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Major Swiss cryptocurrency broker Bitcoin Suisse has added high-security custodial support and staking services for Tezos (XTZ), with an eye to its institutional clients.In an announcement on May 19, Bitcoin Suisse — which custodies over $1 billion in assets — revealed it was going live with XTZ delegation and custody
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Crypto market data analysis firm Santiment has published data suggesting bullish activity surrounding MKR — the token underpinning decentralized finance (DeFi) project MakerDAO.On May 20, Santiment published data indicating bullish divergence between the number of daily active MKR addresses and price action for the token.“$MKR looks to be forming a
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Blockchain service provider TAAL has processed the largest block to date on Bitcoin SV — 369MB in size and containing 1.3 million transactions.TAAL announced the milestone on Twitter. The block is an order of magnitude larger than anything currently achievable on Bitcoin (BTC) or Bitcoin Cash (BCH).Speaking to Cryptox, Jerry
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U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall has rejected AT&T’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges the company was negligent for failing to prevent the theft of $1.8 million in crypto from investor Seth Shapiro.In the judge’s order allowing the suit to continue, Shapiro’s claims of negligence, negligent supervision, claims brought
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The controversy surrounding Justin Sun’s handling of the Steem (STEEM) network continues to grow, with Steem moving to freeze another $5 million in tokens held by dissident Steemit witnesses and stakeholders.Network validators — called ‘witnesses’ — associated with Sun have sanctioned the move to freeze 23.6 million in STEEM tokens,
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Digital payment platform Uphold has announced a partnership that allows Coil creators to be able to select the platform as their wallet provider to receive payments in over 50 currencies.Coil is a service that provides alternative methods for content producers to monetize their work online. “The ability to pay for
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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has revealed why the University of Wyoming presented a more attractive choice than Harvard, MIT or Cornell for Input Output’s (IOHK’s) lab.IOHK, the company charged with the development of Cardano, donated $500,000 in ADA to the blockchain lab at the university earlier this year. The State
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The Bitcoin (BTC) options market, which is mostly dominated by Deribit and CME, gives a 9% chance for BTC to rise to it's all-time high at $20,000 by the end of 2020.Given the tendency of Bitcoin to see a prolonged rally six to eight months after a halving is activated,
Read MoreChicago Mercantile Exchange's, or CME, global head of equity index and alternative investment products, Tim McCourt, said traders prefer cash-settled Bitcoin trading over products backed by physical Bitcoin (BTC). "So far, clients have expressed a clear preference and priority for a cash-settled product," McCourt told Cryptox in an email when asked
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A study from Crystal Blockchain Analytics on May 19 shows that the total USD value of Bitcoins transferred on the dark web rose by 65% in Q1 2020, despite a decline in transactions during the same period in 2019.According to the report, the total value of Bitcoin (BTC) transacted represented
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