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Crypto trading platform Liquid has established a joint venture with Virtual Currency Partners in order to enter the United States market, Cointelegraph Japan reported on May 15.The Japanese company, which achieved unicorn status after funding put its valuation at more than $1 billion last month, says the new venture will be known as Liquid Financial…

Kraken CEO admitted that the firm could be forced to freeze some wallets by police, advising to move crypto out of exchanges. 85 Total views 1 Total shares Global cryptocurrency enthusiasts have expressed concerns over Canadian authorities freezing bank accounts and crypto wallets involved in funding local COVID-19 protests.On Thursday, Ontario Superior Court Justice Calum…

Crypto staking and lending platform Celsius may be dealing with its rumored liquidity crisis by unstaking $247 million worth of Wrapped Bitcoin from Aave and sending it to FTX exchange.Speculations among the crypto community are now flaring as the project has been moving massive amounts of WBTC, ETH, and other crypto assets in addition to…

Ransomware is something the "average American" is worried about, says former cybersecurity top dog Chris Krebs 1011 Total views 11 Total shares Former Department of Homeland Security official Christopher Krebs called for greater governmental oversight of cryptocurrency in an interview yesterday, saying that anonymous payments are a threat “the average American is concerned about.” In an…

Bitcoin (BTC) trading volumes in spot and derivatives markets have been surging since the digital asset rallied above the $10,000 level earlier this week. Bakkt reported record Bitcoin futures volume on July 28 and 29, which indicates that the traders who had been waiting for a trending move to start have established fresh positions.A similar volume…

Bitcoin (BTC) may spend the time until its next block subsidy halving battling recession, Elon Musk suggested.In a tweet on Oct. 21, the Tesla CEO revealed his belief that the world would only exit recession in Spring 2024.Musk: Recession will "probably" stay until Q2, 2024After the United States entered a technical recession with its Q3…

Aave, SushiSwap, and other major DeFi bluechips are rallying hard despite Bitcoin's consolidation. 2304 Total views 14 Total shares DeFi blue-chips, including Aave (AAVE) and SushiSwap (SUSHI), have been rallying hard in the past several days while Bitcoin is seeing range-bound consolidation at around $35,000 as of Jan. 17. Both AAVE and SUSHI prices have risen by more…

The German-speaking world saw a number of crypto and blockchain events this week, with the German Federal Government releasing its blockchain strategy and local companies and associations launching new industry initiatives.Here is the past week of German crypto and blockchain news in review, as originally reported by Cointelegraph and Cointelegraph auf Deutsch.New DLT public offering…

New York-based research company Fundstrat Global Advisors has released its 2019 crypto outlook on Friday, Feb. 8. The analysts describe incremental improvements that will purportedly support higher prices for cryptocurrencies.Tom Lee, Fundstrat’s co-founder and pro-crypto Wall Street analyst, commented on the study in his Twitter. He posted an introduction to the study and infographics that…