China Continues to Dominate Global Bitcoin Mining, But for How Long?

New research shows that China’s dominance of the total Bitcoin hash rate continues to grow. The nation reportedly now accounts for around 66 percent of all the computing power supporting the Bitcoin network at present. дальше »

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Nayuta Launches Hybrid Full Node/SPV Mobile Bitcoin Wallet

Nayuta’s new mobile Lightning bitcoin wallet uses a novel full node/SPV validation model which accounts for all portable needs. The post Nayuta Launches Hybrid Full Node/SPV Mobile Bitcoin Wallet appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine. дальше »

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Kraken Adds GBP Support for U.K.; What This Means for Crypto Market

Crypto asset exchange Kraken has added two new options for GBP deposits and withdrawals in attempts to speed up the exchange of funds for users. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Chart Looks Eerily Similar to $3,000 Bottom; Is the Pain Over? Options to Fund Accounts In collaboration with UK-based payments services provider Clear Junction, Kraken users can. дальше »

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Alpha Mining Project Set To Become Largest Crypto Mine In North America

China accounts for over 60% of global Bitcoin mining, but a new…

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Millennials Turn to Bitcoin, Shun Visa, For Retirement

Millennials are turning their attention to Bitcoin as part of their retirement portfolios, according to research from Charles Schwab. In the bank and brokerage firm’s industry-leading benchmark on retirement plan participant investment activity within self-directed brokerage accounts (SDBAs), a breakdown of individual equity holdings among American Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials were compared. дальше »

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Millennials Trust Bitcoin-Based Equities Over Microsoft, Disney Stock

Bitcoin-based investment has made its way into the portfolios of the youngest investors, as millennials allocate a part of their retirement to Bitcoin-based stock. Millennials Allocate Funds to Different Asset Mix Analysis of self-directed brokerage accounts show a generational divide in selecting assets. дальше »

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Wyre’s cashingout.me instantly turns crypto donations to cash, and deposits to bank accounts

Wyre, a blockchain payment company, just launched a new solution for content creators to accept crypto. Cashingout. me links bank accounts with a blockchain address, and lets anyone convert crypto donations into cash. дальше »

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Blockfi Launches Crypto Trading Platform

Crypto financial services company Blockfi has launched a trading platform supporting three cryptocurrencies. The new offering adds to the company’s existing services: interest-bearing accounts and crypto-backed loans. дальше »

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New platform shows rankings for most influential Twitter accounts by cryptocurrency

Crypto research platform LunarCRUSH has launched a tool ranking the most influential Twitter accounts by their impact on specific cryptocurrencies. The California-based company markets itself as taking a “community-driven” approach to cryptoanalysis and claims to crunch data from more than 100,000 social media posts each day using machine-learning. дальше »

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Circle Warns Poloniex US Customer Assets May Be Sent to the Government

As part of its release of the cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex, Circle may begin charging fees to Poloniex US customers. And the company warns that any unclaimed digital assets, those in dormant accounts, may be sent to state governments, consistent with relevant regulations for abandoned property. дальше »

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Bittrex denies losing $300 million of bitcoins

More than $300 million worth of bitcoins were withdrawn from Bittrex accounts. Users fear that the exchange fell victim of another tremendous hacker attack, but the exchange itself claims that deposits are safe. дальше »

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Bithumb Launches Identification System to Assign Real Names to Virtual Accounts To Comply With AML

The crypto space in South Korea is among the most vibrant amongst today’s FinTech aggressive nations. This market accounts for nearly a fifth of the total crypto transactions globally despite the tough stance by authorities on cryptocurrency activities. дальше »

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Bithumb releases identity authentication system to comply with global requirements

The cryptocurrency space in South Korea accounts for nearly 20% of the world’s crypto-transactions. However, the country's crypto-industry has consistently been on the defensive against stifling resThe post Bithumb releases identity authentication system to comply with global requirements appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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Easypaysy Crypto Wallet Aims to Make Bitcoin Accounts User Friendly

A new Bitcoin wallet has been rolled out with the main goal to make crypto addresses easier to remember while broadening Bitcoin (BTC) adoption. The new service is dubbed ‘Easypaysy’ and was officially launched on December 1st of this year. дальше »

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Despite Big Technology Innovations, Many Users Are Still Unwilling to Trust Facebook with Personal Data

It is Big Tech’s moment in the financial world right now. Between the Google Pay processes that link consumers’ checking accounts and the Libra project, the decision to infiltrate the financial world with major tech is no hidden secret. дальше »

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Modulus now offers crypto exchange partners option to accept card payments

Modulus, a US-based developer of crypto exchange and surveillance technology, today announced a partnership with Axcess Merchant Services, a merchant account, and technology solutions provider. The new partnership will allow Modulus cryptocurrency exchange operators the ability to accept credit and debit card payments to fund trader accounts. дальше »

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Binance to Launch Its Troy IEO Tomorrow and Announces New Internal Transfer Feature

Coinspeaker Binance to Launch Its Troy IEO Tomorrow and Announces New Internal Transfer FeaturePreparing to host the TROY IEO tomorrow, Binance has announced a new Internal Transfer Feature to seamlessly transfer assets between different user accounts. дальше »

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Binance Now Offering Free and Instant Internal Transfers

Binance has just announced a way to easily move money between accounts on the exchange. According to the announcement, transfers are now free and instant. Users can withdraw assets from one Binance account to another without the need for any block confirmations. дальше »

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Ripple Now Lets Customers of Major Crypto Exchange Instantly Deposit USD

Bitstamp customers can now fund their accounts with USD in no time because of a new Ripple ODL corridor opened by FlashFX дальше »

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Criminals can Reactivate Your Dormant Netflix Account Without Payment Details

Criminals will often turn their attention to online services. A new discovery shows how even inactive Netflix accounts are not safe from harm.   When a Netflix account is no longer considered an active subscription, it becomes basically worthless. дальше »

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Coinbase Receives Patent Approval For An Automated Compliance Enforcer To Curb Illegal Activities

The issue of compliance and proper AML practices within the crypto markets has been a concern for regulators and FinTech stakeholders in this field as well. Coinbase crypto exchange is the latest to patent a technology that can single out ‘bad’ accounts within its ecosystem. дальше »

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The Cardano Foundation Launches Adapay, An Ada Based Payment Gateway For Merchants

The Cardano Foundation, the parent company behind privacy-focused cryptocurrency Cardano (ADA) has launched its payment gateway for merchants called AdaPay on November 27. The new payment gateway would allow merchants to accept ADA payments directly into their bank accounts. дальше »

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Coinbase Secures Patent for Automated KYC System

Coinspeaker Coinbase Secures Patent for Automated KYC SystemIt has become known that Coinbase patented a system aimed at automatical identification of accounts that do not meet AML requirements.Coinbase Secures Patent for Automated KYC System дальше »

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Coinbase Patents AI Compliance System to Monitor and Flag Accounts

Popular U. S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase received a patent November 19, for an AI-driven compliance system which would monitor customer accounts, flagging those deemed non-compliant and recategorizing them for corrective action. дальше »

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Cardano Foundation and COTI Release AdaPay

Cardano Foundation and COTI released AdaPay, a solution allowing merchants to accept ADA and receive fiat on their bank accounts. Announced in October, the collaboration adds ADA as a payment option for merchants using the COTIpay platform. дальше »

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US Judge Denies Customer’s Plea to Quash IRS Bitstamp Inquiry

A Washington Western District Court judge has rejected petitioner William Zietzke’s appeal to stop the U. S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from accessing his Bitstamp trade data. An IRS summons invoked Zietzke to file a petition to quash the tax agency’s investigation into his private accounts. дальше »

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Coinbase Secures Patent for System to Identify Non-Compliant Accounts

Coinbase has been awarded a patent for a system that finds and flags non-compliant accounts

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Coinbase Patents Automated KYC Enforcement Tool

Coinbase has patented a system which would automatically identify accounts violating AML rules. дальше »

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Twitter Updates Its Policy on Removal of Inactive Accounts, Twitter Stock Is Slightly Up

Coinspeaker Twitter Updates Its Policy on Removal of Inactive Accounts, Twitter Stock Is Slightly UpTwitter clarified its inactive account removal policy. Now there will be some certain parameters for it. дальше »

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As Twitter Plans to Purge Inactive Crypto Accounts, Community Pushes for Memorialization of One Bitcoin User

Hal Finney received the first Bitcoin in a transaction from Satoshi Nakamoto himself. Jack Dorsey, who is in charge of Twitter, is a massive fan of Bitcoin. Twitter is a massive social media platform, allowing millions of users to sign up for accounts to post to their friends, family, and other followers. Recently, the platform announced […] дальше »

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Bitcoin Pioneers’ Account Won’t Disappear, Confirms Twitter

Twitter has just announced that it will proceed with less haste than originally planned with regards removing inactive accounts. Public backlash against the proposed account cull, stemming in part from the Bitcoin community, has forced the company to reconsider the policy. дальше »

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Crypto community urges Jack Dorsey to memorialize Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney’s Twitter account

As Twitter prepares for a massive cleanup of inactive accounts, the crypto community urged the company to memorialize the account of legendary programmer and early Bitcoin adopter Hal Finney. Finney, who died in 2014 due to complications of ALS, had his body cryogenically frozen in hopes to be revived in the future. дальше »

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Once Bitcoin Halves, COO of Bitcoin IRA Aims to Reach $1 Billion in Investments

Bitcoin IRA established itself as the first company that makes it possible for consumers to pad their retirement accounts with Bitcoin. Considering the activity in the market today, a recent interview reveals that the COO hopes to have over $1 billion in investments after the halvening. дальше »

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Ontology blockchain to integrate off-chain data connection via Chainlink

Ontology, a network of public blockchains and distributed collaboration platform with integrated support for ledger accounts and smart contracts, announced today a partnership with Chainlink to integrate its oracle solution for building data-driven smart contracts. дальше »

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EOS Block Producer EOShenzhen Is Allegedly Profiting From Sock Puppets

EOShenzhen, the 59th largest EOS block producer, has been accused of creating multiple EOS accounts and violating other rules, according to community members and block producers. ColinTalksCrypto, who runs EOS’s largest voting proxy, raised the issue via Twitter on Thursday, Nov. дальше »

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South Africa’s FirstRand Bank Shuts Down Bitcoin Exchanges Accounts Due To Regulatory Uncertainty

FNB Bank, which is one of the ‘big five’ South African banks, has decided to shut down accounts owned by crypto exchanges in the country. However, the bank was quick to note that should the country implement clear-cut cryptocurrency regulations, it might reverse the policy. дальше »

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South African exchange reacts to FNB closing accounts for crypto companies

In the wake of the news that FNB would be closing all business banking accounts for companies dealing in cryptocurrencies, AltCoinTrader has expressed its disappointment in what has been a reputable banking partner in the past. дальше »

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South African Bank Closes Crypto Accounts While a $500 Bitcoin Premium Develops

FirstRand, one of South Africa’s biggest bank with $93 billion in assets, is to close the bank account of major crypto exchanges in the country, including Luno, ICE3X, VALR and... The post South African Bank Closes Crypto Accounts While a $500 Bitcoin Premium Develops appeared first on Trustnodes. дальше »

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$400M of Illicit XRP Transactions Discovered by Risk Management Firm

Elliptic, a firm specializing in risk management for cryptoassets, has discovered $400M in illicit XRP transactions. In total, it represents 0.2% of all transactions on the network. In a press release shared with BeInCrypto, Elliptic has just added XRP to its monitoring suite and has found hundreds of XRP accounts linked to scams and illegal […] The post $400M of Illicit XRP Transactions Discovered by Risk Management Firm appeared first on BeInCrypto. дальше »

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Coinbase UK User Can Now Trade EOS, DAI, XTZ, And LINK; Chainlink Jumps 5.5% After The News

The United Kingdom-based version of Coinbase, Coinbase UK, has recently announced that four new assets would be listed. The announcement, which was made via the company’s official blog, informed that customers can buy, sell and trade XTZ, DAI, LINK, and EOS tokens. дальше »

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South Africa’s FNB Bank to Shut Down Crypto Exchange Accounts

South Africa’s First National Bank (FNB) bank has announced that it will be shutting down accounts linked to cryptocurrency exchanges. In the process of cracking down on cryptocurrencies, banks themselves are experiencing the heat of negative interest rates and billions in fraud. дальше »

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Major South African Bank Closes Crypto Exchange Bank Accounts

FNB, one of the ‘big five’ South African bank is closing down accounts operated by crypto exchanges in the country. The bank, however, says the emergence of clear-cut cryptocurrency regulations in South Africa may trigger a reversal of the policy. дальше »

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Google Enters Banking Space, Will Bitcoin Be Threatened by the Search Engine Giant?

Google is making an interesting move by moving into the banking space. According to a recent report by the Wall Street journal, the tech giant will soon offer consumers checking accounts through a project that is code named Cache. дальше »

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Bitcoin’s ‘Demise’? Google, Bailed-Out Citi Unveil Checking Accounts

The bell-ringers of Bitcoin’s death are gathering at the news of Google’s planned foray into digital finance

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No, Bitcoin Is Not Threatened by Google's Foray into Banking

Cryptocurrencies and checking accounts are different things. That's something doomsayers fail to realize дальше »

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Lebanon Banks in a Panic, Bitcoin Could Serve as Rescue

Lebanon’s banking system has been in shambles for quite some time, with closures across the country. Now, the banks are ready to reopen, but they are opening with a caveat. Without calling it Capital Controls, Lebanese banks have set a withdrawal limit of $1,000 a week for accounts denominated in foreign currency. дальше »

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US Crypto Firms Will Soon Have Another Banking Option

U.K.-based Cashaa, which describes itself as a banking service platform, is about to launch bank accounts for stateside crypto firms denominated in U.S. dollars. дальше »

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Google Branches Into Banking, Is It a Threat to Bitcoin?

The big threat for Bitcoin at the moment is Google’s quantum computing prowess. A move by the search giant into banking however, could be a whole different matter for the entire crypto industry. дальше »

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Cashaa Will Open USD-based Banking Services for Crypto Companies

A new platform called Cashaa has issued a press release about its new crypto-friendly banking services and added USD bank accounts. Cashaa’s platform is simple to navigate and it offers a number of services, including “next generation banking. дальше »

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Crypto Market Leaders Share Their Worst Banking Experiences

Many of the people working in the cryptocurrency industry had a negative banking experience. Some were prevented from accessing their funds while others lost their accounts. It’s no surprise that many people are working hard to disrupt the banking industry. дальше »

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