Major U.S. investment bank JPMorgan Chase will eventually have to get involved in Bitcoin (BTC), co-president Daniel Pinto believes. The executive told CNBC Friday that JPMorgan’s decision to introduce Bitcoin services would depend on the client demand to trade Bitcoin. Although the current demand is not strong enough, Pinto is […]

A growing number of business leaders and celebrities — e.g., Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Alex Ohanian and, most recently, Ricardo Salinas — have added the Bitcoin hashtag to their Twitter biographies. It hasn’t gone unnoticed. When Elon Musk added #Bitcoin to his bio in late January, Bitcoin soared by 20%. […]

As previously reported by Cointelegraph, the Central Bank of Nigeria issued a circular banning banks from servicing crypto exchanges. Reacting to the news during the Thursday plenary session, Senator Sani Musa of the Niger East Senatorial District remarked: For Senator Musa, Bitcoin (BTC) and not mounting foreign debt, decades of […]

The impact of crypto derivatives on the spot market deepens as CME lists Ether futures on its platform. Source: Read Full Article

Tech giant Microsoft and blockchain developer Enjin have teamed up to release a game celebrating women in science that rewards players with Minecraft-compatible non-fungible tokens. “Azure Space Mystery” is an interactive, fictional online game designed to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Players work to save […]

A Bitcoin exchange traded fund for investment firm Accelerate Financial has been approved in Canada. This makes it the first officially approved Bitcoin ETF in North America after the Ontario Securities Commission gav the green light for the institutional product. The decision document was approved on Thursday, Feb. 11, and […]

Even though Tesla has made its way into the crypto market recently, it generated an immense amount of publicity surrounding the announcement. On Feb. 8, the car manufacturer caught the crypto world off-guard by committing a cool $1.5 billion into Bitcoin (BTC), as well as announcing that the company will […]

Why is the U.S. dragging its heels on crypto and blockchain regulation, as the rest of the world forges ahead with financial innovation? Source: Read Full Article

Bank of New York Mellon, America’s oldest bank, has announced plans to hold, transfer and issue Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies as an asset manager on behalf of its clients. The impetus for the decision reportedly came from institutional investors — the top brass of BNY Mellon’s clientele — amid […]

A preliminary report from a United Nations inquiry suggests North Korea is using the proceeds from crypto hacks to funds its weapons programs. Source: Read Full Article