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Grayscale’s Crypto AUM Reaches $34 Billion

June 18, 2021

Grayscale, the world’s largest crypto asset manager, has seen a major drop in the total value of its digital assets under management (AUM) in the last few weeks. According to the latest numbers published by ...

Market Share Of Top Crypto Exchanges Passes $1T: CryptoCompare Report

February 17, 2021

Out of the 160 cryptocurrency exchanges analyzed in a recent report, half control roughly 85% of the total market share. According to a CryptoCompare Research report published today, exchanges that the analy...

Hong Kong Crypto Group Claims New Law Will Limit People’s Bitcoin Access

December 24, 2020

Hong Kong crypto group claims new law will limit people's bitcoin access. The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong is appealing to regulators to consider the effect of incoming laws on the digital innovation agen...

Bitfinex Face New York Allegations Over $850M In Lost Funds

July 10, 2020

Bitfinex face New York allegations over $850 million in lost funds. In April 2019, New York prosecutors charged that Bitfinex lost $850 million in consumer and corporate assets, and used money from associated...

Poloniex And Bittrex Added To List Of Lawsuit

June 9, 2020

Poloniex and Bittrex added to list of lawsuit. Crypto trading platforms Poloniex and Bittrex have been added to the list of defendants in which Roche Cynulfrik Freedman is the plaintiff. The law firm is also...

Bitfinex Launches Its Own Trade Surveillance System

March 24, 2020

Crypto exchange Bitfinex announced that it has "deployed a proprietary surveillance tool — Shimmer — to combat market abuse and help promote orderly trading on the exchange." Bitfinex explained what Shimme...

Tether Gold (XAU₮) Becomes Leading Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency

March 5, 2020

Tether Gold (XAU₮) has become the number one gold-backed cryptocurrency by market cap after launching earlier this year. The gold-backed cryptocurrency has reached a market capitalization above the $21 milli...

British Court Orders Bitfinex To Freeze $860,000 Tied To Ransomware Attack

January 30, 2020

The Royal Courts of Justice has ordered Bitfinex to freeze $860,000 worth of Bitcoin after the exchange and blockchain sleuthing firm , Chainalysis traced the funds towards a ransomware. According to a repor...

Crypto Exchanges Fumble as Bitcoin Surpasses $18,000

December 8, 2017

For the last few days, it seems that every time the world blinks, Bitcoin tacks another $1000 onto its token valuation. Just a couple of days ago, BTC holders all over the world were rejoicing when the crypto...

Bitcoin Exchange Bitfinex is Blocked from Accepting Wire Deposits

April 18, 2017

Traders of the Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex can no longer deposit funds into the platform in order to buy cryptocurrency. While the exchange failed to provide any details on the reasons for the move, it is very ...