Canadian mass media and information company Thomson Reuters has announced a crypto asset data partnership with cryptocurrency tracking resource CryptoCompare, according to a July 31 press release. As the press release explains, CryptoCompare will now provide order book and trade data on 50 cryptocurrencies for Reuters’ financial desktop platform Eikon, which is aimed at institutional investors. Sam Chadwick, the director of strategy in innovation and blockchain at Reuters, noted in the press release that the “decline in the price of many of the leading cryptocurrencies during 2018” has not lessened the “increasing demand from our customers for pricing coverage of …

Canadian mass media and information company Thomson Reuters will now be tracking the top 100 currencies in its sentiment data tool. The necessary data will be provided via a partnership with MarketPsych Data LLC, according to a WebWire press release published Wednesday, June 13. In March, Thomson Reuters had added a Bitcoin (BTC) sentiment data feed to its MarketPsych Indices (TRMI), getting data by scanning more than 400 news and media sites related to cryptocurrencies. The new TMRI Cryptocurrency Sentiment package (TRMI 3.1) will monitor over 2,000 news and 800 social media sites for 43 sentiments of the top 100 …

Canadian blockchain regulatory compliance startup iComply Investor Services has hired a former Thomson Reuters executive Greg Pinn as its head of strategy, as he confirmed in communication with Cointelegraph June 3. Greg Pinn, who previously served as head of the corporation’s risk intelligence and financial crime screening platform, has already taken up the post. Launched in 2017, iComply seeks to leverage blockchain in order to improve adherence of industry businesses to know-your-customer (KYC) rules, which executives have claimed forms a weak link in the industry. The move marks the company’s second high-profile hire this year, with former US regulator Jeff …

When it comes to mining, the breakeven cost for miners is the most often asked question. In a recent Reuters article, author Edward Hadas states that the “full cost of production is closer to US$600 per token, based on a recent study by Australian researcher Hass McCook.“ Hass McCook who is independent economic researcher and an MBA from Oxford, says that he was misquoted in the article and was not interviewed before it was published. According to McCook, they used a figure which was from June when the bitcoin price was in the 600’s and did not take into account …