SBI Holdings’ own crypto trading platform, VCTRADE, has gone live, according to Cryptovest. At launch, the platform will reportedly support trading of the Japanese yen with Ripple’s XRP. The news comes as the platform was formally unveiled in June following beta testing last year. Get the Full...
International Business Machines (IBM) and Stronghold, the financial services company, are teaming up to back a new cryptocurrency that is tied to the U.S. dollar. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
The Shacklewell Lane Mosque in Britain was able to collect in £14,000 ($18,535 USD)-worth of bitcoin and ether for donations, Cryptovest reported. That amount far exceeds cash donations, which brought in £3,500. The contributions come amid the Holy Month of Ramadan, when Muslims traditionally make...
Robinhood is adding trading for two new digital currencies to its Robinhood Crypto platform, Business Insider reported. Users will be able to trade litecoin and bitcoin cash with the changes. As of now, the platform is available to users in 17 states. And the company...
Trades between bitcoin and China’s renminbi (RMB) were once very popular, but that’s reportedly no longer the case. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...
The government of India is not looking to ban crypto assets, despite recent central bank policy that has told banks to not service accounts of coin market operators, Cryptovest reported. The person who spoke to Quartz, on the condition of anonymity, said that the issue “is...
Bitcoin may still hold sway over the imagination, but now imagination is taking hold of the rails -- that would be blockchain. Amid the headlines this week, inventive uses of the distributed ledger embrace kittens and costumes (perhaps kittens in costumes, too).
Digital currency investor Li Xiaolai has reportedly resigned from the position of managing partner at the Hangzhou Xiong’An Blockchain Fund, CoinDesk reported. His departure happened after he was the subject of allegedly defamatory comments. As it stands, Li and venture capitalist Chen Weixing are locked...
Bitcoin trades have plummeted in China amid the crackdown of the country’s central bank, The Next Web reported. While renminbi-to-bitcoin currency trades comprised more than 90 percent of global bitcoin trades in December, the trades involving the Chinese currency now only make up 1 percent...
