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Binance appears to be using its TRX stockpile to vote for itself as a TRON Super Representative and then scoop up the majority of the TRON block rewards. The TRONSCAN website reveals the No.1 TRON Super Representative (SR) to be Binance’s recently launched staking address. After launching mere
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A deal to acquire cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb for over $300 million remains in choppy waters. According to The Korea Herald on Monday, fintech firm BK Global Consortium’s deal to buy a majority stake in the major South Korean exchange has not
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Binance, the top crypto exchange by trading volume, has said it helped British police bust a cybercriminal who sold phishing tools that resulted in the theft of millions of pounds. In a blog post on Thursday, Binance chief compliance
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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that New York residents now have access to two cryptocurrencies launched for other jurisdictions months ago. In two tweets late on Wednesday, the exchange said customers based in New York state can now hold,
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Binance U.S. launched yesterday, Sept. 24. To celebrate the highly anticipated event in the crypto community, Binance offered some freebies and discounts such as zero fees until Nov. 1 and free Binance hoodies. Also, BNB fee discounts, as well as commission-based referrals, will kick-in on Nov. 1 after the zero
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Online lender SoFi announced its crypto trading platform will go live next Tuesday. Bitcoin, ethereum and litecoin will be the first digital assets available to trade on its SoFi Invest platform, CEO Anthony Noto told Fortune in an interview published
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Galen Moore is a member of the CoinDesk Research team. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a weekly newsletter focused on institutional investment in crypto
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Accusations of wash trading from the Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI) have prompted OKEx's CEO to challenge BTI to a wager, which has opened up an entirely new can of worms. Wash trading, a form of market manipulation, is often used to create artificial marketplace activity to draw in more
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Singapore-based exchange Bitrue is launching a low-interest crypto lending platform, the company said. The service, which goes live on Sept. 30, loans BTC, ETH XRP and USDT at a 0.04% daily interest rate. Users pledge existing Bitrue-held crypto assets
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Coincheck’s parent company Monex Group has voted to grant crypto to shareholders as a mid-term benefit in addition to regular redeemable points. In a statement, the Japanese online brokerage firm indicated that for fiscal year 2019, shareholders will receive bitcoin as a mid-term benefit. Monex Group will reward its
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