Bitwise’s Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund [ETF] was recently shot down by the SEC, with the agency citing that it would pave the way for manipulative acts and practices. The United States’ financial regulator had previously published a 112-page document, detailing the reasons behind the rejection, with Bitwise, surprisingly, hailing the careful consideration the SEC gave […] The post Bitwise is ‘feverishly’ working towards gaining the SEC’s approval: Matt Hougan appeared first on AMBCrypto. Read More

Metal giant Rusal is renting its facilities to the Russian Mining Corporation following 2018 U.S. sanctions. Read More

XRP startled the crypto-community after it noted 50% of all crypto-transactions, with its transaction count nearing its all-time high of 1.70 million. The third-largest digital asset peaked in terms of transaction count at 1.65 million on 26 October, following which it started to descend. However, according to a market observer, @freemover369, the 30-day average number […] The post XRP notes few active addresses, but high transaction numbers appeared first on AMBCrypto. Read More

The CME released the specs for its 2020 Bitcoin options product today, as well as details on how options work. Still in its infancy, the cryptocurrency market currently only offers a fraction of the trading and investment products available in traditional financial markets. Over the past few years, however, the crypto space has continued to develop with products around Bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto assets, such as BitMEX futures and Deribit options. Mainstream financial entities have also ... Read More

Belgium’s Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has updated its list of cryptocurrency investment platforms that do not comply with existing financial regulations. The new additions bring the watchdog’s total of up to 131 companies operating without its permission. As detailed in a post to the regulator’s website, the FSMA has added nine new names […] The post Belgian Finance Watchdog Warns Against 131 Cryptocurrency Investment Firms appeared first on BeInCrypto. Read More

China’s Xi Jinping is pushing his government to adopt blockchain-enabled technologies as the country gears up to release its own CBDC. Recently, the National People’s Congress in China cleared a new law that will allow local authorities to start regulating all of the country’s cryptography-related activities starting from Jan. 1, 2020. By creating a new regul... Read More

Overstock’s blockchain arm tZERO will tokenize $25 million worth of a luxury residential property in Manchester, United Kingdom. Overstock’s blockchain arm tZERO will provide its technology to tokenize River Plaza, a luxury residential development in Manchester, United Kingdom.Following a partnership with U.K.-based real estate investment firm Alliance Investments, tZERO plans to tokenize at least $25 million of River Plaza on the Tezos blockchain, according to a press release on Oct. 30.A 180-unit l... Read More

Vault12 is rolling out its crypto custody solution, which lets users pay their friends in ether to protect their private keys. Read More

Since the beginning of the week, there has been an uncommonly-high number of significant Tether (USDT) transfers to various cryptocurrency exchanges — headlined by a $40 million transfer to the Binance exchange. Previously, we have discussed that Bitcoin very often experiences upward price surges whenever new USDT is released into circulation. With the overall bullish […] The post Tether Issuance Could Cause Bitcoin to Break out From Its Range appeared first on BeInCrypto. Read More

A transcript of a Bitmain staff meeting reveals an ugly power struggle inside the world's biggest bitcoin miner maker that led to the abrupt ousting of co-founder Micree Ketuan Zhan. Read More