A new survey conducted among 800+ traders reveals that the majority of crypto traders love the simplicity of trading on desktop computers. Cryptocurrency exchanges are used by cryptocurrency holders to store their crypto assets or to trade cryptocurrencies. There are hundreds of exchanges available today, and it can be difficult for cryptocurrency holders to choose […]
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Telegram lawyers say a review of its bank records’ data-privacy compliance could take months to prepare due to its multi-jurisdictional nature. Lawyers representing the messenger giant Telegram have stated that a review of financial records requested by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will take five to seven weeks to prepare. In a […]
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The United States SEC will be looking for greater crypto compliance in 2020, but the announcement suggests a softening of attitude. The United States Securities Exchange Commission continues to scrutinize crypto as its compliance office adds fintech and digital assets to its annual priorities list. Per a Jan. 7 announcement from the SEC’s Office of […]
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If the U.S. keeps ignoring the blockchain tech space in terms of cooperation between public and private sectors, China might win this war. While Mark Zuckerberg was fighting with the United States Congress over Facebook’s Libra, China took another step forward in the global technology race. President Xi Jinping called on his country to “seize […]
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Telegram will still have to prove that its bank records comply with foreign data privacy laws despite a U.S. court denying a Jan. 2 application by the SEC. The District Court for the Southern District of New York has denied a request by the United States’ securities regulator to make Telegram reveal its bank records. […]
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Crypto community wonders why Nakamoto Telegram channel enters read-only mode – could this be due to spam and trolls or something else. On Jan. 3 a “pro-Bitcoin” news outlet called “Nakamoto” launched with the stated intention of letting industry thought leaders share positive content about cryptocurrencies. According to the about section of the Nakamoto website, the […]
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We asked prominent crypto and blockchain actors how they would summarize the year 2019 for the industry. Alexander Zaidelson, CEO of Beam I think the year of 2019 was a year of big hopes for wider adoption and some disappointments. The Libra debacle was one of the big events that, in my view, influenced the […]
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Telegram says the SEC is on an “unfounded fishing expedition,” and Google Play lifts MetaMask ban. 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 — a week on Cointelegraph in […]
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There were 12 major cryptocurrency exchange hacks in 2019. In total, over $292 million and over 500,000 pieces of customer data were stolen. Twelve major cryptocurrency exchange hacks occurred in 2019. Of these, 11 hacks resulted in the theft of cryptocurrency while one only involved stolen customer data. In total, $292,665,886 worth of cryptocurrency and […]
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The latest spat in a long-running dispute with the regulator sees a judge demand Telegram respond to its request for bank account figures within hours. Lawyers representing encrypted messaging app Telegram have requested a United States court throw out regulator demands for its bank accounts. In a letter to Judge P. Kevin Castel at the […]
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