Voyager Digital issues notice of default to Three Arrows Capital

Voyager said that it will continue to operate and fulfil their customers’ orders and withdrawals amid its current issues.

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Ethereum to shutdown 3 testnets after Merge

Details have emerged that only the Goerli and Sepolia testnets would continue to operate once the highly anticipated Ethereum Merge is completed. The post Ethereum to shutdown 3 testnets after Merge appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Huobi Acquires Latin American Crypto Exchange Bitex

The Chinese crypto exchange is seeking to expand in Latin America, but Bitex will continue to operate under the same name and with its current management team.

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Huobi Global Acquires Latin American Crypto Exchange Bitex

The Chinese crypto exchange is seeking to expand in Latin America, but Bitex will continue to operate under the same name and with its current management team.

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Binance Greenlighted In Abu Dhabi

Binance obtains temporary green light to operate in Abu Dhabi. CZ has told users to expect more. The competition is raging on in the Middle East as they continue to support blockchain firms in the region.

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Expectations Of Aggressive FED Drop, Here’s Why Bitcoin Could Rise To $50K

Bitcoin stumbles as it approaches the mid area around its current levels. As reported yesterday, there was a large number of asks orders at $45,000, and $48,000, which could continue to operate as resistance in the short term.

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Binance Registering As A Money Services Business in Canada, Exchange is Financing a $113M Initiative in France

The leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance will continue to operate in Ontario, Canada, after having a successful discussion with the regulators. In June, the exchange told its users that they would no longer stay open in Canada’s most populous province and asked users to close their accounts by Dec.

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Crypto unlikely to escape regulation, says world’s oldest central bank Riksbank

Regulatory oversight would soon creep into the burgeoning crypto sector even as they currently continue to largely operate in a legal gray area, said the governor of Riksbank, Sweden’s central bank, on Monday.

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Курс токена Cover Protocol обвалился на 33%

Разработчики из DeFi-проекта yearn. finance сегодня объявили о прекращении слияния с Cover Protocol. We have decided to end the previously announced merger process of Yearn and Cover. Both protocols will continue to operate independently.

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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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Ripple Will Continue to Operate In U.S. Despite Lawsuit

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UK Crypto Businesses Get Reprieve as FCA Extends Consideration Period Until mid-2021

UK financial regulators will allow crypto firms with pending registration applications to continue to operate until the middle of 2021. The agency plans to use the extension to clear the applicant backlog as its operations have been hamstrung by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Bitcoin Shorts May Soon Get “Trapped” as Bulls Slow BTC’s Descent

Bitcoin’s price has found some stability following the recent market-wide selloff that helped send it down from highs of $11,200 to lows of $10,400 Bulls are ardently guarding against it seeing further near-term downside at the present moment There is a possibility that sellers will be able to continue pushing the market lower in the near-term, as turbulence within the stock market is providing an ideal background for bears to operate against One analyst is […]

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BitAngels Will Go Fully Virtual to Keep Community Active During COVID-19 Outbreak

Amid the global pandemic outbreak, blockchain investors network BitAngels will continue to operate through online virtual pitch events

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Scam Giveaways on YouTube Live Persist As Cryptocurrency Content Creators Are Censored

YouTube flagged many cryptocurrency videos in the past week, causing a serious backlash. Although the platform has since reversed its actions, actual scammers continue to operate without consequence on the platform.

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Hyperion Technologies Buys Off Vanbex Despite Criminal Investigations Into Its $22 Million ICO

Canadian-based blockchain firm, Vanbex has confirmed selling its IP to Hyperion Technologies, a Canadian crypto brokerage firm, CoinDesk reports. According to Lisa Cheng, Vanbex co-founder, the buy off means that the products, as well as business models under Vanbex, will continue to operate under Hyperion Technologies.

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XRP community calls out Wirex CEO’s ‘XRP is a security’ comment

XRP is not a security. And as Garlinghouse explained, “XRP is not a security for three reasons: if Ripple, the company, shuts down tomorrow, the XRP ledger will continue to operate; it’s an open-source, decentralized technology”.

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Report: North Korea May Exploit Southeast Asia’s Crypto Exchanges

North Korea could pose a threat to countries across Southeast Asia as it looks to exploit cryptocurrency exchanges due to gaps in regulatory frameworks, according to a new report.

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Uber acquires Careem for $3.1 billion to dominate ride-hailing in the Middle East

Uber has acquired Careem, a major player in the ride-hailing space across the Middle East, for $3. 1 billion in cash and convertible notes. The latter will continue to operate as an independent company.

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Coinbase Purchased Neutrino for $13.5 M, Acquisition Contract Shows

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase purchased controversial Italian software services provider Neutrino for $13. 5 million (€12 million), a copy of a legal document dated February 15, 2019, and shared with Bitcoin Magazine reveals.

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Coinbase Snaps Up Blockchain Intelligence Startup Neutrino

U. S. -based digital asset platform Coinbase has acquired blockchain intelligence startup Neutrino. The company made the news known earlier today, February 19, 2019, but the cost of the acquisition was not disclosed.

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Coinbase acquires blockchain intelligence platform Neutrino

US-headquartered bitcoin exchange Coinbase today announced it has acquired Neutrino, a blockchain intelligence platform.  The blockchain engineering and security experts at Neutrino will continue to operate as a standalone business based out of the Coinbase London office.

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Kraken Advances U.K. Expansion With the Acquisition of Futures Platform

U. S. -based cryptocurrency exchange platform Kraken has completed the largest transaction in its history after it made its foray into the futures trading world with the acquisition of London-based Crypto Facilities.

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Chainalysis: Darknet Market Activity Nearly Doubled Throughout 2018

Darknet markets are going as strong as ever, if Chainalysis data is to be believed. In its latest Crypto Crime Report, published earlier this week, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis reports that darknet market activity has nearly doubled throughout 2018.

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Coinbase Fulfills Yet Another Acquisition Buying Out Andreessen Horowitz–Backed Blockspring

CoinSpeaker Coinbase Fulfills Yet Another Acquisition Buying Out Andreessen Horowitz–Backed Blockspring Despite joining the exchange, Blockspring will continue to operate for current and new customers as they always have.

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Founder Charlie Lee Warns Users About Fake Litecoin Telegram Groups Scamming People

During the last year, several scams affected crypto users. Even after a whole year and several warnings, these scammers continue to operate. This time, Charlie Lee, the founder of the popular digital asset Litecoin (LTC), informed that there are several fake Litecoin groups that are scamming people. In general, the most used social media platform […]

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Canada’s First All-Crypto Legal Firm Opens Its Doors to Global Clientele

Technology lawyer Addison Cameron-Huff launched his new, Toronto-based, all-crypto legal firm on January 3, 2019, Bitcoin’s 10th anniversary, as a statement of his commitment to working for and promoting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency-based businesses.

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After $4M Funding Round, BlockFi Eyes Savings Account, Crypto Credit Cards

BlockFihttps://bitcoinmagazine. com/articles/blockfi-gives-hodlers-another-option-borrow-against-crypto-assets/, the New York-based startup that provides crypto collateralized loans, has raised additional funds to expand its services.

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R3 Announces Global Payment App With XRP as Base Currency

R3 has unveiled a new app on their international blockchain, a global payment platform that uses Ripple’s XRP as its initial base currency. The app, dubbed Corda Settler, continues R3’s track record for pursuing  ambitious blockchain projects, and it is allegedly “purpose-built to allow for payment obligations raised on the Corda blockchain platform to be made through any of the world’s payment systems, both traditional and blockchain-based.

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“Guidance by Enforcement”: How the SEC Is Slowly Shaping ICO Regulation

On November 27, 2018, a California judge turned back the SEC’s request for an injunction against token company BlockVest, a company the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pursuing for allegedly conducting an unregistered securities offering.

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Gibraltar's Regulator Grants Full License to the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange

The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has been granted a license from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) required to operate a regulated blockchain exchange.

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RSK Merges With New RIF OS, Opens Potential for Increased Interoperability

Bitcoin-built smart contract platform RSK (a. k. a. Rootstock) is merging with an offshoot established by its founders. The partnership will allow it to spread its roots to Ethereum — and beyond.

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RSK Merges With New RIF Labs, Opens Potential for Increased Interoperability

Bitcoin-built smart contract platform RSK (a. k. a. Rootstock) is merging with an offshoot established by its founders. The partnership will allow it to spread its roots to Ethereum — and beyond.

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Op Ed: Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption Is Neither Frivolous Nor Excessive

As the CEO of Hut 8, one of North America’s largest cryptocurrency miners and the world’s largest publicly traded cryptocurrency miner, I’m often asked questions about energy consumption in the mining of cryptocurrency.

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Bitstamp Acquired by South Korean NXC but It Will Continue to Operate Independently

CoinSpeaker Bitstamp Acquired by South Korean NXC but It Will Continue to Operate Independently The cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has been aquired by Belgium-based investment firm NXMH.

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Bitstamp Acquired by South Korean NXC, BTC Exchange Will Continue to Operate Independently

CoinSpeaker Bitstamp Acquired by South Korean NXC, BTC Exchange Will Continue to Operate Independently The cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has been aquired by Belgium-based investment firm NXMH.

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Op Ed: In Defense of Bitcoin: A Response to Nouriel Roubini

Rhetorical style should never distract from the content of someone’s arguments. So when I heard that Nouriel Roubini testified to the U. S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem, I decided to peruse his testimony and reflect on it.

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Despite Indian Crypto Regulations and Bans, Unocoin Exchange Pushes Forward

Clampdown on Crypto in India Births Alternative Cryptocurrency startup, Unocoin, has taken measures to continue to operate in India despite a clampdown on cryptocurrency trading by authorities in the country.

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Innosilicon’s Impending ASIC Miner Could Challenge Bitmain’s Dominance

As controversies surrounding Bitmain’s looming IPO spell uncertainty for the future well-being of the mining goliath, competitors are fast to move in on the manufacturer’s territory.

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Bitcoin Is Extremely Useful In These Problematic Countries

In many countries, there are emerging monetary crises as local currencies lose value. Local governments or central banks are unwilling or unable to solve inflation, and that’s a key chapter in the story of Bitcoin.

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MOBU ICO Review – Tackling the Security Token Problem Head On

Late into 2018, the ICO market continues to thrive. As of end-August, a total of $6. 95 billion has been raised from 1,079 ICOs, which is already $800 million more compared to the total amount raised in 2017.

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Ernst & Young’s Latest Crypto Move Is A Big One

Cryptocurrency within professional services is becoming a big deal. Firms like Ernst & Young (EY), Deloitte and PwC are expressing more and more interest in crypto and blockchain technologies by the day which is actually quite a fascinating prospect.

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Op Ed: New Bermuda Legislation Will Create a Novel Class of Bank to Service Fintech Companies

As we reported on July 19, 2018, Bermuda is determined to establish itself as the leading jurisdiction for fintech entrepreneurs, in particular those involved in initial coin offerings (ICOs), digital assets and virtual currencies.

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DACC Announces New Custody Support For Stellar XLM

Digital Asset Custody Company (DACC) is a custody solution designed to help institutional investors with their crypto and digital asset investments. DACC have now announced new support for Stellar XLM in a move that should inspire a new level of investment from high level institutions and corporations.

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1,500 Reports Against Cryptocurrency Per Month In The US Alone

FinCEN, the United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network have reported that on average, over a month, they receive around 1,500 reports against cryptocurrency and illicit use of digital currencies.

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Unilever To Roll Out Large Scale Project In Singapore

Unilever are a UK and Netherlands based company which operate as a consumer products firm, producing products for a range of industries including food, beverages, cleaning products and hygiene products.

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Ronaldinho’s New Ambitious Cryptocurrency Project Looks Excellent

Known throughout the world for his legendary football skills, the Brazilian icon Ronaldinho has announced the launch of his own cryptocurrency. The former Barcelona star’s new project aims to create a football academy, play host to both amateur and global league matches, create and subsequently operate an online betting platform and even attempt to develop digital virtual reality stadiums which would help to analyse the skills of football players.

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Bottle Caps Or Bitcoin, Crypto’s Use During Times Of Crisis

They say that in an apocalypse, during the crash of the financial system, humans may turn to items like bottle caps for currency. I do wonder why bottle caps would be the chosen item but I guess that they are easily accessible as a result of our questionable drinking habits, right? Joking aside, we want to explore how cryptocurrency could come into its own during times of crisis.

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The Genesis Files: With Bit Gold, Szabo Was Inches Away From Inventing Bitcoin

As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name.

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