By pretty much any standard, Craig Wright easily became the most controversial person in crypto over the years. For a long time now, Wright has been at the center of a suit brought against him by the Kleiman estate, representing Dave Kleiman, Wright’s former business partner.Wright has also proclaimed himself as the real Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin, and has even gone ahead to bring legal action against people who have refuted this claim. A few months ago and in his usual fashion,...
Read More »Bitcoin’s Biggest Controversies Converge as Lawsuit Pits Craig Wright Against Tether
Craig Wright claims to have invented bitcoin, and he’s suing a podcaster who alleges otherwise. Wright’s lawsuit now faces a challenge from the creator of the fourth-largest cryptocurrency. Bitcoin’s most thrilling scandal continues to grow more and more exciting. As if the Craig Wright saga couldn’t grow any more mesmerizing, the most controversial person in the bitcoin industry now finds himself squaring off against the most controversial company in crypto. Tether, the issuer of $4.1...
Read More »Not a Surprise: Tron (TRX) To Be Added To Poloniex Exchange
TRON (TRX), one of the largest altcoins, will be listed on the cryptocurrency exchange – Poloniex on November 12th. The news comes after the exchange was recently sold to new owners who are reportedly set to increase Asian involvement.TRON To Be Added On PoloniexAccording to an official statement, TRX, which is currently ranked as the 11th largest cryptocurrency, will be listed on one of the popular exchanges, Poloniex. TRX sits on a market cap slightly over $1.1 billion and marks a slight...
Read More »Bitfinex: We’re Not Behind Any Bitcoin Manipulation
Not long ago, it was reported that a user of the cryptocurrency trading platform Bitfinex was responsible for the manipulation that ultimately caused bitcoin to reach the $20,000 mark in December of 2017. However, the company is now rejecting this report, saying that it was built on false evidence and a “house of cards.”Bitfinex: The Report Is Not TrueThe report was co-authored by John Griffin, a University of Texas finance professor who issued a separate report last year first making claims...
Read More »Friday Crypto Market Watch: Bitcoin Says Goodbye To $9K, Plunging $800 In 48 Hours
After a few days of sideways trading, Bitcoin made a move. The cryptocurrency lost around $800 in the last 48 hours. At the time of this writing, the cryptocurrency is trading at about $8,800.Two weeks ago, the Chinese President announced that the country should put more effort into embracing blockchain-based technology, and Bitcoin’s price skyrocketed by severe 40%. After that, however, the price retraced to around $9,300 and traded in this range for a while.Yesterday,...
Read More »Tether Denies Recent Bitcoin Whale Manipulation Study
A recent study published by two US academics claimed that Tether and Bitfinex manipulated Bitcoin’s parabolic rally in 2017. Days after the publication, Tether has issued an official response denying the merits of the report, saying that the paper lacks credibility.Tether’s ResponseA few days ago, two university academics updated a paper they have previously published in 2018 regarding a possible price manipulation in the cryptocurrency market. As per their report, the 2017 price surge was...
Read More »Tether Fires Back at ‘Embarrassing’ Bitcoin Manipulation Study
Tether has fired back at the authors of a study who claimed that the 2017 bull market was triggered by Bitfinex. The Tether team claims that the authors do not know how the cryptocurrency market functions. Tether assures that it never conducted activities with the purpose of manipulating the cryptocurrency market. Tether issued an official response to a research paper that claimed that a single market whale on Bitfinex manipulated the price of bitcoin in 2017. A Lone Bitcoin Whale On Nov....
Read More »Bitcoin Whales Are on the Verge of Extinction: Crypto Watchdog
So-called “bitcoin whales” appear to have a considerable influence on the cryptocurrency market, according to a new report. At the same time, whales are a dying breed. The founder of crypto watchdog Whale Alert explains why. It’s fair to say that bitcoin whales have a reputation for running the show when it comes to the crypto markets. Whether this is an accurate account of the role whales actually play within the ecosystem remains an open question. With his eyes trained on every major...
Read More »Report: Bitcoin Manipulated by One Person in 2017
Remember when bitcoin struck the $20,000 mark in December of 2017? Would you believe that it was probably a single entity or individual that made that happen?Bitcoin: Manipulated By a Single Person?This is the news being spewed out by a recent report, which states that the bitcoin price may have been manipulated over the course of 12 months – between March 2017 and March 2018 – by a single person. During this time, the market cap of bitcoin reached a whopping $326 billion, and about half of...
Read More »Huobi US to Rival Binance.US as Huobi Global Planning to Freeze Accounts of U.S. Residents
Most crypto exchanges have for some time now had challenges operating within the United States. On the other hand, most of the countries in Asia and Europe have taken an initiative of offering straight forward legislation outlining how to conduct any business in the crypto space. But, the U.S. has dropped far much behind in that arena.Currently, there is no definite framework outlining running businesses and tax payments. Interestingly, there is not even any assurance by the government to...
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