchain Payments and Smart Contracts. The blockchain software industry is expanding quickly, given that blockchain related jobs are among the fastest growing in today’s labor market, it is safe

By CCN: A crypto trader provided CCN with documents proving that he has lost around 43 Ether all told after depositing it on BiteBTC on Christmas Eve. As we previously reported, the Bitcoin exchange claimed a fire wrecked its servers, but the exchange claimed crypto wallets were safe. Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire Nearly every tweet sent by the exchange is answered with multiple complaints about deposit and withdrawal issues. The following is an example, which allegedly shows BiteBTC harassing a complaining user: pic.twitter.com/sq2XRCnBdu — Mtarii2 (@mtaroe2) April 24, 2019 Our tipster contacted BiteBTC after the fire and was told

Justin Sun, the CEO of Tron (TRX) who’s notorious for his questionable marketing tactics, announced via Twitter an official…

Digital asset loan provider Genesis Capital has issued over $1.5 billion in loans since launching its crypto lending platform in March of 2018, adding $425 million in the first quarter of 2019. An affiliate of Genesis Trading, one of the largest over-the-counter cryptocurrency brokerages, the New York-based lending platform offers institutions and market-makers the ability […]

Cryptocurrency-based variance swaps, products for hedging against volatility, are being launched by Hong Kong-based algorithmic crypto trading firm GSR

By CCN: The Dow lagged the broader U.S. stock market on Thursday after industrial conglomerate 3M Co (MMM) reported disappointing quarterly financial results, underscoring a dismal outlook facing the global economy. Dow Lags Its Stock Market Peers After falling 187 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average would pare losses to settle down 134.97 points, or 0.5%, at 26,462.08. The blue-chip index opened sharply lower, reflecting a volatile pre-market for Dow futures. The broad S&P 500 Index of large-cap stocks reversed gains to settle at 2,926.17, where it was down less than 0.1%. Five of 11 primary sectors reported declines, with

Bitcoin (BTC) up 4.5 percent Altcoins are horrible, but Bitcoin is the only trustless project There is only one king in cryptocurrency, and that is Bitcoin (BTC). According to Tone Vays, altcoins—as history shows fail to weather the test of time, sinking expectations with it. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is firm, leading in valuation and dominance proving...

Following a new agreement, IBM will apply blockchain technology at computer hardware producer Lenovo’s Data Center Group

BitDeer.com, the leading computing power-sharing platform, has just kicked off its wet season promotion offering BTC and BCH mining plans with disruptive electricity costs as low as RMB￥0.22/Kwh ($0.033/Kwh). BitDeer.com’s worldwide users are enabled to take full advantage of the much cheaper hydropower electricity in southwestern China thanks to the favorable weather conditions. The wet season exclusive plans will greatly benefit individual miners, who can now purchase mining plans starting at $122. With BitDeer.com’s proprietary real-time computing power allocation technology, users can choose computing power plans and durations accordingly. The exclusive plans are also equipped with stronger anti-risk abilities, ensuring

By CCN: Microsoft proves that legendary companies can have surprising second acts. Under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft stock has soared while delivering insanely remarkable earnings growth. Nadella has managed to overcome the disastrous reign of Steve Ballmer and set Microsoft stock up as the latest security to reach a trillion-dollar market cap. Third-quarter earnings were fantastic at every level. There are reasons for this, but the numbers come first. THREAD: $MSFT Q3 EARNINGSRevenue: $30.6 billion ⬆️ 14%Operating income $10.3 billion ⬆️ 25%Net Income: $8.8 billion ⬆️ 19%EPS: $1.14 pic.twitter.com/Jr3c3vr63I — Microsoft (@Microsoft) April 24, 2019 MSFT Earnings

Most major cryptocurrencies on CoinMarketCap have been under the spell of the bear and continue to fall, at press time. However, if the long term performance of the coin is to be considered, most major coins have managed to register significant returns since the beginning of 2019. Ran NeuNer, crypto influencer and Founder of Onchain […]

Ripple, the company behind the development of XRP, the third most valuable crypto asset in the global market, officially released its Q1 2019  XRP markets report. The document indicated Ripple sold $169.42 million from January to March and institutional sales accounted for $61.93 million, more than 36 percent of all its sales. Quarter-over-quarter, Ripple saw a 54 percent surge in institutional investment, indicating an overall rise in demand for crypto from institutional investors. Bad Year So Far For Ripple and XRP? XRP saw a three-fold gain at the start of the fourth quarter in 2018. But, as the market began

Bitcoin (BTC) has experienced a great deal of interest as of late, largely due to a significant change in…

The DataLight Hype Index shows Bitcoin leads the way in terms of popularity on Twitter with the results of the ranking closely mirroring the position of cryptocurrencies based on market cap. Bitcoin is King of ‘Crypto Twitter’ According to a recent report by DataLight, Bitcoin occupies the top position in the Twitter Hype Index – a measure of the degree of popularity of a cryptocurrency on the social media platform. This data is yet another

Ethereum (ETH) bearish below $190 Samsung experimentation is a sign of confidence on the platform Start-ups, desirous of exploring blockchain, no longer need to start from scratch thanks to Ethereum. Samsung is the latest. Two months after announcing the support of Ethereum (ETH) in their S10 Galaxy phones, sources reveal that the electronics giant may...