The hire comes after BitMEX’s founders were charged with failing to prevent money laundering and operating an unregistered trading platform illegally in the United States. The operator of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, 100x Group, has hired a seasoned Anti-Money Laundering (AML) specialist, Malcolm Wright, as its chief compliance officer. In an announcement on Oct. 12, […]
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Analysts warn that U.S. dollar could return to its 2018 lows as Bitcoin fundamentals steam to new records this week. Bitcoin (BTC) starts the week above $11,000 as fresh gains continue to hold — is $12,000 next or will bears gain control? Cointelegraph takes five factors that could help decide whether this week is bullish […]
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The futures contracts premium and the long-to-short ratio show that top traders feel bullish about Bitcoin price. On Oct. 7 Cointelegraph reported that top crypto traders had kept a bearish stance since mid-September and at the time the Bitcoin (BTC) long-to-short ratio had reached its lowest level in 10 weeks. All of this changed in […]
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The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — one week on Cointelegraph in one link! Coming every Sunday, Hodlers Digest tracks every important crypto news story from the previous week. Essential reading for all Hodlers! Top Stories This Week $12,000 Bitcoin price back on the […]
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In three years, a younger generation of banking customers won’t do business with a traditional fiat bank unless it offers access to crypto. Within a few years, a younger generation of financial services customers are going to be able to walk into a bank and gain access to credit products, savings accounts and investments that […]
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The Department of Justice made headlines in crypto and elsewhere, leading a week of law enforcement locking down around the world. Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note Historians typically date the birth of international policing as we know it today […]
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Nobody who believes in crypto wants it to be a sector beholden to criminality or poor commitment to security. John McAfee’s recent detention in Spain caps off a few weeks where crypto news feeds have been dusted with reports of regulator enforcement actions and bans, arrests, and an exchange hack. Crypto news hasn’t looked like […]
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October has been a dramatic month for the top brass of BitMEX crypto derivatives exchange, whose founders face multiple charges from U.S. authorities. BitMEX’s co-founder and former chief technical officer, Samuel Reed, has signed a $5 million unsecured appearance bond for his release from custody pending court proceedings. Reed had been arrested by the United […]
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Overall trading volume was down on derivatives exchanges, but one day set a new yearly high. Binance has overtaken Huobi and OKEx to become the largest crypto derivatives exchange by volume in the September figures with $164.8 billion across the month, according to the latest report published by U.K.-based data firm CryptoCompare, CryptoCompare looked at […]
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The Netherlands has imposed tight regulations related to EU anti-money laundering laws. The central bank of the Netherlands, De Nederlandsche Bank NV (DNB), has granted AMDAX BV the ability to operate under its jurisdiction. This marks the first time a digital asset company has been approved in the country following the introduction of strict new […]
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