2021-8-24 14:03 |
Bitcoin-related investment scams have already exceeded $18.5 million, an increase of 44% compared to the total losses of nearly $12.8 million in 2020. origin »
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Statistics show that the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract has exceeded 6 million ether this week as more than $12.4 billion worth of ethereum is held in the contract today. Onchain metrics show that Ethereum has seen some significant drawdowns in recent times and decentralized finance (defi) activity has slowed compared to last summer’s statistics. Despite […]
2021-7-2 19:30 | |
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India is seeing explosive growth in crypto investments compared to last year as the $40 billion milestone is crossed. Rapid Growth In Cryptocurrency Compared To Last Year As per a Bloomberg report, Indian investors now hold $40 billion in virtual assets, a massive increase from $200 million a year ago.
2021-6-29 21:34 | |
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The UK's financial regulator reported a positive attitude towards crypto, with 38% of investors considering their stake in them as a gamble, versus 47% last year. Also, compared to 15% last year, only 11% regretted buying cryptos.
2021-6-17 19:40 | |
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While Ethereum saw $47 million inflows last week, Bitcoin had yet another week, a hattrick, of outflows. Ether products now have a total of $11.83 billion in AUM compared to Bitcoin’s $30 bln. The post Ethereum Investment Product’s Market Share Increases to Reach a Record Highs first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-6-3 17:06 | |
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As people look for a hedge against currency devaluation, inflation, and defaults, the value of Bitcoin surges to almost 5.9 million pesos compared to the 3.4 million pesos official rate. The post Argentines Are Now Getting into Bitcoin Mining Thanks to Subsidized Electricity first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-6-2 21:35 | |
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More than $5.7 million were paid by Ethereum users in one hour. In the past 24 hours, Ethereum generated almost $90 million in fees compared to just $5.7 million by Bitcoin. The post Ethereum is Literally Unusable; Fees Surge to New ATH as Dogs Take Over the Network first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-5-11 16:45 | |
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After Bitcoin, institutions are now getting interested in Ethereum. As we reported last week, there has been an improving appetite for Ethereum compared to poor sentiment for Bitcoin. This year, $792 million have flowed into Ethereum products bringing its assets under management to $10.
2021-4-30 16:12 | |
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The Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust continues to trade at a significant discount compared to the bitcoin held within.
2021-4-23 19:32 | |
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Pioneering crypto-friendly booking operator Travala (AVA) starts accepting LINK. It also witnesses 187% spike in revenue compared to February 2020
2021-3-4 19:01 | |
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According to the report, Ripple’s flagship solution RippleNet saw five times more transactions on its platform in 2020 when compared with 2019. RippleNet processed close to three million total transactions, a marked increase.
2021-1-26 18:18 | |
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Voyager Digital, a Canada-listed crypto-asset broker, estimates that its Q4 revenue shot up by 75% compared to Q3; this is according to a business and operational update released by the firm on January 5th.
2021-1-7 20:35 | |
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A study revealed that darknet markets have astonishing figures so far in 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic, but the dynamics changed compared to the last year’s numbers. Darknet Vendors Surpassed $800 Million in Revenues Despite Covid Pandemic According to the Chainalysis report, darknet marketplaces surpassed the $800 million threshold worth of cryptocurrencies in revenue made […] The post Darknet Market Crypto Revenues Hit All-Time Highs in 2020 appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2020-12-5 12:30 | |
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Bitcoin miner Argo Blockchain reported Thursday that revenue climbed 23% to £1.48 million ($1.98 million) in November compared to £1.2 million ($1.6 million) the previous month. ● The London Stock Exchange-listed firm mined less bitcoin (BTC) in November (115 BTC) than it did in October (126 BTC) “due to changes in mining difficulty”, but bitcoin’s […] The post Argo Reports 23% Monthly Revenue Increase, With 2,369 Bitcoin Mined Since January appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2020-12-5 18:00 | |
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In the last 10 months of 2020, losses from cryptocurrency hacks, thefts, and frauds have declined a good $1. 8 billion compared to last year. But at the same, the crimes in the “decentralized finance” (DeFi) sector jumped.
2020-11-11 21:09 | |
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A record 3. 5 million crypto wallet app downloads were recorded in July 2020, representing an increase of 81% when compared to the same period last year. In addition, the number of active users went up by 110% between January 1 and August 19, 2020.
2020-8-29 16:35 | |
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After Bitcoin dipped by a total of 6.25% between Tuesday and Wednesday, liquidations worth $50 million were spotted. Although this drop is small compared to the drop on August 2nd, there might be fearThe post Bitcoin: Should you be worried about another March-style crash? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-8-19 15:45 | |
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Peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto exchange Paxful reported Tuesday that its bitcoin trading volumes climbed 35% to $1.1 billion during the first six months of 2020 compared to $817 million a year ago. More than $182 million worth of bitcoin (BTC), on average, was traded on the platform every month between January and June this year, it […] The post Emerging Markets Drive Paxful First Half 2020 Bitcoin Volume to $1.1 Billion appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2020-7-15 17:30 | |
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Grayscale Investment’s flagship Bitcoin Trust fund has seen a ten-fold increase in assets under management year-over-year. The average weekly investment in Q1 2019 was just $3. 2 million, compared to nearly $30 million this year.
2020-5-24 06:10 | |
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Donald Trump compared the coronavirus death toll to that of previous world wars. Here's what that would look like in reality. The post Trump’s Chilling Message: Nearly 1 Million Americans Could Die from Coronavirus appeared first on CCN.com
2020-4-6 18:37 | |
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Top South Korean crypto exchange platforms, Upbit and Bithumb, have witnessed a massive decrease in their trading volumes of 70% and 63% respectively compared to their 2018 results, Decrypt reports. According to Financial Supervisory Services (FSS), Dunamu, which is Upbit’s parent company, saw its annual profits decrease by 93% to approximately $7.4 million. The nosedive […]
2020-3-24 22:04 | |
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Bitcoin volumes from LocalBitcoins has hit a 7-year low; the peer-to-peer OTC exchange has been a dominant player in the field since 2013. Latest stats, however, shows that weekly traded BTC are now at 3,144 ($28 million) compared to a high of 13,000 Bitcoins last year.
2020-3-4 19:10 | |
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Galaxy Digital is the digital currency bank involved with Mike Novogratz and as things stand now for the firm, there is good news. In the first 9 months of this year alone, the enterprise has made a head-spinning sum of $58.
2019-11-30 21:42 | |
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Coinspeaker UK Labour Leader Calls Jeff Bezos to Pay Taxes after his $98. 5 Million DonationThe leader of the UK Labour party has slammed Jeff Bezos for his recent philanthropic donation.
2019-11-26 17:41 | |
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In the Messari Unqualified Opinions blog, it seems that Ripple and XRP may not be having a good week. Released shortly after an article by Elliptic suggested a connection between $400 million in illicit activity and XRP, the article compared the activity to that of Bitcoin, which is tied to $829 million. The author of […]
2019-11-21 00:08 | |
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After a dismal start, interest in Bakkt’s physically-settled Bitcoin futures is finally improving. The Intercontinental Exchange-backed venture has just recorded three consecutive days above $10 million in trading.
2019-11-14 23:00 | |
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On November 11, the Bakkt Bitcoin futures market almost reached an all-time high in volume, closing the day at $13. 8 million. This was slightly lower than the actual all-time high of $15. 5 million, reached on November 8.
2019-11-13 13:56 | |
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Coinspeaker Deutsche Bank Suffers a 832 Million Euro Setback amid Ongoing RestructuringIf compared with the previous year, shares of Deutsche Bank have lost over 16%. Earlier this year, the bank announced a wide restructuring plan.
2019-10-30 20:23 | |
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The launch of Bakkt’s Bitcoin Futures was one of the highly anticipated events of 2019. After a long delay, the ICE-backed institution’s Futures product went live on 23 September. However, it was off to a slow start.
2019-10-24 14:30 | |
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The enterprise payments blockchain company, Ripple, and its xRapid technology, saw transfers worth $18. 9 million in September this year to Mexico and the Philippines. The growth, when compared to August’s numbers, was a steep one as the figures that month were below $11 million.
2019-10-2 22:30 | |
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Block. one – the company behind cryptocurrency EOS – was slapped with a $24 million fine this week, pertaining to its initial coin offering (ICO) back in 2017. That might sound harsh, but it’s a tiny penalty.
2019-10-1 18:40 | |
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Yesterday, market research firm Canalys published a report stating Chinese search giant Baidu has surpassed Google in terms of smart speaker distribution worldwide – which means a company whose products you may never have seen outside China is outselling the big G.
2019-8-27 10:34 | |
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The Tron Foundation entered the cryptocurrency market only in 2018, fairly late when compared to other cryptocurrencies. However, this hasn’t posed as a hindrance to the Tron Foundation’s growth as there seems to be no stopping to the Foundation’s accomplishments.
2019-8-22 04:30 | |
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Infamous stablecoin and pseudo currency Tether (USDT) doesn’t exactly have the cleanest of rap sheets, and if you needed another reason not to trust it, keep reading. According to recent findings from cryptocurrency researchers at Coin Metrics, around 300 entities hold about 80 percent of the Tether currently in circulation, Bloomberg reports.
2019-8-8 11:30 | |
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IOHK’s Charles Hoskinson hosted an AMA session on YouTube where the entrepreneur spoke about Cardano’s much-awaited update releases. He began by ensuring his viewers about the completion of the ‘Shelley era’ by 2020 as planned.
2019-8-6 23:30 | |
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Bitcoin takes a lot of criticism over its ‘unsuitability’ as a payments mechanism but when it comes to low fee transfers the digital-asset is king when compared to the fees charged by traditional remittance houses.
2019-7-30 23:29 | |
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Criminals made a staggering 52. 7 million cryptojacking hits during the first six months of the year. According to the latest research from SonicWall, cryptojacking activity rose by 9 percent between January and June 2019 when compared to levels seen in the last six months of 2018.
2019-7-24 13:01 | |
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15th July, Singapore, Singapore – The numbers are in and fast-growing exchange BiKi. com is proving it is no flash in the pan. According to official reports, BiKi. com’s revenue figures in the second quarter exceeded USD 15 million, which is a 500% increase when compared to figures from the first quarter.
2019-7-15 10:21 | |
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A Poland-based Bitcoin exchange has abruptly shut down operations, taking away the cryptocurrency funds of thousands of users alongside. BitMarket announced on Monday that it ran out of liquidity on July 8, which prompted them to cease their operations for an indefinite period.
2019-7-10 20:17 | |
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CME Bitcoin futures reached a record all-time of 5,311 contracts or $250 Million this week, as new Institutional money flows into the Bitcoin derivative market. The Importance of Institutional Money According to a recent tweet from one of the world’s largest Bitcoin derivatives marketplace, the number of open BTC1! contracts reached a record $250 Million in notional spot value on June 17.
2019-6-19 19:00 | |
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Bitcoin is piling in more than 732,000 addresses owning at least 1 BTC. Meanwhile, the top-100 BTC addresses are seeing more inflows that outflows of BTC. Bitcoin Attaining SoV Status There are currently 732,982 Bitcoin addresses that hold more than 1 BTC.
2019-5-20 22:00 | |
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Binance Coin (BNB) appears to have shaken off the drama of the past two weeks and steadily approaches is 2019 all-time high. Binance Coin (BNB) Overview While Binance Coin has been one of 2019’s top performers it has been something of a laggard over the past week, especially when compared against Bitcoin’s price action.
2019-5-14 22:00 | |
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When Binance revealed that somewhere in the region of $40 million dollars worth of Bitcoin was stolen from them, it caused the usual reactions from the community. News articles were written Binance's security was questioned, but overall it was just another hack – and not even a significant one compared to some in the past. […]
2019-5-10 02:02 | |
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By CCN. com: The Donald Trump business lost $1. 17 billion in a decade according to tax information seen by the New York Times. The figures mean the “self-made” president lost more money between 1985 and 1994 than any other American.
2019-5-8 12:49 | |
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Research has shown that the number of on-chain Bitcoin transactions has risen dramatically throughout 2019, nearing the volume of Bitcoin’s peak in December 2017. Even so, transaction fees are a fraction of what they were around bitcoin’s all-time high, likely due to the continued uptick of SegWit transactions on the network.
2019-5-8 00:53 | |
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While the Crypto Winter may be lingering with us into the spring, crypto exchanges are doing just fine. According to CoinMarketCap, there are now 255 major crypto exchanges.
2019-5-4 22:14 | |
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By CCN: Stocks are broadly tanking today, but Fluor, Inc. , a Texas construction outfit, is leading the charge, with a roughly 24% loss by press time. The company lost 48 cents per share and announced the resignation of its 8-year CEO David Seaton.
2019-5-3 22:34 | |
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It is no secret that the Bitcoin Lightning Network has gained a lot of popularity in 2019. With the current capacity of $5 million USD, the network has grown a lot this year and cannot even be compared to what it was last year when it was originally launched. This, however, is not enough for […]
2019-4-30 02:17 | |
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Australian fraudsters earned $4. 3 million (AU$6. 1 million) with cryptocurrency scams last year—a revenue increase of 190 percent when compared to 2017. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)’s new report details the extent of the nation’s problem with cryptocurrency fraud.
2019-4-29 13:01 | |
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Ripple is back in the news as it reports a nice 31% increase in its XRP sales over the first quarter of 2019. That’s a total of $169. 42 million within the first 3 months of 2019 as compared to the $129.
2019-4-26 22:31 | |
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India has intensified efforts to curb crypto-related scams by collaborating with tech giants Google and Meta (formerly Facebook), according to the Ministry of Home Affairs’ 2024 annual report.
T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU) has frozen criminal assets valued at $100 million across five continents. Formed by Tether, TRON, and TRM Labs in August 2024, the group collaborates with law enforcement worldwide to disrupt organized schemes that rely on blockchain transactions.
The demand for fresh narratives in the crypto space has ignited a booming trend—AI-inspired memecoins. These tokens, blending artificial intelligence with the viral appeal of meme culture, have surged to a collective market capitalization of over $10 billion, as per Coingecko data.
Pig butchering scams led to $3. 6 billion in crypto losses in 2024, emerging as the most significant fraud scheme of the year, according to a report by web3 security firm Cyvers. The long-term fraud method, where victims are groomed over time to make substantial investments, outpaced other forms of crypto scams in 2024.
The rise of crypto has become a breeding ground for financial scams in France, contributing to a surge in fraudulent activity that has authorities scrambling to protect consumers. The Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office, along with regulatory bodies like the AMF and ACPR, are particularly concerned about the growing number of schemes involving bogus crypto investments.
Crypto frauds and hacks in 2024 caused $2.3 billion in losses, with Ethereum and multisig wallets most affected, exposing critical vulnerabilities. The post Over $2.3 Billion Stolen in Crypto Hacks and Frauds in 2024 appeared first on BeInCrypto.
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged three individuals on Dec. 11 with impersonating securities brokers and investment advisers to execute a scheme involving digital assets. The complaint names three Nigerian nationals and alleges that their actions diverted more than $2.