Major United Kingdom-based crypto firm Blockchain.com has led a funding round in its exchange partner Wintermute Trading. Popular cryptocurrency wallet service and blockchain data provider Blockchain.com has led a funding round in its exchange partner Wintermute Trading. Wintermute Trading, a United Kingdom-based algorithmic trading firm, has completed a seed funding round led by Blockchain.com’s venture…
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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: WazirX (WRX) LTO Network (LTO) Added new Read more »Pay, Trade,…
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The Litecoin Foundation partnered with cryptocurrency lending provider Cred to let LTC holders earn interest from their crypto, receiving up to 10% interest. Litecoin Foundation is partnering with Cred to offer interest on Litecoin (LTC) collateral, a Feb. 10 press release announced. Cred customers can lock their coins with the provider to earn up to…
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The British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has ordered the London Underground to take down advertisements for startup Zeux – a company that uses stablecoins as part of a high-interest savings offering. The FCA appears to have expressed concern that Zeux’s business model involves using customer investments to buy stablecoin holdings “before being transferred to a…
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Italian crypto exchange Altsbit announced that it will close in May 2020 after losing about $70,000 in a hack on Feb. 5. Altsbit, a small cryptocurrency exchange that lost “almost all funds” in hack on Feb. 5, will shut down its services in May 2020. After Altsbit first reported on the hack on Twitter on…
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Edge, the web browser of information technology giant Microsoft, now blocks cryptojacking malware. Edge, the web browser of information technology giant Microsoft, now blocks cryptojacking malware. A Microsoft Edge spokesperson told Cointelegraph on Feb. 10 that the latest version of the web browser features a new PUA (Potentially Unwanted Apps) blocking feature that may block…
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A lot of cryptocurrency holders prefer to use crypto for daily transactions. Have they been disappointed by businesses? There are many reasons why people own cryptocurrencies. One is to store cryptocurrencies as value due to the limited supply of coins like Bitcoin. Some people store cryptocurrency for speculation — meaning they aim to make a…
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Source: iStock/Enzo Nguyen@Tercer Ojo Photography Authorities in Beijing say they have launched a blockchain-powered loans platform that will help small and medium-sized companies affected by the coronavirus to borrow money and potentially stay afloat – as the disease threatens to batter the city’s industrial sector. The city’s government launched the platform as part of new…
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Following Sunday’s bitcoin (BTC) breakout above USD 10,000, other major cryptoassets are also making moves. However, both ethereum (ETH) and Ripple-affiliated XRP are seeing lackluster performance compared to bitcoin (BTC). However, both coins still outperform the most popular cryptocurrency in the past week. As of pixel time on Monday (12:52 PM UTC), both ETH and…
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Ukrainian authorities said that crypto mining does not require regulatory activity from governmental oversight bodies or other third-party regulations. Ukrainian authorities said that crypto mining does not require regulatory activity from governmental oversight bodies or other third-party regulations. In its manifest on virtual assets published on Feb. 7, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine…
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