Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 145 of 298

Wild Satoshi Theories: 50 BTC Just Moved For First Time Since 2009

May 21, 2020

50 BTC from February 9, 2009, was moved from the original block reward address to another address. The movement of coins caused a great commotion throughout the cryptocurrency community, as some individuals a...

Russia Seeks to Criminalize Crypto Usage with Fines, Imprisonments

May 21, 2020

The Russian government is moving to criminalize Bitcoin transactions by proposing new legislation controlling the digital currencies. Reported by local crypto publication Forklog, the Ministry of Economic De...

French Central Bank, SocGen Complete First Trial of Digital Euro

May 21, 2020

The Banque de France along with Societe Generale, an investment banking giant, has completed the first successful trial of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The investment bank directly registered ...

Luno Plans Entering Kenya, Ghana with Crypto Trading Services

May 21, 2020

Luno, a London-based cryptocurrency exchange, is planning to enter Kenya and Ghana with its services, thus expanding its footprint in Africa. Reported by Bloomberg on Wednesday, the exchange is already in ta...

Bitcoin Transaction Fees Spiked Over 200% In 10 Days Since Halving

May 20, 2020

Miners have collected the equivalent of 1,176 BTC in transaction fees since Bitcoin’s third supply cut on May 11. That compares with 818 BTC earned as fees in April and 1,251 BTC in March. Miners reap fewer ...

Majority Of Coinbase’s Customers Eventually Buy Other Digital Assets Rather Than Bitcoin

May 20, 2020

According to Coinbase,“Bitcoin’s dominance alongside Coinbase customer behavior” indicates that customers who leverage the exchange still enjoy purchasing altcoins other than BTC. “Among customers with at le...

BlockFi Suffers Data Breach, Funds Remain Safe

May 20, 2020

BlockFi, a popular cryptocurrency lending platform, informed its customers on Tuesday that it had a “temporary” data breach, putting some client’s data at risk. The breach happened on May 14 and, according t...

Metal & Lynx Have Officially Merged

May 19, 2020

Digital bank Metal has announced that it has officially merged with decentralised application developer Lynx. This is one of the largest mergers in the cryptocurrency industry and a signal of amazing things t...

Future1Exchange Launches Worlds First Crypto Auction Exchange

May 19, 2020

Future1Exchange is set to launch the world’s first Crypto P2P Auction Marketplace. This first of a kind Peer to Peer Digital Asset Exchange, will allow traders and investors to auction any ERC20 token. What ...

LMAX Digital Reports $85B of Crypto Currencies Traded After 2 Years of Operation

May 19, 2020

LMAX Digital, an institutional spot crypto currency exchange and part of the LMAX Group, reported today that it has traded $85 billion worth of crypto currencies during its first two years of operation. LMAX...