CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Now Says It Never Shared ‘Personally Identifiable’ Customer Data

The Coinbase reputation crisis continues, this time with questions related to how the company plans to use customer data.

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CryptoCurrency News: People Are Paying Bitcoin to Send Weird and Wild Messages Into Space

You’re not sure where it will end up exactly or who will actually read it. But you type up a message, pay a couple of cents in bitcoin and click the “send” button. Your message zips through space – yes, space – then is broadcast out of a satellite, blanketing the world. The result? A […]

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CryptoCurrency News: MakerDAO Opens Token Holder Vote on Fee Hike for Ethereum Stablecoin

With the dai's dollar-peg "almost at a breaking point," governance token holders are considering whether to raise the "Dai Stability Fee."

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CryptoCurrency News: Court Gives QuadrigaCX 45-Day Extension in Search for Crypto Millions

A judge has approved a chief restructuring officer for QuadrigaCX and gave it another month and a half to locate the $140 million of crypto owed to customers.

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CryptoCurrency News: TrueUSD Stablecoin to Add ‘Real Time’ Monitoring of Dollar Backing

TrustToken has announced a new partnership that it says will allow a "real-time" view of the U.S. dollars backing its TrueUSD token.

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CryptoCurrency News: BlockFi Now Offers a Crypto Deposit Account With Compound Interest

Cryptocurrency lending startup BlockFi has launched a deposit account that it says provides 6.2 percent compound interest annually.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Exchange WEX Linked to Iranian Ransomware Operators, Says PwC

Cryptocurrency exchange WEX, formerly called BTC-e, may have been used to launder illicit gains from the SamSam ransomware, according to PwC.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Seeking Gains After Retaking Key Price Support

Bitcoin has returned above crucial support at $3,700 and could bounce higher if it can defend that level.

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CryptoCurrency News: Futures Trading Nears $1 Billion in First Month at Kraken Crypto Exchange

Crypto Facilities, which provides futures data to CME, saw its own trading volume jump five-fold after being acquired by Kraken.

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CryptoCurrency News: EY Aims to Make It Easier to Calculate Crypto Taxes With New Tool

The professional services giant has launched a product to help cryptocurrency users with their accounting and tax calculations.

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CryptoCurrency News: Dash Core Group to Lay Off Staff in ‘Crypto Winter’ Cost-Cutting Effort

The company behind cryptocurrency project Dash is to reduce its staffing levels in a cost-cutting effort brought on by the bear market.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Custodian BitGo Exaggerated Insurance Coverage, Underwriter Claims

An underwriter of BitGo’s $100 million crypto insurance policy says the custodian described it in a misleading way.

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