In this week’s daily editions of Bitcoin in Brief we reported about Coinbase increasing trading limits, Shapeshift acquiring Bitfract, Okex launching a white label platform called Coinall, and much more. The most commented-on article during the week covered the ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ author, Robert Kiyosaki, which came out in favor of cryptocurrencies.
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Robinhood Crypto Expands Service
On Tuesday, we reported that Robinhood, the US stocks app, has added another two states where cryptocurrency trading is now supported for its clients, Iowa and Georgia. The app also now supports Ethereum Classic (ETC), in addition to its previous offering of BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC and Doge. In total, Robinhood Crypto is now available in 19 US states. Additional stories included a Chinese user of Okcoin who is suing the exchange over his missing bitcoin cash following last year’s fork and a cybersecurity research that found trading venues experienced a massive surge of user data leaks.
Coinbase Increases Trading Limits
Shapeshift Acquires Bitfract
A couple of investments by established crypto companies made headlines on Thursday. Shapeshift completed the acquisition of Bitfract, a software firm which recently developed a service that allows users to swap from one cryptocurrency to many in an instant. Following the sale, the tool will be maintained and continue to operate, and the functionality that the platform provides (multiple output transactions) will be incorporated into Shapeshift’s core platform. Bitmain made a $3 million seed investment in Tribeos – a digital advertising platform built on Bitcoin Cash (BCH), utilizing smart contracts to fight ad fraud.
Okex Launches White Label Platform
Crypto Expected at 5% of US Investments
A study that found that digital coins are becoming a permanent part of many investment portfolios was featured on Saturday. The Harris Poll survey, conducted on behalf of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), has established that cryptocurrencies will represent 5 percent of the investments of those 35 percent of Americans that consider themselves investors or plan to invest in 2019. At the same time, the study found that “cryptocurrency appears to be foreign to many investors. According to the survey, nearly half of U.S. adults (48 percent) are not familiar with Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Litecoin.”
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This Week in Bitcoin Podcast
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