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In what seems like migration for the future, sources have indicated that Waves, a popular decentralized cryptocurrency exchange, has shut down its operations on its decentralized platform and is migrating to a new hybrid-based system that is intended to combine the best of both worlds. The exchange indicated this yesterday in a press release stating that it is shutting down operations on the old website and is shifting to the new Waves.Exchange site where the development of its hybrid model...

According to the popular cryptocurrency monitoring resource, CoinMarketCap, 93% of all Litecoin in circulation changed hands yesterday, December 2nd. As pointed out by one of the prominent analysts in the field, the issue with wash trading is getting out of hand and it’s undoubtedly something to be considered.Wash Trading Volumes On CoinMarketCapMati Greenspan, one of the more prominent and popular cryptocurrency analysts in the field, pointed out yesterday that the issue with displaying wash...

Last week was quite impressive for Bitcoin as the cryptocurrency recorded a bullish reversal from a low of $6,750 to $7,800 in two days. The bulls were unable to defend the new region, swinging the price back to $7,230 during today’s early hours.Bitcoin is currently down about 1.29% on the day as it trades at around $7,316 at the time of this writing.BTC/USD. Source: TradingViewThe altcoin market, on the other hand, is in a mixed state as some cryptocurrencies are recording slight gains while...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is signing a petition to free recently arrested developer Virgil Griffith. Buterin argues that Griffith’s North Korean speech was basically public knowledge anyway. Reasoning aside, Griffith still ignored a U.S. travel ban. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has come to the aid of estranged developer Virgil Griffith. FBI officials recently arrested the somewhat rogue developer in Los Angeles on Thanksgiving after he reportedly aided North Korea in its...

The recent Upbit hack crashed all the cryptos down and again reminded crypto investors how vulnerable this sector is. However, this was the last among seven majors hacks that happened this year. So, let’s mention some of them:CryptopiaAround January 15, New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia said there was $3.2 million in tokens stolen and the company went into the liquidation. However, on Jan. 20, it was reported that as much as $16 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) and ERC20...

On Wednesday most cryptocurrencies were trading in red again including Bitcoin (BTC) that, in the last 24 hours couldn’t turn its trace. Bitcoin closed on Tuesday the day at the $7,198 price mark, at which point the world’s largest crypto coin found an intra-day high on Wednesday of $7,227, before moving down again towards its current trading price near $6,945 still falling by 3.51 at 11:53 am CET. Among the possible influencing factors we should mention the recent Upbit hacker attack.BTC is...

The controversy around Bitfinex and Tether continues. Apparently, the company is under legal attack as yet another “copycat” class action lawsuit has been filed against it with the US District Court for the Western District of Washington.Bitfinex Responds Against A Mysterious ComplaintAccording to an official statement, “mercenary” lawyers continue to attack Bitfinex and Tether and they have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company with the US District Court for the Western District...

While major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Litecoin have seen significant drops in value and have taken most of the press attention, one smaller token Chainlink has actually doubled in value in recent times.The cryptocurrency market saw its highest recorded values for the year in the month of June 2019 but since then, has struggled to maintain this momentum. Following reports of Binance’s Shanghai office being closed down by the authorities which were later debunked, the...

Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff seems to think that bitcoin is likely to crash soon thanks to the downfall of marijuana stocks.Schiff: Cannabis Falls, So Bitcoin FallsSchiff explained his bearish sentiment in a tweet, writing:Many of the speculators who were buying pot stocks were also buying #bitcoin. With heavy losses in the former, perhaps they will look to realize some gains on the latter or mitigate their losses before the bottom drops out of the crypto market, too.This is one such...

The crypto world is seeing a huge influx of gold-backed stable currencies, and now Tether is adding a new one to the mix.Tether Is Getting Involved in GoldThe world could see the new “Tether Gold” cryptocurrency by the time Christmas rolls around this year. What is it about Christmas that seems to bring either great renown or floor-scraping gutter waves to the crypto space?Remember in 2017 during the holiday season when the number one cryptocurrency by market cap (we’re talking about bitcoin)...