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International peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto exchange LocalBitcoins will soon become supervised by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Finland, as the firm announced on its blog on March 25.Helsinki-based LocalBitcoins wrote that the Finnish Parliament approved new legislation that will provide a legal status for cryptocurrency assets on March 13, 2019.The authority has passed a proposal for…

Bitcoin’s short-term holder realized price rose to $63,729, suggesting a definitive breakout above the $70,000-level next.

Tuesday, Aug. 13 — Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and XRP continue to bleed amid a crypto market turning red. Market visualization. Source: Coin360Bitcoin is trading at $11,005 at press time, with a 3.83% loss on the day. Bitcoin broke $12,000 three days in a row, from Aug. 6 to Aug. 8., but never managed to hold…

BTC price performance looks limp on the last day of May, with the 200-week moving average rapidly coming into view. 616 Total views 10 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) tested $27,000 on May 31 as weakness prevailed into the monthly close.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart on Bitstamp. Source: TradingViewAnalyst: Bitcoin reaching “crucial area”Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro…

Authorities across Europe take down an organized crime syndicate that used an encrypted chat network to coordinate their illicit activities. 2308 Total views 22 Total shares Law enforcement authorities throughout Europe arrested over 800 individuals that allegedly were using an encrypted chat network to coordinate their illicit activities.60,000 membersEncroChat was using modified Android devices to…

In an unusual twist for the latest DeFi exploit, the users were the ones to walk away in profit. 518 Total views 6 Total shares It’s as miraculous as Aladdin taking off on a magic carpet: in a possible first, some of the users of a decentralized finance protocol were the ones to benefit today…

Enterprise-grade distributed ledger platform Hedera Hashgraph announced the launch of the public Open Access (OA) to its mainnet beta.According to Hedera’s blog post published on Sept. 16, during the OA period, anyone from the general public can create an account while developers can start building decentralized applications, also known as DApps, on the platform. The…

Nonfungible tokens (NFT) continue to make waves in mainstream media, with projects such as “Bored Ape Yacht Club” no more pertinent an example of the potential of the space. Some of the biggest names in Hollywood are proud owners of Bored Ape NFT avatars, which has no doubt driven interest and prices for Bored Ape…