Markets Update: BTC and BCH Prices Continue to Slide

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Cryptocurrency values are still slumping downwards as they have been for the past three consecutive months. Currently, the overall cryptocurrency market valuation of all 1,500+ digital assets is $248Bn after losing billions over the past few days. BTC/USD markets are below the $7K territory and recently touched a low of $6,510 per coin. Also read: Huobi’s … Read more

New Atomic Swap Interface for the Lightning Network Is in Development

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The Lightning Network is one of the biggest current developments for Bitcoin. It is a layer-two scaling solution which will introduce a lot of new opportunities. Making this technology more accessible is not easy, even though DMG Blockchain Solutions is looking into ways to improve the Lightning protocol. Harnessing the Power of Lightning In the … Read more

Crypto Self-Regulation Deemed Likely in South Africa

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A “self-regulatory approach” has been mentioned as a likely solution for the South African crypto sector. A non-government body could adopt rules and implement industry standards. The central bank in Pretoria is expected to formulate the policy framework. Also read: Steps towards Self-Regulation in Croatia and Slovenia Premature Regulation Throttles Growth The South African Reserve … Read more

PR: Ubank Receives Investment from Inventure Partners to Develop a Blockchain Marketplace

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Ubank announced that it has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Inventure Partners, a major investment fund specializing in cutting-edge tech projects The mobile payments app Ubank received funding from Inventure Partners for the further development of Ubcoin Market, a blockchain ecosystem that would allow its users to become crypto investors simply by selling … Read more

Chainalysis Raises $16Mn – Plans to Monitor Multiple Blockchains

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The blockchain surveillance company Chainalysis has announced it has raised $16 million USD in a Series A funding round from the firm Benchmark. Chainalysis also reveals it will be stretching its monitoring software efforts towards the bitcoin cash network and hopes by the year-end the platform will cover ten different public blockchains. Also read: Russians … Read more