Cryptocurrency Exchanges Slash Withdrawal Fees

In the past week, three of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges have cut bitcoin withdrawal fees by up to half. While the average price of sending bitcoin has been falling for weeks, these savings had yet to be passed on to exchange customers. Now Binance, Bitfinex, and Kraken have all reduced their fees amidst a … Read more

Russian Supreme Court to Decide the Fate of Bitcoin Sites

The Supreme Court of Russia has taken upon itself the responsibility to decide a case that may become a precedent for the crypto sector. The highest judicial authority in the country has accepted an appeal against the blocking of a popular Russian analytical portal – Bitcoininfo.ru. Its decision will affect dozens of crypto websites with … Read more

Korea’s Mandatory Crypto Real-Name System Neglected – 19% Conversion Rate

South Korea’s real-name system for cryptocurrency trading has been enforced for over a month, but most accounts have not been converted to the new system. Banks are still not converting accounts for most crypto exchanges and the government will not force them or investors to use the new system. Also read: Indians Look to Buy Bitcoin … Read more

Quantor and Perm Winter School

Last month Quantor visited Perm Winter School as a place of forward-looking and talented students. This time the conference was about digital financial markets, financial technologies and risk management. Many world class experts had participated in this event with topics ranging from scaling of blockhain to future of cryptocurrency. Quantor’s co-founder, Vlad Buchnev, had the … Read more

Ripple Soars Then Plunges off Coinbase Rumors – Again

In times of economic uncertainty, bitcoin flourishes. In times of high fees, litecoin prospers. And in times of Coinbase rumors, ripple shines. Today was one such day. In a repeat of December, January, and every other month, XRP has been linked with Coinbase, the altcoin rose rapidly in value on March 5…only to sink once … Read more

Liberty Con 2018 Brings Freedom and Bitcoin to Washington DC

On March 2-4 the international pro-liberty nonprofit, Students For Liberty, hosted a three-day conference called Liberty Con, an event that aims to “to educate, develop, and empower the next generation of leaders of liberty.” In addition to the many ideas that promote freedom attendees got a taste of cryptocurrency from the Bitcoin.com booth alongside a … Read more