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Bitcoin Mining Pool Poolin Partners With BlockFi to Expand Crypto Lending Service
2.6.2020
Poolin, the second biggest bitcoin mining pool by total network power, is expanding its crypto lending and financial services businesses
What Can Crypto Crisis Managers Learn From BlockFi's Silence & tBTC's Openness?
22.5.2020
A crisis will inevitably happen for any company - but how it reacts to it and communicates it to the public can make or break it. Let's take a look at how two different teams in the Cryptoverse communicated their recent incidents and what advice communication professionals offered.
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BlockFi’s Data Breach May Allow Criminals to Extort Rich Clients
19.5.2020
BlockFi disclosed a data breach that potentially leaked physical addresses and account activity of its customers, highlighting the risks of KYC finance platforms
Blockchain Bites: BlockFi Hacked, Block.one Sued, BitMEX Down
19.5.2020
A SIM swapping exploit revealed BlockFi customer names and addresses while BitMEX is hit with RICO accusations
BlockFi: Hacker Sim-Swapped Employee’s Phone, No Funds Were Lost
19.5.2020
The hacker compromised an employee's phone and gained access to users' personal information, including their names and addresses, but BlockFi says no funds were affected
Unfortunate May: BlockFi Suffers Breach, BitMEX Trading Engine Down
19.5.2020
Major crypto companies are still experiencing serious problems in May as BlockFi revealed that it suffered a data breach on May 14, while BitMEX Trading Engine went down today.
Crypto lender BlockFi said that the perpetrator attempted to make unauthorized withdrawals of client funds using...
Blockchain Bites: Coinbase and BlockFi Do Some Major Hiring, Tron Gets Coronavirus Relief
6.5.2020
It's all about labor. Tron applies for employment protection while Dutch officials tell crypto companies to comply or die
Blockchain Bites: Coinbase and BlockFi Do Some Major Hiring, Tron Gets Coronavirus Relief
6.5.2020
It's all about labor. Tron applies for employment protection while Dutch officials tell crypto companies to comply or die
BlockFi Hires Credit Suisse, Prudential Execs to Drive Global Expansion
5.5.2020
Crypto lender BlockFi has hired two execs from traditional finance to help launch a bitcoin rewards card and build out business teams in Europe and Asia
BlockFi Snaps up Execs From AmEx & Credit Suisse; Tokenized Pet Care + More News
5.5.2020
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BlockFi Snaps up Execs From AmEx & Credit Suisse; Tokenized pet care
Major US-based...
New BlockFi Investor, New Way to Stack Sats, Novogratz's Warning + More News
9.4.2020
Mike Novogratz. Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Major U.S.-based cryptocurrency lending startup BlockFi has brought on Singaporean hedge fund Three...
CEO Says BlockFi Is Lending to Crypto Miners as Other Providers Pull Back
9.4.2020
Crypto lending platform BlockFi has begun extending credit to miners as competition for their business has eased during the coronavirus crisis
10 Loan Providers Taking Crypto as Collateral, If You Think the Time Is Right for Hodling
21.3.2020
If you are not ready to part with decentralized money, at a time when prices are relatively low, but need some fiat cash to cover costs in times of crisis, crypto-backed loans are a working solution. A number of platforms offer this type of service and their popularity is growing among...
Crypto Lending Firm BlockFi Raising Interest Rates on BTC and ETH
18.3.2020
BTC’s and ETH’s interest rates at the crypto lending firm will be increased starting April 1, while some stablecoins’ will remain the same
BlockFi Raises Deposit Rates as Bitcoin Crash Juices Loan Demand
17.3.2020
Market makers and proprietary traders are taking out more crypto loans after the second-largest price drop in bitcoin created a new, more volatile market
$100M+ in Margin Calls: Crypto Lenders Demand Collateral as Market Buckles
14.3.2020
“As of five minutes ago, everyone who needed to post collateral has,” Genesis CEO Michael Moro said Friday afternoon
Crypto Lending Firm BlockFi Adds Support for Wire Transfers to Buy Crypto
10.3.2020
BlockFi’s users can now send wire transfers to purchase digital currencies like Bitcoin, Ether and USD Coin
Previously Crypto-Only BlockFi Adds Cash On-Ramp Through Silvergate Partnership
10.3.2020
Crypto lender BlockFi now supports cash deposits
You Call That Volatility? Bitcoin Traders Scoff at Wall Street’s Gyrations
9.3.2020
As traditional markets undergo a level of anxiety not seen since the 2008 recession, the cryptocurrency industry showed few existential signs of distress
BlockFi Pools in $30 Million to Expand Operations
14.2.2020
BlockFi, the highly acclaimed New York-based lending platform, has announced that it has pooled in a whopping sum of $30 million in a Series B funding round. The new funds pooling round was followed by an $18.3 million Series A funding round organized in August. According to the latest reports,...