German, US govt's move $150M in crypto

Saturday, May 11 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting major gains on the day by press time, as bitcoin (BTC) breaks the $6,900 mark.Market visualization courtesy of Coin360Bitcoin is up over eight percent on the day, trading at $6,950 at press time, according to CoinMarketCap. Looking at its weekly chart, the coin…

IBM and Maersk’s global blockchain shipping platform continues to onboard major new global partners. TradeLens — the blockchain shipping platform created by IBM and Danish logistics giant Maersk — has signed on a major Turkish-owned international terminals operator.TradeLens is a global supply chain management platform designed for containerized freight and logistics, which was first launched by…

Bitcoin (BTC) dived $3,000 into the morning of April 1 as a widely-predicted pullback seemed to accompany fresh moves by major investors. As revealed by the Whale Shadows indicator, over 11,000 BTC suddenly left its wallet on March 29, having previously sat there for most of a decade.Dormant coins echo December 2017Whale Shadows, coined by analyst…

El Salvador currently holds 5,750 BTC worth $354 million, accumulated over three years.

PayPal’s Bitcoin trading services are now fully available in the United Kingdom after the global payment giant began rolling out services last month. 284 Total views 40 Total shares PayPal officially announced on Friday that all eligible customers in the United Kingdom can now buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies using their PayPal accounts.Customers can trade four…

Paying ministry employees in e-hryvnia could be a suitable first pilot for the central bank digital currency currently in development. Mikhail Fedorov, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister and the head of the country’s Ministry of Digital Transformation, has revealed a possible early use case for the nation’s planned central bank digital currency (CBDC).In a recent interview…

“I do think there are some issues that crypto raises that are not neatly solved by our existing securities laws,” said the SEC commissioner. 1105 Total views 13 Total shares Hester Peirce, commissioner for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and best known by the affectionate nickname “Crypto Mom,” says the regulator may not…