ETH/USD faces strong support at $7, break below targets $5.45
Aug 03, 2016 10:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/USD has declined sharply till $7 yesterday and jumped from that level. It is currently trading around $9.16 (Kraken). Ichimoku analysis (Daily chart): Tenkan-Sen $10.44 Kijun-Sen $11.11 Trend reversal -...
ETH/EUR trades well below 200-day MA, decline till 6.50/5.30 likely
Aug 03, 2016 10:08 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/EUR is seen trading above on Wednesday after making a plunge. The pair has declined till 6.52 yesterday and slightly recovered from that level (KRAKEN). It is currently trading at 8.18 at the time of...
Bitcoin economy has matured since its inception six years ago – Study
Aug 03, 2016 09:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
A combined research paper from University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies, Deutsche Bundesbank and University of Wisconsin-Madison has identified three distinct regimes that have existed in the bitcoin...
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Elliptic team up to fight illicit bitcoin uses
Aug 03, 2016 08:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a company that provides banks with anti-money laundering (AML) controls, has collaborated with blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic in order to curtail the illicit uses of bitcoin in drug...
UNICEF seeks blockchain technology lead
Aug 03, 2016 07:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
The United Nations Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF), a UN program, has announced that it is seeking top-notch developer and consultant to research on emerging technologies like blockchain and smart contracts. According...
United Pharmacies accepts bitcoins for online purchases
Aug 03, 2016 06:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
United Pharmacies, an online seller of generic drugs and brand name medicine, has started accepting bitcoins as a payment to purchase online drugs for all medical needs. In order to celebrate the launch of the new...
Misys-Celent research explores applications of blockchain technology beyond cryptocurrencies
Aug 03, 2016 06:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
A new research by Misys, the provider of financial software solutions, in collaboration with research and consulting firm Celent, has identified use cases of distributed ledger technology (DLT) that go beyond bitcoin and...
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