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Estonia Revokes 500 Crypto Firms’ Licenses After $220 Billion Money Laundering Scandal
13.6.2020
Estonia has canceled 500 cryptocurrency firms’ licenses, about 30% of the total, as part of a crackdown on illicit financial flows following a $220 billion money-laundering scandal involving Danske Bank. Regulators are concerned that bitcoin exchanges and other crypto companies might...
Singapore’s Three Arrows Capital Buys 6% of Grayscale’s $3.5 Billion Bitcoin Fund
12.6.2020
Three Arrows Capital Ltd has bought a 6.26% stake of the $3.5 billion Grayscale Investment’s Bitcoin Trust. According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Singapore-based crypto hedge fund snapped up the equivalent of 21 million shares of the Trust’s...
Bitcoin Users Could've Saved Half a Billion USD in Fees - Report
11.6.2020
Network fees must be paid, but what if you don’t have to pay as much? Bitcoin (BTC) users could've saved around half a billion USD in network fees had there been a full SegWit and batching adoption, according to Bitcoin startup Veriphi.
Per Veriphi’s latest report, almost half a million blocks...
Whale Moves $1.3 Billion in Bitcoin … the Question Is Why?
11.6.2020
An unknown whale has moved $1.3 billion BTC in three transactions
Market Update: Bitcoin Train Inches Toward $10K, Wild Predictions, Trillion Dollar Crypto Economy
10.6.2020
On Wednesday, the market valuation of all 5,000+ cryptocurrencies is worth around $277 billion after a few coins gathered decent gains during the morning trading sessions. Today, bitcoin is trading for over $9,783 per unit and many traders believe the asset will surpass $10K once again. However...
Bitcoin Options Open Interest Rises 50% in a Month to Hit $1.5 Billion
10.6.2020
Just over a month since open interest in Bitcoin options hit a record high of $1 billion, the latest figures show that it has increased 50% to break $1.5 billion
NFT Marketplace Opens Korea's Multi-Billion Gaming Industry to Crypto
8.6.2020
A Korean blockchain game company has launched a native NFT marketplace for Korea’s multi-billion dollar game sector
Chinese Bank Issues Commercial Paper Worth $16.9 Billion on Blockchain
8.6.2020
A Chinese commercial bank issued China’s first asset-backed commercial paper worth $16.93 billion on a blockchain
Report Shows Crypto Derivatives Volumes Soared 32% to a Record $602 Billion in May
5.6.2020
Cryptocurrency derivatives trading volumes climbed 32% in May to a new record high of $602 billion, according to data analytics company Cryptocompare. Total spot volumes grew at a slower pace, rising 5% to $1.27 trillion in May, the London-based firm said in a new report published June 4, 2020....
DeFi Platform Celsius Hits $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency Deposits
5.6.2020
Decentralized finance platform Celsius Network has crossed $1 billion in total cryptocurrency deposits
Custodian With 100k Users Plans to Tokenize $13 Billion in Assets
31.5.2020
Kingdom Trust, a regulated custodian managing over $13 billion in assets, wants to tokenize the more than 20,000 assets that it currently custodies
WeChat Invests $70 Billion in Fintech, Including Blockchain and AI
27.5.2020
Tencent Holdings aims to bolster blockchain technology development across China as part of a $70 billion investment in fintech
Market Outlook: Golden Cross Invalidated, Andreessen Horowitz Predicts ‘Fourth Crypto Cycle’
24.5.2020
The price of bitcoin and a number of other popular cryptocurrencies have been collectively holding a market valuation of around $255 billion. The fiat value of these cryptocurrencies has slipped downwards during the last four days. Despite the weekly losses of around 3-6%, many digital currency...
Grayscale’s Bitcoin Holdings Pass $3 Billion, Growing 76% Year-on-Year
20.5.2020
American digital asset management fund Grayscale has continued to grow, with the total assets under management hitting $3.8 billion
Enterprise Blockchain Market Will Hit $21.07 Billion By 2025, Says Fortune Business Insights
14.5.2020
New research claims that the enterprise blockchain market will continue to rise to $21.07 billion by 2025
$2 Billion Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Industry Set to ‘Grow Significantly’
13.5.2020
Cryptocurrency hedge funds’ assets under management have been increasing significantly, rising to more than $2 billion at the end of last year, according to a recent survey. The crypto hedge fund industry is expected to “grow significantly” along with the price of bitcoin. Hedge...
Jury Trial Scheduled for Billion Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit Against Craig Wright
11.5.2020
Florida’s Southern District Court has been dealing with the Kleiman v. Wright case for well over two years and now the lawsuit is finally going to trial. A jury trial is set for July 6, 2020, in the Miami Division courthouse before Judge Beth Bloom. Meanwhile, Craig Wright,...
Coinshares Acquires Gabi Trading: New Unit Traded $3 Billion Worth of Crypto in 2019
8.5.2020
Coinshares on Thursday launched its trading business, Coinshares Capital Markets (CSCM), reporting that the unit traded over $3 billion worth of cryptocurrency in 2019 and $1.5 billion during the first quarter of 2020. The UK digital asset manager is basically rebranding Gabi Trading, a business...
Judge Rules Lawsuit Targeting Multi-Billion OneCoin Ponzi Can Proceed
2.5.2020
The judge presiding over a class-action lawsuit targeting the executives behind the OneCoin Ponzi scheme has allowed the case to proceed
Bitcoin Lender Genesis Global Issues $2 Billion in Loans During Record Quarter
30.4.2020
Genesis Global Trading has reported a 100% jump in new loan originations in the first quarter. The cryptocurrency lender and trading platform added a record $2 billion in new loans in the three months leading to March 2020, up $1 billion from the previous quarter. BTC accounted for 44.8% of...