Two Crypto traders are optimistic on recent market price moves, with possible further upside to come. Beginning a rally at the start of 2020, Bitcoin (BTC) and the rest of the crypto market continue to fly upward, showing little signs of slowing down. The “crypto market is hot right now, and what stands out to…
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UK regulator FCA has suspended ePayments operations due to anti-money-laundering controls, freezing a million accounts. EPayments Systems Ltd, a United Kingdom-authorized electronic money institution, must suspend online payment operations due to the Financial Conduct Authority’s anti-money-laundering (AML) procedures. EPayments has released a short statement on its website and has sent out emails to its customers…
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William Shatner has expressed doubts over whether Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is the inventor of Bitcoin. Captain Kirk seems unconvinced that the Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is the inventor of Bitcoin (BTC). William Shatner, the Canadian actor that played Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek series, suggested that Wright is not behind…
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North Korea’s internet use saw a 300% surge over the past three years as the country’s regime has continued to rely on cryptocurrencies. North Korea’s internet use saw a 300% surge over the past three years, as the country’s regime has continued to rely on cryptocurrencies for various activities. Exploitation of crypto and blockchain technology…
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Italian securities regulator Consob is shutting down 8 FX and crypto websites for providing illegal products and services. Italy’s securities regulator has shut down six foreign exchange websites and two crypto investing and derivative trading sites. According to Finance Magnates’ Feb. 10 report, the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) has accused…
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President Donald Trump’s $4.8 trillion 2021 budget proposal hopes to return the Secret Service to the Treasury in a bid to enhance cyber and financial crime investigations. President Donald Trump’s $4.8 trillion 2021 budget proposal hopes to reconsolidate the Secret Service with the Treasury Department in order to enhance cyber and financial crime investigations. Established…
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Join Jackson and Giovanni for an alcohol-enabled crypto chat! Sometimes the day’s crypto current events call for a cold one. At least that’s the premise of Cointelegraph’s new cryptocurrency YouTube series, Beer & Bitcoin. Grab a beverage of your choice and join our two hosts, Jackson Dumont and Giovanni Pigni, as they help us untangle…
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Multiparty computation could solve intentional and unintentional leak of the information, providing better security for crypto trading. Off-exchange liquidity venues have been widely used by institutional investors to keep large trades confidential. Although they are not perfect and can be gamed by high-frequency traders, off-exchange alternative trading systems remain popular in equities. They are starting…
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With the launch of Aztec, the Ethereum blockchain can finally become anonymous. What does this exactly mean, and how do we use it? On Feb. 1, part of the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain became anonymous. This is all thanks to the Aztec protocol that Thomas Walton-Pock and his team launched on the network’s mainnet last week. Aztec…
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Hearings in the Indian Supreme Court have opened a discussion between the crypto space and lawmakers on the tech’s potential in the country. India has developed a somewhat paradoxical relationship with cryptocurrencies, blockchain and other emerging technologies. On one hand, the Indian government is a huge proponent of distributed ledger technology, with several government-led initiatives…
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