This post was originally published here SBI Crypto Investment, a subsidiary of the Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings, has invested in crypto firm Breadwinner AG, Cointelegraph Japan reports on Jan. 15. SBI’s crypto investment fund did not disclose the amount contributed to Switzerland-based Breadwinner, the developer of mobile crypto wallet BRD.   According to the

This post was originally published here Belarus-based blockchain startup Currency.com has launched a trading platform for tokenized securities. The firm announced Tuesday that the platform would allow investors to directly trade and invest in financial instruments using the cryptocurrencies bitcoin or ethereum, without first converting to fiat. The platform will initially host over 150 tokenized

This post was originally published here Tuesday, Jan. 15 — all the top 20 cryptocurrencies are seeing slight to moderate gains in the 24 hours to press time. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has approached $3,700 again, according to Coin360 data. Market visualization from Coin360 At press time, Bitcoin is up nearly 3 percent on the day, trading

This post was originally published here The use of blockchain technology to help secure internet of things data, services and devices doubled last year, according to a recent survey by digital security firm Gemalto. In a report published Tuesday, the firm said blockchain adoption in the IoT sector grew from 9 percent to 19 percent in

That bitcoin (BTC) may be closing on a long-term bottom is generally accepted by now. After all, the leading cryptocurrency by market value has dropped by close to 70 percent over the last 13 months. The challenge now is to pick up early signs of a long-term bearish-to-bullish trend change, which may be possible with

This post was originally published here LedgerX has launched its first Bitcoin (BTC) price volatility index. The launch of LedgerX Volatility Index (LXVX) was revealed to Cointelegraph by the company’s spokesperson on Jan. 14. LedgerX is a cryptocurrency asset manager regulated by the United StatesCommodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The official press release shared with Cointelegraph explains

This post was originally published here The Danish Tax Agency has got the green light to collect trader information from local cryptocurrency exchanges to see if they are paying their dues. The agency, in Danish called the Skattestyrelsen, announced Monday that this is the first time the country’s Tax Council has given it access to crypto traders’ data

This post was originally published here Huobi, the third largest cryptocurrency exchange by monthly trading volume, has hired a senior professional from a major U.S.-based global bank. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Elaine Sun Ye Lin, former head of compliance for the Chinese branch of State Street, joined the Singapore-based exchange as a compliance director last month.

This post was originally published here Since early-2018, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency investors alike have been caught in what seems to be a large sea full of endless waves comprised of price drops, fake news, accounts of fraud, and countless other examples of occurrences that have shaken out the weak speculators. This has left behind a

This post was originally published here Cryptocurrency exchanges have closed 2018 with “record transacting volumes,” according to a report by research firm Diar published Jan. 14. In its report, Diar notes that both the number of trades and the trade volume have increased on major crypto exchanges in 2018, compared to 2017 figures. The firm