After surging well 20% over the past 7 days, litecoin (LTC) is now one of the best-performing coins this week among the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Over the past 24 hours, LTC is up by almost 4%, trading at about USD 66 as of pixel time (13:26 UTC). And following the latest surge…
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An international task force of French, Belgian and Israeli investigators brought down a fraud scheme responsible for stealing €6 million from French and Belgian citizens. French, Belgian and Israeli investigators have brought down a scheme that defrauded €6 million ($6.64 million) from French and Belgian citizens, a Jan 29. press release from Europol reads. The…
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Sumit Gupta is the CEO of cryptocurrency trading platform CoinDCX, which Gupta co-founded in early 2018. __________ An Open Letter to the Finance Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman, on the Potential of India’s Cryptocurrency Sector and the Benefits it Presents to the Indian Economy Dear Minister, My name is Sumit Gupta, and I am Co-founder…
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The senior adviser to Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht had pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute narcotics in a Manhattan Federal Court. A senior adviser to the operator of the Silk Road dark web marketplace has pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute narcotics in a Manhattan federal court. According…
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The price of the DigixDAO (DGD) token rallied recently as the team is closing their decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) DigixDAO this quarter and promising to buy back DGD at a higher price. Since talks about the dissolution of the DAO started in November, the price more than doubled and trades against ethereum (ETH) at c.…
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After launching trading of gold-pegged stablecoin Tether Gold last week, Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange now allows users to trade Tether Gold against Bitcoin. After launching trading of gold-pegged stablecoin Tether Gold (XAU₮) last week, Bitfinex now allows users to trade Tether Gold against Bitcoin (BTC). On Jan. 30, Bitfinex has rolled out three margin trading pairs…
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Overstock’s blockchain arm tZERO aims to launch a cryptocurrency market broker dealer service in the first half of 2020. Overstock’s blockchain arm tZERO aims to launch its cryptocurrency and digital asset broker dealer service in the first half of 2020. In a letter to investors released on Jan. 30, tZERO CEO Saum Noursalehi provided a…
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Bitcoin price hitting a 3-month high on rising volume hints at a bullish trend that puts $10K within reach. Bitcoin price (BTC) pulled back to $9.2K levels on Jan. 31, or almost 1% lower over the past 24 hours, after exceeding $9,500 earlier today. “It’s over 9 thousand” BTC price hits new 2020 high The…
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Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Exchanges news Two directors of the South Korean market-leading Upbit crypto exchange have been cleared of criminal fraud and market manipulation charges, reports Newsis. Prosecutors had brought forward Read more »Pay,…
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Over-the-counter digital currency trading and lending firm Genesis has closed the fourth quarter of 2019 with record high loan originations since its inception. Over-the-counter digital currency trading and lending firm Genesis closed the fourth quarter of 2019 with record high results in loan originations since its inception. Per a Jan. 30 press release, Genesis facilitated…
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