Sunday, March 31, 2019
CryptoCurrency News: Police Freeze Bank Accounts, Seize Luxury Cars in Probe of $22 Million ICO Promoter Vanbex
Canadian police have frozen assets of the founders of Vanbex, as part of a fraud probe into the firm's $22 million ICO.
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CryptoCurrency News: Up 100%: Litecoin Price Sets Q1 Performance Record
Litecoin's price doubled in the first three months of 2019 to register its best first-quarter performance on record.
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CryptoCurrency News: Iran’s Crypto Regulations: What’s Happening Behind Closed Doors
The Central Bank of Iran's draft crypto framework has the local community worried, and getting it changed will not be easy.
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Saturday, March 30, 2019
CryptoCurrency News: WATCH: The Joy of Blockchain
Bob Ross takes you on a magical tour through one of CoinDesk's favorite Consensus topics: education.
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CryptoCurrency News: The Ultimate Irony of Crypto Trading
Dave Weisberger, CEO of CoinRoutes, looks at some of the main inefficiencies of crypto markets, and how investors can navigate them.
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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Exchange Bithumb Hacked for $13 Million in Suspected Insider Job
South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb has had over $13 million in EOS stolen in a hack, but says customer funds are safe.
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Friday, March 29, 2019
CryptoCurrency News: Canadian Municipality Set to Accept Bitcoin for Property Tax Payments
The Town of Innisfil, Ontario, will accept bitcoin for property tax payments from next month in a one-year trial project.
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CryptoCurrency News: Justin Sun Draws Heat From Tron Fans for Waffling on Promised Prizes
There's an unclear line between Tron Foundation accounts and CEO Justin Sun's personal expenditures on the community, as a recent Tesla giveaway shows.
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CryptoCurrency News: Bakkt Taps Former IBM and Cisco Exec Tom Noonan to Chair Its Board
Bakkt has tapped Tom Noonan, a founder of multiple cybersecurity startups, to chair its new board.
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CryptoCurrency News: SEC Postpones Decision on Bitwise’s Bitcoin ETF Proposal
The SEC has extended its review period of the Bitwise bitcoin ETF proposal, filed in conjunction with NYSE Arca.
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CryptoCurrency News: Fidelity Poaches Coinbase Institutional Sales Head Christine Sandler
Coinbase's director of institutional sales, Christine Sandler, has left the crypto exchange for Fidelity Investments, sources said.
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CryptoCurrency News: ‘Big Four’ Consulting Firms Dominate Blockchain Jobs Market, Says Indeed
Deloitte, KPMG and EY are all in the top five when it comes to posting blockchain and crypto job ads in the U.S., according to Indeed.com data.
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CryptoCurrency News: Bittrex-Backed Euro Stablecoin Can Be Staked for 8% Interest
A group of blockchain firms called Universal Protocol Alliance is launching a euro-pegged stablecoin that can be staked to earn annual returns.
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CryptoCurrency News: Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles to Appeal Data Conviction
Mark Karpeles, former CEO of the collapsed bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, is reportedly to appeal his conviction on data manipulation charges.
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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Price Hits 5-Week High With Chart Echoing 2015 Pre-Rally Pattern
Bitcoin is slowly gaining altitude with a long-term lagging indicator flashing signs similar to those seen before the 2015 bull breakout.
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CryptoCurrency News: Facebook’s Blockchain Hiring Spree Continues With 5 New Postings
Social media behemoth Facebook is advertising for five more blockchain-related positions – adding to the 20 posted by the company in recent weeks.
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CryptoCurrency News: Bitmain’s Jihan Wu: ASICs Are Making Ethereum Mining More Decentralized
The Bitmain co-founder says ASIC miners are making blockchains more decentralized and ethereum's ProgPow proposal could still be "ASICable."
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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Leads Wall Street to Brave New World of Crypto Staking
Coinbase Custody has launched staking services for institutional clients, starting with Tezos and touting 6.6 percent yields.
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Thursday, March 28, 2019
CryptoCurrency News: Craig Wright’s nChain Is Hiring a Lawyer to ‘Prosecute’ Its Crypto Patents
nChain, founded by self-styled bitcoin inventor Craig S. Wright, is looking for a patent counsel to manage its portfolio of blockchain-related IP.
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CryptoCurrency News: $5 Million in MakerDAO Loans Have Been Liquidated, But Help Is on the Way
A new tool called CDP Saver is being tested that could soon make MakerDAO loans less risky.
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CryptoCurrency News: Fake Volume on Crypto Exchanges Isn’t the Half of It
Daniel Cawrey is CEO of Pactum Capital, a cryptocurrency investment firm focused on market making and liquidity. Formerly a CoinDesk Contributing Editor, he is author of the upcoming “Mastering Blockchain” book to be published by O’Reilly Media. Recently, a report was produced by Bitwise Asset Management showing the existence of faked volumes in the bitcoin […]
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CryptoCurrency News: Bitrefill Now Lets You Pay for Airbnb Rentals With 5 Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency gift card provider Bitrefill has added a service allowing users to book Airbnb rentals with bitcoin, ether and more.
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CryptoCurrency News: Swiss Watchdog Rules Crypto Miner’s ICO ‘Seriously Violated’ Laws
Switzerland's finance regulator has found that crypto mining firm Envion's $90 million ICO took deposits from investors unlawfully.
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CryptoCurrency News: Ledger, Legacy Trust to Offer Institutional Custody of ERC-20 Tokens
Hardware wallet maker Ledger and Hong Kong-licensed Legacy Trust now provide custody for crypto assets including ethereum-based tokens.
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CryptoCurrency News: AlphaPoint Appeals to Institutions With Security Token Tech Upgrade
Blockchain services firm AlphaPoint has upgraded its tech solution for security token offerings in bid to attract institutional clients.
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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Startup TokenPay Buys Equity Stake in Heidi Klum Lingerie Maker
TokenPay is turning ICO proceeds into equity investments, this time with a stake in lingerie company Naked Brand Group.
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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Still Needs $190 Price Gain for Bull Reversal This Month
A bull reversal would be confirmed if bitcoin closes March at levels above $4,190, price charts suggest.
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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Exchange Secures $50 Million in Diamonds for ETF Launch
Blockchain-based trading platform CEDEX says it now has a trader inventory of 6,000 diamonds as it moves towards launching a diamond ETF.
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CryptoCurrency News: Marco Polo Blockchain Built on R3’s Corda Sees First Live Trades
The first real transactions have been conducted on Marco Polo, a trade finance blockchain built on R3's Corda platform.
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CryptoCurrency News: Kraken Ramps Up Security With Enforced 2FA and Dedicated Lab
Kraken has introduced enforced two-factor authentication (2FA) and a dedicated security lab, aimed at enhancing client security experience.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019
CryptoCurrency News: Top Cap and Delta Cap: New Metrics for Spotting Bitcoin Price Trend Reversals
Cryptocurrency researchers Willy Woo and David Puell released several new valuation metrics for bitcoin's price in February. Here's an overview.
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CryptoCurrency News: HSBC Exec Urges CFTC to Make More ‘Positive Noise’ About Blockchain
HSBC's Jesse Drennan asked the CFTC to make more "positive noise" about distributed ledger tech to spur business adoption.
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CryptoCurrency News: Why Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey Are Warming to Blockchain
The winds of change are coming to the centralized systems of the Internet, according to author Michael Casey.
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CryptoCurrency News: New York Grants Its 18th BitLicense to Crypto ‘Prime Broker’ Tagomi
NYDFS has awarded its 18th BitLicense to prime broker startup Tagomi Trading, allowing it to offer bitcoin, ether, litecoin and bitcoin cash trading services.
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CryptoCurrency News: TechCrunch Founder’s Crypto Fund Tops $100 Million, Completes First Acquisition
One of Arrington XRP Capital's largest limited partners has injected a fresh $30 million into the digital asset firm, according to Michael Arrington.
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CryptoCurrency News: Lightning Offers Growth Path for Emerging-Market Crypto Exchanges
Booted from India in a crypto banking crackdown, Zebpay is the latest exchange to use the lightning network to attract users.
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CryptoCurrency News: Avalon Bitcoin Miner Maker Canaan Is Plotting Another IPO Attempt
Canaan Creative, manufacturer of the Avalon bitcoin miner, is considering another attempt to go public, sources say.
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CryptoCurrency News: Most Crypto Exchanges Still Don’t Have Clear KYC Policies: Report
Regtech startup Coinfirm has found that only 26 percent of crypto exchanges have a "high" level of anti-money laundering procedures.
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CryptoCurrency News: Huobi’s US Arm Launches Institutional Group for OTC Crypto Trading
The U.S. branch of the Huobi Global crypto exchange is courting big-money investors with a new institutional team.
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CryptoCurrency News: New iPhone-Controlled Crypto Vault Promises ‘Bank-Grade’ Security
ConsenSys-backed Trustology has launched an iPhone-controlled crypto vault service it says is secure enough for financial institutions.
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CryptoCurrency News: Bull Return? Bitcoin Again Rebounds From Strong Price Support
Bitcoin has once more bounced from the 30-day moving average, thwarting a bearish move that saw prices drop below $3,920 on Monday.
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CryptoCurrency News: London Metal Exchange Backs Plan to Track Physical Metals With Blockchain
The London Metal Exchange is said to be supporting an initiative to track physical metals using blockchain.
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CryptoCurrency News: CabbageTech CEO Indicted in New York for Defrauding Crypto Investors
The owner of a firm called CabbageTech has been arrested and charged with duping investors out of over $200,000 in cryptocurrency and cash.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019
CryptoCurrency News: Grin Cryptocurrency to Vote on Change to Hard Fork Roadmap
Grin developers are discussing potential changes to the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency's hard fork roadmap.
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CryptoCurrency News: From Law to Lawlessness: Bits of the Untold QuadrigaCX Story
QuadrigaCX was once a well-run exchange but changed course overnight, writes a lawyer who represented the firm early on.
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CryptoCurrency News: Staking Startup Claims Big Returns for Just Holding Crypto
Battlestar Capital says customers can earn “up to 30 percent” return annually by staking their idle cryptocurrency holdings.
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CryptoCurrency News: E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Wins License for New Crypto Exchange
Japan's Financial Service Agency has licensed a cryptocurrency exchange being rebranded and relaunched by internet giant Rakuten.
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CryptoCurrency News: Binance Tightens Compliance, Turning to IdentityMind for KYC
Binance is moving to boost compliance and data security through a new partnership with Medici Ventures portfolio firm IdentityMind.
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CryptoCurrency News: TrueUSD Stablecoin Holders Can Get ‘Up to 8%’ Interest Via CredEarn
Holders of the dollar-pegged stablecoin TrueUSD can now leverage their funds to earn interest through crypto lender Cred.
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