Chinese president’s embrace of blockchain tech triggered a recent surge in Bitcoin’s price, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz said. China’s President Xi Jinping gave credibility to blockchain and crypto by calling the country to accelerate blockchain adoption, said Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz. The cryptocurrency investor delivered his remarks speaking at the Reuters Global Investment […]
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Even though BitMEX is trying to brush aside its recent email leak, many industry personnel seem to think the matter is serious. On the first day of November, it came to light that popular crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX had accidentally leaked sensitive data related to its users, which occurred as a result of the company failing […]
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After a lackluster debut, Bitcoin futures trading on the Intercontinental Exchange Bakkt platform is now seeing consistently rising interest from institutional traders. Bitcoin (BTC) futures trading on the Intercontinental Exchange Bakkt platform is seeing a considerable rise in average daily volume so far this month compared to September and most of October. Volumes yesterday, Nov. […]
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The United Nations Security Council’s Sanctions Committee on North Korea has accused the country of using a Hong Kong-based blockchain firm as a front to launder money. The United Nations Security Council’s Sanctions Committee on North Korea has accused the country of using a Hong Kong-based blockchain firm as a front to launder money. As […]
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Research claiming one Tether wallet partly sparked Bitcoin’s 2017 all-time price high misunderstands markets, says Jeremy Allaire, among other reasons. Bitcoin (BTC) price highs in 2017 were not the result of a single trader on an exchange, the CEO of payment company Circle claims. In a series of tweets on Nov. 4, Jeremy Allaire disputed […]
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A decision to treat Bitcoin mining as an undesirable industry earlier this year no longer features in China’s official plans, documents show. Bitcoin (BTC) mining will not face a state crackdown in China, authorities have confirmed in new official documents. As noted by Blockstream CSO Samson Mow and others on Nov. 6, mining no longer […]
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Hong Kong’s financial watchdog announced it will unveil regulations for cryptocurrency exchanges and application requirements today. Hong Kong’s financial regulator — the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) — will publish a new set of regulations for Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency exchanges today. The news, reported by Reuters on Nov. 6, was announced by Chief Executive […]
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Stellar takes the lead with 20%, while Bitcoin’s price hovers above the $9,300 price mark and the crypto markets continue to show upward price momentum. Tuesday Nov. 5 — Crypto prices continue to show upward momentum across markets, while Bitcoin (BTC) hovers around the $9,300 price mark and Stellar (XLM) takes a shot at the […]
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Stellar Lumens’ massive token burn might be the trigger needed to activate a new bullish market cycle on XLM? On Nov.4 Stellar Lumens announced the completion of a 50% token burn of their total supply. This led to the destruction of 55 billion (XLM) tokens and the Stellar Development Foundation explained that the token burn […]
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CipherTrace’s support for BNB and Binance Chain will not affect Binancians’ security and data protection, Binance COO Samuel Lim says. American blockchain security firm CipherTrace will provide Anti-Money Laundering (AML) controls for Binance Chain and its native asset Binance Coin (BNB). CipherTrace to increase AML checks on Binance Chain Binance Chain, a public blockchain of […]
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