Coinbase has resolved the issue of intermittent availability for BTC buys and sells. Digital currency exchange and wallet service Coinbase has resolved the issue of intermittent availability for BTC buys and sells, the platform reported today, Feb. 28 at 08:24 PST. It took the Coinbase maintenance crew almost seven hours to investigate and fix the issue where one of their processes was “causing Bitcoin buys and sells to become temporarily unavailable”. The platform announced the system outage on its official Twitter account today at 1:53 a.m. PST: […]

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Goldman Sachs’ CIO Mossavar-Rahmani stated in an interview that the cryptocurrency “bubble” bursting will impact 1% of global GDP. The chief investment officer (CIO) of the Investment Strategy Group at Goldman Sachs, Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani, said in an interview with Business Insider on Feb. 27 that cryptocurrencies are in a bubble, which, when it bursts, will impact only 1 percent of global GDP. Mossavar-Rahmani, who guides investment strategy for clients with over $10 mln in assets, said that cryptocurrencies are “the hot topic” among her clients and colleagues. […]

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Fundstrat strategist Tom Lee has repeated past bullish BTC price predictions, adding that corporations joining the crypto world is a positive sign. Co-founder and Fundstrat strategist Tom Lee has repeated his prediction that Bitcoin (BTC) will reach $20,000 by mid-year and $25,000 by the end of the year. He also expects at least three publicly traded corporations to issue their own cryptocurrencies in 2018, writes CNBC, citing Lee’s Feb. 28 Fundstrat report. Lee’s price prediction reiterates comments he made in early January 2018, predicting Bitcoin could “easily […]

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The Pacific nation the Marshall Islands is all but set to launch its own state-issued cryptocurrency via an ICO, which will circulate alongside the US dollar. The Republic of the Marshall Islands will release its own cryptocurrency complete with an ICO and free trading, according to two government officials that spoke with Bloomberg Wednesday, Feb. 28. The two officials, one of which is house speaker and senator Kenneth Kedi, said that the Pacific nation’s parliament this week endorsed the creation of the currency, which will be called […]

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The Land of The Rising Sun has a ravenous appetite for cryptocurrency. In our Expert Takes, opinion leaders from inside and outside the crypto industry express their views, share their experience and give professional advice. Expert Takes cover everything from Blockchain technology and ICO funding to taxation, regulation, and cryptocurrency adoption by different sectors of the economy. If you would like to contribute an Expert Take, please email your ideas and CV to a.mcqueen@cointelegraph.com The global financial crisis of 2007/2008 wreaked havoc in the world economy and […]

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Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority has announced that it will launch a Blockchain-based initiative for tracking vehicles’ lifecycle for their customers. Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced plans to launch a Blockchain-based vehicle lifecycle management system in 2020 that would provide customers which a history of their vehicle from “the manufacturer all the way to the scrap yard,” local news outlet Arabian Business reported yesterday, Feb. 27. The Blockchain project, formed in connection with the Dubai 10x initiative, would show a transparent record of where […]

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Cryptocurrency trading is now on the menu for Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff, its chief lawyer has said. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has formally allowed its employees to trade cryptocurrencies, but maintained its ban on Bitcoin futures participation, Bloomberg reports Wednesday, Feb. 28. The regulator, which together with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) oversee asset and commodity legislation nationally, report that they made the decision earlier this month. The CFTC chief lawyer, general counsel Daniel Davis, wrote in a memo to staff Feb. […]

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