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BitMEX Trading Engine Goes Offline, Company ‘Investigating’
19.5.2020
The trading engine for BitMEX, formerly the largest bitcoin derivatives exchange measured by open interest, is offline at press time
Nasdaq to Reportedly Tighten IPO Rules for Chinese Firms, Crypto Potentially Affected
19.5.2020
Some Chinese companies could be left out of the world’s second-largest stock exchange as a result of proposed changes — and crypto is no exception
Swiss Crypto Exchange Lykke Launches Contest to Fund Tech Against COVID-19
19.5.2020
Lykke’s new contest looks to give money to developers to pursue new tech proposals that promise to aid the economic recovery in the wake of COVID-19
Binance Re-entering China via 'Blockchain not Crypto' Road
19.5.2020
Source: a screenshot, Instagram/binance
Major crypto exchange Binance seems to be well on its way to re-establishing a presence in China, but by taking the 'blockchain, not crypto' entrance. CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), says "education and technology" first.
Following the Chinese ban...
Nvidia Disguised $1B in ‘Fickle’ Crypto Mining Sales as Gaming Revenue, Lawsuit Claims
19.5.2020
An amended lawsuit accuses the chip maker of concealing $1 billion in graphics processing unit sales to crypto miners to downplay risk to long-term profits
Japanese Exchanges React to Revised Crypto Laws Now in Effect
19.5.2020
Atsushi Kuwabara from Japan-based exchange bitbank spoke to Cointelegraph regarding the new regulatory changes to the country’s crypto laws
Venezuelans Can Now Use Bitcoin to Pay for Goods at 20,000 PoS Terminals
19.5.2020
Venezuelans will now be able to use bitcoin to pay for goods and services at more than 20,000 point-of-sale (PoS) terminals throughout the struggling South American country. This follows a deal between Panamanian crypto exchange Cryptobuyer and local payments processor Mega Soft to connect some...
Time Is up for Crypto Firms to Register in the Netherlands Under New AML Rules
18.5.2020
Today is the deadline for Dutch crypto companies to register and pay a new fee under new AML rules
From Cash to Crypto: COVID-19 Is Changing the Way the World Sees Money
18.5.2020
Emerging technologies such as blockchain are driving the world to digitized finances in an effort to fight the coronavirus pandemic
Blockchain Bites: a16z’s Cyclic Crypto Thinking and Grin’s Grim Outlook
18.5.2020
FalconX brought in an equivalent to Facebook's 2005 Series A while Grin flounders and a16z asks if crypto's on the cusp of a boom period
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 20
18.5.2020
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week and today.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
New Crypto Bull Cycle, Ripple’s MoneyTap in ATMs + More News
18.5.2020
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 venture capital fund Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has predicted a fourth crypto bull cycle, driven...
Crypto Market Sentiment Drops Again; Bitcoin Still in the Positive Zone
18.5.2020
Source: iStock/da-kuk
Crypto market sentiment went for a dive in the first week after the Bitcoin (BTC) halving event on May 11. Crypto market sentiment analysis service Omenics shows that the combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure, sentscore, for the top 10 coins dropped from last...
Andreessen Horowitz Forecasts Fourth Crypto Bull Cycle
18.5.2020
a16z says high quality projects in the past cycle (some being startups in its own portfolio) will drive growth in the next
Bakkt Announces New Insurance Coverage, Claims More Than 70 Custody Clients
18.5.2020
Bakkt has onboarded 70 clients to its custody services, and signed a deal with insurance broker Marsh to provide customers with an optional extra $500 million of coverage
Accel, Coinbase Join $17M Pre-Seed Round for Institutional Crypto Trading Firm FalconX
18.5.2020
The crypto trading firm pitched investors on the basis that its best trade execution platform offers institutions a solution to the wash trading that is rife in the space
Crypto Long & Short: Mining Derivatives Point to Growing Sophistication
18.5.2020
Noelle Acheson picks apart trends in global interest and trust in crypto asset technology, and revisits the growing financialization of bitcoin mining
Andreessen Horowitz Report: Crypto Not as Chaotic as it Appears
18.5.2020
Top venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz looked at four key metrics for three cycles of cryptocurrency showing consistent growth
Crypto Traders Are Longing ETH (And Not Much Else)
17.5.2020
ETH/USD continue to post record highs while other leading cryptos have struggled to attract bulls since the Black Thursday crash
Fortnite Fans Race to Earn ETH-Based Rewards on Reddit, Crypto Users Saunter
17.5.2020
Only one in four wallets created for Reddit’s ETH-based Community Points represents the r/cryptocurrency subreddit, with 75% of users comprising Fortnight gamers