2018-10-16 23:10 |
Bitfinex says fiat and cryptocurrency withdrawals are working normally, but some users say they're seeing delays in getting their funds out. origin »
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Bitfinex has apparently temporarily paused USD deposits, expecting the situation “to normalize within a week. ” That’s just days after it was revealed they had secured a bank account with HSBC.
2018-10-11 17:38 | |
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The Liquid Network is up and running. More than a year after its conceptual introduction at the Blockchain Association of Canada's Government Forum in Ottawa, Blockstream’s bitcoin scaling solution made its public debut on October 10, 2018, after going live among its partners on September 27.
2018-10-11 20:44 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex denied what it called “rumors” and “allegations” about its alleged insolvency on October 7, revealing cold wallet balances in an attempt to prove its financial stability.
2018-10-8 20:00 | |
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University of Berkeley Professor Barry Eichengreen has taken a swipe at the viability of stablecoins in an op-ed published on Project Syndicate. The critique, entitled “The Stable-Coin Myth,” argues stablecoins are not automatically "viable" just because they are pegged to an asset, though Eichengreen does believe they have an advantage over "conventional cryptocurrencies" such as bitcoin which he says "is highly unstable" and "unattractive as units of account.
2018-9-13 18:07 | |
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Once again, bitcoin finds itself precariously perched on the bottom of its macro trading range (TR). After a strong round of selling over the course of two weeks plunged the price back to the $6,000s, bitcoin began consolidating for several weeks at the bottom of the TR:Figure 1: BTC-USD, 1-Day Candles, Macro TRAs shown in the figure above, the market has interacted several times at the current price range and it has been a source of three major bullish rallies.
2018-8-25 00:42 | |
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Tether Ltd. , which issues a stable coin allegedly tied to U. S. dollar reserves, claims it has hired Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan LLP — a law firm co-founded by FBI Director Louis Freeh — to confirm its bank deposits and assure investors that its cryptocurrency is backed by USD.
2018-6-21 23:05 | |
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Factors Influencing the Bitcoin Price Although Bitcoin markets will always be volatile, there are many different external influences in play at all times. Over the years, there have been a fair few factors which pushed the Bitcoin price in a specific direction, either for better or worse. Recent research hinted that Bitfinex and Tether were
2018-6-17 01:05 | |
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A study published Wednesday says at least half of the jump in bitcoin was due to coordinated price manipulation. “Fraud and manipulation often leave footprints in the data and it’s nice to have the blockchain to track things,” Griffin told CNBC.
2018-6-14 22:45 | |
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It’s virtually an open secret that Bitcoin price manipulation was rampant last year, and now we’re a lot closer to proof. An academic paper published on Wednesday, concluded that “at least half” of Bitcoin’s meteoric rise last year was a result of Tether purchases on Bitfinex.
2018-6-14 19:29 | |
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Customers will soon be able to load up the Voyager app and see how much will be available for withdrawal.
Another chunk of ETH has been withdrawn due to Kraken, but deposits going onto the network have almost matched them.
Crypto lender firm Celsius has announced that customers can now withdraw their assets from its platform eight months after the company filed for bankruptcy. According to an official tweet on March 2, withdrawals are now available, albeit for certain custody accounts only.
Leading Chinese banks have introduced digital yuan withdrawals at more than 3,000 ATM locations in Beijing. Residents of the capital city will now be able to exchange their e-CNY funds for cash and vice versa.
As enthusiasm for cryptocurrency mounts amid strong demand from retail and institutional investors, financial service providers Simplex and Skrill are building more inroads into the ecosystem, focusing on improving transactability and convenience.
According to data, bitcoin balances on exchanges are shrinking a great deal and have dropped to levels not seen in two years. Arcane Research detailed that charts showing the number of bitcoin leaving exchanges has seen a sharp decline and has been “one of the main stories of the year.
Chinese authorities are launching a national crackdown against fraudulent SIM card and bank account schemes. The latest detained under this operation is one of the founders of a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange CEO Global (ceobi).