February 2019 | Page 16 of 104 | Last Cryptocurrency News Feed

“Clear and Robust Strategy” Nets 0.023% Recovery of Bitfinex’s Hacked Funds (So Far)

According to an official statement published on February 25, 2019, Bitfinex has revealed that the United States government returned 27.7 BTC (worth about $105,000 USD) to the exchange, as part of restitution for a hack that was effected on the exchange back in 2016. The returned tokens represent just 0.023 percent of the bitcoin stolen…

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Former Goldman Sachs Exec Joins Blockchain-Focused Hedge Fund

Former Goldman Sachs executive Marco Lim has reportedly been appointed as a managing partner at Hong Kong-based blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused hedge fund MaiCapital, Finance Magnates reported on Feb. 25.Prior to joining MaiCapital, Lim also served at Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, and Forex Capital Markets, specializing in foreign exchange sales, according to Lim’s LinkedIn profile. At…

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Crypto Markets Recovering After Yesterday’s Dive, Palladium Hits New Record High

Monday, Feb. 25 — cryptocurrency markets are seeing mixed signals as of press time, with some of them reporting a bit of recovery from the nosedive they took on Feb. 24, while others continue to slip downward.Market visualization by Coin360The leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) is up 1.4 percent over the last 24 hours, and is…

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Bitcoin Shorts Dropped to 11-Month Lows During Sunday’s Sell-Off

news The number of short bets placed against the price of bitcoin on at least one notable exchange declined to their lowest total in 11 months on Sunday. Data from Bitfinex shows that bitcoin’s 8 percent drop in price on Sunday was accompanied by a 12 percent drop in the notional value of open short…

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Russian Official Seeks Extradition of Alleged Bitcoin Fraudster Alexander Vinnik

Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova has asked Greek Justice Minister Michalis Kalogirou to extradite the alleged former operator of now-defunct crypto exchange BTC-e, Alexander Vinnik, to Russia. The news was reported by Russian news outlet TASS on Feb. 25.In a letter to Kalogirou, Moskalkova reportedly asked the Minister to extradite Vinnik to Russia…

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Survey: Half of Alternative Investors Think Crypto Is Bubble

According to the 2019 Cayman Alternative Investment Summit (CAIS) survey, investors think that, as an asset class, cryptocurrency represents a bubble. The results of the survey were provided in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Feb. 25.To prepare the survey, researchers reportedly examined approximately 100 alternative investors and managers, who participated at the CAIS’…

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, EOS, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Stellar, Tron, Binance Coin, Cardano: Price Analysis, Feb. 25

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange.A bottom formation after a long bear market is not a…

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Hacker Moves 2.09 Mln EOS Following Blacklist Update Failure

An anonymous hacker managed to move 2.09 million EOS ($7.7 million) from a hacked account due to an alleged failed update by an EOS block producer (BP), according to a Telegram post by EOS block producer EOS42 on Feb. 23.The EOS blockchain has a feature that requires BPs to blacklist compromised accounts; all top 21…

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QuadrigaCX and the Million Dollar Questions: What We Do and Don’t Know

QuadrigaCX Exchange’s founder, Gerald Cotten, passed away more than two months ago, and with his death, the keys to the exchange’s cold storage allegedly went to the grave with him. This is the story that QuadrigaCX is sticking to in the posthumous mess that has followed its founder’s death. The situation has been likened to…

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Ebang Reveals Plans to Produce 400,000 Bitcoin Mining Units in 2019

Ebang, one of China’s top manufacturers of bitcoin miners, is planning to produce 400,000 mining machines in 2019. On February 22, 2019, Ebang reportedly announced this plan to expand dramatically throughout the fiscal year. Currently, Ebang is the third largest manufacturer of cryptomining equipment. There is one main reason that Ebang might have a solid…