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South Korean crypto exchanges banned from handling coins they issued themselves
17.6.2021
Exchange tokens are falling under the scrutiny of South Korean regulators
Korean Exchanges Delist High-risk Coins as They Face Tough Regulations
17.6.2021
Crypto trading platforms in South Korea are delisting certain digital currencies as they move to comply with stricter rules for the industry. The trading of some high-risk coins has been either halted or completely suspended on several Korean exchanges this week. South Korean Exchanges Wipe Trading...
Regulations drive Korean exchanges to delist, warn against high risk coins
16.6.2021
Amid increasing scrutiny and demand from regulators, South Korean crypto exchanges are sifting through their supported assets and delisting or placing high-risk coins on an investor warning list
A, B, C Investment Rounds, Crypto Trader Attacked, Overpriced Coins + More News
15.6.2021
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Investments news
The major crypto index fund manager, Bitwise Asset Management, said it raised USD 70m in a Series B round, valuing the company...
GME and AMC stock surge may impact crypto meme coins, BTC not so much?
12.6.2021
GME and AMC push to greater highs on the back of memes as correlations with crypto begin to emerge
Thailand Bans Meme Coins, Fan Tokens, NFTs From Trading on Crypto Exchanges
12.6.2021
The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has enacted new rules for cryptocurrency exchanges operating in the country. Certain types of cryptocurrencies, including meme coins, fan coins, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), are prohibited to trade on crypto exchanges. Thailand Sets New Rules...
Ethereum Miners Can Transition to These Coins and Boost Their Values
12.6.2021
By now, every Ethereum (ETH) fan knows that this blockchain is in the process of switching from a proof-of-work (PoW) to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. What’s less widely known, even among those in the Ethereum community, is what will happen to the miners that help secure this network....
Mystery Whale Returns by Moving $35 Million — Miner Transfers 1,000 ‘Sleeping Bitcoins’ from 2010
9.6.2021
Two months after the mystery mining whale from 2010 transferred a string of 20 block rewards with 1,000 bitcoin on March 23, it seemed as though the entity was finished, after spending 10,000 bitcoin total. However, it took 78 days for the whale’s next move, as another 20 blocks from 2010...
Celebrating Upland’s Genesis Week With a Big Bitcoin Giveaway
8.6.2021
Upland.me is a blockchain-based game in which users can buy, sell, and trade virtual NFT properties mapped to the real world. By becoming a digital landowner, users can build properties, earn UPX coins, and even cash out their gains to USD. Currently open in cities including NYC, San Francisco...
Alternative Mining Algorithms Reap Higher Profits Than Bitcoin Mining in 2021
4.6.2021
Cryptocurrencies have jumped quite a bit in value over the course of the year and miners who verify transactions and earn digital assets have seen significant profits. While bitcoin miners have been seeing daily profits rise, a great number of other mineable digital currencies are pulling in much...
$1.4M in Bitcoin Remains Idle — The Curious Case of the 37-Day-Old 2009 Block Reward Spent a Year Ago
2.6.2021
Approximately 378 days ago, before the bitcoin bull market started to heat up, a unique block was spent stemming from a coinbase reward created 37 days after the Bitcoin network launched. It seems roughly ten coins from the block reward were sold to an exchange, but 40 bitcoin worth $1.4 million...
Dental Clinic in Ontario to Accept Cryptocurrency for Its Services
2.6.2021
Southdown Dental, a clinic in Mississauga, Ontario, is introducing a new payment option. Patients will soon be able to pay with cryptocurrency for its services. The dental clinic says it will take digital money for any procedure, from regular checkups to children’s braces. Canadian Dental...
Market Forecaster Jim Bianco Says Ethereum Has a Lot of Upside, Investor Doesn’t Hold Bitcoin
29.5.2021
On May 27, the president of Bianco Research, Jim Bianco explained during an interview that he believes there’s a lot of upside potential when it comes to the crypto economy. Bianco said since 2017 he’s owned a basket of crypto assets like ethereum, but he doesn’t hold bitcoin....
Australian Tax Office to Prompt 400,000 Crypto Holders to Report Their Gains
29.5.2021
Australia’s revenue service has reminded a growing number of crypto investors about their tax obligations. Rejecting the common misconception that crypto gains are only taxable when coins are cashed back into dollars, the tax office is going to prompt hundreds of thousands of taxpayers...
Crypto couple tells court the IRS has no right to tax newly mined coins
27.5.2021
Coins earned by staking have been “created” and are not taxable until sold according to one couple in the U.S
Tether mints more coins to break $60 billion market cap
25.5.2021
Massive volatility on crypto markets has been always associated with an uptick on stablecoin markets, a Tether exec noted
Rich Dad Poor Dad’s Robert Kiyosaki Urges Crypto Investors to Buy the Dip, Says ‘Stop Whining and Take Action’
23.5.2021
Robert Kiyosaki, the best-selling author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” says now that bitcoin is “crashing,” it is a buying opportunity, especially for those who said that they could not afford it before. Alternatively, he said they can “Buy coins that outperform bitcoin...
Mystery Bitcoin Whale from 2010 Disappears, Dormant Address from 2013 Sees Strange Activity
23.5.2021
Toward the latter half of 2020 and during the first quarter of 2021, a mystery miner spent 200 block rewards from 2010 by transferring 10,000 bitcoin during the year. Since the whale’s last 1,000 bitcoin spend on March 23, the patterns of 20 decade-old strings of coinbase rewards...
Who Owns the Mystery Dogecoin Whale Address? Robinhood’s CEO Dismisses Speculation
21.5.2021
Dogecoin has been the talk of the cryptocurrency town for months on end and in recent times, crypto enthusiasts have been discussing the largest holder in the Dogecoin economy. An address with 36.7 billion dogecoin has recently amassed 797 DOGE this week and 3,755 coins during the last month....
Crypto Prices Consolidate, Analysts Blame Bitcoin Market Rout on ‘Overleveraged Positions’
21.5.2021
Digital currency markets have been consolidating after taking some heavy losses during the last few days. Billions of dollars have jumped back into the crypto economy on Thursday, as the overall market valuation of all coins in existence has jumped back to $1.75 trillion on Friday. Bitcoin...