A New York-based legal firm filed a class-action suit against Tether and Bitfinex, accusing the firms of crypto market manipulation. A New York-based legal firm has filed a lawsuit against Tether and Bitfinex, accusing them of cryptocurrency market manipulation. “Largest bubble in history” Roche Freedman filed a class-action suit claiming that stablecoin firm Tether and […]
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Cryptocurrency exchange CoinField launches an XRP validator that is already included in Ripple’s Unique Node List, teases a new mysterious project. Cryptocurrency exchange CoinField has launched an XRP validator which is already included in Ripple’s Unique Node List (UNL). According to a press release published on Oct. 2, “UNLs are the lists of transaction validators […]
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A crypto derivatives exchange is launching physically-delivered futures contracts that will be settled based on whether Facebook’s Libra does or does not launch in 2020. A crypto derivatives exchange is launching physically-delivered futures contracts that will be settled based on whether Facebook’s Libra does or does not launch in 2020. According to Bloomberg’s report on […]
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American entrepreneur and vocal crypto advocate John McAfee launches a new decentralized exchange on the Ethereum blockchain. American entrepreneur and vocal crypto advocate John McAfee has launched a decentralized exchange (DEX) running on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. McAfee DEX is set to run in a beta release status as of Oct. 7, according to the […]
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Cryptocurrency exchanges Bitfinex and EOSFinex announce that they successfully “chainswapped” 5 million USDT onto the EOS protocol. Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in conjunction with EOSFinex, its decentralized trading platform, have announced that they had successfully completed a “chainswap” to convert $5 million worth of Tether (USDT) stablecoins onto the EOS blockchain protocol. According to a press […]
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Several Brazilian cryptocurrency firms are under investigation in Cointelegraph’s weekly digest of news from the country. Brazil saw another week of reports on alleged cryptocurrency scams as the Sao Paulo Court ordered to block the assets managed by Unick Forex, while another firm was reported of promising 400% returns through a cryptocurrency investment scheme. Here […]
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PayPal pulls out of the Libra Association, crypto markets fail to recover, and Mark Cuban says he’d rather have bananas than BTC. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more […]
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Stablecoins backed by fiat money — what is their goal and which ones do investors prefer and for what uses? Stablecoins attempt to be fiat currencies among cryptos. They can be a medium of exchange, a means of storing value and a unit of account. Unlike other digital coins, stablecoins are tied to some kind […]
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Will the first signs of recovery in altcoins sustain or turn out to be a dead cat bounce? Let’s study the charts. Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder Tom Lee believes that Bitcoin does well when the S&P 500 market index moves up. Though Bitcoin might act as a macro hedge against global turmoil in some instances, […]
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Samsung Pay teams up with RippleNet member Finablr to offer cross-border payments feature Money Transfer to its app’s users. Samsung Pay, the mobile payments service of South Korean tech giant Samsung, has partnered with payments platform Finablr, Ripple’s RippleNet member, to offer cross-border payments feature Money Transfer to its app’s users. Finablr announced the partnership […]
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