A cryptocurrency analyst has come out to dispute the trading volumes
reported by cryptocurrency exchange platforms.
Not exact matches
Following on the sale of the Petro, Maduro has said that he plans to launch a
cryptocurrency backed
by gold next week, Reuters
reports.
Ethereum, the second - largest
cryptocurrency by market capitalization, falls 6 percent after The Wall Street Journal
reports that it has come under scrutiny
by regulators.
Kim's exit, first
reported by Bloomberg News, is among a handful of high - profile transitions from Goldman Sachs to
cryptocurrency start - ups.
Cryptocurrencies will experience a «heavy correction» of 90 percent leading to a «mass market wipe out,» a technology investment bank predicted in a
report seen
by CNBC on Wednesday.
MarketWatch
reports that interactions on niche Reddit forums (known as «subreddits») devoted to
cryptocurrency have soared
by a massive 930 % this year, and that at one point users were joining one of the main bitcoin forums at the rate of 1,300 a day.
co raised during its last private funding round in 2015 — according to recent
reports by Coindesk, a
cryptocurrency blog, and Axios, a media startup.
No matter how you feel about
cryptocurrency generally, though, it's useful to know that the Federal Trade Commission in a 2015
report recently resurfaced and promoted
by the Better Business Bureau makes clear that spending bitcoin can be risky.
Within the Bitcoin community, there are recent
reports of a «massive banning campaign»
by PayPal against merchants selling anything related to the
cryptocurrency.
In October, the UBS Chief Investment Office published a
report called «
Cryptocurrencies: Beneath the bubble,» which estimated that blockchain technology could about add $ 300 billion to $ 400 billion to the global economy
by 2027.
«
Cryptocurrency doesn't pass the basic test of what a currency should be,» he said, as
reported by CNBC.
One of the largest
cryptocurrency exchanges in the world
by trading volume, it is owned
by a British Virgin Islands company and does not have a head office, Reuters
reported in September.
A newly discovered variant of the Satori botnet is targeting computers dedicated to mining
cryptocurrency to steal Ethereum coins
by exploiting a flaw in the Claymore Miner software, researchers have
reported.
The
report summarizes how «middlebox» technology — created
by the Canada - based Sandvine Corporation — was used to «deliver nation - state malware in Turkey and indirectly into Syria, and to covertly raise money through affiliate ads and
cryptocurrency mining in Egypt.»
Coincheck, the Japanese
cryptocurrency exchange that was recently robbed of some 523 million XEM (as tokens on the NEM blockchain are called) has been instructed
by the country's Financial Services Agency (FSA) to prepare a
report on the incident, according to a press release on the exchange's website.
A recent
report by fellow cyber-security firm Kaspersky found that
cryptocurrency mining malware also infected over 1.65 million machines running Kaspersky solutions in the first eight months of the year.
Research
by Morgan Stanley bank published in a Business Insider
report on Sunday, April 29, 2018, concludes that Malta now accounts for the largest proportion of
cryptocurrency trading in the world
by volume, followed
by Belize.
«DSS has fielded a number of questions from industry as to whether ownership of
cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, should be
reported by cleared persons or security clearance applicants.
Can't Nobody Hold Coincheck Down As
reported by Reuters, Japanese
cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc. has recorded a writedown of roughly $ 432.56 million for the financial year ending in March.
As
reported by Forbes the institute which was spearheaded
by startup Finova Financial along with 60 other interested parties in order to «envision and design guard rails for the blockchain and
cryptocurrency industries as they mature and become more mainstream.»
So declared Israel's central bank, which said Monday, as
reported by Reuters, that it would not view
cryptocurrencies — bitcoin among them, of course — as a reputable form of currency.
Announced earlier today, and
reported by The Korea Herald, Dunamu — operator of the South Korean
cryptocurrency exchange Upbit — will invest 100 billion won ($ 92.5 million) into blockchain technology projects over the next three years.
Although the Swell keynote delivered
by Bernanke was filmed for private use only, some of his remarks regarding blockchain and
cryptocurrency applications for interbank transfers have been
reported: «It's an obvious area where new technologies like blockchain or these electronic currencies can be used to improve the process.»
«The AMF concludes that a cash - settled
cryptocurrency contract may qualify as a derivative, irrespective of the legal qualification of a
cryptocurrency,» the AMF said in the statement, as
reported by CCN.
According to the
report, because
cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet providers are under no obligation to identify suspicious activity, terrorist groups are able to transfer money into the EU's financial system, taking full advantage of the degree of anonymity provided
by virtual currency platforms.
Given their unique relationship, many people assume that Litecoin's creator, Charlie Lee, created the
cryptocurrency to serve as a direct rival to Bitcoin — an assumption that is certainly driven
by the many news outlets
report it as such to drum up controversy!
Our friend Claudio Grass of Precious Metal Advisory Switzerland was recently interviewed
by the X22
Report on
cryptocurrencies and gold.
One of the world's largest
cryptocurrency exchanges, Bitfinex, hopes to relocate to Switzerland, according to a Wednesday
report by Handelszeitung (German).
The vast majority of Android mobile apps available on the official Google Play Store that are meant for the management of
cryptocurrencies are vulnerable to the most common and well - known vulnerabilities, according to a
report published today
by Swiss cyber-security firm High - Tech Bridge.
The recent crash is widely seen as being driven
by reports that the South Korean government indicating it is set to crackdown on
cryptocurrency usage.
On October 25, 2017, it was revealed through
reports that, following a parliamentary audit of the Bank of Korea (BOK)
by the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, the bank had conducted inadequate research on
cryptocurrencies.
Perhaps at least partially precipitated
by this cascade of news
reports, many
cryptocurrencies began to decline worldwide as markets detected a disturbance in the crypto - Force.
Seoul To Regulate After «Sufficient Consultation» After the South Korean justice minister caused «confusion and anger» last week
by saying the government would ban
cryptocurrency exchanges, local news media
report, the latest statements from Seoul indicate a significant U-turn.
By the end of 2017, several researchers had
reported additional spear phishing campaigns against South Korean
cryptocurrency exchanges, numerous successful thefts, and even Bitcoin and Monero mining.
As CCN
reported, Bloq — a blockchain startup co-founded
by SegWit2x developer Jeff Garzik — announced that it is developing a cross-blockchain
cryptocurrency called Metronome that is intended to bring stability to the crypto economy and make institutional firms less hesitant to engage with the ecosystem.
Investments — Investments are entirely comprised of various
cryptocurrencies and are
reported at fair value as determined
by digital asset market exchanges with realized gains and losses calculated on a trade data basis as the difference between the fair value and cost of
cryptocurrencies transferred.
The new Iranian
cryptocurrency was jointly developed
by the Central Bank of Iran, the state - run Post Bank, and Iran's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) ministry, according to
reports.
In its
report, Saxo says «Bitcoin peaks in 2018 with bitcoin above $ 60,000 and a market capitalization of over $ 1 trillion as the advent of the bitcoin futures contract in December 2017 leads to a groundswell of involvement
by investors and funds that are more comfortable trading futures than tying up funds on
cryptocurrency exchanges.»
According to recent news
report on one of the
cryptocurrency sites, Bitcoin is now increasingly being used
by nonprofit and charitable organizations across the world.
There have been multiple instances of
cryptocurrency exchanges falling victim to hackers, and theft perpetrated
by the operators of some less reputable exchanges has also been
reported.
Twitter to Prohibit Range of
Cryptocurrency Ads Sky News
reports that Twitter has plans to eventually ban advertisements for
cryptocurrencies, token sales, and initial coin offerings (ICOs), in a move that would follow similar policies implemented
by both Facebook and Google this year.
Reports from South Korea claim that three
cryptocurrency exchanges in the nation have now been raided
by the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office over embezzlement of customer funds.
At the close of the seven - day session, the total value of all
cryptocurrencies is being
reported at $ 471 billion
by data source CoinMarketCap, up 22.65 percent from $ 384 billion seen last Friday.
Earlier this month, consumer research group, Valuepenguin, published a
report claiming that the number of consumer complaints involving
cryptocurrency company filed with the U.S Consumer Financial Protection Bureau increase
by 669 percent following the post-December 2017 crash in the
cryptocurrency markets.
A growing number of law firms working with startups are beginning to accept their payment in
cryptocurrencies, according to a new
report by the trade - focused outlet Law.com.
Kelly additionally mentions the recent
report by analysts at Barclays that referred to
cryptocurrency as a «virus» and an infectious illness that may «never hit another high again.»
OmiseGo's OMG token is
reporting double - digit gains today, figures that throw shade on the rest of the top 25
cryptocurrencies by market valuation.
While decisive action has not yet been taken, Sky News
reported on March 19th that Twitter plans on joining its peers Facebook and Google
by issuing a ban on
cryptocurrency ads.
Split
by applications, this
report focuses on sales, market share and growth rate of
Cryptocurrency in each application: Transaction, Investment, Other
In a
report from Forbes, sources close to the the Financial Services Agency (FSA), which approves licenses to digital currency exchanges, claim that the agency is taking the necessary steps to stamp out the use of certain
cryptocurrencies that are favoured
by criminals and hackers.