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Invest in Cryptocurrencies: Beware of fraudsters using cryptocurrencies to swindle consumers
September 5th, 2018
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), a public institution that supervises the Belgian financial sector, has issued a warning to inform public and investors about cryptocurrency trading platforms with identified signs of fraud. In accordance the warning, the ...
Rakuten e-commerce giant buys a bitcoin exchange
September 3rd, 2018
Rakuten, Inc., the largest e-commerce site in Japan and among the world’s largest by sales, announced that it decided to acquire everybody’s bitcoin Inc. (hereinafter “everybody’s bitcoin”) through its subsidiary, Rakuten Card Co., Ltd. The acquisition is based on ...
Bitcoin sinks further; Most altcoins enter negative territory for the week
August 31st, 2018
Bitcoin fell for a second straight day Thursday, putting a lid on the recent euphoria that had some pundits eyeing $8,000 and beyond. One bitcoin BTCUSD, +1.28% was last worth $6,913.85, down 1.8% since Wednesday at 5 p.m. on ...
The EU is taking another look at regulating crypto
August 30th, 2018
Cryptocurrency traders and issuers of virtual currencies are in for a fresh round of scrutiny from European politicians. Finance ministers from the European Union’s 28 member states will discuss a host of challenges posed by the growing popularity of ...
Bitcoin breaks above $7,000; Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple also advance
August 29th, 2018
Bitcoin advanced for a fourth day, exceeding $7,000 in its longest winning streak in more than a month, and with momentum indicators suggesting the rally has further to run. The biggest cryptocurrency climbed as much as 4.7 percent on ...
Swiss watchdog to propose looser anti-money laundering rules for fintechs
August 29th, 2018
Swiss financial regulator FINMA is planning to loosen anti-money laundering rules for smaller financial technology firms, part of a drive to boost innovation and shore up the country’s position as a leading money management hub. The revisions, prompted by ...
Cryptominers dreaming of rebound after price crash
August 27th, 2018
Surrounded by the cryptocurrency mining “rig” that is taking over his bedroom, “Ali” lays bare the risks of his trade, revealing his profits “are a tenth of what they were”. Prices of cryptocurrencies have plunged since the heady heights ...
The people who got burned by the Bitcoin boom
August 23rd, 2018
Pete Roberts of Nottingham, England, was one of the many risk-takers who threw their savings into cryptocurrencies when prices were going through the roof last winter. Now, eight months later, the US$23,000 ($34,638) he invested in several digital tokens ...
Venezuela ties its currency to a state-run cryptocoin the Petro; Hardly anyone knows what to expect out of this
August 21st, 2018
Venezuela has just taken drastic and unprecedented steps to stabilize its currency as it grapples with hyperinflation and other economic issues. The country’s currency has not only been massively devalued and renamed, but is now tied to a state-issued ...
Bets against bitcoin have doubled since the beginning of August, exchange says
August 17th, 2018
Betting on bitcoin isn’t for everyone. However, according to data from a leading cryptocurrency exchange, interest in betting against the worlds biggest digital currency is growing. Bitfinex, the fourth largest cryptocurrency exchange with 24-hour volume of $614.8 million, has ...
