A San-Francisco Firm Launches First XRP Based Crypto-currency Exchange

DCEX, an American crypto-currency exchange based in San-Francisco will be the pioneer crypto exchange to use the crypto token, XRP as its base currency. The chosen base currency for DCEX will reportedly be made available to both institutional and retail…

Kim Kardashian Gets 1BTC Added to Her Asset Portfolio

The inaugural annual “if only”, Texas hold’em charity poker tournament was hosted by the City of Hope this past Sunday, June 29th, 2018. The city of hope is a cancer and diabetes research and treatment center that takes care of…

The Block Chain Will Soon Disrupt the Gambling Industry as Well

As leading players and crypto enthusiasts hold their breath for a mass crypto explosion in the financial world, the explosion may have already detonated in the gaming and gambling world. The blockchain is already permeating into every industry imaginable at…

Scaling Issue: Major Reason for Cryptocurrency Hedge Funds Shorting Ethereum

Institutional investors are seemingly bearish on the broader use case of Ethereum, despite its support on thousands of cryptocurrencies on its open-source platform and the world’s second-largest digital currency by market cap. The Big Ether Short According to Forbes, cryptocurrency…

Expert Believes XRP Is Not a Real Crypto-currency

For some time now, XRP has been embroiled in a struggle to try and convince some crypto enthusiasts and big industry players such as central banks, that it is not a security but rather a crypto-currency just like Bitcoin, ethereum…

Indian Exchange Halts Fiat Deposits and Withdrawals Following a Central Bank Ban

Popular Indian exchange and crypto wallet provider Unocoin, has made a decision to suspend Rupee (INR) deposits and withdrawals. This decision was made in compliance with directives issued by India’s central bank. The exchange and crypto wallet provider immediately notified…

Chinese Influencers Push for a Block chain Based Food and Drug Safety Solution

The Chinese are increasingly grappling with a food and drug safety crisis that has plagued the industrial power for some time now. The latest scandal to hit the Chinese health sector is a fake rabies baby vaccine that was recently…

The CFA Plans to Add Crypto and Block-chain Topics to Their Curriculum Starting 2019

The financial industry appears to be taking a serious interest in crypto after the CFA Institute which offers the chartered financial analyst designation made the decision to add crypto-currencies and topics to do with the block-chain in their level I…

Encrypted Email Service Provider ProtonMail Hint at a Potential ICO

ProtonMail CTO, Bart Butler has hinted that the encrypted email service provider is well on its way to launching an ambitious initial coin offering (ICO). The announcement by ProtonMail was met by negative speculation about the company launching a job…

Coinbase Acquisition Rumors Simmer after Google and Facebook Lift Ban on Crypto Ads

Social media giants and super search engine Google have made a complete U-turn from their pronouncements months ago where they had slapped blanket bans on all advertisements related to crypto-currencies. Facebook’s change of heart was confirmed by Coinbase CEO, Brian…