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Coinbase – one of the largest and most popular digital currency exchanges in the world – is teaming up with investing giant BlackRock to give its customers the opportunity to trade digital assets. Coinbase and BlackRock Join Hands Joseph Chalom – global head of strategic ecosystem partnerships at BlackRock – explained in a recent interview: Our institutional clients are increasingly interested in gaining exposure to digital asset markets and are focused on how to...

Alexander Vinnik – a Russian national that a few years back, was sentenced to spending five years in a Paris prison for crypto crimes – is being sent from Greece to the United States where he will face trial and possible sentencing for his role in a crypto scam that may have cost investors millions of dollars. Vinnik Is Coming to America Vinnik has been accused of various hacking and extortion schemes. He has also been accused of running a multibillion-dollar crypto...

Binance.US – the American division of Binance, arguably the largest and most popular digital currency exchange in the world – has removed the Amp token given that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) views the asset as a potential security. Binance does not want to get in the middle of what could be a huge legal fight and is apparently removing the token from its listings altogether. Binance Says “No” To Amp Listing There is growing concern as of late about the...

Australia and crypto are becoming a huge pair, which is why so many people in the nation flocked to the Celsius Network earlier in the year to obtain potential interest on their coins. Thus, we can understand that many of them are not too happy about what’s occurred with Celsius over the past few weeks. Celsius Customer in Australia Are Going Through a Tough Time Things got off to a very rocky start when the crypto lending platform decided to halt all withdrawals a few...

It’s happened again, folks. Another digital currency heist is in the books. This time, it’s cryptocurrency bridge platform Nomad that’s the latest victim of a cyberattack, having lost as much as $190 million at the time of writing. Nomad Has Lost a Lot of Money Nomad is a unique company in the sense that it bridges blockchains together. This makes several blockchain technology platforms compatible and opens a lot of doors that would often prevent digital currency...

A cryptocurrency muckraker is learning the hard way that fake DMCA takedowns can affect even the most basic material. Dirty Bubble Media – a newsletter hosted on Substack – has covered many shady elements of the crypto world for the past two years. The division has enjoyed heavy readership since its earliest days, but it was recently taken down over allegedly false claims of copyright infringement. Dirty Bubble Media Is Suffering This appears to be a recurring theme not...

Bitcoin cash price started a fresh decline from the $140 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below the $130 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $124 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair remains at a risk of more losses below the $112 and $110 support levels. Bitcoin cash price is moving lower below $130 against the US Dollar, similar to...

Is Michael Saylor moving too fast by stepping down from his role with MicroStrategy? Michael Saylor Is No Longer MicroStrategy’s CEO In a recent article, Live Bitcoin News notified readers that Michael Saylor – the CEO of MicroStrategy – would be stepping down from his position as CEO and entering the new role of “executive chairman.” While nobody has listed bitcoin as the official reason, it’s interesting to see that the move is coming after Saylor put so much into...

Residents of Florida are being warned about a new crypto romance scam that’s operating under the names “pig butchering” and “pig slaughtering.” The names alone should be enough to make anyone run away, though for some reason, the scam has managed to permeate several online dating platforms and social media sites, meaning it is the latest scam of its kind to fully take form. A New Online Crypto Scam Is A-Brewin’ These kinds of scams are nothing new, yet the fact that...

The crypto division of the popular trading app Robinhood has been slapped with a $30 million fine in New York after the company allegedly violated cybersecurity regulations and anti-money laundering laws. The penalty was handed down by the New York State Department of Financial Services, which accused the company of failing to utilize proper resources to halt illicit trading activity on its platform. Robinhood Has Landed in Hot Water A press release involving the matter...