From CT auf Deutsch: a highly active BaFin and a bankruptcy filing from an Austrian crypto ATM start-up lead the week’s news from the German-speaking world. The German-speaking world was highly active as far as crypto was concerned this past week. Among other stories, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) issued several items of […]
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Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics firm, announces the launch of a real-time compliance alerts solution, with service for 15 cryptocurrencies. Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has launched transaction alerts for suspicious exchanges of a range of cryptocurrencies. In a post published on the firm’s blog on Aug. 22, Chainalysis announced the launch of alerts for suspicious cryptocurrency […]
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Crypto markets continued to see red today with Bitcoin price hovering around the $10,000 threshold. Saturday, Aug. 24 — crypto markets continued to see red today as Bitcoin (BTC) has dipped below $10,000 price mark several times over the past 12 hours. Only two out of the top-20 coins by market cap are seeing gains […]
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has settled charges it filed in 2018 against a crypto pyramid scheme involving four individuals, with the defendants paying $500,000. The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has settled charges it filed in 2018 against an alleged crypto pyramid scheme involving four individuals. Terms of settlement According to an official […]
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With Coinbase becoming the world’s largest institutional custodian of digital assets, the crypto community is left to wonder what it means for the industry… The major digital asset services platform Coinbase has recently announced the long-anticipated completion of a deal that has been in progress since at least May: the acquisition of Xapo’s institutional business. The move […]
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Ethereum is still in a bear market even as Bitcoin continues to post amazing gains. When will the tables turn for the largest altcoin by market cap? Nowadays, it seems everyone is bearish on Ethereum and its Ether token (ETH) except for Placeholder VC partner Chris Burniske, who, earlier this week, made the case […]
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A man apprehended for selling two pounds of meth to an undercover agent pleaded guilty to running a $25 million money-laundering scheme using Bitcoin. A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty to running a $25 million Bitcoin (BTC) money laundering scheme and sale of methamphetamine. Possible life sentence News outlet U.S. News reported on Aug. 23 […]
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In this week’s news from Cointelegraph’s Spanish version: the CIO of Cresio talks about crypto’s future, a Monero developer refutes a Satoshi claimant and more. As many of our readers probably know, Cointelegraph has a number of non-English branches, each covering news from different parts of the world. In pursuit of the most complete and […]
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Poloniex is making moves to cover its losses from the CLAM flash crash, but questions remain about the accountability of margin borrowers… When a financial system like the crypto market lacks liquidity, a crash becomes inevitable. This was the case at the margin trading marketplace hosted by U.S.-based crypto exchange Poloniex toward the end of […]
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Chinese cryptocurrency company Amber Group recruited ex-Morgan Stanley Asia head of derivatives Jeffrey Wang. Former Morgan Stanley Asia head of derivatives Jeffrey Wang officially joined Amber Group, a Shenzhen-based cryptocurrency company. As Bloomberg reported on Aug. 23, Wang will operate out of Vancouver as the head of Americas for Amber. According to the article, he […]
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