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Privacy Group Slams California Bill That Would Put Health Records on the Blockchain
7.8.2020
EFF said the proposed bill is a serious threat to citizen's privacy; the immutability of a blockchain means false diagnoses can't be erased
Artist Whose NFT Broke Auction Records ‘Dismissed’ NFTs Initially
6.8.2020
Trevor Jones, the artist who composed Picasso’s Bull — an NFT that sold for a record $55,555 on NIfty — originally thought that NFTs were destined to fail
Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Trading Tops $95 Million as Sub-Saharan Africa Records Set All Time High
6.8.2020
Weekly peer-to-peer bitcoin trading volumes topped $95 million globally with several countries recording new all-time highs for the year. The record trading volumes coincided with the most bullish week for cryptocurrencies with bitcoin (BTC) briefly trading above $12,000. As data from Usefultulips...
Crypto Derivatives Set New Records, ETH Futures Set All-Time Highs, CME Open Interest Spikes
5.8.2020
Digital currency derivatives have been on fire during the last two weeks as ethereum futures volumes touched an all-time high on Sunday. The popular derivatives trading platform Deribit saw 1.9 million ETH contracts traded and CME Group is now the third-largest exchange in terms of bitcoin futures...
Crypto Market Sentiment Hits Yearly High; Bitcoin, Ethereum Break Records
3.8.2020
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After circling the same spot for about two weeks, crypto market sentiment score (sentscore) made another jump over the course of the past seven days, stepping into the positive zone and reaching new highs this year. The combined moving 7-day average sentscore for the top...
Bakkt Bitcoin Futures Smashes Records Two Days Running
29.7.2020
Bakkt breaks another record with more than 11,700 Bitcoin futures contracts traded on Tuesday
New Bitcoin ETP, Trading Records, Synthetix Gets 3 DAOs + More News
28.7.2020
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FiCAS AG, a Swiss-based crypto investment management boutique, said it has registered the Bitcoin Capital Active ETP (Exchange...
India Leads P2P Volume Records Among Emerging Markets
22.7.2020
Numerous emerging crypto markets are showing dramatic growth in P2P trade, with India and Ghana producing enormous growth during 2020
Bitcoin Investor Sues IRS for Unlawful Seizure of Financial Records at 3 Crypto Exchanges
16.7.2020
Bitcoin investor Jim Harper has sued the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), its commissioner, and a number of federal agents. He alleged that they unlawfully seized his private financial information from three cryptocurrency exchanges. Bitcoin Investor vs. IRS Bitcoin investor Jim Harper...
IRS Sued by Ex-Coinbase User Over Seizure of Financial Records
15.7.2020
Jim Harper claims the tax collector violated his Fourth Amendment rights by seizing his crypto account records without obtaining a warrant
US Dept of Homeland Security Buys Analytics Software From Coinbase
12.7.2020
Coinbase is selling its blockchain analytics software to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Secret Service. Following criticisms from the crypto community, CEO Brian Armstrong defended Coinbase’s position. Coinbase Selling Analytics Software to US Government Public records...
Personal Data of 250,000 People From 20 Countries Leaked by Bitcoin Scam
5.7.2020
A global bitcoin scam has reportedly leaked personal data of about 250,000 people from more than 20 countries. The majority of the compromised data were of people in the U.K., Australia, South Africa, and the U.S. This bitcoin scam operates under several different names. Investors’ Personal...
Ethereum DeFi Broke Records in June, But Other Categories Are Suffering
3.7.2020
Ethereum’s 2020 DeFi boom came at the cost of its gaming ecosystem
DeFi Records ‘Exponential’ Growth in Assets
12.6.2020
DeFi hits new heights with more than 1,000 new assets added in May and total user numbers reaching 550,000
Ripple's ODL Network Records ATH for XRP/AUD on BTC Markets Exchange
2.6.2020
The ODL index for XRP/AUD exceeded the previous all-time high value of $15,640,530 despite the price of XRP staying relatively flat
Bitcoin Futures, Options, and Open Interest: Crypto Derivatives Break Records After the Halving
22.5.2020
Since the market rout on March 12, otherwise known as ‘Black Thursday,’ bitcoin futures and options contracts have seen significant demand. On May 14, CME Group saw the total number of outstanding derivatives contracts (open interest) touch a high of $142 million. Four days later,...
CME Bitcoin Trading Product Records Show Institutional Participation Uptick
17.5.2020
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, or CME, recently saw record Bitcoin trading numbers in multiple categories
Telegram Agrees to Give SEC Bank Records, Communications in Ongoing TON Lawsuit
9.5.2020
Telegram will fork over bank records and communications with its investors in an agreement with the SEC as part of the agency's ongoing lawsuit
ChromaWay Expands Effort to Put Latin American Land Records on the Blockchain
6.5.2020
The Swedish startup is working with the IDB and local agencies to make land ownership more transparent in Latin America and the Caribbean
ECB in Full-On Emergency Mode as ‘Unprecedented Decline’ Hits Eurozone
2.5.2020
The euro area is facing an “unprecedented” economic decline, the worst since records began. European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde paints a picture of a central bank in full-on emergency mode after the bank kept its interest rates unchanged. Unprecedented Economic...