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A few days after being charged and arrested by the US Department of Justice, BitMEX CTO Samuel Reed has been released on a $5 million appearance bond.His release came with two conditions. Those are: Reed has to appear for court proceedings, and if convicted, to “surrender to serve a sentence that the court may impose.”The statement also informed that the $5 million bond is secured by $500,000 in cash. As reported by CryptoPotato last week, BitMEX owners and executives came unto scrutiny from...

Hey Informanten, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 988. Im heutigen Video geht’s um folgende Themen: Jack Dorsey’s Firma Square kauft knapp 5000 BTC, KuCoin rettet 204 Mio aus Hack & BitMex Management tritt geschlossen zurück. 1.) Bitcoin und das 50 Mio. Investment: Jack Dorsey’s Firma Square kauft BTChttps://cryptomonday.de/bitcoin-und-das-50-mio-investment-jack-dorseys-firma-square-kauft-btc/ 2.) KuCoin rettet 204 Millionen US-Dollar aus...

Bitcoin cash price is gaining pace above the $225 and $230 resistance levels against the US Dollar.The price is now trading above the $232 resistance and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $230 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair is likely to accelerate higher if it clears the $238 and $240 resistance levels in the near term.Bitcoin cash price is showing positive signs above $230...

Following yesterday’s announcement that Square has purchased $50 million worth of Bitcoin, the asset has reacted with a significant price jump to $10,900. Most altcoins have followed suit and the cryptocurrency market cap has increased by $12 billion.Bitcoin To $10,900 Due To Square?Bitcoin was in a bit of a pickle in the past few days trading around $10,600. Yesterday didn’t appear as a breakthrough day for the asset as it was slowly declining towards $10,540 (on Binance).However,...

The United States Department of Justice is focusing its attention on the crypto-verse and how to control that ecosystem. On October 8, 2020, the US Attorney General released a report talking about the dangers associated with the adoption of cryptocurrencies and the expectations of the DOJ in this regard.The “Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework” is an 83-page document published by the Attorney General’s Cyber Digital Task Force. The 20+ person team believes cryptocurrencies are risky because...

CorionX, a platform designed to incentivize and promote the global adoption of stablecoins and decentralized finance platforms, has announced it will be partnering with Syscoin to help tackle two of the biggest barriers to entry to DeFi — awareness and cost.Breaking Down Barriers to EntryAs part of the partnership, CorionX will begin using Syscoin’s Bridge solution to help users experience the benefits of stablecoins and DeFi, without incurring exorbitant transaction fees while doing so....

Whoever said art and bitcoin don’t go together? One artist is looking to prove that they’re the perfect couple and has taken on a rather ambitious project. Bitcoin consists of roughly 12.3 million nodes, and this artist – known as Robert Alice – has taken the time to hand paint each one of them across a series of 40 separate paintings.Bitcoin Has Led to a Whole New CultureThis was clearly a project that took a long time. Three years to be exact, and one must wonder why an artist would spend...

Bitcoin’s price has managed to climb $300 today and break bullish out of a 19-day consolidation pattern (white dashed lines). This is pretty surprising considering the recent Kucoin hack, BitMEX investigation from the CFTC, and the potential for a second wave of lockdowns worldwide. In just 6 hours, $12 billion flooded back into the crypto markets, shortly after Jack Dorsey’s Square announced it had purchased 4.709 BTC (approx $50 million). This catapulted the leading...

The Electric Vehicle Grid Integration (EVGI) Working Group of the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) has developed and launched a global standard for the automotive industry integrating blockchain into a decentralized vehicle charging system.The statement clarified that the standard will initially focus on three main use case areas: peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, tokenized carbon credits (TCC), and vehicle to grid integration (V2G).MOBI COO and Founder Tram Vo said that electric...

It looks like trouble surrounding the once popular cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX has reached an entirely new level.The Trouble Surrounding BitMEX Has Gotten LargerThe world was shocked last week when it was announced that the founders and executives behind the Seychelles-based cryptocurrency trading platform were being indicted following charges of money laundering and other financial fraud. As it turns out, this really rung a negative bell with customers (surprise, surprise) and many have...