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U.S. exchanges ErisX and bitFlyer are among 12 crypto firms selected to pilot Hawaii’s digital currency regulatory sandbox that will allow virtual asset service providers to do business in the state without obtaining a money transmitter license for a two-year period, the companies announced Wednesday. Source
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This is not a guide of how to trade crypto. This is not about how to make money, how to invest or where to find alpha.But if you’ve dabbled in crypto trading? Then you know this one thing: It can be all-consuming. When your money is on the line, suddenly
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With low barriers for entering, competition for digital asset exchanges is intense, with an estimated more than 10,000 exchanges now operating worldwide. This competition reduces margins for all of them and also lowers deposit and withdrawal thresholds. Add in a confusing patchwork of global regulations, and profitability challenges for digital
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To KYC or not to KYC? In this episode, CryptoX’s Anna Baydakova talks to Hodl Hodl and Bisq, two non-custodial, no-KYC bitcoin exchanges. One year ago, the Financial Action Task Force, the global anti-money laundering watchdog, ruled that crypto transactions data should be controllable, and ever since the question has been
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Decentralized exchanges are generally liked for their transparency and lack of custody, reducing the trust requirements in their operators.Many centralized exchanges have been caught in a peculiar type of manipulation used to inflate their trading volumes. This was first highlighted by the Bitwise Report released in March 2019, which analyzed
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Bitcoin investor Jim Harper has sued the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), its commissioner, and a number of federal agents. He alleged that they unlawfully seized his private financial information from three cryptocurrency exchanges.Bitcoin Investor vs. IRSBitcoin investor Jim Harper has filed a lawsuit against IRS Commissioner Charles P.
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A recently published report from the research and analysis firm Peckshield indicates that during the last two quarters of 2020, cryptocurrency exchanges accepted 147,000 BTC ($1.3 billion) from high-risk addresses.During the last few years, blockchain research and surveillance firms have been classifying “risk levels” to specific transactions stemming from
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It’s no secret that the anonymous and entirely digital crypto market is rife with scams, fraud, and crime. Although this only accounts for a small portion of the market as a whole, it is still a thorn in the side of the industry. It is also one of the main talking
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In general Cryptocurrency exchanges are vulnerable to security attacks, since they are dealing with decentralized virtual currencies. Unlike the general fiat currencies, the method of payment and transactions are completely different from the traditional financial system. Cryptocurrency exchanges often rely on a centralized secured wallet storage, or an offline hardware
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Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the business end of the second-largest blockchain, has appointed a new executive director, Daniel C. Burnett. Burnett, who previously worked as a standards architect within Ethereum-focused ConsenSys, wants to widen the EEA’s scope beyond banks and blue chips, to include exchanges. Burnett even aims to embrace the
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