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P2P Bitcoin Trading Drops in Argentina Amid Torrid Times for Fiat Peso
9.10.2020
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The bitcoin (BTC) boom in Argentina appears to have hit a bump in the road, with peer-to-peer (P2P) BTC volumes dropping in Argentina in the past few weeks – despite a wretched month for the Argentinian peso.
As previously reported, 2020 has been a breakthrough year...
Market Update: Bitcoin Captures $11K, Flash Buy Signals, Bollinger Band Squeeze
9.10.2020
Cryptocurrency markets are seeing decent gains on Friday following the announcement Square made the day prior about purchasing $50 million worth of bitcoin for reserves. During the morning trading sessions, the overall market capitalization of all 7,000+ crypto assets is up over 2% hovering at $340...
Bitmex CEO Hayes Steps Down Following U.S. Criminal Charges
8.10.2020
Arthur Hayes, chief executive officer of bitcoin derivatives exchange Bitmex, is stepping down from his position a week after U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against him. Hayes is leaving together with other top executives who are facing similar charges. The company announced on Thursday...
Malaysian SC Shariah Advisory Council praises crypto’s ‘great potential’
8.10.2020
A Shariah Advisory Council chairman in Malaysia has praised the “great potential” of cryptocurrency
BitMEX Says It’s ‘Business as Usual’ Despite 30% Drop in Bitcoin Balance After CFTC, DOJ Action
7.10.2020
More than 57,000 BTC have been withdrawn from BitMEX since Sept. 30
Spanish Prosecution Office Investigating Alleged Bitcoin Pyramid Scheme: $1 Billion in Investor Funds Reportedly Missing
7.10.2020
The Spanish Prosecution office says it is investigating Arbistar for allegedly running a bitcoin trading scam with preliminary findings suggesting $1 billion in investors’ funds cannot be accounted for. The disappearance of investor funds has affected 32,000 families that are failing...
Port of Rotterdam testing blockchain and AI for renewables trading
6.10.2020
The Port of Rotterdam's Innovation Dock has been testing a high frequency decentralized energy market for renewables since August 2020
Bitcoin and Altcoins Trading Near Key Breakout Zone
6.10.2020
Bitcoin is trading above the USD 10,550 and USD 10,650 support levels. Having said that, BTC is approaching a crucial breakout zone near USD 10,800 and USD 10,950. The price is currently (08:30 UTC) trading well above USD 10,650 and it seems to be preparing for the next major move.
Similarly, most...
BitMEX Ether Futures Trading Contracts Fall by Half in Wake of U.S. Charges
6.10.2020
Open interest on the Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange is down nearly 50% from the $125 million observed Oct. 1
$9 Trillion in Stimulus Injections: The Fed’s 2020 Pump Eclipses Two Centuries of USD Creation
5.10.2020
Since September 2019, research shows the Federal Reserve has pumped over $9 trillion to primary dealers by leveraging enormous emergency repo operations. A recently published investigative report shows the U.S. central bank submits the daily loan tally, but the Fed will not provide the public with...
Long and short positions, explained
5.10.2020
Discover the intricacies of short and long positions in crypto trading. These principles can be applied by both new and experienced traders
Record $616M of Wrapped Bitcoin Minted in September
5.10.2020
Monthly value of minted WBTC grew 160% from August
Regulators May ‘Disallow Trading on DEXs Entirely,’ Investor Warns
5.10.2020
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If regulators find DeFi to be “unconscionably unpoliceable” due to a prevalence of spoofing and other market manipulation techniques, their next step may be to ban trading on decentralized exchanges (DEXes) altogether, CEO of Singaporean crypto fund manager Three Arrows...
OFAC Warns Americans Against Facilitating Ransomware Payments
5.10.2020
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently issued an advisory highlighting the sanctions risk American citizens face if they help facilitate ransomware payments. In the advisory, the OFAC says it will “continue to impose sanctions on those...
Kucoin CEO Says Exchange Hack Suspects ‘Found,’ $204 Million Recovered
4.10.2020
According to the Kucoin exchange CEO Johnny Lyu, the trading platform has recovered $204 million in crypto assets since October 1. The exchange executive says the hacking suspects have been “found” and the “police are officially involved” in order to take action....
Interest in Bitcoin Soars in Egypt Amid Economic Crisis and Unemployment
3.10.2020
A growing number of Egyptians are reportedly turning to bitcoin amid rising unemployment and the economic crisis. An Egyptian bitcoin community is seeing a huge spike in the number of members interested in bitcoin mining and trading. Egyptians Increasingly Attracted to Bitcoin Many Egyptians...
Law Decoded: The year of the Crypto Futures Trading Commission, Sept. 25–Oct. 2
2.10.2020
The end of the U.S. federal government's fiscal year brought a cascade of major announcements from agencies
Decentralized Exchanges Doubled Trading Volume In September + More News
2.10.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Aggregate trading volume on decentralized exchanges reached USD 22.8bn in September, up from USD 11.3bn in August, which is more...
Open Interest on Bitmex Drops 16%: Investors Withdraw 37,000 BTC in Less Than 24 Hours
2.10.2020
Data from Arcane Research shows that open interest on Bitmex’s bitcoin derivatives market touched a new low of 45,122 BTC on October 1. The figure represents a 16% drop since the CFTC announced charges against Bitmex and its executives for allegedly operating an unregistered trading platform....
Bitmex Charged With US Rules Violations — Owners Face Criminal Charges, Prison
2.10.2020
Cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform Bitmex has been charged with illegally operating in the U.S. Concurrently, its executives, including CEO Arthur Hayes, have been charged with violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and are facing prison sentences. One of the Bitmex founders has already been...