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Now that Bitcoiner Jared Polis has left Congress for the Colorado Governor’s Mansion, support both moral and material for the crypto industry in Washington, DC may be seen as lacking. While it is largely unelected bureaucrats who rule the financial arena in this country and occasionally make brash decisions in regards to innovative technologies like
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According to cybersecurity firm Inksit Group, state-funded hackers in North Korea have been targeting crypto exchanges in South Korea to circumvent various sanctions imposed on the regime. The security firm alleged the government of North Korea of running illicit initial coin offering (ICO) projects and breaching into large crypto exchanges. “We discovered that North Korea’s
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According to Korean blockchain news provider Blockchain ROK, newcomer exchange Pure Bit has effectively exit scammed with at least 13,000 in investor Ethereum in hand. As evidence of the scam, BROK points to the fact that the exchange’s CEO has changed his name on popular Korean social media network Kakao to “I’m sorry” in the
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A new report by the massive crypto exchange, Huobi shows EOS having a good week as well as a number of active Bitcoin addresses continuing to increase as well as the IOTA project having a decent volume of updates to their code on Github.
In the report, called Huobi Blockchain Big Data, statistics were crowding every corner of the page on the 7th November that breaks down the activities of the last crypto weeks (October 24th – October 31st). The report looks to social media and market trends data, transaction fees, distribution of wealth on selected blockchain protocols, the movement of digital assets, trending crypto keywords and activity on dApps.
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Last August, Facebook (FB) made the decision to shut down four pages associated with Infowars.com, the controversial media platform for far-right American conspiracy theories and fake news ran by Alex Jones, over allegations of hate speech. However, a recent report by The Washington Post reveals that Infowars-related content continues to thrive on the social media platform under the […]
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The panel of ‘experts’ at Finder have published their latest report, exploring a number of cryptocurrencies and making very elaborate predictions on how they expect the cryptocurrencies to perform over the coming weeks and months. Now before we begin, we should highlight that these predictions are very bullish and that even though this is a panel of experts, predictions are just that – predictions, based on speculation and rough calculations, nothing more. Therefore, we can’t take this as absolute fact and shouldn’t use this report to justify any investment decisions. Now, with that cleared up, let’s take a look at the Finder report.
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC), China’s central bank, has its eyes on cryptocurrency companies that run airdrop campaigns in the country.
In its most recent financial stability report for 2018, which was published on Friday, November 3, 2018, the bank said there has been a surge in the number of “disguised” Initial Coin Offerings (ICO), including the free distribution of crypto tokens through airdrops, despite its effort to clamp down on their activities.
Grayscale Investment has published its third-quarter report for this year. The report highlights that institutional investors have made up the majority of its fund inflows in over the past three months. This suggests that smart money might be buying into cryptocurrencies in anticipation of an upcoming rally.
Grayscale Investment provides investments trusts that hold digital currencies and therefore enables institutions and accredited investors to invest in digital assets through a regulated investment vehicle. Grayscale is currently offering a single asset exposure to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum Classic, XRP, Zcash and ZEN which runs a digital asset large-cap fund that invests in a portfolio of composed of Bitcoin, XRP, Litecoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash.
Despite the fact that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has yet to craft a clear regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, the agency placed a great deal of emphasis on the space this year, particularly on initial coin offerings (ICOs). The SEC’s Division of Enforcement published its fiscal year 2018 annual report, the second one of
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released a report detailing actions taken against fraudulent ICOs and financial ventures, and, indeed, the year has been wrought with cases. The report details actions for 2018’s fiscal year, which ended on September 30, and offers insight into the ICO-related fraud that has seemingly come to light over the past several months.
Misconduct actions against ICOs and similar cryptocurrency ventures are led by the organization’s Cyber Unit, which became fully operational this year. The SEC explains in the report, “We believe our approach to enforcement in this space has been thoughtful and consistent. Importantly, it has provided a template for authorities in other countries, where fraud and misconduct targeting U.S. investors often have been based.”
Arthur Hayes, the CEO of cryptocurrency trading platform, BitMEX, has outlined a bearish thesis for the price action of Bitcoin (BTC) in the firm’s most recent market research report. Check out the new hotness. The latest Crypto Trader Digest just dropped. https://t.co/h2YrqcUafF — Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) November 2, 2018 According to the report, Bitcoin is falling […]
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Vitalik Buterin, the co-creator of Ethereum, has denied reports that he is stepping back from Ethereum development. On November 1, MIT Technology Review released an article entitled “Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin says his creation can’t succeed unless he takes a step back,” which claimed that Ethereum cannot succeed and achieve true decentralization if it depends
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After months of conflicting reports, it looks like investment banking giant Goldman Sachs (GS) is now onboarding clients to adopt its new Bitcoin (BTC) derivative product. According to a recent report by The Block that cites insiders familiar with the matter, Goldman Sachs is currently introducing a small number of institutional investors to its bitcoin non-deliverable forward […]
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With bitcoin trading sideways around $ 6,400 for the 10th day, the cryptocurrency faces reporting a yearly loss for its 10th birthday on Wednesday.
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A little over a month since legislators in the United Kingdom branded the domestic cryptocurrency market the ‘Wild West’ and called for its regulation, experts have warned that such a move could have disastrous consequences for the fintech market in the world’s fifth largest economy. According to a report authored by the British Business Federation
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According to Yahoo! Finance, Coinbase has eliminated more than 15 people from its customer support, compliance, and fraud departments. All three of these departments would seem to be of the utmost importance to the company, often simultaneously lauded and maligned for its commitment to regulatory compliance. Daniel Roberts, author of the Yahoo! report, acquired confirmation
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Cybersecurity company Recorded Future has released a lengthy expose claiming that North Korea uses cryptocurrency to skirt U.S.-imposed economic sanctions alongside a shady network of collaborators and enablers in Singapore. The company claims that in addition to mining coins like bitcoin and monero, North Korean leaders have also been involved in promoting cryptocurrency scams that … Continued
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India’s Supreme Court, the country’s apex court, has directed the central government to present its official stance on cryptocurrency within two weeks. In a telling move that seeks to end the ambiguity over the legality of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin in India, the government has been ordered to release its report on the cryptocurrency sector by
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As the end of 2018 draws near a quarterly market report from Ripple shows that the company is on the right track.
A Q3 2018 XRP Markets Report from Ripple shows that the company more than doubled its sales of XRP from Q2 to Q3 of 2018. The report notes that Ripple sold $ 163.33 million XRP in Q3, which is a significant increase when compared to $ 75.53 million in Q2.
