Tether-affiliated crypto exchange Bitfinex is battling a new class action complaint, deemed by the firm to be both “mercenary and baseless.” Tether-affiliated crypto exchange Bitfinex is battling a new class action complaint, deemed by the firm to be both “mercenary and baseless.” In an announcement published on Nov. 24, the exchange revealed the lawsuit was…
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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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Tether fires back at forthcoming paper that alleges that a single whale using USDT was responsible for Bitcoin’s 2017 bull run. Tether has issued a response to a recently surfaced paper that alleges that a single whale manipulated the market to cause 2017’s bull run in Bitcoin (BTC) price. The response Tether, which is behind…
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Just a single player or entity was allegedly responsible for Bitcoin’s historic price surge, according to academics… Experts call bluff. Just a single player or entity was allegedly responsible for Bitcoin’s historic price surge, as suggested by a recently updated academic paper titled “Is Bitcoin Really Un-Tethered?” Originally released in the summer of last year,…
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The token sale was due to support Dotcom’s K.im content sharing platform, but will now face an unspecified delay. Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has abruptly canceled its token sale for K.im, Kim Dotcom’s Bitcoin (BTC) content sharing service. In a blog post on Nov. 5, executives said they had agreed not to go ahead with the…
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Bitfinex adds Bitcoin bech32 address deposits and withdrawals as its the exchange’s CTO hints at integrating Lightning Network in the near future. Major global crypto exchange Bitfinex now supports Bitcoin (BTC) bech32 addresses generation and deposits to bech32 addresses. Following the launch of Bitcoin withdrawals on bech32 addresses on Oct. 29, Bitfinex officially announced on…
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex moved 1 .561 million USDT from the Omni Protocol to the Liquid Bitcoin sidechain. Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex moved 1 .561 million Tether (USDT) from the Omni Protocol to the Liquid Bitcoin (BTC) sidechain. Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino announced the U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin’s protocol swap on Twitter on Nov. 2. The conversion increases the quantity…
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A look at the history of the mysterious firm Crypto Capital and its ties to Bitfinex as court cases brew. Over the past week, news broke detailing that Oz Yosef, an executive of the mysterious firm Crypto Capital, has been indicted by the United States for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to operate…
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Crypto Capital executive Oz Yosef, who is allegedly involved in Bitfinex’s $850 million loss, has been indicted on three criminal counts. The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York has indicted Crypto Capital executive Oz Yosef on three criminal counts. An Oct. 23 court filing obtained by Cointelegraph confirmed that Oz Yosef…
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Two AT&T employees have been accused of indulging in illegal SIM swap-related activities. Cointelegraph spoke with Seth Shapiro. Over the past week, the global crypto community bore witness to a unique case wherein California resident and blockchain entrepreneur Seth Shapiro filed a lawsuit against American telecom giant AT&T — alleging that a couple of the…
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