The hire comes after BitMEX’s founders were charged with failing to prevent money laundering and operating an unregistered trading platform illegally in the United States. The operator of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, 100x Group, has hired a seasoned Anti-Money Laundering (AML) specialist, Malcolm Wright, as its chief compliance officer. In an announcement on Oct. 12, […]
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Analysts warn that U.S. dollar could return to its 2018 lows as Bitcoin fundamentals steam to new records this week. Bitcoin (BTC) starts the week above $11,000 as fresh gains continue to hold — is $12,000 next or will bears gain control? Cointelegraph takes five factors that could help decide whether this week is bullish […]
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Losses due to crypto scams are on the rise in Belgium. Belgium’s financial watchdog has reported scammers stole up to $12 million from investor in the country using fraudulent ads. In an Oct. 5 warning from the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), the watchdog estimated that investors in Belgium had lost at least 10 […]
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The futures contracts premium and the long-to-short ratio show that top traders feel bullish about Bitcoin price. On Oct. 7 Cointelegraph reported that top crypto traders had kept a bearish stance since mid-September and at the time the Bitcoin (BTC) long-to-short ratio had reached its lowest level in 10 weeks. All of this changed in […]
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Fans chose the formation and the attacking lineup through blockchain. Then they won. Fans truly know the team best. A football team in Cyprus won against its rivals after it allowed fans to use blockchain technology and fan tokens to vote on its match lineup and formation, taking fan engagement to a new level. Apollon […]
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The department, along with other international agencies, alleged end-to-end encryption can create “severe risks to public safety.” The U.S. Department of Justice has released an international statement claiming that end-to-end encryption “poses significant challenges to public safety,” including sexually exploited children. In an Oct. 11 statement from the DoJ, the agency called on technology companies […]
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Bitcoin price could achieve a new 2020 high if bulls hold the price above the key multi-year resistance at $11.5K. In the past three years the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has shot down several applications for a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund. This dashed hopes of many investors who believed Bitcoin price would rally higher […]
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The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — one week on Cointelegraph in one link! Coming every Sunday, Hodlers Digest tracks every important crypto news story from the previous week. Essential reading for all Hodlers! Top Stories This Week $12,000 Bitcoin price back on the […]
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On-chain data shows a rise in HODLing among retail Bitcoin investors who expect BTC to rally in Q1 2021. New data shows Bitcoin’s (BTC) current price action is showing higher levels of ‘HODLing’ activity than previous bull cycles. According to on-chain analyst Willy Woo, an indicator called “reflexivity” has been increasing in recent months. Woo […]
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Cronje may have gone silent on Twitter, but it hasn’t stopped people from trying to sue him for the EMN hack. A group of investors is crowdfunding a lawsuit against Yearn.finance (YFI) founder Andre Cronje over the unreleased and unfinished Eminence (EMN) protocol and its hack. In a post, the group EMN Investigation said it […]
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