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Bitcoin sets fresh record above $3,500; ether trades higher
August 9th, 2017
Bitcoin traded higher on Tuesday, carving out a fresh record above $3,500 and reaching a market value approaching $60 billion at its best levels. A single bitcoin BTCUSD, -1.78% most recently was trading at $3,477.93, up 0.5%, touching an ...
Cryptocurrency market a ‘ticking time-bomb,’ says ethereum co-founder
July 20th, 2017
Initial coin offerings (ICOs), or a means of crowd funding for blockchain technology companies have caught too much attention, according to the co-founder of the ethereum network Charles Hoskinson who says it’s time for things to cool down in ...
Bitcoin off 40%, Ethereum down 60% from June highs
July 17th, 2017
Bitcoin slides below $2,000 as cryptocurrency selloff continues The price of the digital currency bitcoin fell over the weekend, dropping below $2,000 and farther away from its June highs, part of a broad selloff in dozens of cryptocurrencies, including ...
BlackRock’s Top Economist Thinks Bitcoin and Ethereum Look Like a Bubble
July 12th, 2017
BlackRock, the $5 trillion asset manager, has not traditionally paid much attention to cryptocurrency platforms such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Now that the prices of those blockchain-based currencies have risen exponentially in recent months, however, even BlackRock’s top economists ...
Ethereum Traders File Class Action Lawsuit Over Kraken Flash Crash
July 6th, 2017
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against cryptocurrency exchange startup Kraken over issues stemming from its management of a May flash crash. Less than two months later, five customers of the exchange are alleging negligence, breach of contract and ...
Ethereum jumps the most among the larger capitalized cryptos in the last 24-hours
June 29th, 2017
Ethereum’s price swings high and low. Today, the number two crypto is up big time after falling hard in the prior 24-hour period. Ethereum posted the biggest gain among the larger capitalized cryptos in the last 24-hour period, jumping ...
Virtual currency Ethereum has risen 4,500 percent since the beginning of the year
June 20th, 2017
The price of Bitcoin has hit record highs in recent months, more than doubling in price since the start of the year. Despite these gains, Bitcoin is on the verge of losing its position as the dominant virtual currency. ...
The Netherlands Financial Markets Regulator Fines International Card Services
June 16th, 2017
The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) announced that it is fining International Card Services (ICS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABN AMRO, for excessive credit limits. In March 2017, ICS took the initiative itself and prepared a compensation ...
Ethereum Enterprise Alliance Adds 86 New Members Including DTCC, State Street And Infosys
May 22nd, 2017
The Ethereum Enterprise Alliance, an initiative to standardize a business version of Ethereum that launched in February, announced that it has added 86 new members, including heavyweights such as the DTCC, State Street, Infosys, Deloitte, MUFG, Toyota Research Institute ...
Netherlands to introduce Registry Of Beneficial Ownership to fight Tax evasion
April 10th, 2017
One year after the revelations of the Panama Papers there is still a lot of work to do for the Netherlands to effectively prevent and fight widespread international money laundering structures and unlawful tax evasion. This is especially the ...
