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A 52-year-old Singaporean man has been found guilty of promoting the infamous OneCoin cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme more than three years ago.Man to Pay $72,000 As FineAccording to reports by local media The Straits Times, Fok Fook Seng, a middle-age Singaporean citizen, was convicted for engaging in marketing activities that link to OneCoin between January 2016 and June 2017.Fook Seng was charged in April 2019 for breaching the Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Selling (Prohibition) Act....

Kyber Network’s native token KNC has extended the aggressive rally that started to accelerate at the end of June. On Friday alone, the token has gained over 27% against the US dollar. The surge comes several days ahead of Kyber Network’s next protocol update planned for July 7.KNC Hits Highest Level in 2 YearsOn Friday, KNC has become the best performing cryptocurrency in CoinMarketCap’s top 100 list by a margin. It gained 27% and it’s trading at $1.89 at the time of this writing. The token...

A high court in the United Kingdom has ordered the shutdown of an alleged cryptocurrency scam exchange known as GPay, which potentially robbed customers of more than $1.8 million in digital funds.GPay Is Closing Its DoorsThe court alleges that the company used fake celebrity endorsements to entice people to step aboard the crypto plane and invest their money. However, the exchange has now come forward to say it has “lost” all the money customers brought to the table and that it is being...

Phone service provider AT&T is once again being sued over a potential SIM-swapping case. This time, the plaintiff is a man named Seth Shapiro, who says that AT&T mishandled his number transfer, causing him to lose as much as $1.9 million in cryptocurrency funds.SIM-Swapping Isn’t DisappearingSIM-swapping has become one of the most dangerous and prominent ways of garnering funds that one has no right to. The process can be done in one of two ways. The hacker potentially gets a hold of...

While Bitcoin remains rangebound, to an extent, last week had some very exciting trading days. Towards the beginning of the week, BTC was trading at around $9,200 until last Saturday when it suddenly dropped and touched a low of $8,833, which remains the lowest point for the week. From there, BTC recovered and even made a failed attempt to climb back above $9,300.As it came to no fruition, the cryptocurrency experienced another sharp decline, losing $300 in minutes yesterday. It consolidated...

BitcoinBitcoin pretty much moved sideways this week after slipping by a small 1%. While predominantly trading in a tight range, BTC did slip beneath a critical level on a couple of occasions but has managed to recover.Last week, Bitcoin fell beneath a rising trend line formation that had been in play since mid-March. This provided the first alert that the uptrend could be stalling. This week, BTC has found support at a shorter termed rising trend line, adding to the strength of the support at...

InCore Bank kooperiert mit Kraken, einer der ögrössten und bekanntesten Bitcoin-Börsen der ersten Stunde! Im Einklang mit ihrer kürzlich kommunizierten Strategie im Zusammenhang mit digitalen Vermögenswerten ist InCore Bank nun das erste Finanzinstitut in der Schweiz, welches Bankdienstleistungen für Kraken-Kunden anbietet. Kraken ist die grösste Kryptowährungsbörse in Europa gemessen am Euro-Volumen. Mit dieser Integration bietet Kraken...

Decentralized finance markets have reached their highest ever levels in terms of the total amount of crypto collateral locked in smart contracts across the nascent ecosystem.DeFi: The Quickest Growing Sector in CryptoThe recent liquidity farming craze has catalyzed DeFi markets so much that they have now become the quickest growing sector in the crypto industry. Total value locked (TVL), which is a measure of how much crypto collateral is locked up in smart contracts, has just hit an all-time...

InCore Bank integrates with leading global crypto exchange Kraken In line with its recently communicated strategy regarding digital assets, InCore Bank is now the first financial institution in Switzerland to offer banking services to Kraken clients. Kraken is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Europe according to euro-based volume. With this integration, Kraken is offering clients another simple and secure method to fund their account...

The trading volume of decentralized exchanges (DEX) has gone past the $5 billion milestone in the first six months of 2020, which is a significant increase from the 2019 performance.June 2020 Sets DEX Trading Volume ATHIn a tweet on Wednesday, Dune Analytics informed that the DEX trading volume for the first half of 2020 totaled about $5.1B. This figure represents a five-fold increase from the same period in 2019, providing further evidence of the significant growth of DEX platforms.We are...