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Top stories in the Crypto Roundup today: Facebook probed again by US Lawmakers on Libra, Huobi Global and Paxos unveil Tether stablecoin competitor and Celo announces testnet.

Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at the time of writing at $9,839.59 (2.80%) with a daily volume of $6.40 bn while Ether (ETH) is trading at $217.33 (6.50%) with a daily volume of $2.47 bn. The MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 10 Index is tracking at 3,595.39 (0.62%).

 
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Facebook Again Probed by U.S. Lawmakers on Libra

 

A U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing concerning Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency initiative took place on Wednesday. As with the day before, David Marcus - the head of Facebook subsidiary Calibra and a co-creator of Libra - answered congress’ questions about the not-yet-launched stablecoin project.

Unlike Tuesday’s Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs hearing - which largely centered around matters relating to the social media giant’s poor track record on user privacy - lawmakers on Wednesday attempted to make sense of Libra and posit ways in which it could be regulated moving forward.

Appearing on CNBC’s Fast Money to discuss the House’s hearing, Meltem Demirors - CoinShares chief strategy officer who participated as a panel member for the latter half of the hearing - explained to host Melissa Lee that “the first step today was figuring out what is [Libra] and what does that mean for how we go about figuring out what to do with Libra.”

 
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Huobi Global, Paxos, Unveil Tether Stablecoin Competitor

 

Prominent exchange Huobi Global announced the upcoming launch of the HUSD Token, described in a Wednesday blog post as “the first regulated Tether alternative to be fully listed and integrated with Huobi Global.”

The announcement by Huobi Global was made in collaboration with cryptoasset startup venture Stable Universal and Paxos Trust Company, a fiduciary and qualified custodian that specialises in building infrastructure for the crypto ecosystem.

Commenting on HUSD Token - which launches July 22 - was chief executive of Stable Universal Frank Zhang, who stated in the blog post, “we’re excited that Huobi will list HUSD Token, allowing us to build liquidity quickly with their massive customer base. Combined with the sterling reputation of Paxos, we are offering a product with the highest level of oversight and protection.”

 
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Coinbase- and a16z-Backed Celo Announces Testnet

 

After two years’ work, Celo - a blockchain startup building a network protocol it hopes will enable a new monetary system - announced its first test network.

Known as Alfajores Testnet, the initial prototype of Celo’s platform is designed for testing and experimentation by developers. Also launched on Wednesday by Celo - which counts Twitter and Square chief executive Jack Dorsey and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman among its angel investors alongside Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase - was the Celo Wallet, which its blog post described as “an accompanying Android app for managing accounts and making and requesting payments on the Testnet.”

Features the Celo team has in active development include an iPhone version of the Celo Wallet, a bug-bounty program, security audits, and an upgrade to the Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) proof-of-stake consensus protocol that the Celo Blockchain currently uses.

 
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World's First Stablecoin Clearinghouse, StablecoinsEx, to Launch with The Highest Rebate System in the Industry

StablecoinsEx, the world’s first regulated stablecoin clearing house, announced the upcoming launch of their exchange in June, having the industry’s highest rewarding rebate system for Market Makers, with 50% of collected fees, which amount to 10 basis points (0.10%) from Market Takers collected fees which amount to 20 basis points (0.20%).

How does it work?

Here’s a video explaining it.

What is the Rebate System and how does it work?

A Rebate is a reward that you pay to the Market Maker for providing liquidity to a market while charging customers who take that liquidity. In other words, if a trade outside of the immediate market price is matched, it incentivizes the traders who placed the order.

The Market Maker is exempt from any fees, regardless of its trading volume. Additionally, the Market Maker gets a 50% rebate (profit-split) from Market Takers.

The Market Taker (MT) is charged a fixed fee of 20 Basis Points (0.20%), regardless of its trading volume.

Market takers need liquidity and immediacy to ensure a reasonable price exists whenever they need to enter a trade or close an existing position. Market takers accept that they must give up the edge in return for the service provided by the market maker. Market takers tend to turn over their positions less frequently than market makers and, therefore, generally are less concerned about trading costs.

About StablecoinsEx

StablecoinsEx is an Estonian-based platform which offers all major stablecoins for trading and acts as a gateway between cryptocurrency exchanges. It's licensed and regulated by the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and comprises experienced professionals in the cryptocurrency industry, in trading, asset management, project development, legal counseling, compliance, cyber threat intelligence and cybersecurity.

Check them out at the following links:

Website, Twitter, Facebook

 
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