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Brazil’s Biggest Investment Firm To Launch OTC Crypto Exchange, Local Sources Say
1 week ago kakp2 0
Brazil’s largest investment company XP Investimentos is allegedly seeking to launch an over-the-counter (OTC) Bitcoin exchange, local news outlet Portal do Bitcoin revealed Tuesday, April 17. Appearing to confirm documents filed with Brazil’s Department of Federal Revenue, anonymous sources told Portal do Bitcoin that the company was specifically eyeing the OTC market. The reported move Read More
Skype Is Being Used Increasingly For Crypto Trading
1 week ago kakp2 0
Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cryptos are exchanged on a daily basis, and doing this type of business via Skype. Around 20 traders from various trading houses have started using online messaging apps, and Skype in particular, to continue their trades without being interrupted. A report made by Reuters claims that all the Read More
Major South Korean Crypto Exchange Coinone To Launch In Indonesia
1 week ago kakp2 0
South Korea’s third largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinone, has announced plans to launch an exchange in Indonesia, according to a press release published on its site Monday, April 16. As stated in the Coinone’s press release, the new Indonesian branch opened for pre-registration April 16, with an official launch set for June. According to Finance Magnates, Read More
How Anonymous Is Your Crypto Purchase?
1 week ago kakp2 0
Like it or not we live in a world where our online privacy is a target, a fact which even cryptocurrencies are not fully exempt. Due to the less significant amount of users and transactions during its inception, crypto developers didn’t deploy a plan for identification and, as a result, under the current volumes criticisms Read More
Taiwanese Miner Shot By Gangsters, Blames China’s ‘Strict’ Bitcoin Control
1 week ago kakp2 0
A Taiwanese Bitcoin miner has been shot by gangsters after an argument about mining profits went wrong, local media report April 15. According to Liberty Times, a Bitcoin miner known only by the name Wu accepted 10 mln Chinese yuan, equal to almost $1.6 mln, from two “local gangsters” in order to turn Bitcoin mining Read More
CNBC Fast Money’s Brian Kelly: Bitcoin Is Like The ‘Internet In The 1980s’
2 weeks ago 7ring 0
Brian Kelly of CNBC’s Fast Money compared cryptocurrency to the “Internet in the 1980s,” emphasizing that Bitcoin (BTC) is still in its early stages in an April 13 interview on CNBC’s Trading Block. When asked about Bitcoin’s potential, Kelly answered that while he used to see crypto as comparable to the Internet in 1995, he Read More
Students Jamming University Networks With Crypt-Mining
2 weeks ago kakp2 0
Illegal cryptocurrency mining has seen a major increase recently, especially since hackers took an interest and found sources of unsecured systems. According to the analysis made by Vectra, the higher education sector was one industry with the biggest amount of infected devices that have been used for crypto mining. Hackers target higher education sectors The Read More
The Rapid Growth Of Japan’s Crypto Market
2 weeks ago kakp2 0
Japan has been known for a while now as the country where cryptocurrencies are thriving. Back in 2014, when the first crypto exchange officially opened, this country’s cryptocurrency market was valued at about $23.35 million. Since then, the country has taken an extremely large interest in digital currencies, and many new exchanges were opened. Last year, Read More