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OneCoin Crypto Scam Boss Faces Jail Trial after $20 Million Bail Fail
The CEO of the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, Konstantin Ignatov, will have to undergo trial while still in custody. The New York Southern District Court’s Judge Edgardo Ramos denied a bond application filed by Ignatov despite the top leader of the cryptocurrency scam having proposed attractive release conditions, as first ported by Finance Feeds. дальше »
2019-6-30 17:45 | |
Blockchain Association to Oversee Spending of the Defend Crypto Fund
The Blockchain Association has taken over the “Defend “Crypto” fund setup to help finance the legal battle between Kik and the SEC. The social messaging firm has stated that it feels the money could be better put to use by the industry collectively. дальше »
2019-6-29 02:00 | |
Israeli Crypto Scamming Bros Arrested for 2016 Bitfinex Hack
Two Israeli brothers have been arrested in connection with a cryptocurrency scam involving "tens of millions" of dollars. Jerusalem-based Eli and Assaf Gigi were involved in a scheme were they accessed traders' wallets and took the coins for themselves, Finance Magnates reports. дальше »
2019-6-25 18:43 | |
CFTC Launches Action against U.K. Firm for Laundering More than 22,800 Bitcoin (BTC)
According to a report by Finance Feeds published on June 18, 2019, the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a complaint against a U. K. -based firm named Control-Finance Ltd. and its sole Director Benjamin Reynolds. дальше »
2019-6-19 09:00 | |
Visa, Paypal Say They’ll Pay $10 Million to Run ‘Facebook Coin’ – Report
Big companies like Visa and PayPal are reportedly willing to pay millions for the privilege of running a node on the Facebook cryptocurrency network. Facebook’s foray into crypto has been met with mixed reaction. дальше »
2019-6-14 08:30 | |
Warren Buffett Will Face ‘All Blockchain Leaders’ At $4.6M Crypto Lunch
Tron CEO Justin Sun will seek help from “all the leaders” in cryptocurrency when he has lunch with infamous Bitcoin naysayer Warren Buffett. Sun: Lunch To ‘Bridge Crypto And Traditional Investors’ Speaking to Yahoo! Finance in an interview June 11, Sun, who paid $4. дальше »
2019-6-11 11:30 | |
Crypto Pioneer Justin Sun Pays $4.5 Million to Have Charity Lunch With Bitcoin Critic Warren Buffett
It promises to be an extraordinary dinner between the new and the old generation of minds in technology, finance, and investing. Justin Sun, the founder of Tron and CEO of BitTorrent announced on June 3 via Twitter that he has won an auction to attend the 20th-anniversary charity lunch hosted by the legendary investor and […] Crypto Pioneer Justin Sun Pays $4. дальше »
2019-6-5 11:29 | |
Saifedean Ammous: It’s ‘Not Certain’ That Bitcoin Is Government-Proof
Bitcoin is not free from the threat of government interference, ‘The Bitcoin Standard’ author Saifedean Ammous warned mainstream media this week. Ammous: BTC Up 18 Million Percent Speaking in an interview with German finance magazine Boerse Online, Ammous, who is well known as one of the biggest active Bitcoin bulls, said that despite being technically unstoppable, Bitcoin still faces its enemies. дальше »
2019-6-3 17:00 | |
Why Facebook’s Foray into Crypto Could be Fruitless
Mainstream media was abuzz last week with the news that Facebook has plans to launch its own digital token, ‘GlobalCoin’. This highlights the ignorance that big news outlets have, as Facebook really is ill-suited to have anything close to what we consider cryptocurrency. дальше »
2019-5-29 07:00 | |
AT&T’s 153 Million Customers Can Now Pay Their Bill With Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency is apparently on the minds of the biggest companies all over the world. Every day we are seeing successful, multinational businesses jump into the crypto game. AT&T just announced that they will start accepting Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash for payments. дальше »
2019-5-24 08:11 | |
Digital Currency Group CEO: Grayscale’s #DropGold Bitcoin TV Ad Gained Over A Million Views
Barry Silbert, the founder and CEO of the Digital Currency Group, said that the #DropGold campaign that they started a few weeks ago has already surpassed 1 million views. He said that during a recent interview with Yahoo Finance. дальше »
2019-5-18 16:36 | |
Bitcoin [BTC]: #DropGold campaign registered over a million views, says Grayscale’s Barry Silbert
Barry Silbert, Founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group, recently spoke about the #DropGold campaign initiated by Grayscale, during an interview with Yahoo Finance. The CEO also explained why investors should opt for Bitcoin, instead of gold. дальше »
2019-5-18 03:30 | |
Societe Generale SA (SocGen) Processes Sale of Covered Bonds with Digital Currency
100 million euros worth of covered bonds were sold as digital tokens by the Societe Generale SA bank. Romal Almazo, Richard Kemmish, and Graham Rodford speak on affect that tokenizing assets will have on traditional finance. дальше »
2019-5-10 00:56 | |
Jared Polites Alleges Fraud And Breach Of Contract With Alchemy Finance
Jared Polites is an experienced marketer working with blockchain companies, VC funds, and early-stage tech startups. Since 2017, the companies that he has worked with have raised over $450 million. Currently, I am a Venture Partner with BlockTeam Ventures and 7BC. дальше »
2019-5-6 18:19 | |
Alkemi Offers DeFi Interest App With a Liquidity Pool of $16 Million USD
Alkemi, a new kind of decentralized finance (DeFi) company, has a new plan. The company wants to offer people more liquidity by offering them interest on their tokens. The company, which is a part of the TechStars Blockchain Accelerator, unveiled the new liquidity pool of $16 million USD today. The CEO of Alkemi, Ryan Breen, […] дальше »
2019-5-2 14:52 | |
Decentralized Finance Project Dharma Labs Dishes Out Over $6 Million In Loans During First Month
Decentralized Finance Startup Dharma Provides $6. 4 Million In Crypto Loans in Just Three Weeks Cryptocurrency and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) applications are expanding in the market. Ether (ETH) holders are trying to mitigate portfolio losses that they experienced in 2018. дальше »
2019-4-26 22:05 | |
ConsenSys-backed Nuo Network Crypto Lending Platform Becomes Asia’s Biggest with $2 Million in Reserves
Nuo. Network Becomes the Largest Lending Platform in Asia ConsenSys ventures backed Nuo. Network, which is a non-custodial lending platform recently made it to the top 5, dollar Defi (Decentralized Finance) projects and it presently the largest lending platform based in Asia. дальше »
2019-4-24 15:52 | |
$112 Million: French Banking Giant Societe Generale Issues Massive Euro Bond on Ethereum
By CCN. com: The blockchain bug seems to have bitten French banking giant Societe Generale to a point of no return. A little over a year ago, the third largest bank in France by assets unveiled a blockchain-based trade finance platform for all its corporate clients, the we. дальше »
2019-4-24 15:14 | |
Japan finance regulator raids cryptocurrency exchanges in money laundering sweep
Japan‘s top financial regulator has raided two cryptocurrency exchanges to enforce anti-money laundering rules, Reuters reports. Financial Services Agency (FSA) agents inspected digital asset firms Huobi Japan and Fisco Cryptocurrency Exchange to make sure appropriate customer protections were in place. дальше »
2019-4-23 17:28 | |
Executive: Everyone Should Own Some Bitcoin, $1 Million Likely in 7 Years
To many crypto enthusiasts, Bitcoin (BTC) is their entire world. To the world, however, the cryptocurrency is nothing but a blip on the global radar of finance, hence why so few have purchased BTC and other digital assets. дальше »
2019-4-15 15:04 | |
Ripple Plagued by Fake Trades – How Crypto Purge Vindicates Bitcoin
Deception runs rampant within the cryptocurrency trading industry. Unethical bitcoin exchanges openly allow wash trading, a shady practice long ago expunged from mainstream finance. Scrubbing out these fake trading volumes to discern the true nature of the crypto economy produces astonishing results. дальше »
2019-4-14 20:30 | |
Close to Half a Billion Dollars Worth of ETH Now Locked in Dapps
Some 2. 5 million eth, or slightly more than $400 million, is now locked in dapps as decentralized open finance (defi) continues to grow (pictured above). MakerDAO’s DAI smart contract continues. дальше »
2019-4-6 16:45 | |
What Is DeFi and Where Does It Leave Bitcoin?
The Bitcoin bull and bear market cycles are a pattern that produces significant developments — when the market is cold, people tend to focus on building the next wave of groundbreaking technology. дальше »
2019-3-29 16:26 | |
Compound Finance Introduces New Risk Model For Their Upcoming Release
Compound Finance, the company behind the concept of Decentralized Finance Applications (DeFi), alongside MakerDAO, among others, has registered $9 million in crypto collateralized loan. It just took six months for the firm to reach this amount of funds, after being launched back in September 2018. Now, the firm is planning to release a new risk […] дальше »
2019-3-20 13:59 | |
France Targets Amazon, Google, Facebook for an Annual $500 Million Tax Boost
France is targeting large technology firms such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and others in a move that could fetch the French nation about $500 million. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper. дальше »
2019-3-6 09:39 | |
Surprise, Surprise! Emerging Campaign Finance Scandal Reveals That Self-Righteous AOC Isn’t As Clean As She Says
Rookie U. S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been dragged into an emerging campaign finance scandal that could potentially compromise her carefully crafted reputation as the ‘people’s candidate,’ as well as call her political platform into question just three months after the 2018 midterm elections that saw her become the youngest-ever female member of Congress. дальше »
2019-3-5 05:24 | |
New DeFi Pulse Stats Show Over $320 Million in Ethereum Now Stored in Dapps, MakerDAO Leads the Way
DeFi Pulse is the quintessential radar for the dawn of decentralized finance. Keep up with the metrics that matter from all major DeFi protocols and projects, e. g. , Uniswap, Compound, MakerDAO. Quickly compare projects' growth and influence over a 24-hour period. дальше »
2019-2-28 18:05 | |
Ex-Social Finance CEO’s Blockchain Startup ‘Figure’ To Venture Into Banking With $65 Million Funding Round
Ex-Social Finance CEO’s Blockchain Startup To Get Into Banking The ex-CEO of Social Finance Inc. , Mark Cagney, has opened a blockchain startup called Figure recently and now he’s ready to sail banking again with his new company. дальше »
2019-2-28 22:24 | |
Bakkt Launch Could Expose Over 100 Million New Investors to Adopt Bitcoin and Other Top Crypto Assets
As Bakkt's Release Nears, Can It Be Crypto's Savior? Will ICE's Crypto Trading Platform Push Forward Adoption? Many people in the traditional finance world and crypto industry are preparing for the launch of the digital asset platform called Bakkt, which will bring forth the first physically-settled bitcoin futures. The launch will not happen until later […] дальше »
2019-2-25 02:46 | |
Bitcoin Price Evaluation Of $1,500,000 USD Per BTC Coin Surfaces If It Accounts For All Fiat And Gold Holdings
Bitcoin Could Be Valued At $1.5 Million USD Per Coin If It Absorbs All Fiat And Gold Holdings When Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin, he was interested in creating a solution for the financial world that would take all far away from traditional finance companies and Wall Street and closer to having more freedom to own […] дальше »
2019-2-22 23:12 | |
Bitcoin Could Swell To $1.5 Million If It Absorbs All Fiat and Gold Holdings
Bitcoin (BTC) was built to be an alternative to the traditional of finance. While Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of the cryptocurrency, never explicitly made such a comment, many have come to understand this underlying raison d’etre. дальше »
2019-2-22 18:30 | |
Billionaire Bitcoin Bull Tim Draper Has a Wild 5-Year Prediction for Cash and Crypto
Tim Draper has been one of Bitcoin’s most enthusiastic proponents. He was steadfast in his optimism even when other finance gurus thought he was crazy for giving the new-fangled crypto the time of day. дальше »
2019-2-20 22:46 | |
Ripple, Mastercard, Barclays Raise $1.7 Million for SendFriend, Remittance Startup Using XRP
According to February 11, 2019, press release, Remittance Company SendFriend raised some $1. 7 million following a recent round of funding. The funding was obtained from Mastercard Foundation, Barclays, MIT Media Lab, TechStars, Ripple, 8 Decimal Capital, 2020 Ventures and Mahindra Finance. дальше »
2019-2-15 12:00 | |
MasterCard, Ripple, Barclays Fund US XRP Remittance Firm in $1.7 Million Seed
Global remittance startup SendFriend has raised $1. 7 million in pre-seed funding by 13 participants. The US company announced Monday that it had received support from MIT Media Lab, Barclays, the Mastercard Foundation, Ripple, TechStars, Mahindra Finance, 2020 Ventures, and 8 Decimal Capital. дальше »
2019-2-13 12:06 | |
Innovate Finance’s FinTech Report Sees Record Setting 2018 While 2019 Blockchain Investments Slow
After Record Breaking 2018, Blockchain Investments Still Lag Behind In 2018, Venture capital (VC) investments in European blockchain tech companies, were beaten only by funding for Fintech companies. дальше »
2019-2-13 00:58 | |
Blockchain investment still lags behind fintech despite record-breaking 2018
European blockchain technology companies had a record year in terms of VC investment in 2018, although overshadowed by funding going into financial technology (fintech) companies. According to Innovate Finance’s ‘2018 FinTech VC Investment Landscape‘ report , the European blockchain and cryptocurrency industry witnessed a series of significant deals, but notably just four deals amounted to over $300 million. дальше »
2019-2-12 18:30 | |
$275 Million ZCash’s Fix of Deadly ‘Infinite Counterfeit’ Vulnerability Earns Praise from Edward Snowden
According to a disclosure made Tuesday by the development team behind ZCash, the most highly capitalized privacy-focused cryptocurrency (with a market cap in excess of $270M at the time of publication), has secretly fixed a critical security flaw in ZCash’s design, which was discovered by ZCash cryptographer, Ariel Gabizon, about a year ago. дальше »
2019-2-7 11:15 | |
Venture capital is really male and really really white — Arlan Hamilton wants to fix it
Arlan Hamilton, CEO and founder of Backstage Capital, wants to see more color in venture capital. Backstage focuses on “investing in underestimated founders,” making Hamilton one of the few pushing for change in VC. дальше »
2019-1-25 14:23 | |
BitMex Insurance Fund Can Finance 51% Attack on Bitcoin Cash For a Year
Hong Kong-based trading platform BitMEX owns so much Bitcoin that it could launch multiple 51 percent attacks against some altcoins for months. Bitcoin Insurance Fund Worth $76 Million Those were the results of calculations from social media commentators this week as it emerged BitMEX’s Insurance Fund now contains 21,350 BTC ($75. дальше »
2019-1-24 05:00 | |
HSBC leans on blockchain tech to process $250b worth of fx transactions
Global bank HSBC has processed more than 3 million foreign exchange (fx) transactions using blockchain technology. According to a report, the transactions, completed over the past year, were worth $250bn. дальше »
2019-1-14 20:56 | |
Malaysia set to impose harsh new ICO and cryptocurrency laws
The Malaysian government is regulating initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrency trading. According to a statement issued by Lim Guan Eng, the country’s Minister of Finance, launching unauthorized ICOs or participating in the exchange of digital goods could result in a 10-year jail term and a $2,4 million (RM 10 million fine). дальше »
2019-1-14 14:10 | |
Zcash Now Available Over-the-counter at Galaxy Digital
Mike Novogratz’s diversified crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital announced on Jan. 10 via a blog post that it has started offering Over-the-counter (OTC) trading of Zcash – a privacy cryptocurrency with a hard cap of 21 million coins just like Bitcoin. дальше »
2019-1-11 14:59 | |