Trezor, popular cryptocurrency hardware (physical) wallet has announced an upgrade to support in-wallet coin exchanges on its device. Prior to this time the Trezor Wallet and indeed most hardware wallets were solely for holding or storage of digital assets (cryptocurrencies). However, with this new feature added on Trezor Model T, users of its hardware wallet can now directly exchange one coin for another within the wallet interface. According to an official publication its page,…
Mansion for sale – Roy Niederhoffer, New York resident and President of New York hedge fund R.G Niederhoffer Capital Management Inc is placing his 10,720 square foot mansion for sale. The six floors mansion located at 40 Riverside Drive in Manhattan was bought by Mr. Roy in 2013, for about $12.9 million. Five years after its renovation, he has reluctantly put up the mansion for sale at $16 million; with payment to be accepted in…
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming up with Ripple Labs Inc. (Developers of XRP coin) and California-based blockchain firm Coil to launch a project aimed at enhancing financial access for unbanked and underprivileged communities. The partnership as announced by Deputy Director of the Gates foundation, Miller Abel who explained that the foundation carries out lots of charity work in developing countries but constantly faced inefficiency problems due to poor financial infrastructure in these communities. According…
Lightning Network- Technological advancement has overtime formed the core of all key spheres, with a constant upgrade of existing technology to portray new findings, address flaws or lags and incorporate new features all aimed at providing end users maximum utility through adoption. An Insight The cryptocurrency sphere has in recent times seen lots of technological upgrades with emerging products across niches amid calls for improved services by investors, developers, miners and end users. Most paramount herein…
ZRX token has been listed by U.S. popular exchange Coinbase and is available on its professional trading platform, Coinbase Pro. The token launch announced in a tweet by the Coinbase pro team read: ZRX is launching on Coinbase Pro! The ZRX/USD, ZRX/BTC, and ZRX/EUR order books have entered transfer-only mode. Traders can deposit ZRX, but cannot yet place or fill orders. Order books will remain in transfer-only mode for at least 12 hours. The exchange also…
Bitfinex, British based crypto exchange has temporarily paused EUR, USD, JPY and GBP fiat deposits on all trade accounts linked to its platform; although customers believe trade will normalize within the week. Last week, online rumours had surfaced claiming that Bitfinex exchange is ‘insolvent’ especially as its banking partner Noble Bank International had been put up for sale; a report which the exchange representatives described as fictitious while denying the claims. According to their publication in…
Olympic Games- Ripple (XRP) has in recent weeks made headlines in the crypto industry for a wide range of achievements, from hosting a top notch SWELL conference, to rolling out great initiative programs and a quick toggle with Ethereum for the second spot on coin market standings. Its latest feat is the drive to become the official cryptocurrency of the 2020 Olympic Games as crypto and blockchain adoption keeps taking center stage. This Olympics initiative…
Binance, world’s number one and largest crypto exchange by trading volume has announced effective changes to its coin listing policy and a 100% donation of all coin listing fees/charges to charity. The term listing involves a process where exchanges add new coins to the list of tradable assets already available on their platform. Previously, Binance varied its listing fees based on a number of factors such as type of token and expected daily volume. According…
Yale University, a United States Ivy league university is reportedly part of a group that is helping to raise $400 million for a huge cryptocurrency fund project, making it one of the largest of such investment funds. According to multiple sources, the university is taking a shot at cryptocurrency via the fund named ‘Paradigm’, founded by Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam, Charles Noyes of Pantera capital and former Sequoia Capital partner Matt Huang. An interesting part…
Soulja Boy, popular American rapper with a huge fan base has released a new album titled Young Drako. The album which features traditional rap tracks and other artiste collaborations; also features a major talking point; with one track off the album titled ‘Bitcoin’. The track titled Bitcoin, focuses on the artists’ love for cryptocuerrency as well as an insight into his purported success while making money as a trader. The song was uploaded yesterday on…