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Venture Capitalist Tim Draper Bets Big on Indian Crypto Exchange, Undeterred by Crypto Ban Reports
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist Tim Draper has invested in Indian cryptocurrency exchange Unocoin despite regulatory uncertainty and reports of a possible crypto ban in India. Unocoin has seen the number of new users grow…
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CorionX and Syscoin Join Hands to Drive Stablecoin Adoption, CorionX IEO Enters Third Round
9th October 2020, Zug, Switzerland – The non-profit Corion Foundation is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Syscoin Foundation. The foundation partnership is the result of a shared vision to make global access to swift,…
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Hit Record Producer Murda Beatz Tells Fans He Purchased Bitcoin
Another hip hop artist has joined the cryptocurrency community, as the Canadian record producer, DJ, and songwriter ‘Murda Beatz’ (Shane Lee Lindstrom) said he bought some bitcoin on Tuesday. The music producer joins a slew of…
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Bitcoin Defi: Smart Contract Platform RSK Integrates ETH-Based Stablecoin DAI
On October 6, 2020, the RIF (RSK Infrastructure Framework) development team announced that the Makerdao project’s DAI stablecoin is now available via the smart contract protocol RSK. According to the software engineers, RIF developers…
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Ripple Enters Lending With XRP Credit Lines to Fund Global Payments
Ripple, the payments startup with an IPO in the cards and a complex relationship with the XRP cryptocurrency, is branching out into lending.
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Lightning Vulnerability Discovered; LND Node Operators Urged to Upgrade ASAP
An undisclosed vulnerability in LND versions 0.10.x and below was revealed Thursday. Developers are urging node operators to update to the newest version.
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SEC Commissioner Peirce Weighs in Defi Token Regulation Debate: Panel Predicts Defi Will Self…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner, Hester Peirce says while defi tokens carry some equity-like benefits, she believes that giving something away is distinct from selling something. As a result of this lack of clarity, Peirce…
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bitFlyer Japan’s Assets Under Custody Reach Highest Point Since 2018
A new report from bitFlyer Japan states the exchange is now custodying more than 161.8 billion yen ($1.5 billion) on behalf of its clients, a two-year record for the company.
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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Surges on Square News to $10.9K; December Ether Options Pile Up
Bitcoin’s price jumped on news of payments firm Square’s investment while traders have amassed over $165 million in ether options open interest for December expiration.
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Hacker from the 2016 Bitfinex Breach Transfers $21M Worth of Bitcoin to Unknown Wallets
On Wednesday morning (ET), around 2,034 BTC ($21.6 million) from the 2016 Bitfinex hack moved into a few unknown wallets. The action was caught by the Btcparser program as five transactions with around 400 BTC each moved for the first time…
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