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Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange launched by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has expanded its footprint into Chicago. A Gemini spokesperson told CCN that they are "opening [the new office] with five employees.
2019-6-28 23:30 | |
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Police agencies from the UK and the Netherlands have arrested six people in connection with the theft of €24 million ($27 million) worth of cryptocurrency. According to a statement, the gang stole Bitcoin from at least 4,000 victims across 12 countries.
2019-6-26 11:21 | |
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Coinspeaker Belated ICE-backed Bakkt Bitcoin Futures Beta-Testing Launches in Less than a MonthAs ICE Futures Exchange opens its Bitcoin Futures interest, CME concurrently soars in what appears to be a four day all-time high in a row.
2019-6-25 15:00 | |
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American cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has had a rather interesting relationship with the market, balancing between being an actual exchange and having a flawed system for liquidity. However, it seems to have found itself in more trouble, but not with Peter Brandt, like it has in the past. Instead, it appears that malicious actors are using […]
2019-6-23 00:16 | |
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The Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX appears to have been playing with fire long before it collapsed – and took $134 million with it – earlier this year. According to the latest report from administrators, EY, QuadrigaCX had been operating a fraudulent cryptocurrency exchange.
2019-6-20 11:32 | |
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Wall Street appears to be bullish on bitcoin with a premium developing on the only regulated crypto futures exchange within the United States. A bitcoin equivalent in CME futures is...
2019-6-13 18:54 | |
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Coinspeaker Telegram Says They Haven’t Heard of Gram Asia, Token Sale Was a BluffAs it appears, Telegram GRAM token sale, which was announced yesterday by Liquid, a Japanese exchange, won't happen after all.
2019-6-12 13:10 | |
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It appears that encrypted-messaging app Telegram is finally going forward with the public sale of its Gram tokens, as announced in a press release on June 11, 2019. This comes after the messaging app initially canceled its earlier public ICO plan, amid a firestorm of SEC clampdown on the funding mechanism.
2019-6-12 21:00 | |
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been incredibly strict about what they will approve with a Bitcoin ETF. While every application has been turned away so far, much of the concern that this authority appears to have is to do with the state of the market. In a recent interview with CNBC, SEC Chairman […]
2019-6-7 05:21 | |
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By CCN: Ethereum’s status as a legitimate transactional currency was confirmed once again this week – by none other than the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC’s recent lawsuit against Kik (KIN) details the particulars of the KIN token sale – the public phase of which was carried out against ETH, as opposed to the U.
2019-6-5 16:57 | |
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Coinspeaker SEC Accusing Kik for Illegal ICO, and They May Be RightThe U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission is suing messenger app maker Kik for $100 million ICO for its Kin token which they think was an unregistered securities sale.
2019-6-5 11:20 | |
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By CCN: It appears that Justin Sun’s Crypto Avengers are going to be short one hero. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has turned down the enthusiastic Tron creator’s offer of attending his $4.
2019-6-4 12:13 | |
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It appears that contrary to its marketing promises, Tether – a cryptocurrency pegged to the US dollar – used some of its dollar reserves to buy Bitcoin. The stablecoin issuer, which shares management and ownership with cryptocurrency exchange service Bitfinex, has admitted it used its reserves to invest in Bitcoin and other “assets,” according to court transcripts obtained by The Block.
2019-5-22 11:12 | |
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In the latest on the ongoing legal dispute between the New York Attorney General (NYAG), cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether, the New York Supreme Court has modified an April 24, 2019, preliminary injunction and now Bitfinex is allowed to continue using the Tether reserves that were loaned to it to maintain its ordinary course of business, such as paying employees and consultants.
2019-5-18 22:14 | |
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By CCN: Given the widely publicized troubles faced by Tether (USDT), there is a massive opportunity for a competitor to wade into the stablecoin arena. It appears that Coinbase will be that adversary, as the crypto exchange is taking the opportunity to double down on USDT’s problems and expand USD Coin (USDC) trading into 85 countries.
2019-5-15 04:00 | |
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Popular cryptocurrency exchange Binance will be conducting a system upgrade on May 15, 2019, in the wake of a $40 million hack. Per an announcement that was published on the exchange’s blog, the scheduled system update will affect all transactions on the platform for about 6 to 8 hours.
2019-5-15 16:39 | |
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A website that provided a link between the regular internet and dark web marketplaces offering illegal goods and services in exchange for crypto has been seized. Deep Dot Web went down earlier today with a seizure notice detailing the authorities involved with the bust.
2019-5-8 00:00 | |
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The crypto world seems to be bearing witness to new and exciting tech developments with each passing day. In this regard, it now appears as though a number of European nations have opened their doors to service providers who are looking to deliver their clientele with novel monetary offerings such as “crypto-based debit cards”. As […]
2019-5-3 21:00 | |
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Microsoft email hack appears to be worse than initially thought as hackers may have accessed victims’ crypto wallets and exchange accounts
2019-4-30 03:45 | |
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The New York Office of the Attorney General (AG) wants to take a closer look into the business operations of Bitfinex and related stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT). According to a legal petition filed with the Supreme Court of New York, the NY Attorney General Office of Letitia James is applying for a court order to investigate Bitfinex’s suite of interrelated companies (including its umbrella firm iFinex and Tether Holdings Limited) for “ongoing fraud” to the tune of $850 million.
2019-4-27 01:30 | |
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Roughly 300 Bitcoin, at the current rate of $5,300 per BTC amounts to about $1.5 million that was never recovered following the hack of Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange has been moved. This is the first time these coins have been moved which appears to be in a total of 13 new addresses. These wallets have no […]
2019-4-26 17:54 | |
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By CCN: If you Google the words “HitBTC” and “scam” together you get a lot of interesting results. The notable Bitcoin exchange appears very legitimate when you use it, but – at least in this reporter’s opinion – the anecdotes that come out of this place sometimes border on the disturbing.
2019-4-25 00:13 | |
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It appears that Nasdaq may be in the early stages of listing Bitcoin on their exchange, as a glitch… The post Unconfirmed: A Glitch Revealed Bitcoin Being Tested Directly on NASDAQ appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-4-24 00:13 | |
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It’s been a long and winding road with many twists and turns for the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX and its 115,000 former users who are owed roughly $190 million.
2019-4-10 17:39 | |
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QuadrigaCX monitor Ernst & Young suspects that the beleaguered exchange’s late CEO, Gerald Cotten, may have been financing personal expenditures with company funds, and it is now recommending that the assets in Cotten’s estate be placed under a preservation order.
2019-4-3 01:19 | |
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It’s no news at this point that Ripple (XRP) is making headway with financial institutions around the world, as… The post Ripple: xRapid Appears on World Bank Official Website: “Pilot Saved 40%-70% In Foreign Exchange Costs” – A Step Closer To Mass Adoption? appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-4-1 08:46 | |
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Bithumb temporarily suspended deposit and withdrawal services on its platform. The South Korean cryptocurrency exchange appears to be the latest victim of another hack with $15 million worth of EOS allegedly stolen by cybercriminals.
2019-3-30 12:30 | |
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Cryptomining manufacturer Bitmain has revealed the release date for its next-generation Antminer S17 series. The S17 set of miners includes the Antminer S17 Pro, Antminer S17 and the Antminer T17.
2019-3-30 23:28 | |
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Binance has partnered with Medici Ventures’ portfolio company IdentityMind, a risk management and regulatory-technology compliance platform, in a bid to enhance its fraud protection and compliance protocols.
2019-3-28 18:08 | |
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The current situation is not seeming great for the crypto market as Bitwise Asset Management, a crypto index fund provider has recently claimed that 95% of the volume of unregulated crypto exchanges appears to be either fake or “non-economic in nature”.
2019-3-23 21:44 | |
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Series A Funding Round Ends for Bakkt, Resulting in Over $700 Million Valuation The Intercontinental Exchange has yet to launch their new Bakkt platform. However, it was just a part of a Series A funding round.
2019-3-22 03:21 | |
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The industry’s enthusiasm for a Bitcoin ETF (exchange-traded fund) appears to be waning — if you judge that by the dearth of new comment letters to the Securities and Exchange Commission in support of the investment vehicle.
2019-3-19 03:20 | |
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Whether an investor is involved in traditional or crypto-related trading, privacy appears to be a “must have” when determining where funds will be placed. Though the responsibility to uphold this privacy is often the role of the exchange where trading is done, the federal government also has a responsibility to protect citizens. Perhaps those needs […]
2019-3-6 19:39 | |
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Coinbase announced the listing of Ripple (XRP) on Coinbase Pro yesterday. The massive-supply token saw a significant price rise on the news. However, as first identified by Diar, Coinbase’s listing of the bank-friendly coin appears to violate its own Digital Asset Framework, which outlines requirements which cryptocurrency assets must meet prior to their listing on the US exchange.
2019-2-27 21:14 | |
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The Binance exchange is the biggest crypto trading platform in the world today. This is primarily because of its variety of markets, but also the professional service users can benefit from. For some users, however, it appears as if the recent BTT distribution has caused some friction.
2019-2-20 12:05 | |
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“All payment solutions” will be integrated into an updated payment app from e-commerce giant Rakuten, which acquired a crypto exchange last year
2019-2-17 16:32 | |
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Jennifer Robertson, the widow of the late QuadrigaCX exchange CEO, appears to be liquidating and shuffling some estate assets. When QuadrigaCX founder and CEO Gerald Cotten passed away suddenly in December of 2018 in India, he was allegedly the only person with the knowledge of the exchange’s cold storage keys.
2019-2-15 22:06 | |
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Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)–The debate surrounding the approval of Bitcoin ETFs appears to be heating up. On the same week that an interview leaked all but confirming the future approval of a BTC Exchange-Traded Fund by the United States Securities & Exchange Commission, an official for CFTC has weighed in with his two cents.
2019-2-15 06:04 | |
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Today, February 5, 2019, a court in Nova Scotia, Canada, granted bankruptcy protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) to the embattled Vancouver-based cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX.
2019-2-6 23:12 | |
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Two “prominent professional hacking groups” are responsible for the majority of publicly reported hacks of cryptocurrency exchanges and other cryptocurrency organizations, concludes a report published by blockchain data analytics firm Chainalysis this week.
2019-2-2 01:45 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC), Cryptocurrency, Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)–It appears not all crypto analysts are bullish on Bitcoin’s chances of obtaining ETF approval in the new calendar year. While investors, both bearish and bullish alike, hung on the decision by the United States Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) to delay a Bitcoin-based ETF ruling into 2019, the prospect […] The post Brian Kelly Predicts Bitcoin has “No Shot” at ETF in 2019 appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2019-1-19 19:34 | |
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The ongoing cryptocurrency bear market appears to have claimed yet another victim. The latest digital currency-related firm to announce a restructure is exchange platform Shapeshift. According to a Medium post by the company’s CEO, 37 of Shapeshift’s employees have been laid off.
2019-1-9 03:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has announced it will support trading of USD denominated stablecoin Tether (USDT) against fiat USD from Friday. Bitfinex Hedging A Hedge The curious decision, which the exchange revealed in a blog post just hours before the pair went live, appears to be the first of its kind in the cryptocurrency industry.
2018-12-21 16:00 | |
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Mark Dow, a hedge fund manager and former International Monetary Fund economist, has publicly announced that he has closed his BTC short position. Based on his blog, it appears that Dow likely entered the trade when BTC was trading at around $14,000.
2018-12-20 15:00 | |
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A judge from San Diego has denied on November 27 a U. S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) motion for a preliminary injunction against Blockvest, in what appears to be the first federal decision where the defendant is a digital asset offered during an ICO.
2018-12-2 16:59 | |
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Coincheck digital assets exchange and trading venue have announced the resumption of deposits and trading of Ripple’s XRP and Factom (FCT) altcoins, following its January 2018 half a billion dollar heist, reported Finance Magnates on November 26, 2018.
2018-11-26 14:00 | |
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Calvin Ayre Claims Kraken Has Been Named in SEC Investigation The controversy around the BCH hard fork appears to have engulfed Kraken, the crypto exchange. Proponents of the two BCH forks have taken aim at it.
2018-11-26 01:18 | |
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It appears hackers were able to seize control of the email address of cryptocurrency exchange desk Uphold – and blast its users with a link to a Bitcoin giveaway scam. Scammers sent links to a phishing campaign, designed to dupe naive investors out of their coins.
2018-11-22 16:41 | |
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A bug centering around a new Ethereum token, GasToken, which was enabling abuse on cryptocurrency exchanges, appears to have been resolved. The details are provided in a report originally published on November 13, 2018, that discussed how the bug was exploited by attackers, and what digital platforms could do if they wished to protect their hot wallet funds.
2018-11-22 00:34 | |
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Besides preventing citizens and residents of India from participating in the crypto markets going forward, the proposed crypto ban by the Indian government could also negatively impact investors who have already put their money in digital assets.
The move by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ban banks from offering their services to cryptocurrency-related businesses has claimed another victim – Koinex crypto exchange. ‘Sad day for India’s crypto sector’ In a blog post, the co-founder and CEO of Koinex, Rahul Raj, announced that the exchange’s last day of business would be […] The post India's Frightening 10-Yr Crypto FUD Jail Term Kills Bitcoin Exchange Koinex appeared first on CCN Markets
Koinex, the crypto exchange which was once the largest in India by volume, is shutting down due to regulatory pressure, officials have confirmed. Koinex Blames ‘Uncertainty And Disruption’ In a blog post issued June 27, Rahul Raj, CEO of Koinex, said the company had no option but to suspend trading indefinitely.
Although India had always been a hotbed for the development of crypto infrastructure, the country’s draconian and immature crypto regulation has stifled the scope of innovation there. Most in the crypto ecosystem would be already familiar with the regulatory news coming out of the country with a draft of a bill going as far as […]
In a tweet earlier this month, Koinex, a controversial Indian cryptocurrency announced the delisting of a number of coins from their platform citing low trading volumes as to the reason. Since the announcement, the exchange has faced multiple complaints on their system ranging from deposit and withdrawals concerns, faulty systems and regulation of its activities […]
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