An exchange (or bourse) is a highly organized market where (especially) tradable securities, commodities, foreign exchange, futures, and options contracts are sold and bought.
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Silk Road drug dealer laundered $19M in profits with Bitcoin
A Silk Road trader pleaded guilty to laundering over $19 million worth of profits with Bitcoin after using the notorious marketplace ...
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Dormant Bitcoin whale holding 80K BTC could crush the market, analysts warn
Cryptocurrency analysts have detailed the apparent effects of Bitcoin whales in a recent interview, and it's a little scary. ...
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Canadian cryptocurrency exchange goes dark taking over $12M in user funds with it
Financial regulators in Canada are taking action against a cryptocurrency exchange that has gone dark owing customers more ...
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A single cryptocurrency whale caused Bitcoin's 2017 bull run, research claims
The same academic who, last year claimed that Bitcoin's 2017 bull run was sparked by market manipulation, is now saying that ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange CEO 'loses' private key to user funds — claims it doesn’t really matter
The founder of a Zimbabwean cryptocurrency exchange has apparently lost the password to his company's wallet, losing user ...
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The never-ending Mt. Gox saga: Cryptocurrency recovery deadline pushed back (again!)
Victims who lost money as a result of Mt. Gox's implosion will have to wait even longer to get their refunds.
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Bitfinex wants to subpoena former banking exec to recover its 'lost' $880M
iFinex, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, wants to subpoena an ex-banking executive of a trust company ...
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International exchanges campaign against UK cryptocurrency derivatives ban
Global exchanges are begging the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) not to ban the sale of cryptocurrency-based derivatives. ...
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Widow of QuadrigaCX CEO gives $9M to trustee to help re-pay victims
The widow of defunct Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX's CEO is surrendering assets to assist with the repayments ...
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You can soon bet on Facebook's 'cryptocurrency' Libra missing its launch date
CoinFLEX's physically-settled futures will pay out Facebook Libra tokens if the 'cryptocurrency' is live by December 30, ...
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Exchanges form Crypto Rating Council, but pre-emptively admit its ratings mean nothing
It's likely this whole Crypto Rating endeavour is pure virtue signalling to appease regulators, and a confusing waste of ...
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Binance says it buddied with UK police to catch crypto criminal who stole $51M
Binance has said it collaborated with UK police to uncover a criminal who earned more than $51 million (£41.6 million) by ...
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SEC chairman: Bitcoin won't trade on real exchanges anytime soon
Jay Clayton says investors should be wary of Bitcoin until its traded on major exchanges like Nasdaq or New York Stock Exchange. ...
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Canada's Revenue Agency is now curious about defunct crypto exchange QuadrigaCX's tax returns
Canada’s Revenue Agency is now looking into the corporate tax returns submitted by QuadrigaCX, the troubled cryptocurrency ...
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Kraken bug apparently let users buy Bitcoin for $8,000 and instantly sell it for $12,000
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken – one of the world’s oldest – has disclosed a bug that apparently allowed certain customers ...
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Bitcoin analysts show 'apparent relationship' between exchange flow and price
Large amounts of Bitcoin deposits have been shown to lead to sudden price drops, while smaller volumes haven't had the same ...
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Binance continues crusade for crypto world domination with new dev platform
Binance has announced the launch of another new platform, this time targeted at blockchain developers, called "Binance X." ...
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XRP bag holders are begging Ripple to stop dumping its coins
One of the biggest XRP whales, Ripple, is being asked in a Change.org petition to stop dumping its coins. Of course this ...
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Earn money on your unused cryptocurrency with Binance? It’s probably more hassle than it’s worth
Digital asset exchange Binance is launching a cryptocurrency lending platform later this month and it's probably not worth ...
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California man laundered $25M through his own DIY Bitcoin ATM and exchange
A man from the small town of Westwood in California has pleaded guilty to running an unlicensed Bitcoin exchange and ATM, ...
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Moonday Mornings: Binance to give KYC hack victims VIP accounts
Welcome to Moonday Mornings. Let's not waste anytime, here's the weekend's top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines you ...
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Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange CGEX to shut down before its first birthday
Malta-based CGEX, a cryptocurrency exchange launched by South Korea’s Coinone in October last year, will cease operating ...
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The IRS won't stop until it collects all the cryptocurrency tax it's owed
it seems the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) won't rest until it's got every last tax dollar from cryptocurrency traders. ...
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Coinbase and Barclays split up – but the cryptocurrency exchange already has a new banking bae
Just days after Coinbase announced the removal of support for Zcash for UK customers, reports suggest the exchange is parting ...
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Poloniex to repay $18M worth of Bitcoin lost in margin trade flash crash with trading fees
Poloniex' Bitcoin lenders were collectively boned out of 1,800 Bitcoin (now worth $20 million) when its automated liquidation ...
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Cryptocurrency scammers have netted $4.26B so far this year, report
Cryptocurrency scammers continued to swindle funds throughout Q2 2019, netting approximately $4.26 billion so far this year. ...
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New Zealand greenlights Bitcoin salary regulation – but it’s still a bad idea
New Zealand's tax authorities have deemed it legal for companies to pay its employees in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. ...
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Coinbase faces negligence suit after mishandling its launch of Bitcoin Cash
Long-standing cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will face a negligence lawsuit after allegedly mismanaging the launch of Bitcoin ...
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Binance offering up to $290,000 bounty to catch cryptocurrency KYC extortionist
An unknown individual has been terrorizing cryptocurrency exchange Binance and its users by attempting to extort 300 Bitcoin ...
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Dogecoin’s 60% growth over Q2 proves it should be taken seriously – here's what happened
Dogecoin might have been inspired by the internet meme of the same name, but it's transformed into a serious cryptocurrency ...
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QuadrigaCX’s auditor EY and its lawyers will get $1.6M while victims are kept waiting
A judge in Canada has approved over $1.6 million in fees for businesses seeking to recover funds lost as a result of QuadrigaCX’s ...
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Mark Karpelès faces US class action lawsuit over Mt Gox’s demise
Mark Karpelès, the ex-CEO of defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox, will have to face a class-action lawsuit in Philadelphia ...
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US watchdog preps BitMEX probe over alleged illegal cryptocurrency trade
Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX is being investigated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
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Coinbase quietly kills its loss-making cryptocurrency investment packages
Further to shutting down its cryptocurrency index fund late last year, Coinbase has seemingly closed its "Bundle" now too. ...
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55,000 cryptocurrency users affected in Bitpoint’s $28 million hack
The president of embattled cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint has revealed the full extent of last week's $28 million hack. ...
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Bitpoint exchange loses $32 million worth of cryptocurrency in hot wallet hack
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint has been hacked, resulting in the loss of $32 million worth of various digital ...
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Canada relaxes rules for cryptocurrency exchanges despite ongoing QuadrigaCX saga
Reassurance for Canadians: Cryptocurrency exchanges across the nation will now only have to report transfers of more than ...
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Monero security flaw could've seen XMR stolen from cryptocurrency exchanges
Monero devs have disclosed nine security vulnerabilities over the past two days - and some could have been outright devastating. ...
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60% of Bitcoin hasn’t moved in a year — despite a 220% price bump in 2019
Long-term Bitcoin holders have been keeping their cool. Most of the selling has come from those who have been holding for ...
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CNBC-shilled cryptocurrency exchange Bitsane pulls exit scam on 246K users
CNBC once told its audence how to buy Bitcoin and Ethereum on Coinbase, transfer it to Bitsane, and sell it all for XRP - ...
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Hackers breach cryptocurrency exchange Bitrue for $4.2M in Ripple and Cardano
Another day, and another cryptocurrency exchange hack. This time it's Bitrue to the sum of $4.5 million worth of cryptocurrency. ...
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Messaging app Line is reportedly launching a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan soon
Japanese messaging company Line Corp is reportedly gearing up to launch a cryptocurrency exchange, days after fellow tech ...
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FBI asks victims of bankrupt QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange to start snitching
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is stepping up its probe into defunct Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX. ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange Blockport goes bankrupt after failed STO
Blockport has declared bankruptcy after its security token offering (STO) failed to meet its minimum expectations last month. ...
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Shitcoin factory Cryptopia owes over $3M to creditors, staff, and hodlers
Liquidators of now defunct cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia have revealed that it owes investors, creditors, and staff a ...
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Congressional report: Bitcoin adoption 'miniscule' compared to traditional finance
Distributed ledger systems that underpin cryptocurrencies aren't capable of processing the number of transactions required ...
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Hackers made $32K in 7 weeks by fixing bugs in cryptocurrency projects
Blockchain projects TRON, Brave, and EOS have rewarded white hat hackers with cash for fixing their security flaws, according ...
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RIP Cryptopia, the seminal exchange that supported over 500 shitcoins
Cryptopia was (in)famous for supporting trade for an intense amount of cryptocurrency projects - it had over 1,000 pairs ...
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Bitfinex raised $1 billion in 10 days by selling a token redeemable for Tethers
According to Bitfinex' CTO, this is indicative of how much the industry trusts Bitfinex and Tether, despite intense legal ...
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BitMEX: IEOs raised $39M, but projects keep 95% of tokens on average
On average, cryptocurrency projects fundraising with IEOs have made just 4.4 percent of their total token supply available ...
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Here's how Binance Coin performed in Q1 2019
Binance Coin only launched a couple of years ago but is alread getting lots of interest. Despite having a poor 2018, it has ...
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$356 million in cryptocurrency stolen in first three months of 2019
Cryptocurrency exit scammers and exchange hackers have made a killing this year, and soon they'll have to launder it all... ...
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Markets respond to Binance dumping BitcoinSV by dumping even harder
BitcoinSV is trading 20 percent lower today, after several cryptocurrency services announce they would no longer support ...
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Coinbase Pro wiped its Bitcoin to USD market clean, suspended trade for hours
Coinbase Pro's Bitcoin to US dollar markets were interrupted for hours today, after a still undisclosed problem affected ...
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Bittrex: New York’s denial of our BitLicense application contained 'factual inaccuracies'
Seattle-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex is “saddened and disappointed” by the New York Department of Financial ...
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Coinbase launches cryptocurrency debit card in the UK
Long-serving exchange Coinbase has announced the launch of a cryptocurrency debit card for its UK customers.
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Mt. Gox might need 2 more years to repay millions worth of lost Bitcoin
The leader of the group representing victims of the defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox is stepping down. He says it ...
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QuadrigaCX saga continues as cryptocurrency exchange moves to bankruptcy
QuadrigaCX, the cryptocurrency exchange which owes its customers $134 million in cryptocurrency following the unexpected ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX should declare bankruptcy, EY says
Defunct cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX’s should enter bankruptcy proceedings, according to a report by Ernst & Young ...
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Reuters: One 'mystery' buyer pushed Bitcoin over $5,000
Is a "mystery buyer" behind Bitcoin's run to $5,000? Cryptocurrency insiders say so, with a set of algorithmic buy orders ...
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Revolut launches auto-exchange for cryptocurrency – and I can’t find a reason to hate it
Online challenger bank, Revolut, has just introduced a new feature which makes it easier to protect yourself from volatile ...
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Liquidators put the final nail in Gatecoin's coffin
One of the first regulated cryptocurrency exchanges, Gatecoin, has officially been taken over by liquidators following a ...
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New EU regulations put an end to buying Bitcoin anonymously
New European Union compliance regulations are making it impossible for users to obscure their identity when they buy cryptocurrency ...
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You can now play scratchcards with Bitcoin, thanks to the Lightning Network
The Lightning Network lets you buy Coke with bitcoin, but thanks to one enterprising developer, the Lightning Network now ...
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Alleged Russian boss of Bitcoin 'money-laundering scheme' wants to go home
Alexander Vinnik, the alleged operator of troubled cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e has lodged an appeal for extradition to ...
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Mt. Gox readies to pay back creditors five years after hack
Troubled cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox is finally inching closer to settling its debt with creditors, some five years after ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia resumes trading months after debilitating hack
Cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has resumed trading following a debilitating hack in mid-January.
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A brief history of Mt. Gox, the $3B Bitcoin tragedy that just won't end
Mt. Gox's ex-CEO Mark Karpelès faces court in Japan this Friday, which means the long-running case of its "missing" Bitcoin ...
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Years after brutal $2M hack, Gatecoin cryptocurrency exchange is dead
Seminal cryptocurrency exchange Gatecoin is dead, years after it lost $2 million in Bitcoin and Ethereum belonging to its ...
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SEC chairman explains how it classifies cryptocurrencies as securities
SEC chairman Jay Clayton has confirmed how it decides whether cryptocurrencies are securities, after calls backed by Coin ...
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QuadrigaCX granted another extension to find lost $134M in cryptocurrency
With $134 million of customers' funds missing, QuadrigaCX has been granted an extension on its 30-day order for creditor ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange WEX/BTC-e tied to Bitcoin ransomware hackers, report
PricewaterhouseCoopers has made a connection between the SamSam ransomware hackers and infamous cryptocurrency exchange WEX ...
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Coinbase backpedals, fires ex-Hacking Team staff to appease users
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has said it will let go of Neutrino staff who previously worked at Hacking Team in a seeming ...
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QuadrigaCX mystery deepens after cryptocurrency cold wallets found empty
QuadrigaCX’s court-appointed auditor has finally revealed the addresses for the cryptocurrency exchange’s offline Bitcoin ...
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A primer on QuadrigaCX, the curious $134M cryptocurrency mystery
Hard Fork has taken a deep-dive into the QuadrigaCX's history, its founder, and recent issues in a bid to decipher the ongoing ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX given 30-day lifeline to find 'lost' $134M
Troubled cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX has been granted an order for creditor protection by a Canadian supreme court. ...
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Bitcoin trade volume drops sharply as volatility flattens
Trading across cryptocurrency markets has hit lows not seen in years, as Binance's USD-based Bitcoin trade fell by 40% in ...
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Binance now lets you buy cryptocurrency with credit cards
Binance users will now be able to use their credit cards to purchase cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or Ethereum.
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Ethereum blockchain undergoes massive cryptocurrency gambling exodus
The Ethereum blockchain was once home to the bulk of the internet's cryptocurrency gamblers, but not anymore. It seems they've ...
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76% of laundered cryptocurrency was washed with an exchange service
Turns out most internet baddies love washing their dirty cryptocurrency simply by using online exchanges, says Chainalysis. ...
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South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges pool data to counter money launderers
Laundering funds with cryptocurrencies in South Korea could soon become a thing of the past if four of the country's exchanges ...
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Italian court forces BitGrail CEO to repay $170M in ‘lost’ cryptocurrency
An Italian judge has reportedly ordered Francesco Firano, CEO of shady cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail, to repay the $170M ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange botches airdrop, gives $5.3M to its users
This week, a South Korean exchange has turned the hack narrative on its head by accidentally giving away cryptocurrency to ...
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Moonday Mornings: Dark Web Bitcoin transactions doubled in 2018
Today is Monday, January 21, which means two things. One, it's time for another Moonday Mornings; and two, it's the most ...
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ShapeShift forced to 'help' police with 60 cryptocurrency inquiries last year
The FBI and the SEC were noted as the most common US agencies to request information related to cryptocurrency users on ShapeShift ...
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ICOs banked $13B with ‘little work, accountability, or transparency,’ report
Ethereum's ICO process has earned token founders estimated combined profits of $12.8B, made entirely of cryptocurrency created ...
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Long-serving cryptocurrency exchange forced offline, hackers blamed
One of the internet’s longest serving cryptocurrency exchanges, Cryptopia, claims to have suffered a debilitating hack, ...
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Bittrex launches peer-to-peer trading service for high rollers
The US-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has just launched an over-the-counter trading desk which will see cryptocurrency ...
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HSBC leans on blockchain tech to process $250b worth of fx transactions
Global bank HSBC has processed more than 3 million foreign exchange (fx) transactions using blockchain technology.
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ShapeShift lays off 37 staff as ‘crypto winter’ takes hold
The "crypto winter" is far from over and cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift is the latest to fall victim to its harsh ways. ...
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Coinbase is now available to 3.4M more Europeans in 6 new markets
Coinbase is taking its cryptocurrency exchange come brokerage to six more European nations and 3.4 million more people before ...
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Abra is giving away $25 of Bitcoin this Christmas – but there's a catch
Cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Abra is trying to add a little holiday cheer to the current bear market bear ...
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SEC pushes long-awaited decision on Bitcoin ETF to February 2019
If you had any hopes that a Bitcoin ETF would be coming in early 2019, it's time to put them aside again, as the SEC has ...
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This AI can predict Telegram pump-and-dump schemes with 80% accuracy
Spotting a pump-and-dump is tough work, but academics from Imperial College London have devised used machine learning, to ...
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Cryptocurrency whales increase Ethereum stacks by 80% in 2018
Actively trading cryptocurrency whales have accumulated more Ethereum this year than at any other time in its history, up ...
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Basic lessons in arbitrage for new cryptocurrency traders
Arbitrage is super simple, and has been utilized for decades on the stock market. Here's how the concept is being applied ...
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An American woman has been funding ISIS with Bitcoin
A Pakistani-American woman has confessed to using Bitcoin to launder dirty money to help finance terrorist organization ISIS. ...
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Crypto trading bots are a thing these days – but can they actually earn you money?
Humans aren’t infallible when it comes to trading. It’s becoming quite popular these days for people to invest money ...
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Major cryptocurrency exchange delists Bitcoin Gold following $18M hack
A major cryptocurrency exchange is delisting Bitcoin Gold after a series of debilitating heists amounting to over $20 million ...
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Line launches its own cryptocurrency and blockchain network
The Tokyo-based messaging titan has now launched its own cryptocurrency called 'LINK' alongside a blockchain network called ...
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Ripple’s CTO thinks Proof-of-Work is a technological dead-end, but he does hold Bitcoin
Ripple's CTO David Schwartz has thrown shade on Bitcoin's mining algorithm in a recent TNW Answers session - despite admitting ...
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Revolut launches Metal debit card that gives 'cashback' in cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency users have a new way of showing dedication to the cause. Meet Revolut's solid metal card that literally pays ...
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EOS community fights back against 'whales' controlling its blockchain
The EOS community is anxious that its blockchain is being controlled by 'whales', with a petition being drafted seeking limits ...
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The Australian Securities Exchange is crazy about blockchain – for all the wrong reasons
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) annual earnings report featured an impromptu lecture on blockchain tech, claiming ...
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Blockchain can’t fix everything, consulting giant BCG reports
A new report has issued a sobering call: be aware that blockchain technology is not suitable for every industry, especially ...
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SEC ruling suggests cryptocurrency airdrops violate securities law
Recent SEC documents suggest that popular cryptocurrency airdrops and marketing bounty programs might be violating securities ...
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BitConnect is getting delisted from the last cryptocurrency exchange that still trades it
The last exchange to offer trading pairs in the controversial cryptocurrency will delist BitConnect's worthless token come ...
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Research: More than 56% of all cryptocurrency crime happens in the US
Investigations reveal account information of 720 cryptocurrency exchange users has been stolen, a 369 percent increase from ...
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Monero wallet vulnerability made it possible to steal XMR from exchanges
Monero, the cryptocurrency often praised for its privacy functions, was full of vulnerabilities - one allowing hackers to ...
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Binance's first official acquisition is a mobile cryptocurrency wallet
Binance announced it has acquired a mobile wallet solution in an effort to improve “the centralized architecture” of ...
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Bitcoin thrown lifeline by SEC Commissioner despite ETF rejection
Another application to allow trade of Bitcoin ETFs has been shot down by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). ...
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Coindar is the nifty cryptocurrency trading tool that every investor should use
Coindar is a cryptocurrency calendar for your desktop with a direct line to the developers of blockchain projects - which ...
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This startup is the perfect example of Korea’s vibrant crypto market
Bezant’s ambition is to build its own high-performance blockchain, arguably the most challenging, expensive, and time-consuming ...
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Here’s what Sirin Labs’ $1,000 blockchain phone looks like
Remember Sirin Labs – the Israeli manufacturer that built the $16,000 Solarin smartphone nobody wanted? The company is ...
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4 cryptocurrency trends to watch out for
“It’s the next big revolution, just like the internet was.” “No… it’s a bubble!” Love it or hate it, ...
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Bancor loses $12.5M worth of Ethereum to cyber baddies in overnight raid
Israeli digital asset exchange Bancor has suffered a major hack overnight, a stark reminder that major players are not paying ...
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This exchange lets you make fiat and crypto investments in seconds
Cryptology.com is a next-generation cryptocurrency exchange that makes fiat and cryptocurrency trading easy and secure. Its ...
