Cartoon: Obstacle Course
For the crypto industry, attracting the next 100 million consumers to start using tokens as currency is going to require simpler access methods. The current process of exchanging a fiat currency...
View ArticleShadow Banking Explained: How Crypto Companies Play With Money in the Dark
In the narrative fabric of 2019, a common thread has been the vulnerability and counterparty risks of centralized exchanges and their detrimental effects on clients caught in the crossfire of hacks,...
View ArticleU.S. Top Source of Traffic to Cryptocurrency Exchanges
This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Teng. The top-20 countries with the highest interest in cryptocurrency account for nearly 75 percent of the total traffic to...
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With New Exchange Features, Wallets Aren’t Just for Storing Bitcoin Anymore
Bitcoin wallets play an essential role in facilitating every user’s interactions with the blockchain. They can connect to full nodes, store public and private keys, sign transactions and ultimately...
View ArticleHow the Latest German Regulations Target Bitcoin Exchanges and Custodians
A new German law requires every entity that holds private keys for others (e.g., bitcoin exchanges and/or bitcoin custodians) and that actively addresses the German market must become licensed as...
View ArticleA Treatise on Bitcoin and Privacy Part 2: Don’t Be Misled by Red Herrings
In Part One of this treatise, we examined the fundamental relationship between Bitcoin and privacy by going back to the beginning with the whitepaper. In spite of some excellent privacy preserving...
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Binance Hacked for $40M, CEO Backpedals on Recoup Via Block Reorganization
Chinese crypto exchange Binance suffered a major hack on Tuesday, which the company’s CEO responded to by proposing a rollback of the Bitcoin blockchain to rectify — a suggestion that riled up the...
View ArticleFounder of Defunct Cryptopia Launches New Crypto Exchange
The founder of defunct cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia, which entered liquidation following a hack in January 2019, has launched a new exchange called Assetylene. The LinkedIn employment history for...
View ArticleLocalBitcoins Denies Service to Iranian Users
The popular peer-to-peer bitcoin trading network LocalBitcoins has shut down all trading operations for Iranian users. LocalBitcoins’ website offers a variety of pages for users of different nations...
View ArticleCryptopia Turns to a U.S. Court for Account Holder Data Protection
In the latest development over its security breach, cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. The New Zealand-based exchange, which has been dealing with the...
View ArticleThe FBI Wants QuadrigaCX Victims to Share Their Experiences, Posts Questionnaire
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has questions in its ongoing investigation into the mysterious $190 million collapse of Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, so it’s turning to previous...
View ArticleData Firm: Just 17 Percent of Reported Bitcoin Volume Is Trustworthy
Nomics, a cryptocurrency data and analytics firm backed by Coinbase Ventures, has launched “Transparent Volume,” a service which will provide a new means of reporting trading volumes across...
View ArticleLocalBitcoins’ New KYC Rules Raise Privacy Concerns
Updated with comments from LocalBitcoins Beginning September 1, 2019, legacy peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange LocalBitcoins will extend its know-your-customer/anti-money laundering (KYC/AML) requirements...
View ArticleWill Binance’s Accelerator Program Help Bitcoin?
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has formally introduced its accelerator program for blockchain and cryptocurrency development. The exchange announced the launch of Binance X, a project that is...
View ArticleBtcTurk Inks Sponsorship Deal With Yeni Malatyaspor
BtcTurk, one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in Turkey, has signed a sponsorship deal with Yeni Malatyaspor, a football club competing in the country’s football league, the Süper Lig....
View ArticleBinance Welcomes Back U.S. Clients With Dedicated, Compliant Platform
Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by daily trading volumes, is about to extend its reach. On September 23, 2019, the exchange announced that Binance.US, an American-focused,...
View ArticleCoinbase Eyes EU Market With a New Irish E-Money License
Coinbase has added a new milestone to its strategy in Europe. On October 12, 2019, a statement from Zeeshan Feroz, the chief executive of the U.K. arm of Coinbase, announced that the platform had been...
View ArticleWhat Are Bitcoin Exchanges?
Thanks to their user-friendliness and availability, Bitcoin exchanges are the most popular method to acquire BTC. Buying BTC on an exchange is a relatively simple and user-friendly way to acquire...
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