Transactions left a wallet that likely belonged to the exchange after the death of its CEO, research alleges. Embattled Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX reportedly never had the $190 million in Bitcoin (BTC) it supposedly lost access to when its CEO unexpectedly died, new research claimed on Feb. 5. The report, published on cryptocurrency portal Zerononcense […]
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An Israeli blockchain intelligence firm claims to have identified proof of donations in Bitcoin reaching Hamas, the de facto ruling authority of the Gaza Strip in Palestine. An Israeli blockchain intelligence firm claims to have identified proof of donations in Bitcoin (BTC) reaching Hamas, the de facto ruling authority of the Gaza Strip in Palestine. […]
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Crypto Facilities will continue operating from London under its new owner, Kraken, following a “nine-figure deal.” United States cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has acquired United Kingdom-based cryptocurrency exchange and futures provider Crypto Facilities, the company confirmed in a press release Feb. 4. Crypto Facilities, which began operating in 2015, is fully regulated by the U.K.’s Financial […]
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The latest feature caters to traders looking to transact funds with a value of at least 20 BTC at a time. Number-one ranked cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced it had launched its over-the-counter (OTC) trading desks for larger transactions, according to a Jan. 23 blog post. The new tool, simply known as Binance OTC, offers […]
Continue ReadingDifficulty bomb delay, mining reward decrease, ETH price change — What else is to be expected by the community ahead of the Constantinople fork? The next attempt to implement the Ethereum (ETH) hard fork is expected to come in the interval from Jan. 14 to Jan. 18 — or according to Afri Schoedon, the release […]
Continue ReadingThe Bittrex OTC platform, which is geared towards high-volume trades, launches later Monday, a statement confirmed. United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex will launch an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk on Monday, according to a private statement released on Jan. 14. The latest major exchange to enter the OTC market, Bittrex will offer investors the same raft […]
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The ex-SEC attorney David Labhart will also act as co-general counsel for the platform. Blockchain platform TRON has hired a former United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) supervisory attorney as its first chief compliance officer. The company has revealed this to Cointelegraph in a press release on Jan. 9. David Labhart, who previously worked […]
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Scams and frauds were still prevalent in 2018 despite a decline in the cryptocurrency market value. 2018 will long be remembered as the start of a significant cryptocurrency bear market, but the declining market still provided opportunities for scam artists to snag unwary investors. Given that 2017 was a breakout year for Bitcoin (BTC) and […]
Continue ReadingMorgan Stanley isn’t the only bank to have been fined recently for Anti-Money Laundering non-compliance. In 2018, barely a month passed without an official at a financial institution or government department calling on crypto to clean up its act. In the last quarter of the year alone, the United States Department of the Treasury, the […]
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Daily traded volume of cryptocurrency contracts on the Huobi Derivatives Market has broken past $1 billion. Daily traded volume of cryptocurrency contracts on the Huobi Derivatives Market (DM) has broken past $1 billion, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Dec. 27. Huobi Global — which operates the world’s third-largest largest crypto spot […]
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