Major cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex listed a $280 million cryptocurrency hedge fund. Bitfinex, the major cryptocurrency exchange and partner firm of stablecoin Tether (USDT) is listing a multi-million-dollar cryptocurrency hedge fund. The exchange announced on March 16 that it has listed Bahamas-based crypto hedge fund Fulgur Alpha, which is currently worth $280 million dollars. According to […]
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Bitcoin’s price had its worst drop in seven years, after $1 billion in longs were liquidated. Top traders discuss the causes. The Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped to $3,600 overnight, marking Bitcoin’s biggest daily drop in the last seven years. Over $1 billion worth of longs was liquidated on March 12, causing one of the most […]
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Recent studies have shown the Lightning Network is struggling, but are these teething problems or longer-term issues? For a currency to be considered useful as money, it has to serve three fundamental purposes. It should function as a medium of exchange, as a store of value and as a unit of account. The fact that […]
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USDT remains the largest stablecoin by far and is listed on all the major exchanges and wallets. Sogani: “Any [court] decision will impact the industry directly.” The iFinex–Tether market manipulation lawsuit continues. Last week, Judge Katherine Failla of the Southern District of New York selected Roche Cyrulnik Freedman as interim lead plaintiff counsel, and four […]
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Bitfinex, an affiliate exchange of stablecoin firm Tether, rolled out futures trading for Tether’s new gold-backed coin XAU₮. Major cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, the sister exchange of stablecoin firm Tether, has rolled out futures trading for Tether’s new gold-backed coin. Starting on March 6, Bitfinex users can trade futures contracts on Tether Gold (XAU₮) against Tether […]
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Centralization of ETH among the 100 largest wallets is growing, signaling that whales are accumulating ahead of Ethereum’s ‘ETH 2.0’ revamp. Whales appear to be accumulating Ether (ETH), with the percentage of ETH supply controlled by the top 100 wallets standing near 25%. The observation was made by blockchain data analysis firm Santiment, who tweeted […]
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Reginald Fowler has pleaded not guilty to a fresh charge of wire fraud for his alleged operation of shadow banking company Crypto Capital. Reginald Fowler has pleaded not guilty to a new charge of wire fraud during a March 6 hearing at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. On […]
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A theory has emerged that miners tend to sell before the halving to accumulate enough Bitcoin to finance their operations. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped right before and after the two previous block-reward halving events in 2012 and 2016. BTC is demonstrating a similar trend approaching the May 2020 halving. A theory has […]
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2020 has already been remarkably eventful for the crypto industry, and security breaches are no exception. As the cryptocurrency industry continues to mature, security remains a major challenge. Over the last few weeks, a number of cryptocurrency exchanges — namely, OKEx, Bitfinex, Digitex and Coinhako — have experienced security breaches. Although the attackers apparently did […]
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Bitfinex, the 11th largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, will remove dozens of crypto trading pairs later on this week. Bitfinex, the 11th largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, will remove dozens of cryptocurrency trading pairs later this week. According to a March 2 blog post, Bitfinex will remove 46 crypto trading pairs […]
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