1. Coinbase Pro Lists ethereum-Based ChainLink (LINK) After Google ‘Name Drop’
Despite the fact that crypto assets are bleeding out against Bitcoin, the Ethereum-based LINK (Chainlink) has recently received the support of Coinbase. This comes amid BTC’s move to $13,400, marking a 333% rally from the cycle bottom of $3,150.
[Source: NewsBTC] ✩✩✩✩
2. Square Is Expanding Access to Bitcoin Deposits for Cash App Users
Payments company Square is rolling out bitcoin deposits for its mobile Cash App.
The app, available on both Android and iOS, now supports deposits for at least some users, according to Twitter posts by bitcoiners and a check by a CoinDesk reporter of his own Square account Tuesday. Previously, users could purchase or sell bitcoin, as well as transfer the cryptocurrency to another wallet.
[Source: Coindesk] ✩✩✩✩
3. Binance is rolling out bitcoin margin trading to all users
Binance is dead. Long live Binance 2.0.
Margin trading is being rolled out to all Binance users after it was first released on May 31 to selected users. According to Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ), this marks the launch of Binance 2.0, the company’s newest version of its main exchange.
[Source: DecryptMedia] ✩✩✩✩
4. Opera Releases iOS Version of Its ‘Blockchain-Ready’ Mobile Web Browser
Norway-based internet browser company Opera has launched the iOS version of its mobile web browser, Opera Touch, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph.
Opera Touch reportedly supports the Ethereum (ETH) protocol and the Ethereum Web3 application programming interface (API). This means that the browser accommodates Ethereum-based decentralized applications (DApps) and all ERC-20 tokens, stablecoins, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The browser also is said to feature a cryptocurrency wallet for storing Ether, the “Opera Crypto Wallet.”
[Source: Cointelegraph] ✩✩✩
5. China’s state-run media agency reports bitcoin is a safe haven in a rocky world
China may be warming to bitcoin.
Yesterday, Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese state-run media outfit, published an analysis over Bitcoin’s latest price surge. The analysis touched on the price of Bitcoin and speculated on the reason for its bullish run, touching on Facebook’s Libra as a possible cause.
[Source: DecryptMedia] ✩✩✩✩
6. Fed Rate Cuts Will Likely Boost Bitcoin Says Deutsche Bank
The central banks of some of the world’s largest economies are about to embark on interest rates cuts and this is likely to play into the hands of Bitcoin investors, says Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid.
Global growth is slowing, a result of falling business confidence as trade tensions around the world increase — led by the seemingly intractable tariff feud between the US and China.
[Source: CryptoGlobe] ✩✩✩✩
7. CoinMarketCap acquires little-known data firm as it seeks to improve pricing on site
CoinMarketCap’s goal to revamp its cryptocurrency data site took a big step today with the announcement of the firm’s first acquisition.
The site, which has come under fire as of late for including pricing and volume data from “fake” exchanges, announced on Wednesday its acquisition of Hashtag Capital, a startup that previously operated a trading operation, according to crypto news site CoinDesk.
[Source: TheBlock] ✩✩✩
8. Ripple Deal Could Make XRP Cryptocurrency Compliant With FATF Anti-Money-Laundering Rules
Ripple, the largest single owner of the XRP cryptocurrency (currently valued at $20 billion), has signed a deal with regulation technology startup Coinfirm, to shine new light on how the third-largest cryptocurrency is being used. Coming just a week after international rule-maker, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued guidance requiring that cryptocurrency exchanges share information with each other, including names of counterparties, as required of the traditional banking system, this latest development shows how developers of cryptocurrency technology continue to imagine new ways to protect users identities.
[Source: Forbes] ✩✩✩
9. ethereum Tokens to Trade on Swiss Stock Exchange
Public blockchain tokens will soon be trading on a major securities exchange.
Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Swiss security token firm BlockState plans to “passport” half a dozen ERC-20 tokens from ethereum, the second-largest public blockchain, to Corda, the private distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform developed by R3.
[Source: Coindesk] ✩✩✩✩
10. Bitwise to Launch Another Crypto Exchange-Traded Product
Crypto asset manager Bitwise has partnered with Swiss fintech startup Amun AG to launch another multi-crypto-based exchange-traded product (ETP), according to a press release on June 26.
Bitwise’s index calculation subsidiary, Bitwise Index Services, has licensed “The Bitwise 10 Select Large Cap Crypto Index” to Amun AG to bring a diversified crypto ETP, the announcement says.
[Source: Cointelegraph] ✩✩✩
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