Salt to Offer Crypto-Backed Loans in 7 Global Markets, 15 More US States

Salt, a cryptocurrency-backed loan service, has announced plans to launch operations in seven new jurisdictions throughout the world, while offering its services in 15 more U.S. states. It will also include litecoin (LTC) among its offerings, while providing more competitive interest rates and removing loan caps. Also read: Bitcoin Price: Wall Street Optimistic, Enthusiasts Pessimistic … Read more

The Daily: Bitcoin’s Low Volatility and High Liquidity, PwC Backs Stablecoin

To kick-start the new week, we bring you news of bitcoin hitting a record low — for volatility, not price. There’s also been an altcoin breakout ahead of an impending Coinbase listing, a new metric for ranking cryptocurrencies and an obligatory new stablecoin story. It’s all covered in Monday’s edition of The Daily. Also read: Rapper … Read more

4 Key Changes Elevating the 0x Protocol to a New Level

The 0x Protocol enables liquidity across different currencies in a decentralized manner. Although this project has been around for a while now, its developers are always looking for ways to improve upon the existing technology. The newly announced 0x Protocol V2 will introduce a few interesting changes as evolution is always a necessity in the … Read more

What is BancorX?

Liquidity plays an integral role in the world of cryptocurrency. Addressing any concerns in this regard has proven to be a major challenge. BancorX is Bancor’s liquidity network, and the project is currently live on the EOS testnet. The BancorX Concept Offering more liquidity to cryptocurrencies and tokens is always a good sign. Choosing the EOS … Read more

Decentralized Exchange Bisq Launches Mobile App, Holds Market Kickstart Event

Fully decentralized peer-to-peer crypto exchange Bisq has launched a mobile notification app for both Android and iOS systems. The platform saw record growth last month and is holding a market kickstart event as a way to boost liquidity. Also read: 160 Crypto Exchanges Seek to Enter Japanese Market, Regulator Reveals Bisq Mobile App Launched Bisq, a … Read more

The Daily: Crypto Self-Regulatory Organization, 100 BTC Whistleblower Reward

In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief we cover a couple of stories that show how the cryptocurrency industry is trying to police itself. One group of companies has begun working on the formation of a self-regulatory organization and another has created a 100 BTC whistleblower reward pool. Also Read: 44% of American Executives Think … Read more

Europe’s Top Speed Trading Firm Flow Traders Joins the Crypto-Economy

This week one of Europe’s largest speed trading platforms and exchange-traded fund (ETFs) dealers, Flow Traders NV, announced the firm is entering the cryptocurrency space by offering bitcoin and ethereum exchange-traded notes (ETNs) to its clientele. Also read: Switzerland Considers Granting Crypto Businesses Access to Banking Services Speed Trading Platform Flow Traders Enters the Cryptocurrency Trading … Read more

New Platform Ranks Cryptocurrency Exchanges by Liquidity, Security, and Reliability

Hacken has launched a new website that provides an all-in-one tool for rating cryptocurrency exchanges. Crypto Exchange Ranks (CER) allows for side by side comparisons of well over a dozen exchanges, including real-time arbitrage data and ratings for liquidity, compliance, reliability, and security. Also read: Hollywood Stars in Movie About Crypto Money Laundering CER Aims to … Read more