Crypto exchange Poloniex announced a new account tier allowing for up to $10,000 in daily withdrawals that only requires an email address and password. Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex announced a new account tier — dubbed Level 1 — allowing for up to $10,000 in daily withdrawals without requiring full Know Your Client (KYC) onboarding. According to…
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China’s latest bond issuance on the ledger is a sign of trust placed into the blockchain technology, but not everything may be rosy. The Bank of China has recently issued 20 billion Chinese yuan ($2.8 billion) of special bonds, which it has sold in order to fund small and micro-enterprise businesses, according to the China Development…
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Tencent, the operator of Chinese social media app WeChat, is planning to create a digital currency research group to further advance blockchain research projects. Tencent, the operator of Chinese social media app WeChat, is planning to create a digital currency research group for the further advancement of blockchain technology research projects. On Dec. 23, Chinese…
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Major cryptocurrency payment service provider BitPay had a temporary outage of Bitcoin payments on Dec. 22. Major cryptocurrency payment service provider BitPay has confirmed that its service had a temporary outage of Bitcoin (BTC) payments on Dec. 22. Bitcoin payments were briefly unavailable for almost 3.5 hours on BitPay as the company was working to…
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Head of the digital currency research institute at China’s central bank Mu Changchun said that the digital form of the yuan will be different from Bitcoin and stablecoins. The People’s Bank of China’s (PBoC) deputy director Mu Changchun said that the digital form of the yuan will be different to Bitcoin (BTC) and stablecoins. Chinese…
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In a recent Twitter discussion, ETH co-founder Vitalik Buterin triggered a wave of arguments over the respective decentralization of Binance DEX and Ethereum itself. Binance’s decentralized exchange is a better target for criticism over being centralized than Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin believes. In a recent Twitter discussion, Ethereum co-founder Buterin triggered a wave of argument over…
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Source: iStock/da-kuk The cryptocurrency market sentiment is not going through any dramatic events lately. We saw it rise slightly to 4.68 last week, and this Monday the combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure for the top 10 coins fell to 4.51/10, according to Omenics, a cryptocurrency market sentiment analysis service. This is less than…
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Source: iStock/ma-no The head of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC)’s digital currency research institute Mu Changchun has confirmed that a “digital form of the yuan” is on its way – but claimed that the digitized fiat would be “different from Bitcoin or stablecoins.” The PBoC chief also stated that the bank would not look…
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Cyprus’ SEC recently flagged three investment platforms that look almost identical and falsely asserted ties to licensed firm BDSwiss. Cyprus’ Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) recently issued a warning against almost 200 unregistered investment platforms, three of which look strikingly similar and falsely advertise ties to licensed and regulated firm BDSwiss. The CySEC posted an…
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Thomson Reuters partners with Verady to bring a Virtual Currency Organizer to market for crypto taxes. Thomson Reuters, the multinational media conglomerate, announced on Dec. 19 a partnership with Verady, a firm that specializes in the accounting and reporting of cryptocurrencies and blockchain assets. The two companies will collaborate on bringing a new cryptocurrency tax…
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