Japanese government agencies held a crypto meeting, Coincheck added Qtum, and more headlined news from Japan this past week. This week’s headlines from Japan include crypto exchange Zaif reopening account registrations, government agencies meeting on crypto, the Federation of Economic Affairs submitting a national Blockchain proposal, Coincheck adding Qtum, and Rakuten Wallet opening leverage trading…
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A Duke University professor believes crypto has not acted as safe haven amid the challenges to the global economy. Cryptocurrencies have not been used as a safe haven amid challenges the global economy has faced at the beginning of the year, one expert says. The world has already seen a slew of market-shaking events this…
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Popular zero-fee crypto trading app Robinhood has fixed a major system-wide outage but traders want to get reimbursed. Following a major technical outage, popular stock and cryptocurrency trading app Robinhood is purportedly operational again. The popular platform for trading stocks and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) experienced a major technical outage, causing a loss of access…
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Once again, Tether ridicules and dismisses allegations that it used its USDT stablecoin for manipulating Bitcoin’s price. Once again, Tether has ridiculed and dismissed allegations that it used its USDT stablecoin for manipulating Bitcoin’s (BTC) price. In a statement sent to Cointelegraph on Feb. 28, iFinex, the firm behind Tether, states that the claims in…
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Wilshire Phoenix’s Bitcoin ETF has been officially rejected by the SEC because the Bitcoin market is still too heavily manipulated. The US Securities and Exchange Commision has rejected New York based firm Wilshire Phoenix’s Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) application, citing ongoing concerns over market manipulation and a lack of surveillance-sharing agreements. Commissioner Hester ‘Crypto…
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An in-depth analysis of the recent malfunction and performance issues suffered by the Binance crypto exchange. As Cointelegraph reported on Feb. 19, Binance temporarily suspended most of its crypto trading platform activities due to unscheduled system maintenance. For several hours the exchange’s users were unable to perform most basic functions including deposits, withdrawals, spot trading,…
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Technician Dan McDermitt debates analyst Ronnie Moas on the validity of trading versus hodling. This week, technical analyst Dan McDermitt of The Chart Guys educational platform debates Standpoint Research founder Ronnie Moas on trading versus holding. Can traders really outperform a simple buy and hold Bitcoin investment strategy? McDermitt sees trading as a profitable route.…
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Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex confirms that no users lost funds or holdings after a bug forced the platform to reverse trades on Feb. 12. Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex remains confident that it has identified and fixed an error that caused a number of erroneous trades on the platform earlier this week. On Feb. 12, Poloniex made a…
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Cryptocurrency trading is the exact opposite of forex and its options for owning an asset. In the early days of blockchain, cryptocurrency trading was seen by many as merely exchanging a few dollars for Bitcoins (BTC). The birth of other tokens and the high volatility in cryptocurrencies have led many traders to speculate by buying…
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Circle, a Goldman Sachs-backed crypto startup behind USD-pegged stablecoin USDC, sells its crypto trading app to Voyager. Despite ongoing bullish movement in crypto markets, Circle continues to sell off wings of its business. Circle, a Goldman Sachs-backed crypto startup that launched USD-pegged stablecoin USDC, has agreed to sell its digital asset investment app Circle Invest…
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