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The US Commodity and Futures Exchange Commission (CFTC) has charged the executives of two companies for alleged involvement in scams with cryptocurrencies and binary options. Both fraudulent activities had misleading marketing campaigns claiming to bring quick and significant profits regardless of any price movements.CFTC Charges New ScamsPer the document released earlier this week, two massive fraudulent solicitation schemes occurred between October 2013 and August 2018. The first one...

Bitcoin has come a long way since it was first introduced to the world when its pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto published the whitepaper. In its first days of trading in 2010, BTC had a price of around $0.003.To those who have been in the market long enough, this price seems like that of many altcoins with an ambiguous background. However, at the time of this writing, Bitcoin trades at around $9,300, charting an unprecedented increase in the past decade.Bitcoin Was $0.003 10 Years...

A designated team at Cambridge University has just released The Bitcoin Mining Map. The digital tool shows the geographical location of Bitcoin hash rate distribution and the countries where it’s concentrated.The Bigger PictureThe tracking tool enables users to locate and keep an eye on the monthly share of the global hash rate of different countries, starting from September 2019. The bitcoin tracker will also provide users with an additional second map consisting of focused, detailed and...

A record-breaking number of 210 Bitcoin options contracts were traded yesterday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which set up a new all-time high of nearly $10m. Of the total amount, 202 contracts were May calls (bullish), while 8 were May puts (bearish).CME Bitcoin Options Volume On The RiseCME launched options on Bitcoin in January this year. Despite a promising start with massive volumes, the platform has struggled to maintain consistent numbers of traded contracts.Moreover, following...

Merely days ahead of the Bitcoin halving, Ukraine and Iran are taking steps into expanding mining services within their borders.Ukraine plans to utilize excess nuclear power, while the Asian country has granted a license to a Turkish company to operate up to 6,000 mining rigs in Semnan.Nuclear Power Utilized For Crypto Mining?The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy and Environmental Protection recently published a press release outlining the possibility of adopting cryptocurrency mining soon....

Bitcoin’s price has been recovering steadily since the crash in mid-March. With it, most of the altcoins are also growing, charting notable increases altogether. However, BTC is also taking over the market as its dominance has been going up continuously.Bitcoin Dominance Highest Since January 2020Bitcoin’s dominance is the index that measures the cryptocurrency’s relative share of the entire market. At the time of this writing, it stands at 66.02%, and it hasn’t been higher than this since...

Ripple has reportedly become the first blockchain-focused member of the emerging global ISO 20022 Standards Body. Thus, the firm has joined the likes of payment processing entities such as Visa and Swift, and numerous international commercial and central banks.Ripple Joins ISO 20022The firm behind the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap (XRP) announced recently becoming a part of the ISO 20022 Standards Body. Moreover, Ripple claims that it’s the “first member focused on Distributed...

The popular cryptocurrency trading platform, Bittrex Global, will soon join the bandwagon of exchanges with native tokens. Bittrex plans to launch an exchange token for its platform next month, according to a recent teaser shared by the company.Bittrex To Launch Its Native Token In JuneAlthough the exchange did not provide more details about the upcoming token, the native currency will be listed in June. Such cryptocurrencies are created to fuel the operations of a crypto platform and its...

Prominent American economist and well-known Bitcoin critic, Peter Schiff, believes that the price of the asset will drop following the upcoming halving. He reasoned that the demand will fall after the event, which will result in a bearish BTC future.Schiff Predicts A Price Drop For BTC (Again)As Cryptopotato reported recently, the primary cryptocurrency is outperforming gold in terms of yearly gains. Although both assets have marked increases in 2020, BTC is up by 23%, while the precious...

Some of the most popular cryptocurrency-related channels on YouTube indicated that the giant video platform is shadowbanning Bitcoin videos. Several YouTubers complained that the new practice began two days ago, which coincides with a recent core update from Google.YouTube Reportedly Shadowbanning Bitcoin VideosThe most widely used video-sharing platform has a continuous quarrel with cryptocurrency content creators. The so-called “Crypto Purge” popped initially late 2019, when YouTube began...