Blockchain Today
Israeli Parliament to Vote on Taxation Ease of Cryptocurrencies
Four members of the Israeli Knesset proposed to consider new amendments to the country's Tax Code. They propose eliminating capital gains tax on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, Globes reports. “The regulatory situation in Israel is not prepared for reality in [...]
Bitcoin Exchange Balances Shrink to End-2018 Levels
Since March 13, the total volume of deposits in the first cryptocurrency on the leading exchanges has decreased by 372.7 thousand coins - to 2.59 million BTC. The last time similarly low values were indicated in November 2018. It is [...]
Binance Futures Trading Volume Totals $ 1 trillion Since the Beginning of the Year
The trading volume on the cryptocurrency derivatives platform Binance Futures has reached $ 1 trillion since the beginning of 2020. According to CryptoCompare, in August 2020, the trading volume on the platform increased by 74% ($ 184.6 billion) compared to [...]
Association News
Blockchain Association Member Youhodler Focuses on Security With New Partnerships
July 8th, 2020 — The Blockchain Association today announces that approved member and EU and Swiss-based FinTech startup YouHodler has launched new partnerships with industry-leading infrastructure security and risk management firms Ledger Vault and Elliptic to provide its customers with [...]
Blockchain Association Announces Gallant Exchange as Latest Approved Member
July 7th 2020, The Blockchain Association today announces Gallant Exchange as its latest approved member. The company joins a growing list of digital asset exchanges, which are committed to upholding the highest standards of commercial honor and best business practices [...]
Expert Committee Member Simon Grunfeld Launches New Digital Asset Exchange
June 25, 2020, The Blockchain Association today announces that Blockchain Expert Committee (BEC) member Simon Grunfeld has launched the Gallant Exchange, a NYC based Sports and Crypto start-up focusing on retail trading and sports fan engagement. With the new role [...]
Expert Opinion
How to Avoid Common Fraud Involving Cryptocurrency
The nature of limited supply for many digital assets and other commodity-like qualities coupled with network effects and market inefficiencies helps create extreme volatility in many cases and as can be seen historically. In addition to market risk, crypto-assets can [...]
What’s the Story with Ethereum?
This article was originally published in Medium. It is reposted here with permission from the author. Ethereum is an open-source and public platform for creating decentralised online services that work on the basis of smart contracts. The platform is decentralised, based [...]
What’s the Story with Ripple?
This article was originally published in Medium. It is reposted here with permission from the author. Ripple Overview Ripple is a cryptocurrency platform for payment systems, which focusses on transactions without chargebacks to proceed payments directly, secure and very fast. [...]
