Price Analysis 17/08: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, LTC, BNB, EOS, BSV, XMR, XLM
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Cryptocurrency Market
Court Allows Blockchain.com’s Trademark Lawsuit Against Paymium to Proceed
The New York Federal Court denied the motion to dismiss the ruling in the trademark infringement action by cryptocurrency wallet and exchange operator Blockchain.com against fintech startup Paymium and its CEO Pierre Noizat over the use of domain “blockchain.io”.According to the court documents published on Aug. 7, the lawsuit,
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Crypto Lender Nexo Pays Token Holders Over $2.4 Million in Dividends
Crypto lending firm Nexo has paid its token holders a total of $2,409,574.87 in dividends. Nexo reportedly has reached an annualized dividend yield of 12.73%.Nexo announced the completion of its dividend payments in a press release on Aug. 16. According to the press release, Nexo has a user base
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Bitcoin SV Devs to Offer ‘Office Hours’ for Project Assistance, Consulting
Bitcoin SV blockchain developer and blockchain organization service Open Directory creator synfonaut has launched a consulting service called Office Hours. This service connects developers in need of assistance with experienced Bitcoin SV devs, for help on Bitcoin SV projects. Synfonaut announced the service’s launch in a Twitter post on Aug.
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US Customs and Border to Trial Blockchain Shipping Proof-of-Concept
A United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) advisory committee, is planning to launch a live test of its blockchain-based intellectual property rights proof of concept.The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) will run its tests from late August to late September, per a report published on the CBP’s
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FinCEN Director Addresses Casino Compliance With Obligations Regarding Crypto
Kenneth A. Blanco, the director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), has urged casinos to follow the agency’s guidelines in regards to suspicious convertible virtual currency (CVC) activity.During his speech at the 12th Annual Las Vegas Anti-Money Laundering Conference on Aug. 13, Blanco addressed casinos’ compliance with the
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Biggest Crypto Hedge Funds and What They Tell About the Market
The total market cap for all cryptocurrencies stands at $293 billion, and while much of this value has been generated by individual traders buying and selling their own private stashes of crypto, it's also largely the result of big investment funds. These are companies that have crypto assets under management
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Coinbase Accidentally Saves Unencrypted Passwords of 3,420 Customers
Major crypto platform Coinbase has emailed 3,420 Coinbase customers to disclose an accident with customer registration. Some registration details were apparently stored in clear text on the logs of Coinbase’s internal server, with affected customers now required to change their passwords.Coinbase announced the news in an official blog post
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CoinGecko Joins AMLT Network to Combat Exchange Fraud, Scams, Hacks
Crypto market aggregator CoinGecko has joined the network of blockchain analytics and anti-money laundering (AML) company Coinfirm. This partnership will reportedly allow CoinGecko to improve its exchange Trust Score algorithm, as well as provide users with a means to report scams and hacks.The companies shared a press release with
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The IRS has Words for Crypto Investors… Again: Tax Warnings
The cryptocurrency industry may still be going strong, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t had its share of problems. Nor does it mean everyone is a fan of virtual currencies. The IRS certainly isn’t, and crypto investors have learned that the hard way the past two months. Here’s what we know. IRS
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