Tag Archives: Bitfinex

Ubisoft, the French video game giant behind popular games like Assassin’s Creed and Prince of Persia has just entered into a partnership with Ultra, a blockchain game distribution platform. The partnership is set to put the two firms together to collaborate on future offerings, with Ubisoft serving as a corporate block producer on Ultra’s UOS testnet. The mainnet is scheduled to go live next year.Ultra has its eyes fully fixed on expanding the reach and utility of the current gaming industry...

In what seems to be a weird turn of events, top cryptocurrency data and assessment firm CryptoCompare has released its data for cryptocurrency exchange rankings and there are a few surprises in its benchmark report. Firstly, Binance has been dropped from its top ten rankings which comes as a shock as it is currently in the top three cryptocurrency exchanges in terms of the trading volume. Secondly, most of the popular cryptocurrency exchanges didn’t receive the expected rankings as only...

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)...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 749. Heute geht’s um folgende Themen: Telegram schießt zurück: SEC betreibe „Ad hoc“-Justiz, Canaan Creative $100 Millionen IPO Ziel & Bitfinex plant neue Produkte in 2020. 1.) Telegram schießt zurück: SEC betreibe „Ad hoc“-Justizhttps://www.btc-echo.de/telegram-schiesst-zurueck-sec-betreibe-ad-hoc-justiz/ 2.) Canaan Creative Sets Terms, Plans to Rake in $100 Million in Upcoming US...

With many issues that have made premier cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex controversial, it seems that the exchange is set to get its groove back in 2020 as per revelations by its CTO Paulo Ardoino in a podcast with the BlockCryto. In the podcast, Paulo discussed a wide range of issues ranging from the allegations of market manipulations to upcoming products that Bitfinex plans to offer including options and a gold-backed stablecoin.While much has been said about Bitfinex’s growing Twitter...

The online investment platform known as BnkToTheFuture is yet again on another ambitious move and this time, its sights are fixed on the U.S. market. Knowing that without authorization from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) such expansion is impossible, the company invested in a U.S. broker-dealer that has the full license from the SEC to conduct its security token offering business (STOs) in the United States.This move was made known to investors in a statement released on Nov. 7,...

Kim Dotcom will not be able to issue his new cryptocurrency.Dotcom Will Not Get His Upcoming ICOThe plan was that Dotcom would garner the funds he needs to launch the new currency through an initial coin offering (ICO) hosted by Bitfinex, a popular cryptocurrency exchange that is arguably surrounded by as much controversy as Dotcom himself.As it turns out, Bitfinex is getting a little worried about all the regulatory uncertainty meandering through the crypto space as of late and doesn’t want...

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...

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...

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....