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Binance admitted to leaking sensitive customer data through a third-party vendor which the exchange contracted in late 2017. Although the investigation is still ongoing, the crypto exchange announced it will offer free lifetime VIP memberships to all affected customers. Nonetheless, it seems the price of BNB plunged in response to the admission. Following the announcement […]

Craig Wright has been in the spotlight after losing a legal case against Ira Kleiman yesterday. Wright was ordered to turn over half of his Bitcoin holdings—worth over $5 billion—potentially tanking BTC. However, the effects on his pet project, Bitcoin SV, are not quite as clear. Bitcoin SV technical analysis The recent ruling in favor […]

Despite the bullish impulse seen across the entire market since mid-December 2018, XRP has been making lower lows without showing any signs of prompt recovery. In fact, while Bitcoin is up 230 percent from the low of December 2018, this cryptocurrency is down 5 percent. Some of the most prominent analysts are placing the blame […]

Craig Wright has spoken out in an exclusive with Modern Consensus in the first stated response to his bombshell legal loss against Ira Kleiman, claiming the verdict could collapse the price of Bitcoin as his legal opponent liquidates hundreds of thousands of BTC. Kleiman’s yearlong suit against Wright, who has for years inflamed key members […]

The Ethereum Foundation announced grants worth more than $2 million aimed at bolstering the development of Serenity, Ethereum’s long-awaited—but apparently “imminent”—scaling upgrade, ETH2.0. Approaching Serenity: Announcing Ethereum Foundation and Co-Funded Grants!https://t.co/ImJ3MrHre3 — Ethereum (@ethereum) August 26, 2019 The Switzerland-based nonprofit said Monday it co-led the grants with blockchain thinktank Protocol Labs and Ethereum-focused “venture production […]

A 4.8 percent impulse in Bitcoin’s price beginning Aug. 25 caused an unusual number of liquidations on BitMEX, wrecking $52 million in BTC short positions. Bitcoin shorts liquidated on BitMEX Notorious for its degenerate 100x leverage, BitMEX has been one of the most widely-used margin trading platforms in the world. These high-risk trades have the […]

Binance announced the launch of a lending platform, offering up to 15 percent annualized interest rate for 14-day fixed-term BNB, USDT, and ETC based instruments. Crypto lending comes to Binance Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, officially announced the launch of its lending platform. According to the company’s Aug. 26 blog […]

Craig Wright lost the Kleiman case. The judge ordered Wright to part with half of his pre-2014 Bitcoin—worth over $5 billion—to the Kleiman estate, alongside considerable intellectual property. The Southern District Court of Florida magistrate Bruce Reinhart recommended that Kleiman’s estate be awarded half the Bitcoin and intellectual property Wright held prior to 2014. In […]

The Bitcoin markets experienced extreme levels of fear, with the Crypto Fear and Greed Index reaching a historic all-time low. As BTC hovers around $10,000 traders claim it should be taken as a buying opportunity. Meanwhile, a handful of respected traders first believe a dip to $8,500 is more likely. The bear-case for Bitcoin’s future […]

Top crypto exchange Coinbase has added support for IDEX on its official wallet, allowing its customers to trade hundreds of new cryptocurrencies on the third-party “hybrid decentralized” exchange. The move comes months before the purported launch of Binance U.S., the regulatory compliant, North American arm of retail exchange giant, Binance. As previously reported by CryptoSlate, […]