Cryptocurrency exchange Binance set to launch U.S. operations imminently. | Source: REUTERS / Darrin Zammit Lupi Binance.US has announced that it will begin processing account registration applications and accepting cryptocurrency deposits from Sep. 18 at 8 am EDT. After users have signed up and selected their desired tier of verification, they will be able to deposit bitcoin (BTC), ethereum, (ETH), ripple (XRP), bitcoin cash (BCH), litecoin (LTC), and tether (USDT) to their wallets. The...
Read More »Hacked Florida Auto Shop Refuses to Fork Out $100,000 Bitcoin Ransom
Another day, another case of extortion involving bitcoin. | Source: Shutterstock The website of a Florida-based car parts dealer is currently out of service after a hacker hijacked the domain name and shuttered its hosting provider’s account to ransom it for Bitcoin. Per legal documents and a ransom note that was produced in court where the victim obtained a temporary order preventing the domain name from being transferred from its current host, the domain name of XPort Auto Parts Inc,...
Read More »Bitcoin Logo Scores Premier League Exposure to Millions Globally
Watford FC, a major English football club that finished 11th in the Premier League in the 2018-19 season, will be featuring the bitcoin logo every week for millions of football fans. Watford FC Chairman and CEO Scott Duxbury stated: Placing the Bitcoin logo on a Premier League shirt is something that challenges the accepted norm. Mainstream exposure for bitcoin Watford is said to be placing the bitcoin logo on the shirt sleeve of the official Watford FC football jersey as a part of its...
Read More »VanEck’s Limited Bitcoin ETF Loses Steam, Manages to Issue Only 4 Bitcoins
After months of regulatory scrutiny, VanEck-SolidX launched a limited version of its Bitcoin ETF last week. Not having the SEC approval to launch a full-fledged Bitcoin ETF, VanEck planned the limited ETF launch to prove that there’s actually some demand for this investment product in the market.However, it looks like VanEck hasn’t succeeded enough to make an impact in the market. Popular crypto analyst and commentator Alex Krüger recently released some data showing that the VanEck Limited...
Read More »Europe, Led by France, Set to Block Facebook’s Libra
It seems that France decided to go rigorous on Facebook’s Libra by entirely blocking the development of it. When Facebook announced their Libra project in June this year, they called it a “global currency and financial infrastructure powered by a version of blockchain – the technology that underpins Bitcoin”.However, a lot of governments were really against even the idea and France was the harshest of them all. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire then called out on Libra saying it...
Read More »Following The New US Traders’ Ban, Binance Coin Plunging Towards $20
Binance Coin has plummeted this week, decreasing by 4.37% to reach the current price at $20.55. This also caused BNB to drop beneath the lower range support at the $20.71 level, which could cause BNB to head toward $18. Binance Coin has been suffering over the past 30 days, dropping by a precipitous 29% and marking a decrease of 36% in the past 3 months.Today’s decline comes as Binance restricted US-based citizens to trade on their made platform starting today, September 12th. While users...
Read More »Bitcoin Jesus Drums Up BCH Interest With Bitcoin Cash Futures
Roger Ver-owned Bitcoin.com is reportedly pushing to list a Bitcoin Cash derivative.| Source: Flickr/OFFICIAL LEWEB PHOTOSRoger Ver, AKA Bitcoin Jesus, isn’t happy with the status quo. The provocative former CEO of Bitcoin.com is looking for ways to drum up interest in his ailing collaboration Bitcoin Cash with a futures product.Ver is heavily invested in the crypto spin-off which forked off from Bitcoin in 2017 and now celebrates its second birthday. Bitcoin.com recently launched its own...
Read More »Tom Lee: Der Bitcoin-Preis könnte bald ansteigen
Tom Lee: Der Misery Index deutet auf einen Anstieg beim Bitcoin-Preis hin. Seit Juli schwankt der Kurs für den Bitcoin von 9’500 bis 10’500 US-Dollar. Abweichungen davon, ob nach oben oder nach unten gibt es kaum. Unter anderem wurde Tom Lee dazu interviewt und sagte, es gäbe viele Hinweise dafür, dass der Kurs für der Kurs für den Bitcoin jedoch bald wieder ansteigen könnte. Viele Zeichen deuten darauf hin. Indikator: Der Bitcoin Misery...
Read More »Binance Lists its Compliant USD-backed Stablecoin BUSD
Binance, the global cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain ecosystem, today announced the launch date of BUSD, a fully compliant USD-denominated stablecoin, as the week of September 16, 2019; and will add BUSD trading pairs on the same day. The launch date and new listing was jointly announced by Binance CFO Wei Zhou and Richmond Teo, Co-Founder and CEO Asia of Paxos Trust Company at Invest: Asia in Singapore, providing more stablecoin trading options for Binance users.Wei Zhou, Chief...
Read More »Binance US Set to Open Its Doors Next Week
Photo: BinanceCryptocurrency exchange Binance has already finished the total setup for operations in the United States. In a post on their official medium handle, Binance US using the domain name: binance.us gave the required steps that will ensure users based in the United States get to operate the platform.Binance pulled out of the United States due to uncertainty in the regulatory environment and the US government’s recent anti-crypto stance.The United States Operates by a Different Set...
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