New York-based fintech provider Tassat is partnering with digital asset market maker Blockfills to launch an institutional Trade at Settlement product for spot Bitcoin (XBT/USD). New York-based fintech provider Tassat is partnering with digital asset market maker Blockfills to launch an institutional Trade at Settlement (TAS) product for spot Bitcoin (XBT/USD). According to a Nov.…
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Research from crypto analytics firm Longhash claims to have debunked the recent single-whale theory of the 2017 Bitcoin bull run. Blockchain education platform Longhash has released research that it claims debunks the recent single-whale theory of the 2017 Bitcoin (BTC) bull run. On Nov. 18, researchers at crypto analytics firm Longhash announced that they have…
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U.S. authorities extradite Swedish citizen from Thailand for multi-million dollar fraudulent security offering in the form of a gold investment scheme. The United States has extradited a Swedish national from Thailand for allegedly selling fraudulent securities to investors online, garnering over $11 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC). Per a press release from the U.S. Department…
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Wave of red on crypto markets grows, bringing more losses among the top 20 coins and exposing Bitcoin to the new potential drop. After another sell-off earlier today, crypto markets have continued to fall, with Bitcoin (BTC) briefly dropping below the $8,200 threshold. At the time of writing, 19 out of the top 20 coins…
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Disclaimer: The text below is a sponsored article. _________ It is easy to get carried away by the excitement of the crypto space thinking that your transactions are anonymous. In reality, they’re not despite the fact that Bitcoin was originally made to be used anonymously. These days with mandatory KYC at most cryptocurrency exchanges, it…
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A researcher says that Mimblewimble’s privacy is flawed as people are able to uncover the addresses for 96% of Grin transactions. Mimblewimble, a privacy-focused blockchain protocol, is allegedly not private at all. According to an expert at blockchain research firm Dragonfly Research, Mimblewimble’s privacy is fundamentally flawed, which he reportedly proved by discovering the exact…
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Chinese news program said that there are 32,000 firms in China who claim to use blockchain, but fewer than 10% of them actually have the technology. Chinese news program Focus Report has said that there are around 32,000 companies in China that claim to use blockchain technology. Reportedly, the real number is not even 10%…
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The high scores didn’t last long. Observing the 7-day moving average, the combined market sentiment measure, Sentscore for the top 10 coins by market capitalization dropped again, for the second week in a row, from 5.5/10 we’ve seen last Monday, to 5.17 today, according to Omenics, a crypto market sentiment analysis service. Hence, it’s inching…
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Disclaimer: The text below is a sponsored article. _________ This week, China’s state-controlled Xinhua News Agency has published a report that hails Bitcoin (BTC) as “the first successful application of blockchain technology. This news arrives just a week after Monfex covered the countries announcement of new legislation regarding cryptocurrency mining. Positive Sentiment The report is…
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Vigilante hacker known as Phineas Fisher will pay in crypto for hacking big companies with like NSO Group and Halliburton. Anonymous hacker Phineas Fisher will pay up to $100,000 in crypto to hackers for leaking some damaging information about global high-profile firms. The bounty, called the “Hacktivist Bug Hunting Program” was published on Nov. 15…
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