CryptoCurrency News: Amazon User Orders Bitcoin Miner, Gets 'Boss Baby' DVD Instead

An Amazon UK customer is relieved after finally receiving a refund for an Antminer S9 which he paid for but never received.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Payment Processor Stripe to End Support for Bitcoin

Payments processor Stripe announced it would end support for bitcoin in April, citing rising transaction costs and times as two reasons for the move.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: EU Commissioner to Host 'High Level Roundtable' on Cryptocurrencies

A European Union commissioner plans to hold a meeting of public and private sector stakeholders to discuss the impact of cryptocurrencies.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Virginia Lawmaker Calls for New Cryptocurrency Impact Study

A new bill introduced to the Virginia state legislature calls for a study on the impact of cryptocurrencies.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Malta Finance Watchdog Pushes Ahead With Crypto Investment Fund Rules

The Malta Financial Services Authority published the feedback it received on its proposed rules for cryptocurrency investment schemes.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: TD Ameritrade Cites Blockchain Stock Interest in Q1 Results

TD Ameritrade said that the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 was a strong one, buoyed in part by interested in stocks related to blockchain.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Goldman Sachs Warns Investors of Bitcoin 'Bubble' in New Report

Goldman Sachs analysts have claimed bitcoin is in a bubble bigger than the dot-com era and the famous Dutch tulip mania.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Ether Price Outlook Gloomy After Again Falling Below $1K

The price of ether is likely to head south unless the bulls can quickly pull the price back over $1,100, price chart analysis indicates.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: UN Forms Blockchain Coalition to Help Tackle Climate Change

The United Nations has formed a new coalition to research and adopt applications of blockchain technology to further action on climate change.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Just Because It's Bad News for Your Crypto Coin Doesn't Mean It's FUD

Not all unwelcome tidings can be dismissed as attempts to sow "fear, uncertainty and doubt," and shooting the messenger won't make the message untrue.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Bear Grip Strengthens as Bitcoin Price Nears $10K

Bitcoin prices look set to explore sub-$10,000 levels, leaving the bulls an uphill task to achieve a reversal.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Microsoft, Hyperledger, UN Join Blockchain Identity Initiative

Tech giant Microsoft and blockchain alliance Hyperledger and others have joined blockchain-based digital identity initiative, the ID2020 Alliance.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: China's Banking Regulator Pushes Blockchain Adoption for Credit Market

China's banking regulator, the CBRC, thinks the country should double down on its adoption on blockchain technology to improve the credit market.

via CoinDesk

[FOREX NEWS] EUR/USD accumulating reasons to rise but waiting for the ECB

EUR/USD seems to be in a wait-and-see mode ahead of the ECB meeting on Thursday. It trades between the 1.2215 and 1.23 technical levels and practically in a narrower range. The ECB is not expected to leave its policy unchanged but any hint about the future of the QE program is awaited. Here is our [...]

The post EUR/USD accumulating reasons to rise but waiting for the ECB appeared first on Forex Crunch.

via Forex Crunch

CryptoCurrency News: Cryptocurrency Exchange BitFlyer Launches New EU Branch

Japan-based bitcoin exchange bitFlyer has opened a new EU branch, after receiving regulatory approval in Luxembourg.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: What's a Former CIA Lawyer Doing in Crypto?

After decades at a white-shoe law firm, Russell Bruemmer is now advising blockchain startup Applied Philosophy Labs on token sales and governance.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: South Korea Announces Date for Ban on Anonymous Crypto Trading

South Korea's financial watchdog has set a date for the introduction of a new rule outlawing anonymous virtual cryptocurrency trading accounts.

via CoinDesk

[FOREX NEWS] JPY: Between BOJ dovishness and Trump’s trade war

After the US government came and went (for now), USD/JPY stabilized. Yet new stories affect the pair, which remains torn between opposing forces. The Bank of Japan is the most dovish central bank in the developed world and this is not about to change. Despite the recent “mini taper tantrum”, the BOJ continues printing money [...]

The post JPY: Between BOJ dovishness and Trump’s trade war appeared first on Forex Crunch.

via Forex Crunch

[FOREX NEWS] USD Index, EURUSD and Bund Elliott Wave Video Analysis

Bund is trading quite slow, choppy, and overlapping for the last few months, which gives us an idea that a bigger Elliott wave triangle pattern is in the making. If that is the case, then more overlapping price action may follow on Bund and ideally once the triangle is completed, we may expect a new [...]

The post USD Index, EURUSD and Bund Elliott Wave Video Analysis appeared first on Forex Crunch.

via Forex Crunch

CryptoCurrency News: Vermont City Pilots Land Registry Record With Blockchain Startup

The City of South Burlington in Vermont is partnering with a blockchain startup to pilot a land registry ledger based on the tech.

via CoinDesk