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San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken – arguably one of the largest and most prominent cryptocurrency trading platforms in the western hemisphere – has announced it’s been given the green light to establish its own bank.Kraken Is Opening Its Own BankThis is a unique step forward in the sense that banks and crypto are often complete opposites. Typically, banks are centralized financial institutions that have power over not only who they service, but what services those customers...

The United States appears to be angry with crypto hackers as of late, and the country is making it clear that it’s not going to put up with bad actors anymore. The U.S. is presently accusing two Russian hackers of making off with roughly $17 million in assorted crypto units. The accusations come from the Justice, State and Treasury Departments.The United States Will Not Put Up with Crypto TheftThe Treasury has identified two individuals allegedly involved in the scheme. They are Danil...

Gene Simmons, the bassist from the popular rock band Kiss (known for its over-the-top vocals, makeup and costumes), appears to be getting ready to move deeper into bitcoin territory and work hard to make it more accessible.Gene Simmons Hints He’s Working with BitcoinThere is a long list of celebrities that have gotten involves in the crypto world. The latest case involves rapper T.I., who settled charges handed out by the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) for allegedly promoting a...

As Live Bitcoin News discussed earlier today, bitcoin is once again entering bullish territory. While this is something to be happy about, it’s not quite where we’d like it to be, and things can always be doing a lot better. In other words, the asset is bullish, but not so bullish.Bitcoin Will Strike Golden TerritoryStill, that’s not stopping some analysts and crypto platforms from making wild and over-the-top predictions about where bitcoin’s price will be at the end of the year. The...

As many traders have likely witnessed by now, bitcoin has endured a harsh period of struggle as of late. The currency was initially trading for just over the $12,000 mark at the end of August but has since lost about $2,000 off its price to fall into the low $10,000 range.Has Bitcoin Really Been Falling Hard?It’s a sad time for many bitcoin enthusiasts, though there are several analysts out there that think the recently bearish trends affecting bitcoin aren’t that bad. Even though many...

The Digital Currency Group (DCG) just got a whole lot bigger and is now a global enterprise with its latest purchase of Luno, a digital currency exchange based in the UK.Luno Is Now a Part of the Growing Digital Currency GroupDCG is already a major firm considering it owns the institutional crypto trading platform Grayscale. Just a few months ago, the company posted more than $1 billion in trades for its second quarter, meaning that customers had to be trading more than $300 million each...

As of late, bitcoin has not been the crypto space’s top performing coin. In fact, over the past few weeks, BTC has lost roughly $2,000 from its price, falling from about $12K to the low $10,000 range. According to San Francisco-based digital trading exchange Kraken, things could potentially get a lot worse for the world’s number one digital currency by market cap.Kraken: Things Will Not Be Good This SeptemberIn a recent report, Kraken reminded all traders and investors that September is,...

Options – which provides cloud services to financial firms all over the world – has announced it will be entering the crypto foray through its new client the Gemini Exchange in New York.The Gemini Exchange Is Becoming More Safe and SecureOptions has tied itself to monetary systems and companies across the globe. Among the services it offers are management solutions, market hosting, TCO reduction and top-of-the-line cybersecurity. Thus far, the company can claim more than 40 clients situated...

Singapore is looking to become a crypto leader by helping to set the price standards for both bitcoin and Ethereum, the two largest digital currencies around. Singapore Exchange Ltd. has recently announced that it is currently setting up two additional crypto indexes to help local and international traders better understand the prices of both assets and make smarter trading decisions from there.Singapore Looks to Lead the Fight for CryptoThe indexes will be known as the iEdge Bitcoin Index...

Earlier today, Live Bitcoin News reported that bitcoin had suffered a major setback and ultimately fell below $12,000 and back into the $11,400 range. Now, we’re learning that it may have had to do with the seizure of Bithumb, a popular cryptocurrency trading platform based in South Korea.Bithumb Is Now in the Hands of Korean OfficialsBithumb has been seized by law enforcement officials after it was allegedly discovered that executives were selling BXA tokens – the official tokens of the...