June 2019 | Page 8 of 132 | Last Cryptocurrency News Feed

Iran Bitcoin Miners Set Up Shop in Mosques Amid Gov’t Crackdown

Iranian bitcoin (BTC) miners are moving into mosques as the government launches an energy crackdown, social media users revealed on June 25.Iran, which offers free energy to mosques, now has around 100 miners occupying places of worship, generating much-needed income of around $260,000 a year. “This money goes a long way in Iran’s choked sanctioned economy,”…

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SEC-Registered Clearing House Brings Crypto Trading to 5 Million Clients

American financial clearing and execution company Apex Clearing and its crypto investment subsidiary Apex Crypto have launched a new trading platform for broker-dealers and financial advisors to help their clients trade crypto more effectively. According to a June 27 press release announcing the new broker-integrated Apex Crypto platform, equity investors will be able to seamlessly open…

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Bitcoin Sheds $2,700 in Hours: BTC Price Analysis & Overview Following the Violent Correction

This was expected. Following a phenomenal week in which the price of Bitcoin rose from $9,000 to almost $14,000 without stopping, Bitcoin bears stopped the train, at least for now. In a session of violent drops, Bitcoin claimed nearly $11,200 as its new low. Is this a change of momentum? Is the bear market here…

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Ripple Price Analysis: Following Bitcoin Plunge, XRP Falls Back to $0.42 Support Area

The price of Ripple’s XRP token has tumbled by 12% throughout the past 24 hours of trading to around $0.42. Although the cryptocurrency has been struggling against BTC throughout 2019, this most recent decline is a result of Bitcoin having dropped by about 8%. XRP has experienced an approximately 38% price increase over the past…

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tZERO Launches Second Digital Security to Trade on PRO Securities ATS

news tZERO, a blockchain company focused on capital markets, announced today that the Digital Voting Series A-1 Preferred Stock is the second digital security available for trade on its PRO Securities ATS, an SEC registered alternative trading system. Listed as OSTKO – formerly OSTKP – it is available on the non-exchange venue that matches buyer…

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Ripple Price Analysis: Following Bitcoin Plunge, XRP Falls Back Into $0.42 Support Area

The price of Ripple’s XRP token has tumbled by 12% throughout the past 24 hours of trading to around $0.42. Although the cryptocurrency has been struggling against BTC throughout 2019, this most recent decline is a result of Bitcoin having dropped by about 8%. XRP has experienced an approximately 38% price increase over the past…

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Down $1.7K: Bitcoin’s Price Dives Amid Crypto Market Boost

news Bitcoin is down more than $1,700 since yesterday after a violent sell-off that rocked the markets and caught even seasoned traders off-guard. At 16:00 UTC on June 27, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, bitcoin (BTC), suffered a steep correction in its price, dropping to a low of $10,300 after eight straight days…

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Ethereum Co-Founder’s Polkadot Closes Token Sale, Claims $1.2 Billion Valuation

news The Web3 Foundation has closed on a private sale of tokens to fund the development of Polkadot, the ambitious blockchain interoperability project started by ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood. The Swiss nonprofit said Thursday that the 500,000 DOT tokens (5 percent of the total supply) were sold at the targeted valuation for the project of…

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US Lawmakers Question Terrorist Use of Facebook Cryptocurrency

news Members of the U.S. House of Representatives questioned Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) director Kenneth Blanco about Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency Thursday. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), Bill Foster (D-IL) and French Hill (R-AR) held a briefing with members of the House Financial Services Committee, discussing the Libra project with Blanco, who…

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Bitcoin Price Takes Another Tumble, Shedding Nearly $1K in 20 Minutes

news Bitcoin’s price continued a downward trend Thursday, falling nearly $1,000 in a 20-minute period according to data from Coinbase Pro, which indicated the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap dropped from $11,700 at 16:05 UTC to $10,800 by 17:44 UTC. While the price briefly stabilized, it fell as far as $10,346, according to Coinbase…