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Binance.US will open account registration and start to accept deposits of major cryptocurrencies from 8.00AM Eastern Standard Time on 18 Sep’19. “Back to school and back to the basics! Binance.US will open account registration and begin accepting deposits of BTC, ETH,...

Bakkt opened its ‘Bitcoin Warehouse’ last week to store customer deposits and withdrawals ahead of its Bitcoin Daily & Monthly Futures launch later this month on 23 Sep’19. Recently, CEO Adams White was seen stating that the move would have revolutionary effects...

There was little price movement for Bitcoin during the 24 hours between 7th Sep’19 and 8th Sep’19. At the press time, Bitcoin, the world’s most popular currency recorded a down of 1% by trading at $10,381. The loss seems to be a classic ‘buy the rumors, sell the news’...

The U.S Department of Energy has granted nearly $200,000 to TFA labs's which use Factom protocol, one of the earliest blockchain companies that pitched blockchain technology to enterprises. Only 12 July 2019, the department has awarded the funds to the company. The...

Minglechain will be the first project to hold an ILO (Initial Lockup Offering), which will be hosted by Ontology. ( Ranked #25 on CoinMarketCap) This offering will replace Minglechain’s initial plan of holding an IEO. They believe that this method will provide the...

In an attempt to fortify the crypto ecosystem Ripple’s Xpring is issuing grants to startups and working to build a close-knit community of product creators, consumers, and strategic partners. As stated by Ethan Beard, the senior vice president of Xpring (fundraising...

Facebook's Libra faced enough regulatory heat but that did not deter the competitors to be inspired by the stable coin that is still months away from its launch. Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced on its Project Venus on 19th August where the stable...

With no shortage of innovation, the Singaporean startup Limestone Network is all set to give Southeast Asia its first blockchain-powered smart city.  A 100-hectare project in Cambodian capital is under consideration. The areas will be spanned by residential projects,...

As per the new ruling, the tax authorities of New Zealand have allowed the companies to make the monthly payouts to their employees in bitcoin or any other kind of cryptocurrency. The bulletin was published on 7th August 2019 by the Inland Revenue Department (IRD)...

In another blockchain initiative Department of Energy (DOE), the United States granted the energy company ComEd and 3 more organizations, a $1.05 million grant. The company is working on commercialization of energy transactions using blockchain. According to the ComED...

Shaping blockchain technology into another real-world solution, VeChain the enterprise blockchain solution provider collaborated with Penfolds, the Australian wine producer. A press release dated August 6th by VeChain, the partnership is the stepping stone of phase 2...

It was a long battle before the government of Iran accepted cryptocurrency mining as a legal industry.   Even when mining has been deemed legal, a new crypto bill state that the digital assets are not legal tenders and Central Bank of Iran will not take the...

The uncertainties around Facebook’s Libra coin did not deter Walmart Inc. to file a patent application for a digital asset that would be a stable coin just like Libra.  Backed by traditional currencies, the coin patent by Walmart suggests this coin will have a very...

On 2nd August, Elliptic, the blockchain analytics group that helps financial institutions and cryptocurrency companies meet regulatory compliance across the group released the Elliptic Data Set. As per the official Press Release, Elliptic targets to identify the...