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Bitcoin (BTC) pulled back from yesterday’s high above $28,000 on Wednesday as investors mulled the implications of Grayscale’s court victory over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).The largest cryptocurrency by market cap was down 2% over the past 24 hours to $27,240. Ether (ETH) slightly outperformed, sinking 1.7% in the past 24 hours and

Users of the hi debit Mastercard can now spend Metaverse platform Sandbox’s SAND token in eligible markets in the European Economic Area, according to a Wednesday announcement posted on X. The card already allows users to spend bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and USDT.Sandbox is a subsidiary of Metaverse gaming and venture capital giant Animoca Brands

news Nearly 2.7 trillion won ($2.3 billion) have been lost to crimes involving cryptocurrency in the last two years, according to South Korean government data. Figures provided by the country’s justice ministry on Sunday indicate that losses from crypto scams, Ponzi schemes, embezzlement and illegal exchange transactions came to 2.69 trillion won from July 2017 to…

Jul 28, 2020 at 13:28 UTCSwiss Exchange Lists World’s First Active Bitcoin ETPSwiss crypto manager FiCAS AG on Tuesday unveiled what it called the first actively managed bitcoin exchange traded product (ETP). FiCAS AG Chairman Mattia Rattaggi told CoinDesk that his firm will manage a Bitcoin Capital Active ETP's portfolio of up to 15 altcoins…

feature Two over-the-counter trading desks say their accounts at Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by U.S. investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, were abruptly closed without explanation over attempts to redeem GUSD, the company’s stablecoin first introduced in September. The claims leveled against Gemini by the OTC desks, relayed under anonymity due to fears of reputational…

A new report from the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) contends that bitcoin markets are swayed by news events related to regulation. "While cryptocurrencies are often thought to operate out of the reach of national regulation, in fact their valuations, transaction volumes and user bases react substantially to news about regulatory actions," argues the report,…

news Security token trading platform tZERO has been awarded a patent for a way of recording trading data on public blockchains. The company, a subsidiary of retail giant Overstock, announced Tuesday that the patent for its new tech, dubbed “Time Ordered Merkle Epoch (TOME) methodology,” had been awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.…

Feb 21, 2020 at 12:48 UTCUpdated Feb 21, 2020 at 13:03 UTCMalta. Credit: ShutterstockBinance is neither licensed to operate nor is it regulated in Malta, the country's chief financial watchdog has said.The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) issued a statement Friday denying that it has ever regulated Binance or that the exchange has ever had…

After Hamas' deadly attacks in Israel, media reports linked the terrorist group with tens of millions in crypto donations, but that data was misinterpreted and hugely exaggerated, according to the blockchain analytical firm that was cited.In response, a Wall Street Journal reporter has suggested the data company, Elliptic, told a different story in July. Ian