Bitcoin Bank Group faces numerous lawsuits from customers unable to withdraw funds from its cryptocurrency exchange, BBG claims delays are due to malicious activity. Clientele from multiple states in Brazil have filed lawsuits against bitcoin (BTC) investments firm Bitcoin Bank Group for inaccessible crypto funds, according to a report by Cointelegraph Brasil on June 18. […]
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Head of blockchain at social media giant Facebook David Marcus said that the Libra Project will distance itself from Bitcoin and will share information with authorities. Head of blockchain at social media giant Facebook David Marcus said that the Libra Project will distance itself from bitcoin (BTC) and will share information with authorities, Cointelegraph Brazil […]
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French Minister of the Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire intends to ask Facebook for guarantees for its forthcoming digital currency Libra. French Minister of the Economy and Finance intends to “ask for guarantees” from Facebook in regards to its forthcoming digital currency Libra, media outlet Europe 1 reported on June 18. The Minister of […]
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Most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate losses on the day as bitcoin descends back to $9,000. Monday, June 17 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate losses on the day by press time, as bitcoin (BTC) falls Near $9,000 mark again. Market visualization courtesy of Coin360 Bitcoin is currently […]
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Crypto analytics firm Coin Metrics partnered with Social Market Analytics to provide a social media-based feed of sentiment towards crypto. Crypto analytics firm Coin Metrics partnered with Social Market Analytics (SMA) to collaborate on a feed of real-time sentiment towards cryptocurrency based on social media data, according to a press release on June 17. The […]
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The U.S. CFTC has filed a complaint against an alleged $147 million bitcoin scam scheme, Control-Finance Limited. The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) launched action against a reportedly fraudulent $147 million bitcoin (BTC) scheme, fintech news outlet FinanceFeeds reports June 18. On June 17, the regulator reportedly filed a complaint with the New […]
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Facebook has released the white paper for its stablecoin project. Social media giant Facebook has released the white paper for its long-awaited cryptocurrency and blockchain-based financial infrastructure project today, June 18. According to the paper, Facebook’s global stablecoin, dubbed “libra,” will operate on the native and scalable Libra blockchain, and be backed by a reserve […]
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OCamlPro and Starchain Capital are not acting in users’ best interest, Tezos Commons executive director Shaun Belcher says. Members of the community around decentralized platform Tezos have raised concerns about an alleged upcoming hard fork of its blockchain. The issue appeared in a blog post by Tezos Commons executive director Shaun Belcher on June 17. […]
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In the wake of CCN’s Google saga, CT looks at which centralized companies have been hostile to crypto firms in the past. On June 10, one of the top cryptocurrency media sites, CCN, initially announced that it would shut down, citing a June 3 Google Core Update for stifling its traffic. Writing on the website, […]
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South America’s major e-commerce network is reportedly a partner on Facebook’s cryptocurrency project South American online marketplace Mercado Libre is working with Facebook on the social network’s Libra cryptocurrency project, Cointelegraph Brazil reports on June 14. A MercadoLibre executive told Cointelegraph Brazil that the purported cryptocurrency will be integrated into the e-commerce platform as a […]
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