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by Vijaya Bharti  Russian Finance Ministry Shows Hope for Crypto Trading in the Country Russian Finance Ministry considers the allowing of crypto trading, a representative of the ministry reveals. As per the report, Alexei Moiseyev, the Deputy Minister of Finance, tells the status of crypto trading in Russia. He said that the ministry has not yet reached the final decision. As a result, crypto trading might be possible in Russia. Previously, a bill surfaced in the ministry on circulation of digital currencies in the Russian Federation. The bill prohibited the utilization of crypto assets as a payment method. The bill surfaced in May this year. Similarly, Anatoly Aksakov is the Duma Financial Committee’s head. He calls the decision which is yet pending as a compromise. Additionally, he points out that the country Russia will adopt a bill in favour of cryptocurrencies. Precisely, FATF is the Financial Action Task Force recommending Russia to adopt the bill. The b...

Cryptocurrency is taking another step towards the mainstream as mobile carrier AT&T announced it would accept payments in crypto today, according to a  release from the company. Customers can pay their mobile bills via BitPay when they pay online or in app. BitPay is one of the largest cryptocurrency payment processing firms, processing bitcoin transactions. AT&T hasn't gone all in on crypto yet, as of now the option to pay through BitPay is only extended to bill transactions. Though the move may seem positive for crypto users, Joe McCann, a former crypto hedge fund  manager at Passport Capital, told The Block the move seemed to come out of left field and speculated that perhaps the company has internal data showing more millennials utilizing crypto payments. "What upside does AT&T have in supporting crypto payments?" he asked. McCann's questions of internal data may not be off-base, as Kevin McDorman, vice president, AT...

By Moris Beracha .- A significant number of companies engaged in apps development are undertaking crypto raffles among all those users who try and get some kind of error in their digital products. This kind of lottery consists of completing small tasks such as captchas or clicking a button to claim free coins every hour without any investment, because it is just about spending time on the platforms and watching ads and completing the tasks. The adult entertainment industry is one of the most emblematic sectors that rewards its customers and users in cryptocurrencies. Currently, a large number of micro earning websites pay you in Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency every couple of minutes. Eventually, you can get enough tokens to charge and get a small profit on the wallet or digital wallet. Ripple has also decided to raffle or give away millions of its cryptocurrencies also known by the acronym XRP, but the aforementioned company aims to achieve the u...

By Moris Beracha .-  For several months, different companies in China have been recruiting Blockchain experts, due to the significant restoration of the lost confidence of users and financial institutions in these technological processes. It should be noted that Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology that securely and immediately processes economic transactions, making intermediaries unnecessary. According to some human and labor resources organizations, the annual wage for this type of professional profiles is 223,000 euros. The Blockchain, together with the developers of Clouds and Artificial Intelligence, are the sectors of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) with a greater future and a growth outlook for the next 10 years. In this regard, it should be noted that Hong Kong seeks to attract skilled professionals, and thanks to the country’s particular immigration policy, talented workers with experience in Blockchain techn...

By Michael del Castillo  /Forbes Marwan Forzely has come a long way since his days at Western Union. The serial entrepreneur, who sold his previous company to Western Union to help the money-transfer giant directly connect to customer bank accounts, has raised $25 million to cut intermediary banks out of the payment process altogether. Instead of relying on a series of correspondents to move money between different jurisdictions around the world, Marwan’s latest venture, Veem, uses bitcoin to directly connect its clients’ bank accounts with suppliers and customers. While neither counterparty is required to directly hold bitcoin, and an algorithm automatically routes transactions along the most efficient payment rails, more than half the transactions processed by Veem rely on the cryptocurrency as a replacement for correspondents. Led by banking giant Goldman Sachs, with GV (formally Google Ventures), Kleiner Perkins, Silicon Valley Bank, Trend ...

Image of @InfoNebeus By Maria Yavuz Nebeus, the London-based crypto platform, has launched a 1.1 million pound ($1.45 million) crowdfunding campaign as they set out their ambitious goal of bringing financial services to people around the world. According to the World Bank, there are 1.7 billion adults globally who remain unbanked, yet two-thirds of them own a mobile phone that they could use for online banking. The Nebeus’ campaign went live on Sept. 24, 2018 and has already attracted more than 400,000 pounds ($527,490). The goals of the campaign Backed by industry expert Brett King, the Nebeus campaign will last until October 23, 2018. Currently operating in 45 countries, they now plan for expansion across Europe, Asia and South America. The company wants to make banking simple for people and encourages a wider use of cryptocurrency in everyday spending, offering user-friendly Bitcoin wallets and its recently launched Exo card. The new prepaid card allows users to s...

By  Nikhilesh De The Republic of India may be taking a deeper look at how it can use blockchain technology. India's Union Cabinet – an executive decision-making body composed of senior government officials and led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi – said it would allow the nation's Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank) to conduct research on distributed ledger and blockchain technology in partnership with banks in the BRICS economic bloc, of which India is a member, alongside Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa. The approval is ex-post facto, meaning that Exim Bank has already signed a Memorandum of Understanding under the BRICS Interbank Cooperation Mechanism, the Business Standard reported. As such, the research has already begun, and is being conducted with the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social from Brazil, the China Development Bank, Vnesheconombank from Russia and the Development Bank of South Africa, according to a statem...

By Helen Partz A former Deutsche Bank trader has joined Japanese crypto exchange-startup FXcoin Ltd., Bloomberg reports September 3. According to the announcement, Yasuo Matsuda, an institutional trader from Deutsche Bank, will join FXcoin as a senior crypto strategist starting in September 2018. The strategist position includes providing analysis of crypto markets and daily reports on the market’s activity. The newly appointed 49-year old Matsuda worked as foreign-exchange dealer at the German bank from 2012 until this June. FXcoin Ltd., founded in September 2017, is currently seeking regulatory approval from Japan’s financial regulator the Financial Services Agency (FSA) in order to operate “virtual currency-related business.” The startup has reportedly applied with the regulator to exchange cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) under a licensing system that was adopted last year. FXcoin’s founder and CEO Tomoo Onishi is a veteran employee at Deutsche ...

Por Julio Gil-Pulgar According to some financial experts, Bitcoin transaction fees are lower. In addition, Bitcoin bypasses the unnecessary and expensive financial institutions within which credit cards depend. Therefore, experts believe that Bitcoin’s advantages will encourage merchants to replace credit cards with Bitcoin. Satoshi Nakamoto: Bitcoin Payments Are Similar to Cash Transactions High credit card fees continue to be borne by merchants and ultimately by consumers. Indeed, merchants pay billions of dollars to have issuers process card transactions. The idea of replacing credit cards with Bitcoin is gaining steam among financial experts. For example, Panos Mourdoukoutas, professor and Chair of the Department of Economics at Long Island University Post in New York, forecasts that increasing competition in the retail sector and Bitcoin’s offer of lower transaction fees could induce merchants to replace credit cards with the cryptocurrency. Indeed, mo...

 By Joseph Young The Chinese government has banned all commercial crypto and blockchain-related events in the region, after encouraging local financial authorities to speed up the development of blockchain technology. Red Li, the co-founder of 8BTC and Chinese cryptocurrency researcher, shared a document released by the Chaoyang District government in Beijing, which ordered local financial authorities and police to ban offices and hotels from hosting crypto-related events. Why the Ban? Previously, crypto-related events were shut down by local police, during a period in which the government was in process of implementing new regulatory frameworks surrounding cryptocurrency trading. At the time, the government clarified its stance on crypto trading and reaffirmed that while the country supports the development of blockchain technology, it is firmly against trading digital assets on cryptocurrency exchanges. Analysts suggested that the ban was imposed as a part of a larger initi...

By Billy Bambrough Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading volumes on Turkey's exchanges has surged over recent days as the country battles to contain a currency crisis that looks set to continue into this week. Koinim, Turkey’s largest exchange, has reported a 63% increase in Bitcoin trading volume, while the BTCTurk and Paribu exchanges have said their volumes are up 35% and 100% respectively, according to CoinMarketCap data . Unlike Iran, where a ban on bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading means those wanting to buy bitcoin must turn to peer-to-peer exchanges like LocalBitcoins, banks in Turkey often still work with local exchanges, meaning fresh adopters can begin buying and trading more easily. As a result, bitcoin trading volume in Turkey on LocalBitcoins has not increased as much as it has on local exchanges. Bitcoin volume on global peer-to-peer exchanges like LocalBitcoins has not increased as much as local Turkish exchanges in recent ...

By Alice Tozer / Fortune Starbucks would like to clear up all this Bitcoin confusion. The coffee chain, in an an email to tech and science publication Motherboard, said that “it is important to clarify that we are not accepting digital assets at Starbucks. At the current time, we are announcing the launch of trading and conversion of Bitcoin. However, we will continue to talk with customers and regulators as the space evolves. […] Customers will not be able to pay for Frappuccinos with bitcoin.” What necessitated that explanation? Starbucks announced on Friday that it would be trading in Bitcoin, alongside Microsoft and International Exchange (owner of the New York Stock Exchange), in a partnership called Bakkt. A flurry of news headlines suggested that the announcement meant that customers would be able to pay for their coffees using Bitcoin. The excitement may have come about because, as Motherboard put it, to date “it’s basically impossible to buy anything normal with it [Bit...

Billy Bambrough Cryptocurrencies, namely bitcoin, bitcoin cash and ethereum, are becoming accepted in the Washington D.C. halls of power — evidenced by the member of Congress and the chair of the House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte's crypto holdings.  Goodlatte owns between $17,000 and $80,000 in cryptocurrency,  according to his annual financial disclosure . The filing was made in May, ahead of new rules from the House Ethics Committee requiring members of the House to disclose their ownership of cryptocurrency in annual reports, the same way they would disclose any other asset. The new rules also require lawmakers to report cryptocurrency transactions within 45 days, as is given for other financial transactions. Goodlatte’s son, Bobby Goodlatte, is  reportedly  an investor in cryptocurrency wallet provider and exchange Coinbase, though the details of Bobby Goodlatte's investment are not public. Goodlatte is also a member o...

BITCOIN has swept the world with its volatile, unpredictable but potentially profitable price swings. How do you buy bitcoin if you are looking to invest? By Owen Gough  The cryptocurrency market is an incredibly unpredictable world, where bitcoin prices and fluctuate wildly in an instant. The bitcoin craze has simmered down in recent months after prices slumped to more than half of the 2017 peak of $19,000. Investor confidence has waned, but there is still plenty of opportunities for new traders to buy and sell bitcoin in an attempt to make a profit. The UK is not particularly active in the cryptocurrency market, with Britain usually placed at the bottom of the top 10 most active markets, according to CryptoCompare. Like all other markets, there is potential for investors to lose a lot of money on bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, so it is always advised to stay cautious. Indeed, many experts warn new traders to stay away from bitcoin, which is notoriou...

By Moris Beracha Last Tuesday marked the eighth anniversary of the first purchase made with bitcoins: two pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins. At the time of the first purchase of pizza, the most important cryptocurrency was worth only a few cents. Laszlo Hanyecz, the first buyer of the pizzas, became a legend among the early Bitcoin miners. Today, he is known as the man who squandered a number of assets that are currently valued at $ 82 million. At that same price around 6.5 million pizzas of $ 12.50 each could be brought. According to the ElFinanciero.com,  Bitcoin Pizza Day  has become a celebration of how much the price of cryptocurrency has soared, even after falling from its record earlier this year. Read the original post  here . See more at: http://morisberacha.com/

By  Moris Beracha .- “Unlike buying stocks, bonds or real estate, buying bitcoin is not an investment,” Buffett said. The millionaire investor says that the reason is “because it lacks intrinsic value”. In an interview with Yahoo Finance he says that “if you buy something like bitcoin or some cryptocurrency, you don’t have anything that is producing anything […] You only feel you’ll find the next guy to pay more.” “You aren’t investing when you do that, you’re speculating,” he said. To be an investment, what you’re buying has to be worth something on its own, says Buffett. Famous for his “buy and hold” investment strategy, the Berkshire Hathaway CEO built his company, (and his $82.8 billion net worth), backing companies that have substantial value. Read the original post  here . See more at: http://morisberacha.com/

By Billy Bambrough The bitcoin price bull run over the last month, which saw it climb from around $6,300 to highs of $8,400 in a matter of weeks, could be over. Bitcoin has slumped by 5% over the last 12 hours, falling well below the psychological $8,000 mark as traders and investors fret over coming tax crackdowns and blockchain-based applications being adopted by the traditional financial institutions. Bitcoin hit lows of $7,675 at pixel time, down from daily highs of $8,168, according to CoinDesk data. Meanwhile, other cryptocurrencies are suffering — and many of them haven't had quite the bull run bitcoin has over recent weeks to cushion the fall. Ethereum is down by 6% over the last 24 hours, while ripple is down around 4% and bitcoin cash is off by 5%. Here's what's pushing the bitcoin price lower... South Korea, which has emerged as one of the most important markets for bitcoin and cryptocurrency in recent months due to its large volumes of trading, is mulling ...