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1. Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has partnered with a real estate firm in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to allow real estate investors to pay in cryptocurrencies. The Singapore-based crypto exchange has entered a partnership with fäm Properties, a tech-driven real estate agency based in Dubai, to offer crypto payment options for its real estate investors. Specifically, the partnership enables fäm Properties to accept payment in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), XRP and other major cryptos including stablecoins. Read Full on Cointelegraph
2. One of the largest U.S. television providers has published a patent application for a new "anti-piracy management system" that uses blockchain to enable owners to track how their content is being used. Dish Network's application outlines a system that allows owners to embed an identification mark into the content's code that can be stored and regulary updated using a distributed ledger. Dish says the proposal can better monitor and enforce ownership rights, alerting platforms to when content is used without permission. Read Full on CoinDesk
3. OneGold, an online marketplace for buying, selling and redeeming precious metals, announced a partnership with BitPay on Jan. 13 that will allow crypto users to purchase gold and other valuable metals on Android and iOS devices. Through the integration with BitPay a leading Bitcoin payment service provider that currently supports over 30,000 merchants, including Microsoft and Avnet — OneGold’s new mobile app will accept payments in Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ether (ETH), and various stablecoins. Read Full on Cointelegraph
4. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has received necessary regulatory approval and has launched its new Bitcoin (BTC) futures options. According to the official website of CME, the new type of Bitcoin derivatives contract — Bitcoin futures options — is now live. Specifically, the launch of CME’s Bitcoin futures options follows regulatory approval that the exchange received earlier today. According to CME, the new product was announced in response to growing interest in crypto and customer demand for tools to manage Bitcoin exposure.
5. Cryptocurrency exchange tokens have become a crucial role in the development of cryptocurrency exchanges, one of the main pillars of the crypto industry. In 2019, OKEx’s OKB token appears to have outperformed all other tokens, as CryptoCompare data shows it went up a total of 317.9% last year. OKB was followed by Huobi’s HT token, which rose 170.8% last year. Binance’s BNB token, one of the most popular exchange tokens, went up 121.4% in said period, coming. KuCoin’s KCS rose 73.9%. Read Full on CryptoGlobe
6. The Association of cryptocurrency Enterprise, Singapore (ACCESS) has successfully implemented on-premise blockchain powered voting during the Annual General Meeting (AGM). This makes Access the world's first association to officially implement a blockchain technology solution for on-premise voting beyond a pilot phase. The blockchain voting solution uses the ethereum blockchain and metamask as the Ethereum wallet, aims to increase transparency in the voting process, protect member anonymity, prevent double voting. Read Full on cryptoninjas
7. The CME Group has launched its options on bitcoin futures this Monday, January 13, and a total of 55 options contracts were traded during the debut session which are equivalent to 275 BTC, around $2.33 million. Each Bitcoin futures contract is quoted in U.S. dollars and represents five BTC, currently worth around $42,500. These bitcoin derivatives give investors a right but not an obligation to buy or sell the underlying asset within a set time period. Each options contract settles into one Bitcoin futures contract. Read Full on Cointelegraph
8. The Cardano ecosystem has been in full swing development mode after the success of the incentivized testnet. As it approaches the Shelley mainnet launch, the focus has mostly been on network stability and other improvements. The CEO of IOHK, Charles Hoskinson, revealed that the next-generation protocol on Shelley, dubbed, ‘Hydra,’ should be ready for its first paper sometime in February this year. Elaborating on the same, Hoskinson claimed that the protocol is at least five times faster than that of Ethereum. Read Full on AMBCrypto
9. Blockchain will be the most in-demand hard skill in 2020, according to a new study by the educational subsidiary of professional social network LinkedIn. A newcomer to LinkedIn’s annual list of top-demanded hard skills, blockchain now tops the list of the most-needed skills in 2020. Demand in the recent study was defined by analyzing skills that were in high demand versus their supply. Specifically, demand was measured by identifying the skills listed on the LinkedIn profiles of people who were employed at the highest rates. Read Full on Cointelegraph
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