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Major cryptocurrency lending company BlockFi has added support for two new assets to its list of supported digital currencies.According to a press release shared with CryptoX on Jan. 8, the firm has added major altcoin Litecoin (LTC) and USD Coin (USDC) — the dollar-backed stablecoin from major United States-based
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The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, also known as Europol, has confirmed that Monero transactions remain anonymous as the agency is following the development of privacy coins.Jerek Jakubcek, a strategic analyst of Europol’s European Cyber Crime Centre (EC3), shared the details during a Blockchain Alliance webinar that crypto
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The hype around initial coin offerings may have quieted down in the States, but France seems to be taking a newfound interest. On Dec. 17th, France’s financial regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), granted the country’s first approval for an ICO application.The offering came from French-ICO, a company
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After five years at the helm, monero's lead maintainer says he is stepping down.Riccardo Spagni, better known by the alias "Fluffypony," will relinquish his day-to-day leadership role in the privacy coin project. Longtime contributor "Snipa" will assume the responsibilities of lead maintainer, according to a post by the monero core
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Swiss crypto finance firm Amun says it’s received significant institutional interest in its exchange-traded product tied to Binance Coin (BNB). Source
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"As a licenced exchange, BitBay has to follow the market standards. Compliance with market standards and regulations allows us to provide our clients with legal security and convenience of using the exchange, with the participation of a friendly banking system and the availability of payment operators," BitBay said. Source
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Two more governments have taken action against entities in the Karatbars ecosystem over sales of a purportedly gold-backed cryptocurrency. Source
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In a fireside chat with CryptoX Executive Editor Jay Cassano at BlockShow Asia 2019, Elixxir President Jim Dolbear announced the launch of xx coin, a digital currency that will support decentralized messaging, payments, and dApps on the associated xx network.“The way this all unfolded originally had to do with
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched a dedicated exchange-traded product (ETP) for Binance Coin (BNB) on a Swiss Stock Exchange.Binance Coin goes after pro investorsIn a press release seen by CryptoX on Oct. 15, Binance confirmed the BNB ETP would trade on the SIX Exchange from Tuesday.The ETP comes via
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The privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash (ZEC) is seeking access to Ethereum’s decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.Zcash’s shielded addresses on the Ethereum networkOn Oct. 13, Coindesk reported that the topic of interoperability was the theme of the now concluded Devcon 5 developer conference in Osaka, Japan, where a number of smaller cryptocurrency
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