Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, encountered a KYC Leak in August 2019 which had affected around 60000 accounts. Security and investigation team has announced on 23rd August 2019 that hacked accounts will be provided VIP status i.e. preferential trading fees, support, and more services. The company has asked affected users to apply for new identification (KYC)...Read More
New research from Augmento suggests a forward correlation between Tether sentiment, market capitalization and price, which could be manipulated or exploited to create arbitrage opportunities. It hypothesizes that Tether sentiment could therefore provide a signal for traders in a blog post published Aug. 22. Sentiment correlation with market cap Augmento notes that Tether sentiment does...Read More
Bitcoin price is showing positive signs and settled above $10,000 against the US Dollar.The price is now trading near the key $10,400 resistance area, which is preventing gains.Yesterday’s highlighted important bearish trend line is acting as a solid resistance near $10,420 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The price is...Read More
In a bid to keep the decentralized finance space free of scam artists, DeFi ecosystem Maker attempted to trademark the term “DEFI.” According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the Maker Ecosystem Growth Foundation registered a trademark application for DEFI last January. Slang for ‘decentralized finance,’ the trademark was not granted and...Read More
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin <div innerhtml=" Bitcoin has soared so far this year, with the bitcoin price rising more than 200% since the beginning of the year. The 2019 bitcoin price bull run was sparked by rumors and expectations the world’s biggest technology companies were wading into bitcoin and cryptocurrencies,...Read More
A British judge has ordered the confiscation of $1.1 million worth of cryptocurrency from a hacker who used phishing attacks to steal personal data and sell it on the dark web. As The Telegraph reported on Aug. 23, judge Joanna Korner of Southwark Crown Court ruled that the police could confiscate $1.1 million worth of...Read More
According to Messari research, Lionel Messi’s take-home pay would be “12,700 $BTC” annually. Cristiano Ronaldo’s would be 10,000 bitcoins. | Source: REUTERS / Albert Gea By CCN Markets: Russell Okung, who plays for the Los Angeles Chargers in the NFL, has been pushing for the league to pay those multi-million-dollar salaries in bitcoin. You could...Read More
Litecoin Plus (CURRENCY:LCP) traded 1.2% higher against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 19:00 PM Eastern on August 23rd. One Litecoin Plus coin can now be bought for approximately $0.0138 or 0.00000133 BTC on exchanges. Litecoin Plus has a total market capitalization of $34,250.00 and $17.00 worth of Litecoin Plus was traded...Read More
The world has gone digital, and so has the way of living. With the advent of blockchain technology, financial transactions have found a safer and secure haven. Be it the smallest of purchases to mega business deals, blockchain is gradually forming a steadfast presence in the domain of cashless economy. In such circumstances, Marshal Lion...Read More
Choosing Blockchain technology is a right decision in 2019. It helps to make transactions much easier and spend less time on it. Blockchain has already turned the world upside down and transformed payments. More and more people start using it in their working life. What Role does Blockchain plays in lending sector? Blockchain is a...Read More
XLM/USD went up from $0.0685 to $0.0697 this Friday. Relative strength index (RSI) indicator is trending around 40, hasn’t crossed 50 in two months. Stellar managed to put together two bullish days in a row. This Friday, the price of XLM/USD has gone up from $0.0685 to $0.0697. The hourly price breakdown shows us that...Read More
Bitcoin has been on a bull run since the start of 2019, after bottoming in December 2019. Momentum picked up with a $1,000 candle in April and the crypto asset was off to the races ever since.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
Ethereum has long been the network that businesses flock to in times of blockchain need. But the network’s appeal could soon fade, according to a new report from Binance Research. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, suggests that Ethereum’s scalability issues are giving several other programmable blockchains a chance to catch up and...Read More
As Charles Schwab’s Liz Ann Sonders points out, this rift between President Trump and China is no longer just a “skirmish.” | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: China had to see this one coming. After China President Xi Jinping revealed his intentions to slap fresh tariffs on $75 billion in U.S. goods, President Trump raised...Read More
Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of blockchain-based, crypto-inclusive money transfer company Circle, said that the firm has long held that major fiat currencies would eventually be tokenized. Significant digital currencies In an interview on Aug. 21 on the podcast Global Coin Research, Allaire said that Circle has thought for years that sovereign currencies would eventually be...Read More
According to new research, the recently alleged crypto asset Ponzi scheme PlusToken may be the largest in history. The study, conducted by Elementus, shows that around $2 billion worth of Ether (ETH) tokens were involved in the scheme.Given that the operation accepted payments in a range of other cryptocurrencies, as well as by the Ethereum...Read More
Cointelegraph is pleased to announce that we are continuing to increase our presence in Asia with the launch of Cointelegraph Korea. Today, Aug. 23, we celebrated the launch of a Korean-language version of Cointelegraph and the opening of our Korean headquarters in Seoul. To commemorate the move, Cointelegraph hosted an event in the city’s financial...Read More
The “aggressive hash war” that led to the split of Bitcoin SV from Bitcoin Cash continues to split the two camps and the cryptocurrency market. However, despite the fact that growth patterns of both the fork coins have been similar, recent analysis suggests that BSV is growing a bit faster. Despite it being two years...Read More
The crypto industry is making great strides in establishing Security Token Offerings (STOs) as a secure fundraising method. With the market’s attention diverted to the first-ever SEC-supported STO, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pledging “plain English” directives on ICOs, 2019 could finally see security tokens used as fundraising tools. In 2018, the...Read More
Apple is reportedly going to add a clutch of important features to its next-generation iPhones as tries to save the device from oblivion. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Apple founder Steve Jobs never believed in listening to customers. He believed that common people like us don’t exactly know what we want. So the great...Read More
Bitcoin price has struggled to regain the same powerful bullish momentum it had starting in April through July, but crypto bulls also haven’t given up the fight and have managed to keep Bitcoin price from falling far below $10,000.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
The Pantheon project basically aims to provide a number of Ethereum-based services built by ConsenSys’ strong engineering team called PegaSys. Ethereum is all set to join the open-source Hyperledger consortium. It would be the first public blockchain network joining Hyperledger as the latter’s technical steering committee approves a proposal for adopting the ConsenSys-backed Pantheon project....Read More
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin <div innerhtml=" Mark Cuban, governor of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, arrives at the NBA Awards on Monday, June 24, 2019, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP The Dallas Mavericks now accept Bitcoin as a method of payment for...Read More
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance states that some leaked Know Your Customer (KYC) images overlap with those processed by a third party vendor. In an announcement on Aug. 23, Binance said that its investigation of a KYC data leak that occurred on Aug. 7 is still ongoing. The exchange’s security and investigations team is purportedly trying...Read More
The NASA picture appears to show a bight nucleus surrounded by two stellar bodies known as NGC 2371 and NGC 2372. Astronomers who first studied the “dark, gloomy scene” were confused by the image, assuming they were looking at two separate bodies. However, according to the European Space Agency (ESA), a closer look at the image revealed...Read More
One of the most anticipated projects of the year is finally inching closer to reality. After months of delays, the Digitex Futures Exchange has finally announced the date of its testnet launch, which is currently scheduled for November 30. According to Digitex development partner SmartDec, the testnet will be the first step to creating “the...Read More
Crypto exchange OKEx believes the bitcoin price will surge 34% to $14,000 this year, thanks to a little help from the Federal Reserve. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Crypto exchange OKEx isn’t concerned that the bitcoin price appears to have hit a wall just above the $10,000 mark. In fact, the industry giant believes...Read More
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire says the U.S. lagging behind China’s development of a national digital currency could alter the way Western companies transfer payments. Speaking on the Global Coin Research podcast this week, Allaire said China is setting the pace in the development of a digital currency equivalent of its fiat currency, the renminbi, and...Read More
A scammer who sold people’s personal details on the dark web has been ordered to forfeit $1.12 million worth of Bitcoin. Grant West, also known as “Courvoisier “, gathered sensitive information about individuals using a phishing scam targeting a popular online takeaway ordering service and other well-known British retailers.The investigation and subsequent confiscation is the...Read More
Facebook’s Libra may have some early ship-jumpers as some of its first backers are reportedly distancing themselves from the project over regulation. | Source: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File By CCN Markets: Facebook’s Libra project could be dead on arrival. If it does launch, it probably won’t be anything like what was originally proposed by...Read More
