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Collectible William Shatner Figurines Have Now Been Authenticated on Ethereum
18.2.2020
William Shatner figurine live for trading on Ethereum with Mattereum
Expect More Volatility in Bitcoin, Retail is Most Bullish - Analysts
18.2.2020
We may have just seen the tip of the iceberg in terms of volatility to come this quarter, two new reports suggest, while leaving the door open for the possibility that lower volatility could be a new normal for the bitcoin (BTC) market.
According to the January 2020 Volatility Report from...
Boerse Stuttgart’s Crypto Custody Arm Blocknox Expands Service to Institutional Clients
18.2.2020
Blocknox’s crypto custody offer will also be available to fintech companies, banks and asset managers
FCA Keeps EPayments on Lockdown, Crypto Unlikely at Fault
18.2.2020
Payment system ePayments has been halted by the FCA for about a week now, and people are still locked out of their accounts. While the company is affiliated with crypto, the explanation for the increased scrutiny seems to lie elsewhere
Crypto News Roundup for Feb. 18, 2020
18.2.2020
With the price of bitcoin breaking below last week's critical resistance, Markets Daily is back with another time-saving news roundup
Bank of Korea Seeks to Deploy Blockchain in Bond Market: Report
18.2.2020
South Korea’s central bank is working on a project to distribute bond records on the blockchain, a report says
Boerse Stuttgart’s Crypto Arm Aims at New Institutional Investors + More News
18.2.2020
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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Blocknox, a subsidiary of the second-largest German stock exchange Boerse Stuttgart, will offer cryptocurrency...
Ripple is Like Amazon In Its Early Days, Says Brad Garlinghouse
18.2.2020
Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon in 1999, or five years after the company was founded. Ripple was founded eight years ago, in 2012. Image: a video screenshot, Youtube, CNBC
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says his company wants people to think of it as a blockchain infrastructure builder – adding that...
Currency.com Accused of Exploiting KYC to Withhold Customer Funds
18.2.2020
Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Transaction (KYT) are ostensibly deployed by exchanges to combat money laundering. In practice, these provisions are used as an excuse to surveil, cajole, and threaten customers, who risk losing funds if they are unable to meet the impossibly high burden...
US Presidential Contender Michael Bloomberg Proposes ‘Clear Regulatory Framework’ for Crypto
18.2.2020
US presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said he would clarify tax and securities laws around crypto in a new financial reform plan
Meet the Network Investor: A Venture Capitalist Who Invests in DeFi
18.2.2020
How do you invest in a space where startups rarely have revenue?
Celsius Joins Major Cryptocurrency Firms Using Simplex’s Fiat Onramp
18.2.2020
United Kingdom-based crypto lending startup Celsius Network enables in-app crypto purchases via a new partnership with Simplex
Seven "Golden Crosses" Shine in the Top 10 as Bitcoin Enters the Club
18.2.2020
Source: iStock/Ivan-balvan
Just as the crypto market sees the first signs of a recovery after the weekend sell-off, several major cryptoassets are showing a highly bullish signal in their charts in the form of a so-called “golden cross.”
At the time of writing (8:50 UTC), a golden cross has formed...
DeFi Project bZx Exploited for Second Time in a Week, Loses $630K in Ether
18.2.2020
The attacker manipulated price feeds in order to create and profit from an under collateralized loan
IOTA Closed for 6th Day, MIOTA up 4% on Remediation Plan
18.2.2020
The IOTA (MIOTA) mainnet is closed for the sixth day now, while MIOTA is up almost 4% on the shared remediation plan.
As reported, IOTA first advised people to keep their Trinity wallets closed on February 17, while they investigate the reports of stolen funds, even turning off the Coordinator,...
Regulatory Roundup: Trump’s Cryptocurrency Proposals, IRS Changes Rule, China Quarantines Cash
18.2.2020
In this roundup, we cover numerous cryptocurrency regulatory developments in the U.S., including President Trump’s crypto proposals, testimonies by the Federal Reserve chairman and the Treasury secretary, a crypto-friendly SEC proposal, and the IRS changing a crypto tax rule. We also cover...
Decentralized Lending Protocol bZx Hacked Twice in a Matter of Days
18.2.2020
Decentralized lending protocol bZx was hacked two times just days apart, with a total loss of about $954,000
T-Mobile, Orange and Other Giants to Test Blockchain-powered Platform
18.2.2020
Four of the world’s biggest telecoms providers will cooperate on a joint pilot that could see blockchain technology applied to inter-operator roaming agreements.
Per Mobile Europe, Deutsche Telekom and its United States-based mobile and wireless network operator T-Mobile US will team up with...
New Platform Helps Developers Tokenize Their Games on Ethereum
18.2.2020
A new game development platform, Enjin, has gone live on the Ethereum mainnet
South Korean Banks ‘Sitting on Crypto Plans in Regulatory Limbo’
18.2.2020
South Korean financial institutions have formulated crypto business plans – but cannot go public with them due to a lack of regulatory clarity, claim bankers in the country.
News outlet Hangook Ilbo quotes an unnamed “senior official” at a South Korean bank as stating,
“Banks in South Korea cannot...