Tether has 'redistributed' $108.8M USDT from illicit activity since 2014

Momentum trading driven by retail investors seems to have taken on a new life since the onset of the global standstill occasioned by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Where celebrity challenges used to dominate viral trends on social media, issues relating to personal finance and investments seem to be as popular these days.This increasing interest in…

Speaking with Cointelegraph at the Collision Conference, in Toronto, crypto veteran Yat Siu outlined how crypto firms can cope with unique environments, stressing that it is not "as bad as it sounds". The crypto space has been in an uneven state around the world, with Web3 startups flourishing in the Middle East and Asia, while…

With cases of the deadly coronavirus still popping up at an unprecedented rate around the world, many prominent members of the blockchain and crypto industries have heeded the global cry for help and have swiftly engaged in meaningful action — be it in terms of direct research-related participation, or through the donation of funds or…

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The SEC announced securities charges against the lending platform over its Abra Earn service but also said the firm had settled with pending civil penalties and an injunction.

The Erik Voorhees-led company is making strides to fully decentralize its corporate structure. In July, ShapeShift announced the largest airdrop in history as part of its decentralization pledge. 256 Total views 8 Total shares As part of its ongoing decentralization efforts, non-custodial cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift announced Thursday that it has open-sourced the code of its…

Binance has completed its biggest platform upgrade in two years, it’s getting the speed ready for the next crypto bull run. 1984 Total views 82 Total shares Binance just completed its largest upgraded on June 28, making the world’s largest crypto exchange faster, announced founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, or CZ.Anticipating the next bull run The…

The agency says the exchange gave false information in person and in documents in its 2017 bid to be among the first to offer Bitcoin futures contracts. 38 Total views 20 Total shares The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed suit against Gemini Trust Co. in the U.S. Southern District Court of New…

Algorand developed a new cryptographic primitive replacing the common Merkle roots that vastly improves performance for certain types of blockchains, including Ethereum. The Algorand (ALGO) project has developed a new cryptographic primitive called Pointproofs. The team believes they are a significant improvement to the Merkle proofs used in many blockchain systems.Cointelegraph spoke with Sergey Gorbunov,…