Japan’s financial giant Monex Group will pay out dividends in Bitcoin to all Monex shareholders with a Coincheck account. Japan’s financial giant Monex Group, owner of cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, will be granting Bitcoin (BTC) as a mid-term shareholder benefit in 2019. In addition to the existing shareholder benefits, the new dividends will be paid out […]
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Crypto exchange Binance has been awarded an internationally recognized security accreditation, ISO/IEC 27001, following two external audits of its information security systems. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been awarded an internationally recognized security accreditation, ISO/IEC 27001, following two external audits of its information security systems. The exchange shared news of its accreditation in an official tweet […]
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The United States attorney’s office for the Northern District of California has indicted two suspects for hacking crypto marketplace EtherDelta in December 2017. The United States attorney’s office for the Northern District of California has indicted two suspects — Elliot Gunton and Anthony Tyler Nashatka — for hacking EtherDelta, a non-custodial marketplace for trading Ethereum […]
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Crypto users are still at the mercy of the controls and processes of exchanges, wallets and payment services. The power of cryptocurrency payment service providers is under the spotlight after a $100,000 donation to an Amazon rainforest charity was blocked last month. American cryptocurrency payment service provider BitPay reportedly blocked a Bitcoin payment from charity […]
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From Cointelegraph Japan: This week’s selected cryptocurrency and blockchain news. In this week’s selected cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related news from Cointelegraph Japan, government and industry officials secured important appointments, while new data shows the popularity of cryptocurrencies and their favored uses in Japan and China. Expert: Bitcoin is most commonly used for remittances in China On […]
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Select altcoins are showing promise but can the top-five performers of the past week build on their gains? Let’s look at the charts. Facebook’s Libra continues to face opposition from lawmakers and central banks around the world. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said that Europe should consider a European public digital currency to counter […]
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A hacker spent $1,000 in EOS to steal more than $110,000 in cryptocurrency by exploiting EOS game of chance EOSPlay. A hacker spent $1,000 in EOS to steal more than $110,000 in cryptocurrency through an exploit of EOS gambling game EOSPlay. Biggest DeFi service EOS REX used An alleged bug in EOSPlay allowed the attacker […]
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A Russian law firm proposed legal action in Russia that it claims will enable its lawyers to recover up to 200,000 Bitcoin from Mt. Gox bankruptcy fiasco. Russian law firm Zheleznikov and Partners proposed legal action in Russia that should enable its lawyers to recover up to 200,000 Bitcoin (BTC) lost in the Mt. Gox […]
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The age-old strategy of arbitrage capitalizes on price imbalances between markets — but how does it work in the cryptocurrency world? So, is crypto arbitrage worth the effort? The jury is out on this one. People who have plenty of experience in the marketplace — and know how to identify an opportunity when they see […]
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Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Jerome Powell said that the Fed is monitoring digital currencies carefully, but not working on its own. Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Jerome Powell said that the United States Federal Reserve is monitoring digital currencies carefully, but not working on its own at the moment. Speaking at […]
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