SEC charges siblings over $60M Ponzi touting a crypto trading bot

“Regulators can get comfortable with privacy-enabling cryptos,” Gemini says. Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, aims to improve user privacy with a major privacy token, Zcash (ZEC).Starting Sept. 29, Gemini will support shielded withdrawals of ZEC, which allows users to hide their transaction data.Gemini representatives said that the new feature is the…

Major Canadian crypto exchange Coinsquare has acquired StellarX, a Stellar (XLM)-based zero-fee decentralized payment network, according to a press release published on Feb. 14.According to the announcement, Bermuda-based StellarX will be a fully owned subsidiary of Coinsquare and will seek regulatory approval to operate and expand its service under Coinsquare’s compliance.The new acquisition has followed…

After outperforming Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) strongly in August, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) tokens are now plummeting as many registered losses of up to 50%. Cryptocurrency daily market performance snapshot. Source: Coin360At the moment, the two coins garnering the most attention are Yearn.finance (YFI) and Uniswap (UNI) as both have dropped by 46% and 48% since…

The Philippine SEC is now collaborating with the U.S. SEC and the Asian Development Bank to better combat crypto-related crime. 90 Total views 2 Total shares The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has teamed up with its United States counterpart, as well as the Asian Development Bank to crack down on criminals using cryptocurrencies

Jeffrey Gundlach argues that Bitcoin and gold could serve to protect investors from a weakening dollar in the long term. 2517 Total views 21 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) is a recommended hedge against fiat currency inflation along with gold, one of its well-known critics now says.In an appearance on Rosenberg Research’s webcast series on Nov.…

Bitcoin (BTC) crashed below $19,000 on Sept. 6, driving the price to its lowest level in 80 days. The movement not only completely erased the entirety of the 32% gains accrued from July until Aug. 15, it also wiped out $246 million worth of leverage long (buy) futures contracts.Bitcoin price is down for the year…

"This contract opens the door to bigger, more critical uses of blockchain for data protection in a global digital infrastructure, bringing forth the true promises of the core technology," said Benjamin Diggles. 1353 Total views 193 Total shares A blockchain-based initiative from the United States Air Force will employ Constellation's Hypergraph Network to provide data…

In a week when the crypto industry – and the rest of the world – was beset by bad news about banking, one more banking setback has come to light. 165 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTInstitutional cryptocurrency custodian Protego’s conditional national trust banking charter…