According to a recent report, support for Ethereum-based (ETH) ERC-20 standard compliant tokens is now available on Waves’ decentralised exchange (DEX). The exchange which recently launched a new gateway with Vostok and Ergo tokens support made it known on the 22nd of August that Waves‘ built-in DEX now supports ERC-20 tokens. Also, the team at...Read More
The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a warning to the general public regarding a fraudulent firm which is depicting itself as a legal cryptocurrency trading firms operating overseas. The Thai securities regulator has become aware of a new crypto fraud which lures investors to operate with firms outside the country. Also, the...Read More
By CCN Markets: Crypto fraudsters beware. Texas’ top securities chief is watching you like a hawk, and he’s not a fan of your scammy ICO. He’s Joe Rotunda, Director of the Enforcement Division for the Texas State Securities Board. He’s held the position for the last 12 years. Joe Rotunda, Director of the Enforcement Division...Read More
By CCN Markets: The bitcoin price has declined by more than 8 percent in the past week from $10.950 to $10,030 across major exchanges like Bitstamp and Coinbase. The bitcoin price remains stable throughout the weekend. | Source: Coinmarketcap The bitcoin price tried to test the $10,900 to $11,000 range that has acted as a...Read More
By CCN Markets: One of the reasons governments have been against the adoption of bitcoin is because of its potential to be misused for illegal activities such as money laundering, and the latest report from Los Angeles, California, will give the detractors more fodder. A Los Angeles man has agreed to plead guilty to running...Read More
Stellar is a decentralized blockchain project with a focus on making global money transfers cheaper, quicker, and reliable. The Stellar team seeks to link banks, payment systems, and individuals. Stellar believes that for growth, the global financial system should be accessible and open to everyone. Stellar is an open-source payment technology that shares several similarities...Read More
Another day, another cryptocurrency theft. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: 7News Sydney reports that Katherine Nguyen is the first-ever Australian resident to plead guilty for cryptocurrency fraud after stealing 100,000 XRP. In 2018, twenty-four-year-old Nguyen hijacked the email account of an elderly man of the same surname for two days before handing back access....Read More
Overstock will continue its crypto and blockchain-centric focus despite Patrick Byrne’s exit. | Source: YouTube By CCN Markets: Online retail giant Overstock remains committed to its crypto and blockchain ventures despite the shocking resignation of CEO Patrick Byrne, a longtime bitcoin bull. Overstock’s interim CEO Jonathan Johnson told Yahoo Finance the company will “absolutely” continue...Read More
Some traders on the Poloniex owned crypto Margin trading platform lost a lot of money towards the end of May 2019, when the value of a less popular crypto asset —CLAM experienced an unexpected sharp crash. This led to the overall loss of approximately 1,800 Bitcoins (BTC). While trying to make things right for the...Read More
The bitcoin price just did something it has NEVER done before, and it’s great news for bulls who view crypto as a stock market hedge. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Bitcoin has been hawked as a safe haven asset for quite some time now, with bulls crediting the rising price of the cryptocurrency in...Read More
According to a recent report, Breanne M. Madigan, the head of global institutional markets team at Ripple which recently formed a partnership with cross border payments giant MoneyGram has made it known that the partnership is already increasing the overall trading volume of XRP. She revealed new numbers from Cryptocompare which revealed that the volume...Read More
Bitcoin bull and IRS fugitive John McAfee is shamelessly shilling a Chinese zombie ICO, and he doesn’t want to hear any lip about it. | Source: John McAfee/Twitter (i), Shutterstock (ii). Image Edited by CCN. By CCN Markets: Bitcoin bull and IRS fugitive John McAfee is shamelessly shilling a Chinese zombie cryptocurrency ICO — and...Read More
Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England (BOE), has a plan to challenge the dollar’s dominance. | Source: Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe / POOL / AFP By CCN Markets: Mark Carney wants the US dollar to lose its status as the global reserve currency, pitching the idea that a digital currency could take...Read More
Matt Hougan, the head of the global research company Bitwise, sees similarities between the remarkable surge of the Bitcoin price and the trajectory that the Gold price took during the 1970s. He believes the current Bitcoin price volatility is the modern-day equivalent of the Gold run in the 70s. In an article for Forbes, Hougan...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
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
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
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
Bitcoin wallet and block explorer Blockchain, which has more than 41 million users, has revealed today that now has BitPay integration. This new integration now enables Blockchain users to make Bitcoin transactions with any merchant that uses BitPay. “And today, spending crypto from your phone or online is even easier thanks to a new integration...Read More
Earlier this month, in a mall in Lynnwood, Washington, two men went in and stole a Bitcoin ATM. According to security footage, the alleged thieves went into the mall, but as it turns out not for a shopping spree. After the stores closed at 9 p.m., but the mall was still open, the men came...Read More
According to a recent report, Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), the largest commercial bank in Thailand has officially made it known that it has started conducting cross-border payments through Ripple via its Easy Pay app, and the firm has updated its website with a detailed description of ways in which it will be making use of...Read More
Watch “Bitcoin Joe” Kernen of CNBC absolutely destroy Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency with five deft punches. | Source: CNBC/YouTube (i), Shutterstock (ii). Image Edited by CCN. By CCN Markets: Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency isn’t getting any love from CNBC host Joe Kernen, better known on Crypto Twitter as “Bitcoin Joe.” Reacting to a report indicating that founding...Read More
Two HitBTC impersonators have been charged with fraud and money laundering after swindling a US citizen out of $200,000 Bitcoin through Twitter. According to the U.S. Attorney in the District of Oregon Billy J. Williams, the two accused, Karanjit Singh Khatkar and Jagroop Singh Khatkar, have been charged with committing wire fraud, money laundering in...Read More
US authorities are on the trail of a duo of Canadian bitcoin scammers who are still at large. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Two Indo-Canadians are facing fraud and money laundering charges in the U.S. after they ripped an Oregonian off their Bitcoin worth over $200,000. In a statement, U.S. Attorney in the District...Read More
Billionaire Tim Draper says the far-reaching impact of bitcoin “magic” will dwarf the sprawling influence that even the internet has had. | Source: REUTERS / Danny Moloshok (i), Shutterstock (ii). Image Edited by CCN. By CCN Markets: Tech billionaire Tim Draper says the far-reaching impact of bitcoin “magic” will dwarf the sprawling influence that even...Read More
Ethereum Classic is making significant gains while trading on Friday. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Ethereum Classic (ETC) is currently on a massive bull run this week, increasing its price by 30% in three days. The cryptocurrency continued its surge steadily today, skyrocketing its value by over 15% today. $ETC #EthereumClassic making a bit...Read More
According to a new report from the Financial Times, two members of the Libra Association, a group designed to support the Libra currency, are starting to have doubts regarding Facebook’s project. As regulators have been trying to stop the new currency from being launched, Facebook is worried that it will continue to face the regulatory...Read More
Coinbase officially announced that users will have the possibility of accessing DApps (decentralized applications) through their desktop browsers. According to the blog post, this new accessibility is due to Coinbase Wallet’s WalletLink service, with WalletLink acting as a secure bridge between the user’s desktop browser and Coinbase Wallet app. “ Starting today, Coinbase Wallet users...Read More
The Tokyo-based servers have from Amazon experienced some issues which caused Asians crypto exchanges to have operational problems. The CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao took to Twitter to alert users of this issue, stating that “Amazon’s servers are returning 500 Internal Server Error, blocking access to APIs related to the processing of withdrawals.” The servers...Read More
Retail and institutional investors alike are increasingly turning to safe-haven assets like gold and bitcoin. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: As the fear of an upcoming global recession is continuously surging, the interest in safe haven assets, like bitcoin and gold, is growing too. And now a major Australian news publication deems the two...Read More
