Following Circle’s USD Coin launch in late 2018, the firm decided to expand its Centre consortium to more members. Goldman Sachs-backed crypto startup Circle and crypto exchange and wallet service Coinbase are expanding their consortium behind USD coin (USDC), according to a blog post on June 13. The Centre consortium acts as a platform for […]
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Social media giant revealed to be rather close to creating its own crypto token. Over the past few months, it appeared that Telegram has been comfortably leading the clandestine race between major social platforms that have been quietly working on their native crypto tokens, with its Telegram Open Network (TON) making strides toward its October […]
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Blockchain software startup R3 revealed that it is developing a blockchain platform in Brazil with Bradesco, Itau and B3. Blockchain software consortium R3 revealed that it is developing a blockchain platform in Brazil with banks Bradesco, Itau and B3, Cointelegraph Brazil reported on June 12. The R3 Consortium — which is composed of large banks […]
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Merrill Lynch had informed FINRA about Kyung Soo Kim failing to tell bosses about his mining activities, which flouted rules. The United States regulatory body, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), has charged one of Merrill Lynch’s staff $5,000 for mining cryptocurrency. Documents dated June 10 confirm the fine. According to the “letter of acceptance, […]
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The half a million traditional traders that use the Reuters and Bloomberg financial terminals will now have access to the index. The half a million traditional traders that use the Reuters and Bloomberg financial terminals will now have access to an index for the 100 strongest-performing cryptocurrencies and tokens. The terminals’ support of the “CIX100” […]
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The exchange’s co-founder called the move a regulatory play following the turmoil at affiliated platform Bitfinex. Cryptocurrency exchange Ethfinex, the sister exchange of Bitfinex, has launched a test decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), the company confirmed in a blog post on June 12. Ethfinex — which earlier this month launched a decentralized over-the-counter (OTC) trading platform […]
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Some experts say that the crypto winter is over, while other state that the current rally has no real foundation. The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when […]
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Bitfinex has added support for OKEx native exchange token OKB as well as stablecoin USDK. Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is now listing two tokens from the exchange OKEx: its native utility token OKB and the stablecoin USDK, according to a press release on June 12. Bitfinex will offer trading pairs with the new tokens and other […]
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has lowered trading fees for United States customers and announced its expansion to euro markets. Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has lowered trading fees for United States-based customers and announced its expansion to euro markets in a blog post published on June 12. The exchange announced the launch of euro markets later this summer, […]
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Bitcoin’s privacy is getting better, but does it pose an existential threat to anonymous cryptocurrencies? It’s no secret that Bitcoin isn’t actually anonymous, despite what various outside observers of crypto might claim. It is, in fact, pseudonymous, as its transactions are vulnerable to being traced to specific individuals by governments and intelligence agencies with enough […]
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