Russian Crypto Exchange Shuts Down Amid Accusations of Exit Scam
The Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin has shut down amid accusations that it has pulled an exit scam. Customers are unable to withdraw their funds and have been asked to...
Authorities Dismantle Shadow Financial institution That Dealt with ‘Hundreds of Millions’ for Crypto Exchanges
An Arizona Man and an Israeli lady have been charged in reference to offering “shadow banking services” to cryptocurrency exchanges — involving thousands and thousands of {dollars}.
The 2 people...
Former Microsoft Engineer Says Nigerian Expatriates Are Using Bitcoin to Circumvent Country’s Overvalued Exchange...
A former Microsoft software engineer and co-founder of Buycoins Africa Tomiwa Lasebikan says some Nigerians expatriates are now using bitcoin to circumvent the country’s overvalued exchange rate when sending...
Chatter Report: Antonopoulos Criticizes KYC, Kasireddy Claims Decentralization Not Always Better
Criticism is the overarching theme of today’s crypto chatter roundup. Andreas Antonopoulos vehemently opposes mandatory KYC to access banking services. Also, Preethi Kasireddy calls for cryptocurrency users to rethink...
CFTC Probes Bitcoin Change BitMEX
The U.S. Commodity Futures Buying and selling Fee (CFTC) is reportedly probing bitcoin trade platform BitMEX over suspicions of offering service to American merchants.
CFTC Investigating Whether or not BitMEX...
Advisory Council of UAE Banks Federation Considers Adoption of Blockchain in Banks
The Advisory Council of the United Arab Emirates Banks...
Sideshift App Demonstrates a Trade Between Lightning Network BTC and Tether
Back in October news.Bitcoin.com reported on the influx of development tied to Drivechain, a project initiated by software developer Paul Sztorc. At the time we also covered the project’s...
