Coinhouse Blog: Archives of Past Articles

Visits to cryptocurrency websites return to 2018 high

Banks and Institutions ICBC launches its digital yuan services Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, one of the world’s largest banks in terms of funds under management, is launching its digital yuan services. Users now have the ability to deposit and withdraw funds, make payments via QR code, and send funds peer-to-peer to anyone. Other […]

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Ethereum set to overtake Bitcoin in the long term, says JPMorgan

Banks and Institutions 100 million bonds issued on Ethereum The European Investment Bank, a public body under the ECB, is issuing 100 million bonds on the Ethereum blockchain. Société Générale, Goldman Sachs, and Banco Santander will oversee the issue, which matures in two years. Source : Journal du Coin China continues to develop its digital […]

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Tesla sells $270 million in Bitcoin to test market liquidity.

Banks / Institutions Turkey bans cryptocurrencies for any means of payment A new law in Turkey goes into effect as of April 30. The law bans the use of cryptocurrencies for any payment of goods and services. Two crypto asset sales sites have already gone bankrupt, Vebitcoin and Thodex. In addition, the CEO of Thodex […]

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LVMH et Cartier utilisent la blockchain|

LVMH and Cartier authenticate their luxury products on the blockchain

Banks / Institutions China now optimistic about Bitcoin, towards a new price surge? China is changing its tune on Bitcoin. While the authorities had always been suspicious, even hostile towards the market, a governor of the Chinese central bank says that Bitcoin is an “alternative” investment. It is possible that such an announcement will free […]

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Ethereum becomes more popular than Bitcoin on YouTube

Banks / Institutions MicroStrategy will pay its board of directors in bitcoins! Microstrategy is the American company with the largest portfolio in bitcoins at the moment (over 4 billion dollars). It has just decided to pay its board of directors in bitcoins. In addition, the HSBC bank prohibits its customers from buying Microstrategy shares because […]

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Crypto market : 10 years to reach $1 trillion, 3 months to reach $2 trillion!

Banks / Institutions US Bank Morgan Stanley develops its Bitcoin offer The American bank Morgan Stanley announced last Thursday that some of these funds could begin to gain exposure to Bitcoin in the form of futures contracts as well as through Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust.Twelve funds are involved and the level of exposure could rise to […]

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In the United States, blockchain is used to fight against COVID-19

Paypal allows payment by cryptoassets Paypal officially launches its cryptoasset payment service in the United States. Using the Paypal wallet, customers will have the choice to pay any merchant accepting it either in traditional currencies or in cryptoactives, the latter being automatically converted into dollars. Merchants will not receive cryptoassets but the final currency directly. […]

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10% of Americans could buy bitcoins with their stimulus check

Morgan Stanley announces the launch of a Bitcoin-based fund Morgan Stanley has announced to its 16,000 advisors in the Wealth Management unit that they will begin offering access to a Bitcoin-based fund to their clients.These advisors manage over $4 trillion belonging to their clients.According to sources, the funds would be operated by NYDIG or Galaxy […]

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Ethereum blockchain could soon become 100 times faster

Ethereum’s problems soon solved? Ethereum’s scalability problems could soon be a thing of the past.A new system, Optimism, is expected to emerge from its testing phase in the coming weeks. This system implements a technology called Rollups, a Layer 2 solution, which will allow to execute transactions inside a smart contract while keeping the same […]

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