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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The Bitcoin blockchain has passed a milestone 500 million transactions confirmed. The Bitcoin network has surpassed 500 million transactions since going live over 11 years ago. According to blockchain analytics site Statoshi, there have been half a billion transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain as of press time. Source: Statoshi Crypto firm Casa CTO Jameson Lopp, […]
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Binance Launchpad announced the results of the first token sale of the year, WazirX. Binance Launchpad, as the name suggests, is Binance’s token launch platform, which has just announced WazirX’s token sale results. It is the first token sale of this year. According to a Feb. 4 press release from Binance, there were 10,000 winning […]
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French authorities have charged former operator of now-shuttered crypto exchange BTC-e and Russian national Alexander Vinnik. French authorities have charged former operator of now-shuttered crypto exchange BTC-e and Russian national Alexander Vinnik. Bloomberg reported on Jan. 28 that Vinnik’s lawyers said that he will remain in France to face his charges following his recent extradition […]
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Thailand’s securities regulator has granted a coveted digital assets exchange license to Asia-Pacific crypto-fiat trading platform Zipmex. Thailand’s securities regulator has granted a coveted digital assets exchange license to Asia-Pacific crypto-fiat trading platform Zipmex. According to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Jan. 20, Thailand’s Ministry of Finance and the Thai Securities and Exchange […]
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WisdomTree developing a stablecoin may signal a nascent competition among leading U.S. asset managers for dominance in the crypto sector. The news that WisdomTree, a major asset manager with $63.8 billion in assets under its belt, plans to launch a regulated stablecoin — pending approval from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission — could […]
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A giant Bitcoin transaction between two unknown addresses was subsequently claimed by Bitfinex, which was reloading its hot wallet. The origin and destination of the funds at first remained unknown. The transaction followed fresh developments in the court case involving Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who claims to be Bitcoin inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto. As […]
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Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of the now-defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, is seeking to put an end to litigation filed by a former exchange user back in 2014. Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of the now-defunct Bitcoin (BTC) exchange Mt. Gox, is seeking to put an end to litigation filed by a former exchange […]
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Blockchain startup Securrency receives over $17 million in funding as asset manager WisdomTree leads the charge to bring blockchain to ETFs. As a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) continue to elude U.S. markets, one startup has secured $17 million that seem earmarked to bring blockchain tech to ETFs. WisdomTree announced investment in a startup called Securrency […]
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We asked prominent crypto and blockchain actors how they would summarize the year 2019 for the industry. Alexander Zaidelson, CEO of Beam I think the year of 2019 was a year of big hopes for wider adoption and some disappointments. The Libra debacle was one of the big events that, in my view, influenced the […]
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