Police claim that wash trading and market manipulation by the owner and management team of the Coinbit exchange netted over 100 billion won. South Korea’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbit, has been seized by police following fraud allegations. According to an Aug. 26 report by the Seoul Shinmun, 99% of transaction volume on the exchange was […]
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How do Compound and Kava differ from other popular DeFi projects, and why did Binance select them as its first DeFi integration protocols? Compound Finance and Kava Labs were chosen as Binance’s two integration partners for the leading cryptocurrency exchange taking its first step into decentralized finance by launching DeFi staking. Time will tell if […]
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Telegram has dropped a two-year-old lawsuit over the ‘GRAM’ trademark but must now repay the defendant’s legal costs. Telegram Messenger Inc has voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against Lantah LLC over the use of the ‘GRAM’ trademark for its cryptocurrency token of the same name. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled that Telegram will have to […]
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Overstock’s tZERO platform has commenced trading Aspen’s digital security. Aspen (ASPD), the security token representing fractional ownership in the St. Regis Aspen Resort — a five-star 179-room hotel in Colorado, has commenced trading on the tZERO alternative trading system. The news marks the first Tezos (XTZ)-based security token to be listed on a regulated platform. […]
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The number of Bitcoin whales has hit a new all-time high, signalling that BTC is still in an accumulation phase. In recent weeks, the number of Bitcoin (BTC) addresses holding over 1,000 BTC — often referred to as “whales” — rapidly increased to around 2,088. This trend started shortly after Bitcoin price crashed to $3,600 […]
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FTX exchange demonstrates retail expansion aspirations as it acquires the number one crypto app. Blockfolio is off the table, and with it goes the second — and arguably final — opportunity for a crypto exchange to add millions of existing retail users to its ecosystem. Following Binance’s acquisition of CoinMarketCap (CMC) earlier this year, crypto […]
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Crypto community responds: ‘Nah, we’re good.’ After exiting the crypto space at a loss last week following his high profile entry, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy is hinting he’s not completely finished with Bitcoin yet. In an Aug. 25 tweet to his 1.7 million followers, the day trading king said he would “save” Bitcoin and […]
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It’s like BNB only better, says supposed-Bitcoin maximalists. On August 24, INX launched a tokenized initial public offering or IPO which was cleared by the SEC. The company describes its mission as bringing “regulated digital asset opportunities to institutions and retail investors”. The following day, several crypto influencers tweeted what appeared to be promotional statements […]
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Privacy coins are quietly being relegated to the fringes of the Blockchain space. Pressured by external forces, two Australian exchanges have begun to delist a number of privacy coins including Monero (XMR) and Bytecoin (BCN). On August 24, YouTuber Alex Saunders tweeted a screenshot of what appears to be an announcement from the Australian exchange, […]
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With globalization progressing rapidly across all industries, let’s look at how blockchain tech is implemented in global advancement worldwide. Since the advent of blockchain technology in 2008, we have seen an ongoing sense of fortune, and several industries have been, and still are, grateful participants. The enormous boom will undoubtedly cause many other businesses to […]
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