Chinese fintech stocks have surged this year on hopes that the launch of a digital currency by the People’s Bank of China will increase demand for security and payment services. Morgan Creek Digital co-founder Anthony Pompliano said that if the digital yuan becomes a reality, it might threaten the dollar’s reign as the global reserve currency. However, he said that even if central banks issue their own digital currencies, people were likely to opt for a currency which cannot be manipulated, seized or censored. European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi has said that the central bank is closely watching …

A blockchain platform and an oracle service provider have unveiled plans to leverage each other’s products — improving their respective offerings. High Performance Blockchain (HPB) says it is the world’s first blockchain company to blend dedicated hardware with software. Meanwhile, the Chainlink network specializes in middleware solutions that ensure on-chain smart contracts have access to in-demand, off-chain resources. Presently, HPB claims everyday organizations struggle to ensure that data between on-chain and off-chain environments is exchanged securely and reliably. The platform says this can be addressed through the use of oracles — third-party digital agents that retrieve, format and exchange data …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. Only a handful of hedge funds have invested large sums of money in the crypto universe. Digital Currency Group, likely the largest, has invested in over 130 crypto-related projects with an average seed round size of $3.24 million. Its subsidiary, Grayscale Investments, which invests directly in cryptocurrencies and digital assets, had $2.7 billion …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. Binance research highlights that Bitcoin (BTC) has rallied along with other assets that are considered safe-havens following the latest tariff tweet by United States President Donald Trump. This shows that Bitcoin is gaining acceptance as a safe haven and a hedge against geopolitical issues and monetary easing by central banks. In a letter …

Monday, July 29 — crypto markets are seeing mild fluctuations, mixed red and green, while Bitcoin (BTC) is holding ground around the $9,600 mark. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 After a sharp fall on July 28 and a further correction to $9,250 the following day, the top coin has since recovered and stabilized around the $9,590 mark — up 0.5% on the day. On the week, the coin’s losses are at around 7%, with monthly losses pushing 20%. In light of Bitcoin’s sharp downward turn since its 2019 high of $13,739, Cointelegraph yesterday published an analysis piece covering experts’ still-bullish outlook …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. Update, July 14: This article has been redacted to remove a featured coin. The total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies has dipped below $300 billion from over $380 billion on June 26. This shows that the sharp recovery from the lows is taking a breather. While the unveiling of Facebook’s Libra project was a …

Accounting for almost 40% of bitcoin tweets worldwide, the United States looms large over crypto twitter. According to a new thread of tweets, published July 3, by crypto data and infrastructure provider The TIE, overall 38.9% of total bitcoin tweets come from the U.S. Another 10.5% come from the UK. The top five countries generating bitcoin discussion on Twitter are the U.S., U.K., Canada, Turkey and India, the TIE reveals. In an analysis of how far that social media sentiment is positive, the TIE has found that — in order — Peru, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Italy show the most …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. From being outright dismissive of cryptocurrencies to adopting them, most central banks have come a long way. Research by the International Monetary Fund shows that several countries, both developed and developing, are toying with the idea of launching their own Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). While Uruguay has already launched a CBDC pilot …

ConsenSys’ blockchain startup Kaleido and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have launched a full-stack platform that helps enterprises implement blockchain solutions, according to a press release published Nov. 8. The platform, dubbed Kaleido Marketplace, reportedly “eliminates 80 percent of the custom code” needed to build a given blockchain project by providing an array of full-stack tools and protocols that are “plug-and-play,” spanning needs from back-end development to front-end app user interfaces. According to the press release, Marketplace clients can access native integrations with AWS cloud, as well as swiftly implement solutions such as “HD wallets for privacy and ID registries for …