Search Results for: Bitcoins
Prasos now processing via Paydentity™
September 20th, 2018
Highlights Paydentity™ to process identity verification and payments for Finland’s largest cryptocurrency broker service Prasos received more than €140m in deposits last financial year Visa, Mastercard and shortly JCB to be available as payment options Australian Securities and Frankfurt ...
Russian Police seize 22 Cryptocurrency ATMs
September 4th, 2018
Russian police have recently seized cryptocurrency ATM machines under orders from the country’s central bank. According to local publication RBC, the ATM developer impacted by the seizure plans to appeal the action, and has incurred economic damage and costs ...
Bets against bitcoin have doubled since the beginning of August, exchange says
August 17th, 2018
Betting on bitcoin isn’t for everyone. However, according to data from a leading cryptocurrency exchange, interest in betting against the worlds biggest digital currency is growing. Bitfinex, the fourth largest cryptocurrency exchange with 24-hour volume of $614.8 million, has ...
Operator of shuttered bitcoin exchange pleaded guilty in defrauding investors charges
July 24th, 2018
The operator of a shuttered bitcoin-denominated exchange pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges that he defrauded investors and lied to US securities regulators investigating the theft by hackers of virtual currency now worth about US$46 million. Jon Montroll, ...
Bitcoin mining company declares itself largest miner by capacity
July 20th, 2018
The virtual currency’s price grew 16% to $7,400 in a week, as the US Congress prepares to examine whether cryptocurrencies constitute money. Hut 8, a Bitcoin mining company out of Toronto, Canada, announced this week that it has finished ...
AMF reports websites offering crypto derivatives without authorisation
July 10th, 2018
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) would like to warn the public about a number of unauthorised online investment services in France for derivatives whose underlyings include crypto assets. ...
Bitcoin price manipulation puts trust in cryptocurrencies at risk
June 27th, 2018
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have grown in popularity in large part because they can be bought and sold without a government or other third party overseeing everything. But there’s a flipside: Unlike in markets for other assets such as stocks ...
South Korean Supreme Court rules Bitcoin is an asset
June 6th, 2018
South Korean Supreme Court just ruled that bitcoin is a legally recognizable asset. The landmark ruling occurred on May 30, 2018, and it overturns a decision made by one of the country’s lower courts in a case dating back ...
5 Tips For Getting Started with Bitcoin
May 24th, 2018
Cryptocurrencies are increasingly gaining popularity among consumers, investors, and traders as a legal tender. Bitcoin, being the pioneer cryptocurrency, is not only the most popular among the crypto community but also the most reliable way to get one’s feet ...
Bitcoin sees Wall Street warm to trading virtual currency
May 10th, 2018
Some of the biggest names on Wall Street are warming up to Bitcoin, a virtual currency that for nearly a decade has been consigned to the unregulated fringes of the financial world. The parent company of the New York ...
