The price of both bitcoin cash (BCH) and litecoin (LTC) increased after major crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments said that two new trust funds backed by the cryptocurrencies have been approved for listing on public over-the-counter (OTC) markets in the US. At the time of writing (09:34 UTC), BCH was up by about 2.4% since…
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Source: Adobe/by-studio The little-known altcoin ampleforth (AMPL) has received more attention in the Cryptoverse after it rallied to become this week’s best-performing coin among the top 50 cryptoassets by market capitalization, while simultaneously seeing extreme volatility both to the upside and downside. As of press time on Tuesday (11:23 UTC), AMPL, ranked 38th by market…
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Justin Sun. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Tron In an effort to broaden its decentralized finance ecosystem, major blockchain platform Tron has announced the launch dates for two more products – both said to be coming in a month. Justin Sun, founder of Tron (TRX), took to Twitter to announce three "exciting" decisions he said…
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Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by crypto 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. _________________________________________ Bibox Listings: Wrappeed Nexus Mutual (wNXM) Meta (MTA) Read more »Pay, Trade, Buy…
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Source: Adobe/Игорь Головнёв Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Payments news Payments giant Mastercard has granted London-based digital payments firm Wirex principal membership status, making it "the first native cryptocurrency platform" to be granted Read more »Pay, Trade, Buy…
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This past week, bitcoin price extended its decline below the USD 9,300 and USD 9,200 support levels. However, BTC managed to stay above the USD 9,000 support and it is currently (08:30 UTC) showing signs of a possible fresh increase towards USD 9,500 in the coming sessions. Similarly, most major altcoins are recovering, including ethereum,…
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Telecom S.A., the largest telecommunications company in Argentina, has suffered a ransomware attack as hackers demand USD 7.5 million in privacy coin Monero (109,345 XMR) to be paid until the night of Tuesday, July 21. If the company does not meet the deadline, the payable amount will rise to USD 15 million (218,690 XMR). Per…
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Another country has moved a step closer to issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), with Thailand’s central bank stating that it is “already using” its token “for financial transactions with some big businesses.” Per Nation Thailand, the Vachira Arromdee, assistant governor of the Bank of Thailand (BOT), stated, “The central bank is also thinking…
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Social media and crypto sleuths are attempting to uncover the truth about a report that has been circulating claiming to tell the damning truth about Chainlink, the operator of the LINK token – one of the year’s best-performing major altcoins. The report is allegedly the work of a company named Zeus Capital, who have labeled…
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A major hedge fund that recruited a number of investors in the failed Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain and crypto initiative is offering its investors just 21% of their stakes as a refund after the project collapsed, said a new report. Per Forbes Russia, ATON, a fund who once promised that Telegram’s TON and its…
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