The Crypto Rating Council announced the addition of NY-based CrossTower as its newest member. Cryptocurrency exchange CrossTower is now part of the Crypto Rating Council, or CRC. They join as the council’s newest member, alongside 11 other industry companies. According to the announcement on June 10, the CRC were pleased to select the New York-based […]
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According to Bithumb, the Ether that paid a $2.5 million transaction fee ended up in its coffers. According to Bithumb, the 0.55 Ethers (ETH) that incurred a $2.6 million transaction fee ended up in one of the exchange’s wallets. Mistake or money laundering? Earlier today, someone paid 10,668.73 Ethers in gas to move $134 worth […]
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Experts say CoinMarketCap’s update is not good enough after the latest method tweak causes further controversy among the community. For reasons of vanity as well as for those of industry health, it’s important to have a good method for ranking crypto exchanges and coins. But as the past few years have shown, no foolproof method […]
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The Kava decentralized finance project has launched on the Cosmos blockchain, giving users the ability to put BNB for collateral to receive its stablecoin, USDX. The Kava decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol officially launched on Cosmos (ATOM) mainnet, with an initial onboarding of Binance Coin (BNB) as a collateral form. Kava works in a similar way […]
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Here’s how the crypto derivatives market compares to the traditional derivatives one. Crypto derivatives volumes have hit a new record high in May 2020. The early generation of crypto investors mostly worked with a hold-and-sell perspective. With the inevitable evolution of the market and the advent of cryptocurrency derivatives, investors with varied agendas — such […]
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Binance is said to be operating a mysterious domain for Chinese traders. Top crypto exchange, Binance, seems to be providing trading services for mainland Chinese customers despite the local ban, a report published yesterday by China National Radio, or CNR, alleges. According to CNR, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, has been promoting […]
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About 4,000 Chinese bank accounts of over-the-counter cryptocurrency traders were allegedly frozen by law enforcement. Around 4,000 Chinese bank accounts of cryptocurrency traders have reportedly been frozen by local law enforcement. According to a June 8 report by 8BTC, police froze the bank accounts of thousands of over-the-counter (OTC) traders from the Chinese province of […]
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Just over a month since open interest in Bitcoin options hit a record high of $1 billion, the latest figures show that it has increased 50% to break $1.5 billion. According to the latest data from market analysis company Skew, total open interest in Bitcoin (BTC) options passed $1.5 billion on June 9. This comes […]
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The plaintiff in a lawsuit against BitMEX has asked a court to preserve thousands of email records that could show the exchange was operating illegally in the United States. The plaintiff in a lawsuit accusing BitMEX of market manipulation and operating without a license in the U.S. believes that Twilio possesses thousands of incriminating email […]
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MKR is up 30% in 24 hours following the MakerDAO community’s vote in favor of introducing tokenized “real-world” assets as collateral for Dai loans. The price of MakerDAO (MKR) has rallied by roughly 30% over the past 24 hours, posting a new year-to-date high above $720 on some exchanges. The rally follows a late May […]
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