TimeCoin(TMCN) Protocol’s Second Special Token Sale Now On with Huge Discounts

TimeCoin Network, a decentralized sharing economy protocol built on the Ethereum blockchain, has embarked on a second funding round through TimeCoin (TMCN) token special sale. Notably, TimeCoin protocol seeks to raise more funds to enhance its developments that include fully functional TimeCoin protocols as well as major Dapps like eSportStars. According to the firm, a […]

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Fidelity and Goldman Sachs File for Bitcoin ETFs with SEC

In what is a major step forward for the crypto market, both Fidelity Investments and Goldman Sachs have filed for Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) with the U. S. SEC. Goldman Sachs filed the application on March 19, while Fidelity filed a few days later on March 24.

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Morgan Stanley offers wealthy clients access to Bitcoin funds

Morgan Stanley has become the first major US bank to offer high net worth…

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Major U.S. Bank Morgan Stanley to Offer Bitcoin Funds to Wealthy Clients

Morgan Stanley, one of the world’s largest banks, has published a note recognizing Bitcoin as an investable asset class. The Wall Street investment bank believes that the crypto is reaching a threshold, recommending it to play a role in a diversified investment portfolio.

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RippleNet’s Nium Expands to Four Major African Countries with New Ways of Remitting Funds

Ripple-friendly Nium is expanding its remittance business to four major African markets and has added new ways of making remittances

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Major Corporations Want Bitcoin Exposure Via Grayscale, Following in Footsteps of Tesla

Treasuries of major corporations seek to acquire Bitcoin, and Grayscale is among the hedge funds they are turning to

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Kucoin hack: exchange recovers 100% of stolen funds

After suffering a major hack in September last year, Kucoin, the eight largest crypto exchange by trading volume, today addressed the security incident, which resulted in the theft of $285 million.

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Bridge Mutual Launches IDO, Gives Users Control Over Risk Exposure

Attacks on major cryptocurrency exchanges are regrettably common. Over $200 million dollars have been lost to hacks and exploits on services such as KuCoin and, more recently, Origin Protocol. Although these events are an inescapable risk, there are new services that offer protection against loss of funds for these scenarios. Bridge Mutual is a decentralized […]

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University endowment funds have been investing in crypto

According to Coindesk, major university endowments have quietly been purchasing crypto assets since 2018… The post University endowment funds have been investing in crypto appeared first on Coin Journal.

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Ripple Adds Global B2B Payment Operator Currencycloud to Its Partner List

Ripple has partnered with the major B2B payment company, Currencycloud, to explore new ways of moving funds around the world

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Ripple?s Major Partner Warns of Scammers Stealing Bank Customers? Data Through LINE App

Ripple?s partner, the major commercial Thai bank SCB, warns that scammers are using the LINE app to steal its customers? personal data and funds by making fake accounts

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BitMEX Aims to Achieve ‘Near-Zero Downtime’ with ‘Aggressive’ Hiring After Major Outage

BitMEX has released the postmortem of the downtime it suffered on May 19 ensuring that “at no point during this event were any customer funds at risk,” and that no liquidations occurred while the exchange was offline.

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Crypto Uptick in Asia: Singaporean Wealth Fund Joins Libra, BitGo Custody Comes to India

Facebook’s digital currency project Libra added three major venture funds to its existing investors on May 14; Slow Ventures, Paradigm, and Temasek Investments. On the same day, U. S. custodian firm BitGo partnered with India’s CoinDCX to provide its users with insurance and storage solutions.

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Binance Freezes Funds Sent from Address Linked to $49M Upbit Hack

Hackers breached crypto exchange Upbit in November 2019, making off with $49 million in crypto — yesterday they tried to sell stolen Ethereum on Binance With so many exchanges being breached in the past few years, Binance and other major exchanges have resolved to freeze any hack-related funds sent to their platforms.

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CME Bitcoin Futures COT report indicates short sellers are favored

As of April 28, CME Bitcoin Future COT report showed net short with a major spread between the longs and short; what's interesting is that while retail went long, leveraged funds or institutional moneThe post CME Bitcoin Futures COT report indicates short sellers are favored appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Two Major Investment Fund CEOs Make Opposite Bets on Bitcoin (BTC)

With the BTC halving drawing closer and the recent price crash behind two CEOs of investment funds who seem to be on good terms show totally different take on Bitcoin

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Exclusive: A Major French Bank Is Blocking Customers From Using Coinbase

Initial reports suggest that French bank BNP Paribas has blocked customers from transferring funds to Coinbase

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Crypto wallet Ambo releases update with transaction receipts, token sharing, and more

Ambo, a crypto wallet/exchange application, announced today a major upgrade which includes the addition of new features including: comparing prices across exchanges, easier user experience for depositing funds, transaction receipts, and more.

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Bitcoin Whales on the Move: $414M in BTC Transferred for Mere $0.68 Fee

Whales are moving their funds again on the Bitcoin network. A whopping 47,452 BTC ($414 million) was just withdrawn from Bittrex for a measly fee of $0. 68. Major sums of money are being moved around yet again on the Bitcoin (BTC) network, showcasing just how cheap it is to transfer BTC.

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Ripple's $11.3M infused funds recorded as 'contra expense:' MoneyGram

The San-Francisco blockchain company Ripple Inc. has forged many successful partnerships over the years. Among them, the firm's relationship with one of the major players in the money transfer sector,The post Ripple's $11.

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European Space Agency Funds Blockchain Project Recording Satellite Data

Major global space exploration organization, the European Space Agency, continues to explore the benefits of blockchain use for space

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A major crypto scam’s Bitcoin is moving and if history repeats, it may start a correction

A Chinese multi-billion dollar scam known as PlusToken is moving their holdings of Bitcoin once again. In 2019, when the price of BTC dropped to the $6,000s, analysts attributed the fall to the dumping of funds by the fraud.

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Nearly 68.5 Mln XRP Transferred to Bybit From Anonymous Wallet With Major Exchange Behind It

Whale Alert detects another impressive move of funds in XRP from an ?unknown wallet? to the Bybit platform but a large exchange seems to be involved

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Crypto Companies Process $2 Billion At Major Banks Without Their Knowledge: CipherTrace

CipherTrace launched a press release on December 16, claiming it has discovered that each of the most important commercial banks in the US has an unregistered crypto business using their own payment networks in order to process funds.

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Insured Staking: How Much Longer Can Institutions Resist?

Institutional investors are either the bane of crypto, or its savior. It just depends on who you ask. For some, major institutional involvement is a validation of the theory that digital assets must have inherent value – after all, risk-aversion is a well-established characteristic of those who are accountable for the funds of their clients.

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Hackers continue laundering 7,000 Bitcoin from the Binance hack

The hackers who stole 7,000 BTC from Binance continue to layer funds in an attempt to launder and obfuscate the Bitcoin’s connection to the hack. Read the latest report on the movement of these coins from analytics firm Coinfirm.

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Bitcoin Is Being Bought Up By Highly Profitable Institutions As CIOs Buy BTC Ahead Of Major Firms

Bitcoin has earned a lot of attention from the traditional financial market, though the recent attention has been more positive. In a statement from Anthony Pompliano, it looks like the chief investment officers of the multi-billion institutions are gaining some inflow now.

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UK-based GateHub releases final investigation update; fails to address compensatory concerns

June saw major security breaches on two XRP trading platforms. While Bitrue’s final official statement stated that 100% of the stolen funds would be recovered, the same cannot be same for GateHub.

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Bitpoint Suffers $32 Million Hack

Japanese crypto exchange Bitpoint announced it has been hit by a major hack, with malicious actors stealing $32 million worth of five different cryptocurrencies. A majority of the stolen funds were taken from the platform's users, with just over a quarter of the amount stolen from the exchange itself.

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Binance Debuts Margin Trading As Bitcoin Volatility Hits Markets

Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance has formally launched margin trading for most of its users following months of speculation.   Long-Awaited Bitcoin Trading Feature Goes Live In a blog post July 11, executives released the platform’s latest product, along with a dedicated guide on how it works.

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Major Polish Crypto Exchange ‘Loses Liquidity’ to Shut Shop Unexpectedly

Bitmarket, a Polish cryptocurrency exchange which started operating in 2014 has stopped operations without warning, citing ‘loss of liquidity’ as the reason for its shutdown. In a statement posted on its official website, the platform declined to provide any further information, including what is likely to happen to funds trapped in user exchange wallets.

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Cryptocurrency exchanges including Coinbase suffer downtime as Cloudflare goes dark

Major web host Cloudflare has suffered a technical mishap that sent multiple cryptocurrency services – including Coinbase – into unexpected downtime. Cryptocurrency services known to have been affected include Bitfinex, Coinbase, Coinbase Pro, CoinMarketCap, and MyEtherWallet.

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Cryptocurrency exchanges including Coinbase suffer downtime as CloudFlare goes dark

Major web host CloudFlare has suffered a technical mishap that sent multiple cryptocurrency services – including Coinbase – into unexpected downtime. Cryptocurrency services known to have been affected include Bitfinex, Coinbase, Coinbase Pro, CoinMarketCap, and MyEtherWallet.

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USDT Issuance Increased by Tether Might Have Helped Bitcoin Repel Major Pullback

The cryptosphere was a bit shaken a few months ago when news of the Bitfinex and Tether cover up spread like wildfire. It was revealed sometime in April by the New York Attorney General’s office that the exchange firm had experienced an $850 million loss and used funds from Tether to discreetly cover it up. […]

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Hackers target major UK supermarket’s Twitter with phoney Bill Gates Bitcoin scam

Hackers took control of British multinational retailer Tesco’s Twitter account yesterday, urging followers to send Bitcoin to a wallet address and promising to return twice the value received. Luckily, though, Tesco’s followers did not fall for the Bitcoin scheme as no funds were deposited in the wallet address shared by the hackers.

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BiteBTC Denies Allegations of Being A Scam, Claiming Other Exchanges Hired Hackers

Users of the BiteBTC exchange are reporting missing funds and blocked accounts. The platform replied to emails from AMBCrypto to explain the issues they are facing. The cryptocurrency market goes in waves, but the majority of altcoins follow the trend that Bitcoin ends up taking.

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Capitual ICO

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IEOs are essential for raising funds for new crypto projects, says co-founder of harmonyprotocol

Back in 2017, when Bitcoin raised its value up to to $20,000 due to the massive surge, ICOs were majorly trending as it garnered the interest of all traders and investors. Altcoins were booming as the cryptocurrency ecosystem received enormous attention.

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Cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes amassed billions in siphoned funds, equal to several major coins’ market caps, finds report

From exchange hacks to propped-up ICOs to shady investor plots, Ponzi schemes in cryptocurrency markets have been layered to swindle billions of dollars from gullible investors, and in some cases, have succeeded.

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Mr. Winklevoss Wants the World to Shed Light on How Bitcoin Won’t Disrupt Gold, Any Reason Will Do

Bitcoin is a fantastic way to move funds around without any really hassles. But also, one of the major hopes among most Bitcoin proponents, apart from fund transfers, is that the asset soon becomes a proper store of value and displaces gold.

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Bitcoin Whales Bought the F**king Dip: Research

By CCN: When the whales start splashing, you can be sure that a major Bitcoin market move is afoot. New research reveals that these high-rolling crypto investors accumulated a staggering 450,000 BTC over the past nine months, especially as the market careened toward its bear market lows in late 2018.

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Cryptopia’s Stolen ETH Sold “On Major Exchange”, Possibly as a Test

The hacker is still in control of the Ethereum (ETH) haul from Cryptopia, and manages to sell some of the funds.

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Похищенные с Cryptopia биткоины перемещаются на кошельки биржи Huobi (обновлено)

Исследователи CoinFirm отследили движение средств, украденных с новозеландской биткоин-биржи Cryptopia. The #Cryptopia hacker just moved funds to a major #crypto exchange according to Coinfirm! The hacker sent 30790 #ETH (~$7.

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Похищенные с Cryptopia биткоины перемещаются на кошельки биржи Huobi

Исследователи CoinFirm отследили движение средств, украденных с новозеландской биткоин-биржи Cryptopia. The #Cryptopia hacker just moved funds to a major #crypto exchange according to Coinfirm! The hacker sent 30790 #ETH (~$7.

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BitMEX insurance funds bumps up by $5.5 million after Bitcoin recent crash

The recent crash of Bitcoin sent waves across crypto Twitter and there was widespread panic as enthusiasts half expected a major market crash. While some panicked, others remained calm and assessed the situation.

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Crypto hedge funds managed to survive the 2018 bear market

Cryptocurrency hedge fund managed to survive the 2018 bear market that caused the price of Bitcoin to drop by over 70 percent. A report published by PwC and Elwood analyzed 150 crypto hedge funds that manage around $1 billion in digital assets and found that they suffered losses of only 47 percent.

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Bitcoin Breaks $8,000: Four Factors Behind the Rally

This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Teng. The bitcoin price has broken $8,000 for the first time since July 2018, with most cryptocurrencies trading in the green.

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Billionaire Binance CEO Apologizes for Bitcoin Blockchain ‘Reorg’, a Dirty Word

By CCN: Binance has posted an update about the security breach which cost the exchange around $40 million worth of bitcoins. Binance CEO Throws Dirty Words Like “Reorg” The message is a personal message from CEO Changpeng Zhao, who makes a few confessions during the post.

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A Group of Major Crypto Traders Reportedly Considers Scammer Blacklist

Several major cryptocurrency traders have reportedly begun discussing plans to enact an industry-wide blacklist of suspicious actors, to stem the tide of scams, theft and fraud in the crypto space.

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