The Minter Development Foundation announces that FLAT.FM, an electronic music streaming service that brings together artists and listeners from all over the world, issued its own cryptocurrency on the Minter network under the name "FLATCOIN." Aside from accepting FLATCOIN for payments and offering a 50-percent discount on the subscription plans, the platform also aims to start paying all authors a certain fee each time someone listens to one of their mixes.

OKEx, the world's largest futures cryptocurrency exchange, today announced the launch of USDT-Margined Futures. After a successful simulation beginning November 5, 2019, BTC/USDT Futures Contracts officially went live today (November 14) on OKEx futures market. Served as a virtual derivative product that is quoted and settled in digital token USDT, BTC/USDT contract has a face value of 0.0001 BTC.

Integrated Ventures Inc, (OTCQB: INTV) ("Company") is pleased to announce that financial results for period ending 09/30/2019 (Q1/2020), will be released after the market close, on 11/14/2019, by filing Form 10Q with SEC. Steve Rubakh, CEO of Integrated Ventures, Inc, adds the following commentary: «The company had safely navigated through turbulent times by securing competitive power pricing and cutting out most of traditional operational expenses».

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced options on its Bitcoin futures contracts will be available for trading starting Jan. 13, 2020, pending regulatory review. "Since the launch of our Bitcoin futures nearly two years ago, clients have expressed a growing interest in options as another way to hedge and trade in these markets," said Tim McCourt, CME Group Global Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment Products.

ETHDenver, the world's largest web3 #BUIDLathon, or hackathon, opened applications today and announced its plans to take the first steps to evolve into a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) at its 2020 event. Taking place February 14-16 in Denver, Colorado, ETHDenver is world renown for annually employing real world blockchain use cases throughout its experiential event.

Singapore-based blockchain technology developer Pundi X and Cyprus-based artificial intelligence firm Borghese Ventures have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the implementation of blockchain technology for private and public sectors based in Cyprus. The signing on November 9th was witnessed by H.E. Mr. Demetris Syllouris, the President of the Parliament of the Republic of Cyprus in Shenzhen, China.

StockCharts.com has announced the addition of cryptocurrency data to its award-winning financial charting platform and full suite of investment analysis tools. The initial slate of data includes 15 prominent cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, Monero and many more, with others expected to be added in the near future.

Gaming rewards company Refereum today announces its partnership with DLive, blockchain's largest streaming platform. Together, the two companies will use Refereum to reward gamers for livestreaming games. "Refereum is a place for streamers on any streaming platform to engage their users. Everyone can now connect their DLive account and earn rewards for watching their favorite streamers," says Alistair Doulin, Chief Technology Officer at Refereum.

Despite its volatile nature, nearly half of financial professionals believe Bitcoin will be the investment class with the highest growth rate over the next 12 months according to a recent survey conducted by Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company. Chainalysis polled 350 finance professionals including executives from banks, credit unions, financial services providers, and regulatory agencies at the ACAMS 19th Annual AML & Financial Crime Conference.

Center Source, the first nearshore BPO firm in the world to focus exclusively on serving the needs of companies accepting cryptocurrency from end customers, has announced it has smashed growth and profitability predictions during its first year of operation. Center Source has surpassed the company's year-1 revenue goal by approximately 400% and has attained profitability in just a single year of operation, rather than the predicted three years.