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America’s Most Wanted: USD 5m Bounty Offered for Venezuela Crypto Boss
2.6.2020
America has slapped a USD 5 million bounty on the head of Joselit Ramírez Camacho, Venezuela’s head of cryptocurrency – accusing him of “having deep political, social and economic ties to multiple alleged narcotics kingpins.”
In an official release, the American Immigration and Customs...
Western Union Aims to Acquire Ripple's Partner MoneyGram - Report
2.6.2020
Payments giant Western Union is reportedly interested in purchasing major money transfer company MoneyGram, co-owned by American blockchain company focusing on payments technologies Ripple.
Western Union aims to acquire MoneyGram, thus joining two of the largest US providers of money-transfer...
Bitcoin Settles Above USD 10,000, Altcoins Could Extend Rally
2.6.2020
In the past two days, there was a steady rise in bitcoin price above the USD 9,500 resistance. The recent surge was such that BTC was able to clear the main USD 9,950 and USD 10,000 resistance levels. It tested the USD 10,350 resistance zone and currently (08:40 UTC) consolidating above...
Venezuelans Now Can Pay for Petrol in Fiat or (State-issued) Crypto
2.6.2020
The Venezuelan government has announced that drivers can now fill their gas tanks with fuel – and pay using foreign currencies or the state-issued cryptoasset the petro (PTR).
Caracas made its announcement over the weekend, and the measure became effective as of June 1, per a tweet from state-owned...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 22
1.6.2020
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...
Crypto Market Sentiment Takes a Step Up; Bitcoin and Ether Remain Positive
1.6.2020
Crypto market sentiment has taken another step upwards. Following the last week's small rise to 5.13/10, the combined moving 7-day average market sentiment score (sentscore) for the top 10 coins has increased to 5.33 over the course of last seven days, as shown by crypto market sentiment analysis...
Japanese Crypto Exchange SBI VC Trade Offers New Customers Free XRP
30.5.2020
Japan’s newest crypto players are getting increasingly aggressive in their marketing efforts – with financial giant SBI now offering all new crypto customers handouts of the XRP token.
SBI operates the SBI VC Trade crypto exchange, and per an official tweet, anybody opening an account between June...
JPMorgan Loses USD 2.5M in Crypto Case, Dragonchain on Science Channel + More News
29.5.2020
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.
Legal news
Major investment bank JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay USD 2.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over...
Washington Warned: Launch Digital Fiat or Say Goodbye to USD Dominance
29.5.2020
Source: Adobe/salomonus_
A group pushing for the United States to adopt a digital dollar has warned that failure to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC) could cost the country dear – and could see the USD lose its status as the world’s reserve currency.
In its first white paper,...
Coinbase Compensates Ethereum Users with OMG Tokens from 2017
29.5.2020
Despite for a long time being a crypto trading platform and wallet for only a very limited number of cryptoassets, Coinbase has in recent years expanded on its product offering, which is now benefitting some long-term ethereum (ETH) holders on the platform.
According to a screenshot shared...
Justin Sun Says Only These People Question Him
29.5.2020
Justin Sun. Source: Twitter, @justinsuntron
Tron founder and CEO Justin Sun now says that people who don't understand that he is "a true blockchain believer" are those questioning him.
"I’m a true believer of blockchain. It’s once in a lifetime. It’s only people who don’t understand...
Cardano Outperforms 98 Cryptos as ‘New Era’ Confirmed
29.5.2020
Following an announcement that a new upgrade of the Cardano blockchain platform will launch in June, the platform’s native token ADA is seeing strong growth in the market, outperforming nearly all other top 100 cryptoassets by market capitalization over the past 24 hours.
As of press time (06:34...
Digital Yuan Will ‘Co-exist’ with Alipay, WeChat Pay – China Telecom
29.5.2020
A China Telecom executive has hinted that the digital yuan and third-party payment apps will likely co-exist in the same financial ecosystem – although he stopped short of saying whether or not the forthcoming central bank-issued token would be interoperable with apps such as WeChat Pay...
Theta Price Diverges Across Exchanges With Arbitrage Restricted
28.5.2020
After a parabolic rally that brought the price of theta (THETA) up by more than 1,000% since March 13, the price is now correcting lower, with large price divergences seen across different crypto exchanges.
As of press time on Thursday (12:06 PM UTC), THETA is down by almost 20% over the past...
No Timetable Yet for Digital Yuan Launch, Google Finds Theta + More News
27.5.2020
Source: Google, Instagram
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.
Digital fiats news
A timeframe has yet to be set for the launch of the digital yuan, says the People’s...
Central Banks Could Partner with Private Sector on CBDCs
26.5.2020
The Euro symbol in front of the European Central Bank. The idea of central banks running the entire central bank digital currency (CBDCs) show is "out the door," and is being replaced by the private-public partnership, according to Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli, Deputy Division Chief in...
Facebook Replaces Calibra with Novi, Confirms Mandatory KYC
26.5.2020
Source: a video screenshot, Novi
Social media giant Facebook rebranded its Calibra subsidiary, responsible for the Libra project, saying that the first product Novi Financial will introduce is the Novi digital wallet designed for Libra digital currencies.
"With Novi, sending money will be...
Theta Token Goes Parabolic as New Upgrade Nears
26.5.2020
Theta token (THETA), the native token on the Theta distributed video streaming platform, has seen massive price gains in recent weeks, with investors anticipating a major network upgrade in the near future as the most likely driver of the rally.
As of press time on Tuesday (11:21 UTC), THETA...
Digital Yuan Rollout Is 'Response to Facebook’s Libra'
26.5.2020
A South Korean financial expert says that China’s forthcoming digital yuan will be used in cross-border trading – possibly replacing the United States dollar in many international deals – and has been sped up as a response to Facebook’s Libra project.
Per Maeil Kyungjae, Kim Jong-han, a senior...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 21
25.5.2020
Source: iStock/~UserGI15632523
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...