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Spotify Looking for Associate Director to Lead Activity on Libra Project, Other Crypto Efforts
4.12.2020
The world's largest audio streaming service is on the hunt for a new associate director to lead its activity within the Libra stablecoin project
New Research Suggests Satoshi Nakamoto Lived in London Creating Bitcoin
26.11.2020
The hunt for the mysterious Bitcoin inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto continues to this day, as new data-driven research has been recently deployed in order to figure out the creator’s location while he/she or they worked on the network. The researchers analyzed Satoshi’s 539 Bitcointalk...
Deribit Sees Record Bitcoin Options Volume as Activity in $36K Calls Surge
30.10.2020
Daily volume for bitcoin options have hit lifetime highs on crypto derivatives exchange Deribit
Cred Says Fraudulent Activity Led to Loss of Funds; Law Enforcement Investigating
28.10.2020
Decentralized lending platform Cred says it's cooperating with law enforcement over a "loss of funds."
US Government Agencies Propose Changes to Funds Transfer Rules-Seek to Broaden Definition of Money to Include Cryptocurrencies
25.10.2020
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board and Fincen are seeking feedback on their proposal to lower the threshold at which financial institutions must collect and retain information on funds transfers. In their joint notice on the rule change proposal, the two U.S. agencies want a new threshold...
Cointelegraph Consulting: Ethereum’s on-chain activity surges and bullish sentiment spikes
15.10.2020
Is Ethereum’s recent bullish online sentiment good or bad? Short-term holders are now in the black, is a ‘sell zone’ approaching?
Abkhazia Lifts Two-Year Ban on Bitcoin Mining, Moves to Regulate the Sector
3.10.2020
Abkhazia, the self-governing but disputed territory of just 245,000 people sandwiched between Russia and Georgia, has lifted its two-year ban on cryptocurrency mining. The ban came into effect in December 2018 after a surge in mining activity left the region facing an energy crisis. Now,...
Organic growth? Bitcoin SV activity up 761% ahead of BSV conference
1.10.2020
Bitcoin SV users appear to have got very excited ahead of the conference
Cambridge University’s Third Crypto Study Records 101 Million Cryptocurrency Users Worldwide
25.9.2020
The University of Cambridge and the school’s Centre for Alternative Finance has published the third “Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study.” The 71-page in-depth study examines the current growth of the crypto industry, mining, offchain activity, crypto asset user profiling...
Bitcoin’s Bearish September Has Kneecapped Crypto ETP Activity: Report
25.9.2020
Bitcoin's price woes this month likely put investors off from purchasing crypto ETPs, pushing volumes into a nosedive
Blockchain Bites: DeFi’s Dividend, China’s ‘New Battlefield,’ the Big Banks’ ‘Suspicious Activity’
21.9.2020
China sees its digital yuan as a "new battlefield," DeFi's Curve has a new dividend program and a yet-to-launch platform is pursuing an "Initial DEX Offering."
East Asia Dominates World’s Onchain Crypto Activity, Europe and North America Trail Behind
19.9.2020
Crypto activity continues to flourish worldwide, according to a new cryptocurrency adoption index published by the blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis. The researchers compile onchain digital currency retail value transferred, onchain crypto deposits, peer-to-peer exchange volume, and other...
Defi Platform Bzx Recovers Stolen $8.1 Million From Hacker
17.9.2020
Decentalized finance (defi) protocol Bzx has recovered the $8.1 million it lost to a hacker a few days ago. The company claims it was able to track down the cyber thief, whom it refused to name for legal reasons, through their on-chain activity. Cornered, the attacker returned the loot. “All...
Bullish Activity for Bitcoin & Under the Hood of the SushiSwap Saga: A Data Perspective by IntoTheBlock
16.9.2020
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User Profiling Can Help Regulators Identify Illegal Crypto Activity, Says FATF
14.9.2020
The international watchdog has recommended comparing users' age and wealth with their crypto transactions to identify possible criminal activity
On-chain data signals increasing Bitcoin activity — But there’s a catch
10.9.2020
Recent on-chain data shows a spike in Bitcoin transfers, hinting that there may be a rise in over-the-counter BTC orders
Defining “View Source”
10.9.2020
Last time there was a little flurry of activity around the concept of “View Source,” I did get the sense that not everyone was on the same page about what that even means. Jim Nielsen:
First, when we talk about “View Source” what precisely are we talking about? I think this is...
Binance Takes The Largest Piece of Crypto Activity Pie in Africa
9.9.2020
Africa’s on-chain cryptocurrency activity has consolidated onto the ten largest services in the region by volume over the course of the last year, with "a large portion of that activity" going to Binance, according to blockchain and analytics specialist Chainalysis.
The ten largest...
3 Australian Businesses Tap Chainalysis to Monitor Risky Cryptocurrency Activity
25.8.2020
Several Australian companies have turned to Chainalysis products in a bid to improve their regulatory compliance and reduce risks for users
0x Price Hits Two-Year High on Hopes Falling Ethereum Fees Will Spur DEX Trading
21.8.2020
Markets excited by the prospect of declining Eth fees may have caused a surge in 0x – an Ethereum-based DEX that will benefit from decongestion