The New York-based cryptocurrency exchange announced it had raised $6 million in a seed funding round led by a former board member of Skype. Cryptocurrency exchange CrossTower announced on June 22 it had raised $6 million in a new seed funding round led by Gerard Lopez, a former board member of WIX and Skype. According […]
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Telegram’s digital resistance in Russia will contribute to further anti-censorship efforts in countries like China and Iran, Pavel Durov says. Russia’s decision to lift its two-year Telegram ban is going to mark the beginning of a broader movement to protect privacy-focused apps like Telegram, the company’s CEO says. Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, […]
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Ebang will reportedly get listed on Nasdaq on June 26, hoping to raise $125 million in an initial public offering. Chinese Bitcoin (BTC) miner manufacturer Ebang will reportedly be listed on Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker EBON later this week, becoming the second crypto mining company to go public in the United States. According […]
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The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority is urging all crypto businesses operating in the country to submit their applications by June 30 to make it for the 2021 deadline. The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, or FCA, on Monday urged all national cryptocurrency businesses to submit their registration with the regulatory watchdog. According to the FCA’s […]
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A former senior official of the People’s Bank of China said that the country has completed the backend architecture development of its digital currency. The former vice-chair of the People’s Bank of China’s National Council for Social Security Fund, Wang Zhongmin, announced that China has completed the backend architecture development of China’s central bank digital […]
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Stock markets settling provides the background to a calmer status quo for Bitcoin, but upcoming events could soon change the mood. Bitcoin (BTC) begins a new week trading in a familiar corridor below $10,000 — will it stay there or is volatility actually incoming? Cointelegraph Markets’ weekly newsletter gives you five factors influencing Bitcoin’s price […]
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The New Zealand police have recovered $90 million in assets reportedly belonging to the alleged $4 billion launderer Alexander Vinnik. New Zealand police have recovered $90 million connected to the case against suspected Bitcoin money launderer Alexander Vinnik. According to Jared Savage at the New Zealand Herald, the police Asset Recovery Unit have frozen roughly […]
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Nassim Taleb, university professor and author of Black Swan, thinks Bitcoin is a good idea but most investors can’t understand its nuances. Nassim Taleb, author of “Skin in the Game”, got into a small Twitter feud in which he explained that most investors can’t understand the nuances of a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. According to a […]
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John McAfee’s controversial Ghost distributed exchange, which promises anonymity, is now live. John McAfee’s controversial Ghost distributed exchange is now live, the cryptocurrency advocate announced on Twitter over the weekend. The Ghost distributed exchange is related to McAfee’s privacy project Ghost, a Proof of Stake privacy coin intended for more anonymous transactions. McAfee clarified on […]
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Investor Jim Rogers thinks Bitcoin is still in a bubble and the cryptocurrency will eventually go to zero and disappear. The investment guru who said Bitcoin was in a bubble as early as 2017 recently speculated that all cryptocurrencies will be gone eventually. In an interview with the Asahi publication AERA dot on June 19, […]
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