Summary: The SEC lawsuit against Ripple continues to have a ripple effect on XRP XRP whales holding at least 1 million coins have dropped significantly Grayscale has removed XRP from its large-cap fund and sold its XRP bags to buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash It has been less than two weeks since the SEC announced that it was […]

Major Vietnamese bank HDBank has now become the first bank in the country to issue letters of credit, or L/C, using blockchain technology. According to a Jan. 6 report by local media outlet Việt Nam News, the issuance, document presentation and successful payment of L/C on the blockchain marks a major milestone on HDBank’s stated goal, to become a “Happy […]

Blockchain technology has been transforming the healthcare industry, becoming even more critical in a year that has been defined by a global pandemic. During Sir Anthony Ritossa’s 13th Global Family Office Investment Summit Dubai, a panel of experts delved into how the technology is providing medical data authenticity, giving patients ownership of their medical data and stamping out counterfeit drugs […]

Eight states and the District of Columbia are suing the national bank regulator over a rule change that just came into effect. Per a Jan. 5 filing, New York’s attorney general is leading the charge against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and current Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks.  Back in October, the OCC laid out its “True Lender” […]

Crypto fans love to defend their favorite assets. Just look at the XRP army and the LINK Marines. Does the hype expressed on Twitter match up with high trading activity though? A few altcoins throughout 2020 revealed mixed results. Using information from The Tie, a crypto data platform, Cointelegraph looked at assets’ Hype-To-Activity Ratios matched against their prices. “Hype-To-Activity Ratio […]

A Reddit user by the name of “satoshinakamoto7” claims to have used their free MOON tokens to pay this month’s rent, offering another sign that cryptocurrencies are beginning to add real value to people’s lives.  In a post that appeared on Tuesday, satoshinakamoto7 said they had burned through all of their cash savings and gold during the pandemic after being […]

Episode seven of CoinGeek Backstage has just been released on Streamanity. In this episode, I talked to DrawBridge Lending CEO Jason Urban and Genesis Trading Head of Derivatives Joshua Lim, while Kurt Wuckert Jr. interviewed Joshua Ashley Klayman, U.S. head of fintech and head of blockchain and digital assets at Linklaters. Unlike the previous episodes, episode 7 features three interviews, […]

Edgewater Markets, the NFA-registered trading technology provider, has appointed Jonathan Abrahams as director of Quality Assurance. With over 35 years of progressive experience spanning different industries, Abrahams comes to reinforce Edgewater’s QA team to ensure the quality of its technical offering. He brings decades of experience in quality management system processes and requirements as well as established expertise in product […]