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Illegal Bitcoin use is down, but privacy wallet laundering is up, says analytics firm
9.12.2020
2020 has apparently been the year of privacy wallets, as more exchanges onboard KYC requirements
South Korean Authorities Formally File Fraud Charges Against Coinbit’s Executives
8.12.2020
In South Korea, authorities have formally pressed fraud charges against the chairman of a major crypto exchange in the country, Coinbit, plus two unnamed executives of the firm. They are suspected of price manipulation. Coinbit’s Executives Formally Charged by South Korean Authorities...
Fraudulent Crypto Browser Extension Redirects to a Fake Metamask Domain
6.12.2020
A crypto intelligence firm has raised red flags about an increasing flow of comments in the crypto community about an ongoing phishing campaign, which is stealing funds from people who install a malicious browser extension. Chrome Browser Extension Is Redirecting Crypto Users to a Fake Metamask...
Black Shadow Hackers Demand 200 BTC Ransom from Israeli Insurance Giant Shirbit
6.12.2020
One of the largest insurance companies in Israel has been hit by a ransomware attack, and the threat actors started to release sensitive data, as the firm doesn’t pay the requested ransom in bitcoin (BTC). Israel-Based Shirbit Still Refuses to Pay $3.8 Million Ransom According to...
Argo Reports 23% Monthly Revenue Increase, With 2,369 Bitcoin Mined Since January
4.12.2020
Bitcoin miner Argo Blockchain reported Thursday that revenue climbed 23% to £1.48 million ($1.98 million) in November compared to £1.2 million ($1.6 million) the previous month. ● The London Stock Exchange-listed firm mined less bitcoin (BTC) in November (115 BTC) than it did...
Equity Strategist Says Crypto Has a Place in Portfolios, Bitcoin Price to Reach $50,000 in 2021
4.12.2020
An equity and derivatives strategist with a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading believes that bitcoin has a place in investment portfolios. He has a price target for bitcoin of $50,000 in 2021. Bitcoin Has a Place in Investors’ Portfolios BTIG is a global...
Hong Kong OTC trading firm acquires OMG Network
4.12.2020
Second-layer Ethereum scaling solution OMG Network has been acquired by Hong Kong-based OTC trading firm, Genesis Block
Swiss Firm Launches ‘No-Fee’ Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Product on Nordic Growth Market
3.12.2020
Swiss-based Valour says its bitcoin ETP is the first with no fees
Alliance Bernstein Tells Clients Bitcoin Has a Role in Asset Allocation
2.12.2020
Alliance Bernstein has told its clients that bitcoin has a role in investment portfolios. The head of the Portfolio Strategy team of the firm’s research arm said he has changed his mind about bitcoin after previously stating that it did not have a place in investment portfolios. Alliance...
Bitcoin Derivatives Firm ErisX Adds Cash-Settled Contracts After Physically-Settled Futures Fall Flat
1.12.2020
Cryptocurrency derivatives platform ErisX launched cash-settled bounded futures on Tuesday
Canada-Listed Investment Firm Sells All Its Ether, Monero to Buy More Bitcoin
27.11.2020
Cypherpunk Holdings says it financed additional bitcoin purchases with the "full liquidation" of positions in monero and ether
Blockchain Infrastructure Firm BSN Adds Polkadot, Oasis, Bityuan to Network
25.11.2020
China’s state-sanctioned blockchain infrastructure provider BSN is adding cross-chain protocol Polkadot, decentralized cloud data startup Oasis and China-based project Bityuan to its network
Major Australian Investment Firm Moves From Negative-Yielding Assets Like Gold to Bitcoin
25.11.2020
A billion-dollar Australian investment management firm has gotten into bitcoin, citing that the cryptocurrency is superior to gold. Many of the firm’s clients have been asking about investing in bitcoin. “We have been positioning in gold for our clients for many many years now....
Leading Japanese Financial Firm SBI Holdings Rolls Out Crypto Lending Services
24.11.2020
A subsidiary of SBI Holdings said it's launched a service allowing users to ‘lend’ bitcoin to the firm and earn an interest at the rate of 1% annually in return
Ciphertrace Files 2 Patents for Systems to Identify Criminal Monero Transactions
24.11.2020
Cryptocurrency intelligence firm Ciphertrace has filed two patent applications for tools and systems to trace monero transactions. The company aims to enable the detection of criminal uses of privacy coins like monero. Monero Tracing Patents Blockchain analytics and cryptocurrency intelligence firm...
Aquaculture Firm Completes Australia’s First IPO Raise Using Cryptocurrency
24.11.2020
Almost 90% of West Coast Aquaculture's $3.6 million capital raise was via the stablecoin tether
Crypto Retirement: US Investment Firm Launches Employer-Sponsored Bitcoin 401(k) Plan
23.11.2020
The U.S.-based company Digital Asset Investment Management (Daim) has announced the launch of a company-sponsored 401(k) retirement plan that allocates up to 10% in bitcoin. The plan is an ERISA compliant employer-sponsored 401(k) and assets are held in institutional-grade cold storage...
GoDaddy Employees Tricked Into Transferring Control of Crypto Firm Domains: Report
22.11.2020
Cryptocurrency trading platform liquid.com and crypto mining firm NiceHash were two of at least six firms that had control of their domains briefly transferred
Silk Road Bitcoin Seizure: Analytics Firm Claims Tokens Worth Millions Still Outstanding
22.11.2020
Analytics firm Coinfirm says the US Department of Justice (DOJ)’s seizure of digital assets associated with the now-defunct Silk Road left behind tokens worth millions of dollars. According to Coinfirm, there are still valuable balances held on forked addresses originating from that wallet....
Nvidia Posts Record Q3 Earnings, Sales of GPUs to Crypto Miners Reach $175 Million
21.11.2020
Nvidia released its earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2021 this week, showing better-than-expected results, driven by sales of its graphics processing unit (GPU) chips. The firm reported graphics segment revenue of $2.79 billion for the quarter, beating analyst estimates of $2.1 billion....