Crypto exchange Bithumb has denied accusations of faking trade volumes since late summer 2018. South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has denied allegations of faking trade volume, Forbes reported on Dec. 19. Cryptocurrency exchange ratings and analytics service CER has accused Bithumb of faking up to 94 percent of its trade volume since the late summer […]
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Ledger signed an agreement with a Hong Kong-based crypto payment startup that will allow its clients to pay for its products with digital currencies. Crypto hardware wallet supplier Ledger has signed an agreement with crypto payment startup Crypto.com to allow users to pay for its products with crypto, according to a press release shared with […]
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Markets are up slightly over the last few days, with some saying that prices have nearly found a bottom. The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making […]
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sponsored A project aims to stop deforestation in Paraguay by planting fast-growing eucalyptus trees in hollow lands. A group of German entrepreneurs have come up with a blockchain-based project that aims to help save trees in Paraguay, one of the countries most affected by deforestation. Every minute, our planet loses 27 soccer fields worth of […]
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French Parliament has rejected most of crypto-related amendments to the 2019 finance bill which were expected to ease taxation. The lower house of the French parliament has rejected the amendments to the 2019 finance bill which would ease crypto-related taxation. French monthly business magazine Capital reported this Tuesday, Dec. 18. The amendments that have been […]
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Bitmain’s IPO faces fresh claims that it is unlikely to launch under current regulatory conditions in Hong Kong. Hong Kong stock market regulator is reportedly reluctant to allow Bitcoin mining equipment manufacturer Bitmain to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) in the city. Local English-language newspaper South China Morning Post (SCMP) made this claim in […]
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Iranians who are turning to Bitcoin mining due to economic difficulties caused by U.S. sanctions still manage to profit due to low electricity prices. Iranians are turning to Bitcoin (BTC) mining due to economic difficulties caused by sanctions by the United States, International affairs think tank Atlantic Council reported Dec. 17. Despite the recent crash […]
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Qtum has awarded a grant to Columbia University to fund the development of a new programming language for Ethereum-style smart contracts. Open source blockchain project Qtum has awarded a $400,000 grant to academics at Columbia University to fund the development of a new programming language for Ethereum (ETH)-style smart contracts. The news was announced in […]
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The Supreme Court of Greece has ruled in support of a decision to extradite the alleged former operator of now-defunct crypto exchange BTC-e to France. The Supreme Court of Greece has ruled in support of a decision to extradite the alleged former operator of now-defunct crypto exchange BTC-e Alexander Vinnik to France. A “correspondent at […]
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A new study has identified 4,818 cryptocurrency pump-and-dump groups on popular messaging apps Telegram and Discord. There are thousands of pump-and-dump groups on popular messaging apps, a study conducted by the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) revealed Dec. 18. Pump-and-dump is the fraudulent practice of perpetrators encouraging unwitting investors to buy an asset to inflate […]
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