In what seems like an apparent attempt to attract the growing cryptocurrency investors base, Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) will now start feeding data of the 50 cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum into its financial desktop platform, Eikon. Thomson Reuter's Eikon provides real-time and historical data from mainstream markets. The platform has more than 190,000 subscribers, including...
Earlier today, unconfirmed and false rumors that the South Korean government will ban bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges led the price of bitcoin down. South Korea is Not Banning Bitcoin Reuters published a four-sentence article on December 27, claiming that the South Korean government will enforce new regulations and close down cryptocurrency exchanges. However, merely hours later, Reuters...
In August of 2016, Thomson Reuters, the US$42.5 billion financial and media firm, joined R3CEV as a member corporation, which meant that Reuters along with leading banks and major financial institutions planned to lead the development of blockchain and distributed ledger technology. At the time, Reuters was under the impression that R3 will continue to develop blockchain products. Last year...
In a Reuters article published today, bitcoin price is speculated to see a bullish spike in 2016 due to the upcoming halving of mining rewards, due to happen in July 2016. Bitcoin has had a memorable year. Wider adoption; increased trading; the Silk Road investigation with its corrupt agents and bitcoin auctions ; a Russian Ponzi scheme operating in China; various economic factors in China; the...