Bulls are still king as market signs point up, not down, says filbfilb — but Friday’s futures expiry could spell trouble. Bitcoin (BTC) can still top $13,000 and higher as a series of “non-events” still leave bulls in a powerful position. Data from Coin360 and Cointelegraph Markets showed BTC/USD climbing towards $11,500 on Aug. 28, […]
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Many prominent crypto players responded positively to the SEC decision, while others said the move falls short Major players in the crypto community have responded to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently amending its definition of an “accredited investor”. While many gave positive feedback, some say the new rules don’t go far enough. On […]
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Polkadot’s ‘canary network’ has tripled in price this month, with Kusama having unveiled an ambitious plan to relay blockchain transactions from Mars. Polkadot’s (DOT) mainnet launch rally has seen many associated projects produce parabolic gains during August. Polkadot’s pseudo-test network or ‘canary chain’, Kusama (KSM), has been among the month’s strongest performers, rallying from less […]
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Robonomics’ lifetime subscription token is trading for close to six-figures on Uniswap. The highly-anticipated launch of Polkadot’s (DOT) mainnet has seen many smaller crypto assets associated with the project explode recently. Both tokens of the distributed ledger technology (DLT)-powered robotics and Internet-of-Things (IoT) project Robonomics have been among those to surge alongside Polkadot, with the […]
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The world’s largest digital asset management firm has pulled advertising from a Fox News prime-time show following controversial comments about a recent U.S. shooting. Grayscale Investments, a major crypto investment firm with $5.8 billion in assets, has pulled advertising from Tucker Carlson’s prime-time show following the host’s controversial comments about a recent shooting at a […]
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‘DeFi is not a spectator sport,’ says Framework Labs co-founder Vance Spencer Framework Labs, the sister company of Framework Ventures, has raised $8 million in a new seed round. Station 13, an investment firm focusing on blockchain ventures related to sports, media, and entertainment, led the $8 million fundraising round for Framework Labs. Framework will […]
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Binance and Oasis Labs are building a platform to facilitate threat intelligence sharing among exchanges. The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has teamed up with privacy-centric blockchain-powered cloud computing developers Oasis Labs to fight fraud in the crypto sector. Oasis was announced as the inaugural member and primary infrastructure provider for the Binance-led CryptoSafe Alliance […]
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It’s not a group of 1980s rappers, it’s North Korea’s second most notorious hacking gang. A group of North Korean hackers is engaged in a massive campaign targeting U.S. financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges around the world — with US authorities warning of the high level of threat it poses to the country. According to […]
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IDEX has chosen to take a more traditional approach to security. IDEX, a decentralized exchange, recently underwent a security audit by Quntstamp prior to the release of its 2.0 mainnet. The exchange’s CEO Alex Wearn emphasized the importance of security audits to Cointelegraph: Depositing funds into contracts that the authors themselves state are unaudited, and were […]
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Two Chinese crypto exchanges allegedly lost millions of dollars to North Korean hackers. “The Justice Department today filed a civil forfeiture complaint detailing two hacks of virtual currency exchanges by North Korean actors,” said an Aug. 27 statement from the U.S. Department of Justice, or DoJ. “These actors stole millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency […]
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