Some of South Korea’s leading crypto exchanges have apparently begun coin purges for low-volume tokens – but there could be a catch for the exchanges and the South Korean cryptocurrency industry as a whole, as a number of delisted tokens are Kakao Klaytn partners. Per a report from South Korean media outlet News Tomato, the…
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XRP, the digital token affiliated with the San Francisco-based fintech firm Ripple, has been rather disappointing for investors this past week, as it remains in the red for the week while most other coins are seeing gains. As of pixel time (13:04 UTC), XRP trades at c. USD 0.233 and is up by 1.2% in…
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Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week and today. Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know here. _________________________________________ Binance Listings: TokenClub (TCT) Bitfinex Listings: Read more »Pay, Trade, Buy Bitcoin with…
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On Sunday, Bitcoin Gold (BTG), the cryptocurrency that was forked from Bitcoin (BTC) in 2017, confirmed that it once again suffered a 51% attack (two attacks on January 23rd, to be precise). However, investors do not seem worried – BTC rallied almost 20% in the past 24 hours. At pixel time (10:31 UTC), BTG, ranked…
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After three weeks of advancement upwards, the cryptocurrency market sentiment fell back a bit this Monday. The combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure, Sentscore, for the top 10 coins is now 5.54, while it was 5.83/10 a week ago. It’s still higher than two weeks ago though, according to Omenics, a cryptocurrency market sentiment…
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Justin Sun. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Tron Foundation Two former BitTorrent employees are suing Tron (TRX) for USD 15 million alleging they witnessed workplace violence, were harassed into product launches, and experienced wrongful dismissal. The allegations were made in a lawsuit filed against Tron, its founder Justin Sun and Cong Li, the lead engineer…
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A South Korean court has handed the masterminds of a scamcoin scheme seven-year prison terms. Per media outlet Newsis, a court in Seoul found two men, both aged 58, guilty of fraudulently selling some USD 23 million worth of so-called “A Coin” tokens to a total of 5,696 investors. The men fronted a company that…
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Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Digital fiat news A group of about 70 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers in Japan are working on a proposal for the county to issue its own digital currency – digital yen.…
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Ripple, an American blockchain company focusing on payments technologies, reduced sales of XRP from its escrow fund last quarter when it secured USD 200 million in funding. According to their report, the reductions in Q4 follows that sharp reduction that was recorded in Q3, with the main difference this time being that exchange sales of…
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Brad Garlinghouse. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Bloomberg XRP remains unmoved as the market once again has been hit with speculations about Ripple’s initial public offering (IPO). At pixel time (08:58 UTC), XRP, ranked 3rd by market capitalization, trades at c. USD 0.22 and is down almost 4% in the past 24 hours and 6%…
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