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French authorities have charged former operator of now-shuttered crypto exchange BTC-e and Russian national Alexander Vinnik.Bloomberg reported on Jan. 28 that Vinnik’s lawyers said that he will remain in France to face his charges following his recent extradition from Greece. According to an unspecified official at the prosecutor’s office, Vinnik was charged with extortion, aggravated…

A new report on the PlusToken Ponzi scheme shows regulated exchanges are being used to dump coins, despite stringent Know Your Customer (KYC) identify verification rules.Investigative company OXT Research has released a second edition of their in-depth blockchain analysis on the PlusToken scam.The report explained PlusToken funds generally moved from unmixed allotments and locations, to…

HDBank has processed its first L/C transactions since joining the Contour platform for international trade. 1796 Total views 8 Total shares Major Vietnamese bank HDBank has now become the first bank in the country to issue letters of credit, or L/C, using blockchain technology.According to a Jan. 6 report by local media outlet Việt Nam…

The Iranian Economic Commission has reportedly finalized a tariff scheme for cryptocurrency miners, according to a July 21 report from Iranian economic daily Financial Tribune. Per the report, Energy Minister Homayoon Ha’eri announced that, while the tariff scheme has been finalized, it is awaiting approval from the Cabinet of Iran — a governmental body consisting of…

CoinMarketCap invited us to “roast them” for their seventh birthday celebration… so we found a few numbers that might make new owner CZ feel the burn. 1726 Total views 42 Total shares Following Binance’s acquisition of CoinMarketCap, we have some great news for Changpeng Zhao: the silver medal is still worth winning.To celebrate the seventh…

Swiss crypto broker Bitcoin Suisse is partnering with European payment and transaction services provider Worldline to boost crypto payment acceptance in the country.The firms have signed a letter of intent for a partnership to provide crypto payment services to Swiss merchants and consumers in-store and online, Switzerland Global Enterprise reported on Nov. 11.65,000 merchants across…

Despite executing 179,000 transactions during its first month of operation, the xDai-powered Perpetual Protocol spent just $183 on gas fees. 3968 Total views 11 Total shares Perpetual Protocol, a DeFi project offering decentralized perpetual contracts using the layer-two Ethereum scaling solution xDai, has emerged as the sixth-largest DEX by weekly trade volume after operating for…

In trading, selling a position is as important as buying it at the right time. Therefore, the big question that could be troubling traders is whether or not Bitcoin (BTC) price will enter a bearish phase or will the bull run continue after this week's pullback.PlanB, the creator of the popular Bitcoin stock-to-flow model, recently…

There is good reason to be afraid. Previous down markets have seen declines in excess of 80%. While tightfisted hodling might hold wisdom among many Bitcoin (BTC) maximalists, speculators in altcoins know that diamond handing can mean near (or total) annihilation. Regardless of one’s investment philosophy, in risk-off environments, participation flees the space with haste. The…