OKEx to accelerate Bitcoin transactions with Lightning Network

As Lightning Labs continues to expand the Lightning Network’s capabilities, another major exchange announces its plans to integrate.

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Ripple Formally Responds to SEC Allegations — Claims SEC Picking Winners and Losers, Distorting Facts About XRP

Ripple Labs has officially responded to the complaint by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Besides explaining that the XRP cryptocurrency is not a security, Ripple accuses the securities regulator of being out of step, picking winners and losers, as well as distorting facts regarding the cryptocurrency. In the court document filed on Jan. […]

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XRP price spikes as Ripple pushes back against SEC’s $1.3 billion lawsuit

The price of now-embattled cryptocurrency XRP surged by up to 86%—just a day after Ripple Labs filed its response to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) $1. 3 billion lawsuit hanging over the company’s head.

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Ripple and CEO Brad Garlinghouse Face Another Lawsuit Over XRP Crypto Being a Security

Another class-action lawsuit has been filed against Ripple Labs and CEO Brad Garlinghouse. This lawsuit follows the one filed by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging that the defendants sold XRP, which it considers unregistered security, for over $1.

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XRP is a Security, Says Prominent Crypto Lawyer

To XRP or not to XRP Stephen Palley has been commenting about crypto on Twitter for a while, and has been vocal about the debacle between Ripple Labs and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Kraken Halts XRP Trading; DOT Replaces the Digital Asset as 4th Largest Crypto Asset

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has become the latest platform to halt XRP trading for US residents from January 30, 2021, at 1:00 UTC due to SEC filing against Ripple Labs. For those users residing in other countries, XRP markets will continue to operate uninterrupted.

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Kraken Becomes Latest Exchange to Halt XRP Trading

Kraken announced on Jan. 15 that it would halt trading in XRP for US residents. The company made the move because of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing against Ripple Labs. Kraken sets parameters The exchange specified that US residents would still be able to deposit, hold, and withdraw XRP after the freeze takes … Continued The post Kraken Becomes Latest Exchange to Halt XRP Trading appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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CoinGate Delists XRP as Gatehub Holds Fort

Another One Bites the Dust In a series of tweets, the exchange said the decision was a result of a loss of ability “to exchange XRP for merchants that want payouts in fiat currency.” Last year, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint alleging Ripple Labs participated in unregistered securities offerings over … Continued The post CoinGate Delists XRP as Gatehub Holds Fort appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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XRP Investors Take Legal Action After Ripple Charges

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officially charged Ripple Labs and two of its executives with the sale of over $1 billion in unregistered securities. Now, former investors are suing the SEC.

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EToro USA Becomes Latest Exchange to Suspend XRP Trading

The U.S. division of eToro is suspending XRP trading after an SEC suit against Ripple Labs alleges the token is a security.

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Grayscale Dumps Over 9 Million XRP Among Ripple SEC Charges

Following the official charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Ripple Labs and two of its executives, Grayscale has decided to sell over a third of its stake in XRP. This 9.

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SEC Charges Crypto Fund Manager With Fraud and Freezes Assets

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been cracking down on the cryptocurrency space as the asset class continues to grow and break all-time highs across a variety of metrics. Last week’s bombshell came after the SEC charged Ripple Labs and two of its executives with the sale of $1.

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Ripple Lawsuit Could Invoke Billions in Losses to ‘Innocent Third-Parties,’ Says Former SEC Commissioner

The crypto community is extremely curious about what will happen to Ripple Labs and the token asset XRP, after the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently filed a lawsuit against Ripple and two executives.

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Crypto Exchanges Rush to Delist XRP Following SEC Charges

XRP has plunged since the charges came to light. The former third-ranked cryptocurrency by market cap dropped from around $0.52 on Monday to around $0.33 at the time of writing. Please note: In light of US Securities & Exchange Commission’s enforcement action against Ripple Labs & 2 of its executives, we have suspended all #XRP … Continued The post Crypto Exchanges Rush to Delist XRP Following SEC Charges appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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CoinShares, ConsenSys, Blockchain Labs, and Techemy Capital & Others Collaborate with Leverj.io to bring DeFi Derivatives to Market

Following three years of development by Wall Street veterans, Leverj  recently launched the first high-speed decentralized derivatives exchange, which provides spot and futures trading of cryptocurrencies. Today, DeFi...

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Layer-2 Uniswap Port Launched to Quell Rising Gas Costs

A port of the Uniswap exchange has been launched, not to leech liquidity like those before it, but to provide scaling solutions for faster and cheaper transactions and token swaps. Ethereum scaling solutions provider Offchain Labs has announced its own port of Uniswap called Arbiswap which demonstrates Layer 2 (L2) scaling solutions for the world’s […] The post Layer-2 Uniswap Port Launched to Quell Rising Gas Costs appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Binance Supporting Flow Blockchain with BUSD Stablecoin

New York, September 17, 2020 — Binance, the global blockchain company behind the world’s largest digital asset exchange by trading volume and users, announced today the agreement to support BUSD stablecoin on Flow, the blockchain developed by Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot.

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Oasis Labs partners with Binance to fight crypto fraud

Oasis Labs has joined the CryptoSafe Alliance, an association led by leading crypto exchange Binance. The organization unveiled this news via a blog post on August 27, noting that this collaboration would see it work closely with Binance and other members of the alliance to launch the CryptoSafe platform.

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Huobi introduces DeFi fund — appoints senior banker to lead

Mega exchange, Huobi, is creating a DeFi division named Huobi Labs with Sharlyn Wu...

The post Huobi introduces DeFi fund — appoints senior banker to lead appeared first on Coin Journal.

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Polyient Games is Developing NFT Trading DEX on the Avalanche Blockchain

Polyient  Games announced yesterday it is building a decentralized exchange (dex) for NFTs on Avalanche Labs. The collaboration aims to enhance the bridge to Ethereum, reported Decrypt on June 30. Bringing NFTs to DEXs and Ethereum Just this week, Ava Labs raised $42.

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Incentivized Web3 Data Privacy Project, HOPR, Raises $1 Million Led by Binance Labs

Binance Labs, the incubation venture of Binance exchange, led a seed funding round of $1 million for decentralized privacy-focused HOPR. Apart from Binance Labs, other firms that invested during the seed funding round include Focus Labs, Spark Digital Capital, Caballeros Capital, and Synaitken.

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Binance Labs leads $1M investment in open source blockchain protocol Hopr

HOPR, a Swiss-based Web3 data privacy-protecting protocol, and Binance, a leading blockchain infrastructure and cryptocurrency exchange provider, today announced that Binance Labs is leading the strategic $1 million investment round for HOPR ahead of the company’s token sale.

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Binance Labs Leads $1M Seed Round in Crypto Tor Alternative HOPR

Binance Labs, the seed funding arm of the world’s largest crypto exchange, has made its first investment of 2020, backing privacy startup HOPR.

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Defi Protocol, Balancer (BAL) Community Votes On Updates To Prevent ‘Exploitation By Big Players’

Recent reports of FTX exchange ‘gaming' the Balancer Labs governance token, BAL, issuance raised a vote to quickly fix the platform to prevent “useless liquidity” from gaining rewards.

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AAX Crypto Exchange Partners With Solidus Labs to Ensure Trading Transparency

To put an end to market manipulation in crypto trading, the AAX crypto exchange has inked a partnership with Solidus Labs, a crypto-native compliance platform

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Lightning Labs New LSAT Protocol Promises To Do Away With Usernames And Passwords

A statement from Lightning Labs CTO, Olaoluwa Osuntokun, revealed the specs of the Lightning Service Authentication Tokens (LSAT) which is expected to act as a ticket of some sort. The new protocol can be used as both a medium of exchange and authentication token replacing passwords and login credentials for a minimal fee. “LSAT is […]

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MoneyGram Has Made ‘Millions’ Selling Ripple’s XRP

In its recently filed annual report to the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission MoneyGram reports $11. 3 million in revenue as a result of its Ripple partnership. Ripple Labs pays the remissions company as an incentive to use RippleNet in its operations.

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Trace Labs introduces decentralized Food Data Market on OriginTrail

Trace Labs, a core technology builder of the open source OriginTrail protocol for inter-organizational data exchange, today introduced the Food Data Market (FDM), a decentralized marketplace that incentivizes data sharing with the goal of contributing to sustainable supply chains.

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WAX makes available millions worth of tokens for developers who grow WAX Blockchain

Worldwide Asset eXchange (WAX), a blockchain-powered platform to create, buy, sell, and trade virtual items, today introduced WAX Labs, a worker proposal system designed to grow the WAX Blockchain.

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Gemini In Talks With NYDFS To Offer Filecoin Trading, Will Offer Custody For Q3 Launch

In a blog post released by the New York-based exchange, it confirmed that it will offer custodial services for the Protocol Labs developed Filecoin (FIL) so that the asset can roll on. According to the blog, the exchange is collaborating with the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYSDFS) in order to be granted […]

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Trezor Hardware Fixes the ‘Critical Flaw’ Found by Kraken Security Labs

In shocking news, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken’s Security Labs announced that they were able to find a “critical flaw” in Trezor hardware wallets. Kraken Security Labs announced on Friday that they have devised a way to extract seeds from both crypto hardware wallets of Trezor One and Trezor Model T.

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Ripple-backed XRPL Labs exec announces shutting down of XRParrot

XRParrot, a platform developed to enable users to convert fiat into XRP at low fees and without the need for an exchange, announced the shutting down of its service. XRParrot's official tweet read, The post Ripple-backed XRPL Labs exec announces shutting down of XRParrot appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Orchid (OXT) Now Live on Coinbase Pro Exchange 

Orchid (OXT), the native altcoin of Orchid Labs, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) project that’s focused on building highly secure custom virtual private networks (VPNs) for users is now live on Coinbase Pro cryptocurrency exchange, according to a blog post on December 12, 2019.

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Kraken Finds Way to Break Into Popular Hardware Crypto Wallet in 15 Minutes

A security research team at Kraken, a crypto exchange valued at $4 billion, has found a way to gain access to seeds from the widely-used KeepKey hardware wallet. To carry out the attack, the Kraken Security Labs team said that a specialized piece of hardware and knowledge is needed.

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Trezor crypto hardware wallet integrates 3 new exchange partners

Satoshi Labs, creators of the Trezor cryptocurrency hardware wallet platform, announced today it has added three new exchange partners to its in-wallet exchange tool. The three newly connected partners include ChangeHero, Fox.

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Augur Blockchain Prediction Markets Platform to Get Instant Payouts Courtesy of STLD Exchange

An organization creating services for prediction markets, Prediction Labs, recently announced the launching of an STLD Exchange. This is a service that offers immediate settlements on Augur. The payouts are also instant for the selected prediction markets.

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BitMart Labs Officially Joins Nova Club

In the past few days, BitMart Labs, an international blockchain incubator launched by BitMart Exchange formally participated in Nova Club’s Supernova Landing Program. In the future, BitMart Labs will work with Nova Club on building a global investment ecosystem.

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$322 Million: How The SEC Should Settle With Ripple Labs Over XRP

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission handed down a $24 million slap on the wrist to Block.one for allegedly selling unregistered securities in its $4 billion ICO, begging the question: what would be an appropriate settlement with Ripple Labs, which conducted an “ongoing ICO”, as Ripple’s release of XRP has been labeled in an ongoing […] The post $322 Million: How The SEC Should Settle With Ripple Labs Over XRP appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Marsh Insurance Broker Starts Utilizing a Blockchain Risk Exchange Placement Platform

World’s leading insurance broker and risk adviser, Marsh announced its piloting of Risk Exchange, a new digital placement platform powered by blockchain technology. The concept came out of a hackathon, and Marsh Digital Labs developed it further.

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BitMart Labs hosted 2019 Block Plus Summit Series III in Vietnam

Block Plus Summit Series III was hosted by BitMart Labs, an international blockchain incubator launched by BitMart Exchange. The event brought together over 30 industry leaders, 6 keynote speakers, 30 top tier media in the fintech world, covering over 500 guests and 3000 participants online and offline.

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Vanbex Labs Sells Two Products to Hyperion Amid Fraud Investigation

Vanbex sells Rocket and CryptoTaxes to crypto exchange Hyperion Technologies amid fraud investigation

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Binance Labs leads $5.7 million raise for FIO Protocol

Binance Labs leads $5. 7 million raise for FIO Protocol - CryptoNinjas Dapix Inc, the company behind the initial development of the FIO Protocol, has raised $5. 7 million in Series A funding led by Binance Labs, the venture arm of leading global cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain ecosystem, Binance.

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Case Against Ripple Toughens as SEC may “Hammer” XRP

According to Tone Vays, derivatives trader & YouTube content creator in a tweet on August 14, 2019, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is coming after Ripple Labs with Thor’s Hammer.

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Waves Labs to Use DAO as Sandbox for Grant Programs

Waves is the fastest blockchain platform with real-world solutions for end users, businesses and developers, whether they need to store or exchange tokens, trade swiftly and securely (DEX) or run fraud-proof business logic (Waves smart contracts). - Medium

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Fujitsu Labs Releases Blockchain ID Tool for Online Transactions “Digital ID Exchange Technology”

Online transactions, for all their benefits, have their downsides are one of these is a fact that sometimes they are not secure and are sometimes prone to breaches which could lead to the loss of funds on the part of those who make use of them.

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Binance Labs reveals newest projects to graduate from incubation program

CryptoNinjas Binance Labs, the venture arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, today announced the 13 newest projects to graduate from its incubation program. With regional chapters on three continents, the Binance Labs Incubation Program focuses on helping top founders bootstrap and achieve product-market fit in the global blockchain.

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Is Binance Labs Paying For Ethereum’s Grave?

The growth of Binance (BNB), from conceptual spot exchange to industry goliath, has been phenomenal. Founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has rapidly expanded his offerings, which now boast a charity arm, IEO launchpad, and a new blockchain.

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Op Ed: Lightning Network Consensus Is a Marketplace and That’s Okay!

To Bitcoin or Not to BitcoinDuring the “scaling debate” before the SegWit2X user-activated soft fork (UASF), Bitcoin businesses were getting their first bitter taste of Bitcoin’s censorship resistance.

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BitMart Labs Hosted 2019 Block Plus Summit, Kicking off the New York Consensus Week

New York, May 11, 2019 Block Plus Summit was hosted by BitMart Labs, an international blockchain incubator launched by BitMart Exchange. The event brought together over 200 blockchain investors, traders, and enthusiasts across the globe, making it the most exciting conference during the New York Consensus week.

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