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US Senate Candidate Lummis Is a Hodler, Sees Bitcoin as Alternative Store of Value to US Dollar
29.9.2020
US Senate candidate Cynthia Lummis is pro-bitcoin. She bought her first bitcoin during her time in Congress. Now she calls herself a hodler and sees the cryptocurrency as a viable alternative store of value to the US dollar. Bitcoin Advocate in the Senate Cynthia Lummis served Wyoming as...
New Zealand Tax Agency Asks Crypto Firms to Hand Over Clients’ Personal Data
29.9.2020
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) of New Zealand has requested that crypto companies in the country hand over their customers’ personal details, cryptocurrency asset values as well as the type of asset held. According to a September 28 report by Radio New Zealand, the tax agency says...
Chainalysis expands presence in APAC in response to KuCoin hack
29.9.2020
But it remains unclear where KuCoin is actually headquartered
New DeFi Project NEW KANGEN (NEWG) Presale Will Start on 2nd October 2020
29.9.2020
As the cryptocurrency world is experiencing rapid growth, decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms are also rising. In early 2019, there were only $275M of crypto collateral in the DeFi economy than the current $5 Billion+; this represents the massive adoption of this platform. New Kangen New kangen...
Binance CEO Says He Fully Expects DeFi to Cannibalize His Crypto Exchange
29.9.2020
Binance CEO “CZ” acknowledges the irony of trying to tap into DeFi while defending his company’s reign among crypto exchanges
Token Projects to Recover $130M from the Kucoin Hack, Devs Condemned for Centralization
29.9.2020
The cryptocurrency community has been discussing the Kucoin hack as a great number of ERC20 projects have frozen, paused, or reversed their smart contracts after the hack. Estimates say that at least $129 million ERC20 tokens affected are considered “safe” from the hacker’s...
Mark Cuban Wants an Expiration Date on Stimulus Checks: Critics Says Proposal Is Right out of a Banana Republic Playbook
28.9.2020
U.S. billionaire Mark Cuban wants the next stimulus check to come with an expiration date in order to force Americans to spend the funds. The businessman believes this “use it or lose it” approach would benefit the U.S. economy as it promotes spending instead of saving. Cuban argues...
Crypto regulations in the United Kingdom: Are we there yet?
28.9.2020
For the U.K. to remain attractive to the crypto industry, it should strive to provide more clarity and certainty around compliance
CFTC charges crypto futures trader for failure to register in the US
28.9.2020
The CFTC is looking to make an unregistered foreign platform pay back U.S. investors in its crypto futures, suggesting expanding jurisdictions
KuCoin hackers keep moving stolen tokens to the largest DeFi exchange
28.9.2020
Are the KuCoin hackers DeFi noobs?
Crypto scammers plague Estonia’s e-residency program
28.9.2020
Local authorities hope that tackling the issue will restore trust in the e-residency program
Crypto Long & Short: The OCC’s Stablecoin Statement Is a Seed of Financial Innovation
28.9.2020
Noelle Acheson talks about how the latest OCC statement that says banks can support stablecoin reserves is an innovation trigger in disguise
Most crypto exchanges are vulnerable by design, says ByBit CEO
28.9.2020
He isn’t surprised attacks happen
Kucoin Hacker Leverages Uniswap to Dump Vast Number of ERC20 Tokens
27.9.2020
Since the recent Kucoin hack, the crypto community has been waiting for the hacker to move funds. During the early morning hours (ET) on Sunday, a number of people noticed the Kucoin hacker started to move a large amount of ether and ERC20s to connect with the decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap....
Darknet, cryptocurrency and two intersecting health crises
27.9.2020
With new technologies evolving, criminals find easier ways for illicit activities — that is the dark side of anonymity and decentralization
Crypto-Fueled Market Openbazaar to Close Shop Unless OB1 Raises Community Funding
27.9.2020
On September 25, the creators of the decentralized marketplace, Openbazaar, announced that unless the project can gather community funding, the supporting services like seed nodes and the API wallet will shut down. The firm behind the project, OB1 is also removing the Haven app from the iOS...
Cryptojacking: A Rising Threat to All Internet Users
27.9.2020
The cryptocurrency revolution steadily marches on. While it has yet to completely reshape the financial and other systems of everyday life, crypto acquisition and usage grow yearly. There is so much to love about cryptocurrency. From its decentralized and democratic nature to the higher levels...
Russia Proposes Harsh Penalties for Unreported Cryptocurrency Holdings
26.9.2020
Russia’s Ministry of Finance has drafted a bill with harsh penalties for anyone who does not report their cryptocurrency holdings above a certain level. Penalties include jail terms and fines. New Russian Crypto Bill The Russian Ministry of Finance has sent out a new draft bill addressing...
CEX.IO to Provide One-Click DeFi Access, Lists New Tokens, and Offers Instant 0% Fee Visa Deposits
26.9.2020
LONDON, the United Kingdom, September 26 – CEX.IO, one of the leading international cryptocurrency exchanges, announces its plans for entering the decentralized finance (DeFi) market. To set the stage, CEX.IO lists major DeFi tokens on its exchange platform and offers instant, 0% fee Visa...
Kucoin Hacked for $150 Million in Bitcoin; Bitfinex and Tether Freeze $33 Million of the Stolen Funds
26.9.2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Kucoin may have been hacked for $150 million in bitcoin and multiple ERC20 tokens. The Singapore-based exchange confirmed the September 25 security breach, but did not disclose the amount stolen. “Bitcoin, ERC-20 and, other tokens in Kucoin’s hot wallets were...