TaTaTu, the $575 million dollar cryptocurrency entertainment platform, has signed content agreements with three independent film production companies. This will see the platform, which has a development deal with Johnny Depp, add 50+ new movie and television titles. Big Fish As announced by The Hollywood Reporter, TaTaTu has...
Month: January 2019
CBOE Re-Applies With US SEC to List Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund
The Chicago Board Options Exchange’s (CBOE), along with investment firm VanEck and financial services company SolidX, has re-applied with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a rule change to list a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF). VanEck digital asset strategy director Gabor...
Van Eck Solidx Bitcoin ETF: The Come Back? The Application Was Resubmitted by CBOE
TL: DR Van Eck Solid X resubmitted ETF proposal after withdrawing application due to the government shutdown Once published, the timeline will reset, giving the SEC another 240 days to approve or reject the ETF This delay may prove beneficial for the ETF application, as...
New York Financial Regulators Grant BitLicense to Bitcoin ATM Operator
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has granted a virtual currency license, or BitLicense, to Cottonwood Vending LLC, according to an official tweet on Jan. 31. Cottonwood Vending is a Bitcoin (BTC) ATM operator with terminals in New York City and the...
Seoul City Gov’t Launches ‘Blockchain Governance Team’ for State Services
The Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched the Seoul Blockchain Governance Team to explore the benefits of blockchain in administrative services, Yonhap News reports Jan. 31. According to the report, the members of the team are researching the potential of blockchain applications in various government services,...
Yoti partners with Noku TokenRaise to provide secure identity verification
Yoti, a digital identity app, announced a new partnership with blockchain platform Noku TokenRaise to provide secure identity verification for their customers. Noku TokenRaise is a blockchain platform to create tokens for ICOs. Noku TokenRaise needs to verify the identity of all of their users, including organizations and...
1-Month Left of Funding: Hack and Crypto Winter Deal NEM a Major Blow
The current bear market, or Crypto Winter as it is often referred to, has forced many solid projects to lay off employees and take a good hard look at their operational expenses and cash flow in order to make necessary changes to survive.
Blockchain tech firm Fluidity merges with tokenization company Propellr
Fluidity, creators of the AirSwap decentralized exchange protocol, announced that they have merged with Propellr, a tokenization company with integrated registered securities dealer to form a new company called Fluidity Factora. Propellr is an end-to-end platform for creating, managing, and servicing digital assets with Propellr Securities, an...
Binance Accepts Credit Cards | Traders Can Buy Crypto With Credit Cards
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, Binance, has given traders another reason to flock to its platform. Binance now accepts credit cards. Who’d have thought it!? Users can now buy cryptocurrencies using their Visa or MasterCard credit cards. This is no doubt going to...
Florida Appeals Court Reinstates Felony Charges for Unregistered Bitcoin Sale
A United States appellate court in the state of Florida has reinstated charges against a man who sold Bitcoin (BTC) to an undercover police officer, local media Miami Herald reports on Jan. 30. According to the report, the Third District Court of Appeal ruled that...