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 …

Thursday, Sept. 26 — After Tuesday’s sudden crash, altcoins seemingly entered a consolidation phase yesterday and for the better part of today, until signs of a new downward price trend reared its ugly head. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 Altcoins are still reeling from Tuesday’s painful correction, which saw double-digit losses. Bitcoin SV (BSV) took the lead with a massive hit of up to 34%, while several other major altcoins were recording multi-month lows. Yesterday’s markets calmed down and seemingly entered another consolidation phase. However, today’s prices show us a more dire picture, with altcoins finding themselves in another …

Tuesday, Sept. 24 — Altcoins prices are bleeding heavily, with some of the top 20 coins showing losses of more than 34% on the day. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 The last few hours have been nothing but pain for the entire crypto market. Major coins are experiencing double-digit losses, with Bitcoin SV (BSV) taking the not-so-desirable lead with a massive hit of more than 34% on the day. The most popular altcoin, Ether (ETH), has dropped by more than $50 in the last 24 hours to a price point of $156 per coin — a heavy loss of …

Bakkt Daily and Monthly Bitcoin Futures will launch on Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. EDT. This is likely to increase volatility in Bitcoin, which has been stuck in a tight range for the past few weeks. Expectations are that Bitcoin-settled contracts and the backing of the New York Stock Exchange will attract institutional players, who have largely stayed away from making big investments in cryptocurrencies. How much of this plays out remains to be seen. BitMEX CEO and co-founder Arthur Hayes says that 24 hours a day, seven days a week trading in cryptocurrencies will change the way people trade …

Friday, Sept. 20 — The price of Bitcoin (BTC) remains largely uninspired and is once again trading sideways about the $10,200 price mark. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Although BTC is back at trading sideways, Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder Tom Lee expects this to change with the coming launch of Bakkt and is positive on its ability “to improve trust with institutions to crypto.” The world’s largest cryptocurrency continues to trade flat, with an intraday high of around $10,280, while slowly trading downward to its current trading price of $10,147, showing a loss of 1.16% on the day, according to data …

Thursday, Sept. 19 — Bitcoin (BTC) prices are back up and seem to be stabilizing just above the $10,200 price mark after experiencing a sudden drop of $500 in minutes. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin is trading sideways again Bitcoin’s sideways trading behavior has become standard operating procedure in recent months, with long periods of sideways action giving way to sudden drops in prices, only to shoot back up to previous levels. BTC has started to trade sideways once again, currently at around $10,290 per coin, according to data from Coin360. Bitcoin 24-hour price chart. Source: Coin36 Some have tried …

Over the course of the past few weeks, the global cryptocurrency community bore witness to two major announcements related to stablecoins — with the first being the launch of Paxos’s gold-backed Ethereum token, PAX Gold (PAXG), and the other being the release of Binance’s cryptocoin backed by the United States dollar (BUSD). Paxos, a global digital asset trust firm, announced the launch of its PAXG token via a press release a few days back. In the document, the firm claims that its product is the world’s first crypto asset to be fully redeemable in exchange for physical gold. Not only …

Tuesday, Sept. 17 — Altcoins are showing massive upward price movements, while the No.1 cryptocurrency trades flat at around $10,200. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 While the number of Bitcoin (BTC) wallet addresses holding a minimum of 10 BTC — worth over $100,000 — has hit an all-time high, the Bitcoin price continues to trade sideways, with an intraday high of around $10,320. BTC has been slowly trading downwards to its current trading price of $10,216 and is showing a small gain of 0.8% on the day, according to data from Coin360. Bitcoin 24 hour price chart. Source: Coin360 Millenials banking …

In this week’s selected cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related news from Cointelegraph Japan, government and industry officials secured important appointments, while new data shows the popularity of cryptocurrencies and their favored uses in Japan and China. Expert: Bitcoin is most commonly used for remittances in China On Sept. 11, Cointelegraph Japan reported that Sunny Wang, Japan's representative of Chinese cryptocurrency fund Longmen Capital, said that the most common application of Bitcoin (BTC) in China is for international remittances. Wang said it is easier and cheaper to conduct remittances with Bitcoin, adding that cryptocurrencies have broken a barrier normally guarded by banks and …

The threat of an XRP fork is looming over Ripple, the San Francisco-headquartered startup behind the third-largest asset on the cryptocurrency market. Twitter user @Crypto_Bitlord, who has over 100,000 followers and claims to own XRP, is rallying XRP investors disappointed with the token’s performance to split from the original ledger due to Ripple’s alleged XRP dumping. The plan follows a moderately popular Change.org petition submitted by the same Twitter persona titled “Stop Ripple Dumping,” which has amassed more than 3,500 signatures over the last four weeks. Crypto Bitlord’s comment to Cointelegraph shows that his plan largely appears to be a …

Ripple’s Xpring and Blockchain Finance Fund have invested $1.5 million in Seattle-based crypto ATM startup Coinme. Coinme secures $1.5 million in funding On Sept. 12, Coinme, a global leader in cryptocurrency ATMs, announced that it had secured $1.5 million in funding from Ripple’s Xpring and the Blockchain Finance Fund to further develop its cryptocurrency ATM network in the United States and international markets. Coinme, in partnership with Coinstar, powers the world’s largest Bitcoin (BTC) ATM network, with over 2,600 kiosks across the U.S. Neil Bergquist, co-founder and CEO of Coinme said: “We are bolstered by this vote of confidence by …

Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse rejects accusations that his company manipulates XRP price in an interview today with CNN anchor Julia Chatterley. On Sept. 12, CNN’s Julia Chatterley started the interview with Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse by saying that CNN has been looking at ways cryptocurrencies can be a force for good, before progressing to discussion of whether Ripple is actively dumping XRP on the market, as some in the XRP community have alleged. XRP community is threatening a ‘takeover’ The First Move anchor Chatterley asked the Ripple’s CEO about the recent news that the XRP community has been threatening with …