Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 229 of 298

Binance LCX Launches Fiat-to-Crypto Exchange in Liechtenstein

August 17, 2018

Cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and LCX, through their joint venture Binance LCX, have launched a fiat-to-crypto exchange in Liechtenstein on Thursday. Initially, the exchange will allow investors to trade S...

Almost Two Thirds of UK IT Companies Have Been Crypto-Jacked

August 16, 2018

Market research in the UK has found that almost two-thirds of IT companies have experienced crypto-jacking attacks. 80 percent attacked in the last six months The survey asked 750 IT executives across the...

Playboy Sues Blockchain Company for Fraud, Breach of Contract

August 15, 2018

Playboy Enterprises, the Beverley Hills-based company behind the famous magazine, is suing a blockchain company for breach of contract, according to the L.A. Times. Compensatory and punitive Global Blockc...

Huobi Invests in Security Tokens Platform OpenFinance Network

August 15, 2018

One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Huobi, has made a ‘significant investment’ in OpenFinance Network (OFN), a trading exchange for tokenized securities. OpenFinance Network provides liquidi...

$3 Billion in BTC in Question as India’s Biggest Financial Scam Ever is Revealed

August 10, 2018

Investigations into a $3 billion Ponzi scheme in the Indian state of Gujarat have revealed a laundry list of characters and plot points that seem straight out of Hollywood. In addition to allegations of tax e...

BitMEX: 1 Million BTC Contracts Traded in a Day as New Derivatives Launched

August 10, 2018

In spite of the bearish trends that have plagued the markets over the past two weeks, Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange BitMex has traded more than 1 million BTC contracts in a single day for the second...

Binance CEO Demos Binance’s New Decentralized Exchange on Twitter

August 10, 2018

Yesterday, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced the release of a demo version of the Binance DEX (decentralized exchange) over Twitter. Zhao did not say when the new DEX would be officially launched. However...

Opera Integrates Cryptocurrency Wallet into Desktop Browser

August 8, 2018

Opera Ltd has integrated its cryptocurrency wallet into its standard desktop version. https://twitter.com/opera/status/1027132371055697920 In July 2018, the Norwegian company launched the world’s first inte...

FCA Exposes Further Unregulated Crypto Derivatives Dealers

August 7, 2018

British investors have been warned not to take out any cryptocurrency-related services with ‘Fair Oaks Crypto’ after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Tuesday said it had faked its authorization. The ...

High Times Magazine Becomes First IPO to Accept Cryptocurrency

August 6, 2018

The initial public offering of High Times, a cannabis-focused news outlet, is accepting cryptocurrency as payment. This is the first time that investors have been able to buy a company’s shares in this way. ...