Crypto broker breaks ankles while fleeing kidnappers in Spain
A search of the apartment in the Spanish town of Estepona where the broker was held by the kidnappers uncovered two firearms, knives, drugs and over $10,000 in cash.
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Crypto Markets Report Modest Gains, Gold Sees Slight Losses
Tuesday, April 16 — cryptocurrency markets have registered moderate gains over the past 24 hours, with only Bitcoin SV (BSV) trading in the red among all top 20 coins by market capitalization, according to Cointelegraph’s Coin360.Market visualization from Coin360The leading digital currency bitcoin (BTC) started the day around $5,054, subsequently reaching its current price —…

Grayscale hires former Solicitor General to help force Bitcoin ETF approval
Grayscale Investments has hired a former U.S. Solicitor General in preparation for a potential legal spat with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), should the regulator reject its application for a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) on July 6.The company has been waiting on a decision from the SEC to convert its flagship…

Heads-up: How Livepeer traders got a sneak preview of an impending 300% price boom
Crypto traders will take any edge they can get. From fundamental research on long-term prospects to short-term price pumps created by new exchange listings, the 24/7 digital asset market provides opportunities for investors and traders of all stripes.But this week, those traders who incorporate the Cointelegraph Markets Pro VORTECS™ Score into their research had a special…

ECB official proposes ban on tokens with an ‘excessive ecological footprint’
EU officials previously rejected an outright ban on crypto mining, but the Markets in Crypto Assets bill could require firms to report any potential environmental impact. 464 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTFabio Panetta, an executive board member of the European Central Bank (ECB), proposed…

Beaxy Launches Crypto Trading Platform Despite Hack of Employee Last Month
Beaxy has announced the launch of its cryptocurrency trading platform on June 11 in a press release shared with Cointelegraph.In the release, the company said it was now live in 43 United States states and 185 countries. According to Beaxy, an exclusive partnership with OneMarketData delivers trading capabilities across nine order types, with transaction speeds of 225,000…

‘Be my Santa, please’ — Chainlink user offers $13K reward to fix $50K mistake
"I have already done hundreds of transactions on the ETH chain and by one oversight, rush, and my son's lessons, I lost my life savings." 2985 Total views 10 Total shares According to a Github post made today, user dawidkabani13 claims to have accidentally sent 4,005 Chainlink (LINK) — $53,226 at the time of publication…

NY Fed and MAS publish joint CBDC cross-border payment project results
The researchers built on their separate projects to demonstrate cross-border payments using illiquid currencies with an intermediate “vehicle” currency. 112 Total views 1 Total shares The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s New York Innovation Center (NYIC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have published the results of their joint “Project Cedar Phase II…

Circle Releases Third Audit Report of Stablecoin USDC’s Dollar Reserves
Cryptocurrency finance company Circle has released the third audit attestation of the reserves of its fiat-backed stablecoin, USD Coin (USDC), according to an official statement Jan. 16.The third-party audit of Circle’s United States dollar reserves was issued by independent accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP.According to the report, as of Dec. 31, 2018 at 11:59 p.m.…