From CT auf Deutsch: a highly active BaFin and a bankruptcy filing from an Austrian crypto ATM start-up lead the week’s news from the German-speaking world. The German-speaking world was highly active as far as crypto was concerned this past week. Among other stories, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) issued several items of […]
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With Coinbase becoming the world’s largest institutional custodian of digital assets, the crypto community is left to wonder what it means for the industry… The major digital asset services platform Coinbase has recently announced the long-anticipated completion of a deal that has been in progress since at least May: the acquisition of Xapo’s institutional business. The move […]
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Poloniex is making moves to cover its losses from the CLAM flash crash, but questions remain about the accountability of margin borrowers… When a financial system like the crypto market lacks liquidity, a crash becomes inevitable. This was the case at the margin trading marketplace hosted by U.S.-based crypto exchange Poloniex toward the end of […]
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Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance will compensate its users affected by the recent Know Your Customer images leak with a lifetime VIP membership. Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced that it will offer a lifetime VIP membership to all its users affected by the recent Know Your Customer (KYC) images leak on the platform. According to the […]
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Maxine Waters, the chair of the House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee, says continuing to review Facebook’s crypto activities is on its fall agenda. Representative Maxine Waters, chair of the United States House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee, says the committee will continue to review Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra and the corresponding digital wallet Calibra. […]
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Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance states that leaked Know Your Customer images match those processed by a third party vendor. Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance states that some leaked Know Your Customer (KYC) images overlap with those processed by a third party vendor. In an announcement on Aug. 23, Binance said that its investigation of a KYC […]
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A British judge has ordered the confiscation of $1.1 million worth of crypto from a hacker who used phishing attacks to obtain personal data and sell it on the dark web. A British judge has ordered the confiscation of $1.1 million worth of cryptocurrency from a hacker who used phishing attacks to steal personal data […]
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Facebook’s Libra remains hot on the agenda despite the fact that no new announcements have come; instead, the world continues to react to the stablecoin… Over the past few days, a number of Libra-related announcements have been made — only, they weren’t from Facebook, the Libra Association, Calibra wallet or any other party involved in […]
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Ethereum Classic price is soaring this week on bullish news including North Block Capital investment group joining ETC’s newly-launched developer support program. Ethereum Classic (ETC) price has surged 40% this week on several bullish news stories, according to data from Coin360. Over the past seven days, ETC price has climbed from around $5.50 to roughly […]
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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao says he is confident no cryptocurrency has gone missing due to technical problems on Friday. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has confirmed user funds are not at risk after a reported technical problem began affecting withdrawals. According to CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, the situation was being resolved on Aug. 23, […]
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