Binace has hired on a former Huobi and JPMorgan exec as its new director of European and Latin American growth and institutional business. Binance, the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by 24-hour volume, has hired an exec from one of its foremost competitor exchanges, Huobi. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Jan. 30, Binance has…
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Line, one of Asia’s biggest chat apps, is set to debut its own digital token in Japan on Bitmax, its own crypto exchange. Per a number of Japanese media outlets, including Coin Post, the company made its announcement via its blockchain and cryptocurrency subsidiary LVC – and is aiming for a rollout in April this…
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Surojit Chatterjee and Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase. Surojit Chatterjee, former Vice President of Product at Google, has joined major U.S.-based cryptocurrency company Coinbase. At the tech giant, Chatterjee was tasked with implementing and managing Google Shopping for the past 11 years, and now he will take on product details with Coinbase. The move reflects…
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United States presidential candidate Andrew Yang talked about cryptocurrency regulations during a recent interview. United States Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang talked about cryptocurrency regulations ahead of the upcoming caucuses in the state of Iowa. During an interview with Bloomberg Politics on Jan. 29, Yang said that there needs to be a uniform set of…
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One of the best-known privacy coins, Zcash (ZEC), has jumped on the news that its community has said ‘yes’ to changes to Zcash mining rewards, meant to support the coin’s development. ZEC has gone up 12% in the past day, 30% in a week, and a whopping 132% in a month, landing on USD 66…
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Ethereum Classic (ETC), continues to surge in price after already seeing strong gains this year. Thursday morning, ETC once again got a spot among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, surpassing cardano (ADA), which has also been on fire as of late, but dropped by more than 3% today and left the top 10…
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Major United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase established a second Irish firm to expand its crypto custody services to European institutions. Major United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has established an entity in Ireland to expand its crypto custody services to European institutions. According to a Coinbase announcement published on Jan. 30, the new entity is called…
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After a short term downside correction, bitcoin price found support near USD 9,200. BTC/USD was well bid above the USD 9,200 level and it is currently (09:00 UTC) rising steadily. A clear break above USD 9,450 and USD 9,500 is likely to set the stage for a larger upward move in the coming sessions. Similarly,…
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Blockchain.com Exchange launches Turkish Lira gateway as Turkey becomes a hot spot for global crypto exchanges. United Kingdom-based cryptocurrency data and wallet provider Blockchain.com has launched a gateway for the Turkish lira on its crypto exchange. Blockchain.com is the latest major crypto exchange to join the growing roster of crypto platforms with a direct gateway…
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Young Bitcoin millionaire Erik Finman said Bitcoin has changed since 2011, and not in a good way. A millionaire by age 18, early Bitcoin (BTC) investor Erik Finman said the environment around Bitcoin has significantly changed since 2011 — and not for the better. “It just ain’t what it used to be,” Finman told Cointelegraph…
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