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CoinDesk warns that cryptocurrency scammers are using its name to send phishing emails

Bitcoin plunges $1.4K in minutes but investor believes BTC could still rally past $20K

Led by Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), the cryptocurrency market has been inching higher last week. However, both tokens plunged within minutes on Sunday as investors unloaded a billion dollars worth of futures...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs cryptocurrency bill into law

The days of regulatory uncertainty for Russias cryptocurrency industry will soon be over. Russian President Vladimir Putin just signed into law that will legalize digital currencies in the country, properly define them,...

Dubai launches nationwide blockchain-based KYC data platform

The United Arab Emirates just launched a high-tech data platform that would be used mainly by financial institutions for the know-your-customer (KYC) verification. The platform will be powered by blockchain technology and...

Philippines’ Central Bank announces plans of issuing its own cryptocurrency

After Chinas upcoming digital yuan, various central banks from different parts of the globe have also expressed interest to issue their own cryptocurrency. The Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Philippines central...

Meconcash partners with cryptocurrency intel firm CipherTrace to comply with FATF guidelines

Blockchain firm Meconcash has entered into a partnership with CipherTrace, one of the leading cryptocurrency intelligence companies in the world. With the partnership in place, Mecon is on its way to becoming the first...

More Institutional Investors entering into the cryptocurrency market says Coinbase

Back in March, the equity and cryptocurrency markets suffered from a coronavirus pandemic-induced crash. However, the incident did not seem to bother institutional investors as they have taken positions in top...

Israel's stock exchange to launch blockchain-based securities trading platform by November 2020

Israel has been known as a hotspot for blockchain innovation. Recently, the country lived up to this reputation by announcing a cutting-edge lending platform that is based on blockchain. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange...

Binance Australia brings platform’s full range of cryptocurrency services to Australian clients

After testing the market for over a year, Binance has finally made its full launch in Australia. The move allows Australians access to the cryptocurrency exchanges full range of products and services, such as the buying...

Philippines pioneers blockchain-based app to distribute government-issued bonds

The Philippines is using technology to make investing in government-issued bonds a lot easier for everyone. The Philippine Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) just launched a blockchain-based app for the distribution of...

Business

Switzerland’s BKB plans to offer cryptocurrency trading and custodial services via subsidiary Wed, 05 Aug 2020, 11:29 am UTC

The increasing adoption of cryptocurrency is now being felt even in the banking industry. While traditional banking institutions used to view digital currencies with caution, some are already warming up to their use and...

PayBito plans to add altcoins by next quarter

Twitch offers 10% discount for those who pay in cryptocurrency

Ex-Nissan CEO paid $500K in Bitcoin to escape from Japan

Technology

New Monero-mining cryptojacking botnet discovered Thu, 23 Jul 2020, 12:57 pm UTC

A new type of cryptocurrency-mining botnet has been silently spreading across networks in recent months has been recently discovered by researchers. The botnet was able to propagate by employing multiple methods, which...

Tampered cryptocurrency trading apps are installing malware into devices using macOS

Lambda256 joins South Korea project to develop technology that could track illegal dark web transactions

DoD and US Army plans to acquire cloud, web-based app for tracking cryptocurrency transactions

Investing

Bitcoin (BTC) briefly breaches $11K, sets new 2020 high Tue, 28 Jul 2020, 09:54 am UTC

Bitcoin (BTC) posted a massive rally during Mondays trading. In fact, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization surged upward by 13 percent and established a new high for 2020. After fluctuating in near the...

Stablecoins supply doubled since March’s COVID-19 induced crash

Wealthsimple about to launch app-based cryptocurrency trading service

LINK outperforms BTC, ETH as token’s price soars over 1000% in 12 months

Insights

The reasons why Bitcoin developers choose to use pseudonyms Wed, 01 Jul 2020, 05:37 am UTC

Theres an ongoing trend within the cryptocurrency space and in the Bitcoin sphere in particular. While there are developers who use their real names, a sizable portion opted to use pseudonyms for a variety of...