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Polychain Leads $7 Million Round in Crypto Trading Desk Altonomy
16.7.2019
Altonomy, a trading desk and cloud mining company, has raised $7 million in equity investment
Crypto Genius or Fake? The Craig Wright Saga Explained
15.7.2019
Craig Wright may or may not be Satoshi Nakamoto but his appearance in court doesn't bode well for the cryptographer
What to Expect When Congress Grills Facebook on Cryptocurrency This Week
15.7.2019
The Congressional hearings on Facebook's Libra are likely to focus more on the company's privacy failings than broad crypto policy questions
New York Grants Bitlicense to Institutional Crypto Exchange Seed CX
15.7.2019
NYDFS has granted two BitLicenses to subsidiaries of Seed CX, allowing the company to offer crypto services to financial firms
Crypto Listing & Delisting Announcements: Week 28
15.7.2019
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Below is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
Bitcoin’s Price Could Rise If Facebook’s Crypto Survives Congress Hearings
15.7.2019
Bitcoin is under pressure ahead of U.S. congressional hearings on Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency on July 16 and 17. But what happens next?
Pundi X Partners With PoS Giant, Brings Crypto to More Retailers
15.7.2019
VeriFone X990 and Pundi XPASS card. Singapore-based blockchain company Pundi X claims it has made another step towards cryptocurrency adoption by integrating its technology into traditional point-of-sale (PoS) terminals, released by a major provider of such devices, U.S.-based Verifone.
According...
Binance CEO Warns About Bitcoin and Crypto, Says Lack of Institutional Adoption A Worry
15.7.2019
Binance co-founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, popularly known as CZ, is considered as one of the most sane minds of the crypto industry, and certainly one of the most credible ones. He is known to react little to what others say or do, until and unless it is too serious. For instance, when Craig...
Switcheo Unveils New Wrapped Bitcoin Markets
15.7.2019
Switcheo has announced its decision of adding Wrapped Bitcoin Markets, referred to as WBTC, to its DEX (decentralized crypto exchange). Switcheo made an official announcement through their blog post on Medium on 8th July 2019. Switcheo Network also posted a tweet on the same day, updating...
Experts Continue To Predict Strong Growth Despite Market Downfall After Trump’s Bitcoin Cameo
15.7.2019
Crypto market got its biggest shock in a long time when US President Donald Trump jumped into the crypto war, criticizing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. He accused Bitcoin of helping anti-social activities like drug trafficking. The big guns of crypto fraternity took no time and reacted...
Pundi X Achieves Breakthrough For Crypto Adoption By Completing Integration With X990
15.7.2019
Future of crypto markets lies in the hands of adoption in general use, which will allow it to slowly and steadily compete with traditional currencies. That’s exactly what the pioneers of crypto wanted, a decentralized monetary ecosystem which would replace the tradition elite-controlled systems....
John McAfee Still Confident About $1 Million Bitcoin Prediction, Even After Drastic Fall
15.7.2019
Bitcoin‘s volatility continues to haunt, as the coin closed at the lowest on Sunday since June 23, at $10,234. However, John McAfee feels that investors shouldn’t be bothered about these fluctuations. He also said that he was still positive about his prediction that Bitcoin will touch the...
PR: Cred and Bitcoin.com Join Forces to Boost Crypto Lending
15.7.2019
By John Yearwood Cred Correspondent Amid a dramatic Bitcoin bull run, two of the most influential names in the blockchain finance industry have launched a platform to expand global lending and earning on investments in cryptocurrency. The partnership between Bitcoin.com and Cred allows Bitcoin.com...
UK Announces ‘Dirty Money’ Crackdown, Including Tougher Crypto Regime
15.7.2019
The U.K. government has drawn up an action plan aimed to combat financial crimes that it says will include a new regime for crypto assets
Hacked Crypto Exchange Bitpoint Discovers More Millions Are Missing
15.7.2019
After a $30-million hack last week, Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint says it's discovered that another $2.3 million is missing.
US Lawmakers Draft "Keep Big Tech out of Crypto" Bill
15.7.2019
American parliamentarians are moving fast in an attempt to stop major IT companies from offering financial services and issuing cryptocurrencies.
The draft discussion bill (which you can read in its entirety here), is entitled the Keep Big Tech out of Finance Act. The proposal has been circulated...
Crypto Markets See Double-Digit Crash, Bitcoin Dips Below USD 10,000
15.7.2019
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After a short term recovery last week, when bitcoin price reached USD 13,000 again, it dropped over the weekend dipping even below the psychologically important level of USD 10,000 for c. 10 minutes on Monday morning (UTC time). Only a few coins from the top 100 are...
How US ‘Keep Big Tech Out of Finance’ Draft Bill Targets Facebook’s Libra
14.7.2019
Facebook’s digital currency plans have caused concern among bureaucrats worldwide and members of the U.S. government seem fearful of a giant tech establishing itself as a financial institution. Prior to the U.S. congressional hearings and the upcoming G7 finance meeting, a U.S. discussion...
PR: Matrix Exchange Receives Approval From Abu Dhabi Global Market
14.7.2019
Abu Dhabi-based crypto asset exchange, Matrix Exchange announced on July 12 that it has received an In-Principle Approval (IPA) from by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) to operate as a crypto asset exchange and custodian in ADGM.
The post...
Hackers Stole $32 Million Worth of Crypto from BITPoint
14.7.2019
In yet another incident of massive crypto theft, BITPoint has reportedly been robbed of around $32 million worth of cryptocurrency. The investigators who are investigating this fraud have found that hackers got access to the BITPoint system for around 12 hours and in that period, this whole...