Bitcoin price bears are eyeing $7K levels as Bakkt launch appears to not be having an immediate impact on cryptocurrency markets. With Bakkt launching just a few hours ago, crypto Twitter exploded with somewhat anticipated disappointment at the news of the first Bitcoin trade on ICE Futures US taking place at 8:02 ET. Twitter users […]
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Ex-CEO of UBS and board member of one of Switzerland’s first licensed crypto banks, says the traditional banking industry is starting to take note. Peter Wuffli — the former CEO of major Swiss multinational investment bank UBS — says the advent of new, regulated actors in crypto is drawing the attention of big-name banks. Wuffli […]
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The International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) has ruled that cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, are neither financial assets nor legal tender. The International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) has ruled that cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC), are neither financial assets nor legal tender. The Korea Times reported the development on Sept. 23, citing the Korea Accounting Institute’s […]
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Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has refuted fresh allegations of manipulative practices such as wash trading on its platform. Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has refuted fresh allegations of manipulative practices such as wash trading on its platform. In a statement shared with Cointelegraph on Sept. 23, the exchange wrote that the wash trading allegations made in a recent […]
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18 Bitcoin in volume has been traded since the launch of Bitcoin futures on the Intercontinental Exchange’s Bakkt platform late yesterday, Sept. 22. 18 Bitcoin (BTC) in volume has been traded since the launch of Bitcoin futures on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)’s Bakkt platform yesterday, Sept. 22. The much-anticipated contracts — the first of their […]
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CBOE withdraws its VanEck/SolidX Bitcoin ETF, leaving the SEC with just two similar but less popular proposals. On Sept. 17, the Chicago Board Options Exchange’s BZX Equity Exchange withdrew its VanEck/SolidX Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal a month ahead of the review deadline. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) — the regulator on […]
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The United States attorney’s office for the Northern District of California has indicted two suspects for hacking crypto marketplace EtherDelta in December 2017. The United States attorney’s office for the Northern District of California has indicted two suspects — Elliot Gunton and Anthony Tyler Nashatka — for hacking EtherDelta, a non-custodial marketplace for trading Ethereum […]
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Bitcoin is the only top-20 coin seeing some gains ahead of the upcoming launch of Bakkt’s physically delivered BTC futures. Sunday, Sept. 22 — crypto markets are seeing a wave of red amid the approaching launch of Bakkt’s physically delivered Bitcoin (BTC) futures on Monday. Bitcoin is the only cryptocurrency out of the top 20 […]
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The Blockchain Transparency Institute finds that Kraken and Coinbase are among the cleanest cryptocurrency exchanges in the industry. The Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI) has released its latest market surveillance report which states that Kraken and Coinbase are among the cleanest cryptocurrency exchanges in the industry. BTI cleans wash trading from exchanges’ volumes On Sept. 19, […]
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Bakkt’s CFTC-approved, physically settled trading platform for Bitcoin futures goes live after over a year of anticipation. Bakkt’s physically settled Bitcoin (BTC) futures trading is now live for trading on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). New option for traders As of 8 PM EST on Sept. 22 (00:00 UTC Sept. 23), Bakkt’s much-anticipated BTC futures trading […]
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