Month: February 2019

Signature Bank of New York is courting licensed fintech firms in Bermuda, including crypto startups that have struggled to secure accounts.
Source: Coin Desk

Kraken is offering up to $100,000 to anyone who can help locate QuadrigaCX’s missing cryptocurrency holdings.
Source: Coin Desk

South Africa’s VALR exchange is launching March 1, expanding bitcoin access across the continent.
Source: Coin Desk

Two long-anticipated upgrades appear to have officially activated on the ethereum blockchain, the world’s second-largest by market value, without incident. At 19:57 (UTC), the sixth and seventh system-wide upgrades to the software, dubbed Constantinople and St. Petersburg, respectively, rolled out on the main network at block number 7,280,000. As seen on blockchain monitoring website Fork Monitor, there is […] Source: Coin Desk

Coinbase has added XRP to its consumer apps and website, allowing customers in most jurisdictions to trade the No. 3 cryptocurrency.
Source: Coin Desk

A report from the New York Times says plans to launch a cryptocurrency product in the first half of 2019.
Source: Coin Desk

Fresh off its big reveal of JPM Coin, the megabank is quietly testing a cutting-edge form of ethereum privacy tech.
Source: Coin Desk

Pundi X unveiled new specifications for its blockchain phone, which will feature dual operating systems to support both Android apps and dapps.
Source: Coin Desk

Emmanuel Macron has called for increased use of data technologies such as blockchain in the EU to benefit agriculture and consumers.
Source: Coin Desk

Reports of suspicious cryptocurrency transactions in Japan soared last year, but were a tiny fraction of the overall total.
Source: Coin Desk