7 | Latest Cryptocurrency News, Bitcoin & Crypto Updates 2025

How to Move up in the Crypto Exchange Rankings? Gate.io has a Plan

Gate.io claims their new platform will be able to recover stolen assets and will support multiple blockchains and cross chain trading. Geographical expansion and possible fiat-to-crypto trading is also in the agenda.As the crypto market is hoping for a stronger and more sustainable recovery,...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Pundi X Misses XPOS Target, Delays XPhone, Long-Term Goal Remains

Singapore-headquartered blockchain company Pundi X blames the bear market and long certification process for missed their expansion targets, but claims that their long-term goals remain unchanged. The company was not able to ship as many XPOS's - their point of service device that accepts...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto.com Secures 100K Card Reservations Before Entering US, Europe

Crypto.com aims to become the only cryptocurrency card available globally this year. Their mainnet launch scheduled for 2019. The CRO token to be listed on more exchanges.After US-headquartered major crypto company Coinbase announced its new Visa debit card for their UK clients this week, another...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

OpenBazaar Developer to Launch New Platform, Mulls Own Token

A mobile application called Haven is set for launch in the second quarter of this year, developed by OB1, the company behind the the decentralized online marketplace OpenBazaar, and it is currently entering the testing phase, as Cryptonews.com learned. Additionally, the marketplace is looking to...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Upbit Fosters Global Expansion With USD 71m Investment War Chest

The first two new markets should be launched by the third quarter of this year. Soon-to-be-issued token, LUK, will be the medium by which some blockchain startups will receive investments.South Korean major cryptocurrency exchange Upbit is looking to expand their business beyond their current...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Why SWIFT Believes It’s Catching Up with Ripple in the Race for Speed

"SWIFT gpi payments are typically made within minutes or even seconds." SWIFT gpi is carrying over USD 300 billion a day in 148 currencies across more than 1,100 country corridors.SWIFT says it isn't scared of blockchain. Yes, despite all the articles proclaiming that the likes of Ripple would...

, by Simon Chandler

“Crypto Exchanges Are Failing Innovation,” Says Bancor Co-founder

Decentralized liquidity network Bancor plans to integrate another blockchain into their network in Q2, said co-founder and head of business development Galia Benartzi, who believes that centralized cryptocurrency exchanges are playing a safe game when listing tokens and "really failing...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

If You Want Mass Crypto Adoption, You Need Trust, Says PwC Partner

Despite the crypto winter in the market, lawyers are still busy with crypto, blockchain-related requests as the industry is growing, more investors are entering the space and governments are trying to figure out how to regulate all of this.“We currently work with some five or six...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

“Interest in Grin Exceeding Our Wildest Beliefs,” Says Team

The team behind new privacy coin Grin, one of the first live implementations of the privacy protocol MimbleWimble, says that the community’s interest in the project is still exceeding their “wildest beliefs,” but that they don’t do applications to exchanges, nor do they pay...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Exclusive: Komodo to Launch Rogue and Chain Lizard in Q2

If you’ve been feeling nostalgic for the 80s and the video games of the era - especially if some dungeon crawling is what you seek - get ready for a comeback of the popular Rogue, which is being implemented on the open source blockchain platform Komodo (KMD.) And although many gamers will rejoice...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Tired of Complicated Crypto Addresses? This Project Aims to Fix It (UPDATED)

By the end of this year, the users of crypto wallets such as KeepKey, Mycelium, MyCrypto or others might be able to use a new feature that lets them assign themselves a username and domain to stand in place of long, confusing addresses. (Updated the list of the members of the FIO.)This feature,...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

An Interview: The New Hot Beam Coin is Live. What Comes Next?

The MimbleWimble privacy focused protocol is going to change the face of the crypto industry and it will be applied to more and more projects, believes Alexander Zaidelson. He’s the CEO of the Beam cryptocurrency project, which is currently one of the only two cryptocurrencies to integrate...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Exclusive: Securitize CEO on When STO Explosion Will Happen

The security token offering (STO) market will certainly grow this year, but at a steady rate - and the explosion will come some time until 2021, estimates Carlos Domingo, founder and CEO of security token platform Securitize. He also believes that STOs have the potential to become a trillion dollar...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

ConsenSys’ Kavita Gupta: Crypto Promise Still Alive as Ever

“The promise of an open financial system, cross-border transactions for all, that was sparked by Bitcoin, is still as alive as ever,” Kavita Gupta, who runs a USD 50 million investment fund as Founding Managing Partner at ConsenSys Ventures, told Cryptonews.com. The company is an...

, by Tanzeel Akhtar

IBM Blockchain Leader for CEE on Trends, Pitfalls and Hopes for 2019

Instead of focusing on blockchain as a technology, people should be focusing more on letting it resolve real business problems, believes Maciek Jędrzejczyk, Blockchain Leader for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) at tech giant IBM. Also, expecting blockchain to solve any and all problems you...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Exclusive: “There Is an Organized Campaign Against Us,” Says Tether

Media reports about Bahamas-based Deltec Bank accepting suspicious transactions is part of an “organized campaign” against their customer Tether, Leonardo Real, Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) at Tether, the most popular stablecoin, told Cryptonews.com, without specifying who's behind...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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