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European crypto brokerage Bitpanda, based in Vienna and founded in 2014, is announcing the completion of a $52 million Series A led by PayPal legend Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures. This fundraising round, plus a seed round in 2016 and an initial exchange offering in 2019, means the 240-employee company raised
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PowerTrade is a new mobile-based cryptocurrency options trading platform set to launch this year. Source
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CryptoCompare's latest report shows crypto derivative volumes were up 54% in August – likely a result of the rally in bitcoin's price. Source
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A massive scandal occurred on micro-blogging service Twitter yesterday as hacker/s took over popular cryptocurrency and technology accounts to patronize a Bitcoin scam. Hacked Early on Thursday, crypto-exchange Binance tweeted they “partnered up with an organization called CryptoForHealth and that they would be “giving back 5000 BTC to the community.” Similar messages were
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The number of Bitcoin (BTC) extortion reports filed by the users of BitcoinAbuse.com database increased 1,300% in April, perhaps with scammers taking advantage of the quarantined population.BitcoinAbuse.com allows anyone to report cases of criminals trying to extort Bitcoins from potential victims. Alan Reed told Cryptox that he founded the site
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Bitcoin? Ether? Ripple? Meh. During a month where cryptocurrencies zoomed, the lesser-known Tezos beat them all. Tezos (XTZ), one of the largest and most prominent among a fast-growing roster of digital coins known as “staking tokens,” jumped 83% in April, the most among cryptocurrencies with a market value of at least
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Bitcoin could move higher in the medium-term as one of its key technical indicators turns bullish for the first time since February.Dubbed as Golden Cross, the bullish breakout pattern forms when an asset’s short-term moving average closes above its long-term moving average. Bitcoin on Tuesday painted the same pattern on
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It has been a turbulent past few weeks for virtually every major market across the globe, with Coronavirus fears sparking an intense selloff that sent the Dow Jones, Gold, and Bitcoin all reeling lower in tandem.This correlation has shown no signs of slowing down, as the Fed just announced a
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Bitcoin (BTC) may not see a 170% increase after its fifth “golden cross” price event, historical data suggests as markets stay down 8%.Analysis of price movements since 2009 shows Bitcoin has had a total of ten “golden cross” and “death cross” moments in its lifespan. BTC price dip challenges December
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Amber Group, a Hong Kong-based startup offering a range of cryptocurrency finance services, has raised $28 million in a Series A round.Leading the investment are Paradigm and Pantera Capital, with Polychain Capital, Blockchain.com, Coinbase Ventures and Fenbushi Capital also participating. Existing investor Dragonfly Capital was also on board. Announcing the
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