Bitcoin price suddenly dived below $10K on Saturday leading many to speculate that a well-known Bitfinex whale trader could be the reason for the pullback. Late Saturday night on Feb. 15, Bitcoin (BTC) price briefly reclaimed the $10K mark after a tumultuous day of trading that saw the price drop 5.35% to $9,853. The possibility […]
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Cointelegraph talks to Hedera Hashgraph CEO about the potential of the company and how their governance model triumphs Libra. Independent research firm Fundstrat predicts that Hedera Hashgraph, the enterprise-grade public distributed ledger platform, could generate $1.9 billion in value across its network by 2024. Fundstart’s predictions are highlighted in their latest report, which analyzes Hedera’s […]
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Coinbase misses the number one spot among platforms on CryptoCompare’s new Exchange Benchmark due to a 2019 Bitcoin price glitch. Coinbase, one of the most popular platforms in the United States, missed out on the number one spot in a ranking of crypto exchanges due to a 2019 Bitcoin (BTC) price glitch. The major U.S. […]
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Chainalysis, a provider of crypto transaction data for IRS and FBI, does not think that privacy coins are bad despite not being able to fully track them. A major global company that helps fight illicit cryptocurrency-related activity does not think that privacy in crypto markets is necessarily bad. Despite representing one of the primary sources […]
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Cryptocurrency darknet proves to be resilient in a new report, yet over 99% of cryptocurrency transactions are legal. It’s a new decade with an old problem for law enforcement officials: How do you stop cybercriminals from stealing billions of dollars in cryptocurrency and using it for illicit purposes? These kinds of criminal activities range from […]
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Privacy-centric computing network and app ecosystem Blockstack has paused its App Mining pilot due to a range of challenges. Privacy-centric computing network and app ecosystem Blockstack has paused its App Mining pilot due to a range of challenges. Rolled out in 2018, the App Mining project is designed to incentivize developers to build apps on […]
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The case against suspected Bitcoin money launderer Alexander Vinnik enters a new phase, Cointelegraph reaches out to Vinnik’s lawyers. After spending 30 months in detention, Greek authorities have finally extradited the Russian national and alleged Bitcoin (BTC) money launderer Alexander Vinnik to France. Prosecutors in France are charging Vinnik, operator of the defunct BTC-e crypto […]
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This week the total value of USD locked in DeFi platforms topped $1 billion and Ether price broke through a key resistance to rally to a new 2020 high. Altcoin price action has been the talk of the town for the past two weeks — and for good reason. Since the start of 2020, altcoins […]
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Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, plans to further bolster its fiat-to-crypto channels by hiring a former TradingView exec. Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is planning to further bolster its fiat-to-crypto gateways by hiring a former TradingView exec. Iskander Malikov, a former chief operating officer at major trading chart analysis […]
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With Ether breaking through the $200 mark yesterday, a bullish $1 billion in value is now locked in the DeFi markets. With Ether (ETH) breaking through the $200 mark yesterday, $1 billion in value is now locked in the DeFi markets. Total value locked in DeFi markets, Feb. 7. Source: defipulse.com As of Feb. 7, […]
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