US sanctions Russian crypto platforms for money laundering ties

Vitalik Buterin addresses accusations of neglecting DeFi, defending his views on decentralized finance and the importance of sustainability and core principles of the Ethereum ecosystem. 

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink previously praised Bitcoin as digital gold and said that most investors should have a small Bitcoin allocation. 4917 Total views 3 Total shares BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with approximately $11.6 trillion in assets under management, currently holds over 567,000 Bitcoin (BTC), valued at over $47.8 billion — making the

The Indian government will not be considering a cryptocurrency-related draft bill during the winter session of Parliament as was previously planned. The draft bill entitled “Banning of Cryptocurrency & Regulation of Official Digital Currencies” is not included in the session agenda issued in India’s lower house of parliament, Lok Sabha, on Nov. 14.In August 2019,…

Personal accounts with large multi-day inflow and outflow are being tracked per an order by the country's central bank. 109 Total views 7 Total shares In Nigeria, commercial banks have begun monitoring accounts that appear to be utilized for cryptocurrency trading. The action is in response to an order from the Central Bank of Nigeria…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) has become less correlated with other cryptos in Q2 2019 due to a potential “flight-to-quality” in the recent bull run, according to a Binance report on crypto correlations released on July 5.In its “2019 Q2 Crypto-Correlations Review,” Binance specified that average correlation between Bitcoin and all other major crypto assets declined to 0.61…

Cryptopedia is a free educational resource that provides an introduction to digital-asset investing. 3715 Total views 8 Total shares Cameron Winklevoss, Gemini’s president, unveiled Cryptopedia on Thursday. He described the new platform as a “free resource that provides open-access, high-quality crypto education to the world.”The platform currently includes categories devoted to cryptocurrencies, security, trading and…

More than 200,000 Robinhood clients have already expressed their intent to use its new fractional stock trading app announced yesterday.Vladimir Tenev, co-founder at Robinhood, said that the clients were “already in line” for the app, considering the early signs as “really promising,” CNBC reports Dec. 13. After Robinhood’s user base recently crossed 10 million accounts,…

Chinese sports lottery service 500.com has entered a share exchange agreement to acquire maror Bitcoin mining pool BTC.com. 4549 Total views 10 Total shares Chinese sports lottery service 500.com has acquired a major Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool, BTC.com.500.com has entered into a share exchange agreement with Blockchain Alliance Technologies Holding Company in the Cayman Islands,…