The cryptocurrency last saw such a level of market control before the start of its bull-run in April 2017. Bitcoin’s (BTC) parabolic advance over $12,000 has taken its market dominance above 60% for the first time since April 2017, data from CoinMarketCap confirmed on June 26. Following its rapid appreciation in recent days, the bitcoin […]
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Bitcoin is soaring past $12,000 for the first time since January 2018. Bitcoin price has continued its rapid growth and on June 26 it hit $12,000 for the first time in over a year, according to Coin360. Market visualization courtesy of Coin360 Bitcoin (BTC) breached the $12,000 level early this morning after mostly trading horizontally in […]
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Europol arrests 6 unnamed individuals in the U.K. and the Netherlands under suspicion of involvement in a multimillion-dollar crypto theft. Europol, in conjunction with the United Kingdom’s South West Regional Cyber Crime Unit, the Dutch police, Eurojust, and the U.K.’s National Crime Agency (NCA), has coordinated the arrests of six people suspected of stealing over […]
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LedgerX, a U.S.-based regulated crypto derivatives and clearing platform, has received CFTC approval to operate as a designated contract market. The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved the application of LedgerX LLC for designation as a contract market, according to an announcement published on June 25. LedgerX — a U.S.-based regulated crypto […]
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Following the partnership with Hotels.Com, Lolli now has two of the world’s top three travel websites including Booking.com. Bitcoin (BTC) rewards shopping app Lolli has expanded its business by adding major booking service Hotels.com to its partners, the company announced in a blog post on June 25. With the new partnership, the New York-based firm […]
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The Western Mojave plant will run 330 days a year and generate 10-13 megawatts of power. California-based mining company Plouton Mining will build North America’s largest solar-powered bitcoin mining farm, the company confirmed in a press release on June 25. Plouton, which is a subsidiary of Plouton Group Holding, says the site in Western Mojave […]
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JPMorgan’s exec revealed that the bank has seen interest from global clients potentially using JPM Coin in bond transactions. The United States’ largest bank, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), is expecting to pilot its own cryptocurrency JPM Coin by the end of 2019, according to a Bloomberg report on June 25. Umar Farooq, head of digital treasury […]
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Ex-Trump advisor and conservative economist Stephen Moore has joined a stablecoin project that aspires to function as a new type of ‘crypto central bank.’ Stephen Moore — the economist who advised Trump on his tax cut policy and made an aborted Trump-backed bid to join the United States Federal Reserve board — has joined a […]
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When Facebook confirmed its crypto plans in mid June, BTC/USD was already riding gains of 130% since April. Bitcoin (BTC) was already trading above $9000 when Facebook formally unveiled its Libra cryptocurrency protocol. Despite many commentators arguing the current bitcoin price spike is due to the social media giant, a glance at data puts bitcoin’s […]
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Peer-to-peer cryptocurrency solutions project Liquality has launched its interface for cross-chain atomic swaps between bitcoin, ether and stablecoin dai on the mainnet. Peer-to-peer cryptocurrency solutions project Liquality has launched its interface for cross-chain atomic swaps between bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and stablecoin dai (DAi) on the mainnet. The news was revealed in an official company […]
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