Earlier this week, Coinbase announced in a blog post that it would add Stellar Lumens (XLM) support to its mobile cryptocurrency wallet application Coinbase Wallet with its next update, which the company expects to launch next week. The wallet application will be compatible with the Stellar test network in an…
Comments closedCategory: Cryptocurrencies
In Latin America, lack of confidence in financial institutions has long hampered financial inclusion, political participation and startups. On this side of the world, the challenges that are being worked on are impressive. The ongoing digital transformation of the region, the rapid changes that keep entrepreneurs in the region in…
Comments closed
It claims to be Japan’s second “unicorn” in the tech sector: the Bitcoin exchange Liquid.com. To get the metaphorical status of a “unicorn”, a company has to fulfill two conditions: First, it must be a start-up; second, there must be a valuation of one billion dollars. Liquid.com meets these requirements,…
Comments closed
In 2018, the crypto-winter and thus the year of stablecoins started. What these are, how they work and what types are there, will be shown in this article. By the end of 2017, blockchain projects sprang up like mushrooms When the Bitcoin price collapsed in early 2018, the blockchain hype…
Comments closed
Bitpanda, a Viennese fintech with around one million users and more than 100 employees, is expanding its business model. The Austrian Financial Market Authority has granted Bitpanda Payments GmbH a license as a payment institution in accordance with European regulations like PSD2. Based on this milestone, Bitpanda will announce new…
Comments closed
During the last years, fintech has been one of the main topics that dominate the debate of blockchain use cases. Blockchain in commercial financing has been a hot topic, as the Swiss and Australian stock exchanges are taking steps to incorporate distributed accounting technology. However, within the blockchain and crypto…
Comments closed
The five star hotel in Switzerland, The Dolder Grand, has announced that customers can now settle their accounts in bitcoin or ether. In a tweet, the Zurich based luxury hotel announced that it was the first facility of its kind to accept cryptocurrency payments. The cryptographic payment function is being…
Comments closed
The Big Crypto Bourse Bibox has founded a new startup incubator to promote blockchain projects in their early stages. This is evidenced by a communication of 30 March. Estonian based Bibox, the ninth largest crypto exchange in terms of adjusted trading volume, launches the incubator under the name of Bibox…
Comments closed
The company Amun wants to make access to crypto facilities much easier. Amun has already released three more crypto products. These have been among the most heavily traded ETPs on the SIX Swiss Exchange over the past three months. The fintech company has launched the Amun Ripple ETP (AXRP) on…
Comments closed
The payment giant PayPal has made its first investment in a blockchain company. They have invested in Cambridge Blockchain. A company that helps financial institutions and other companies manage confidential data, such as personal identification in shared ledgers. The PayPal financing was part of an extension of the Series A…
Comments closed