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The U.S. Marshals Service is auctioning nearly $40 million in bitcoin, the first such auction since the end of 2018.The Marshals will auction "approximately" 4,040 bitcoin, worth $37.7 million at press time, according to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index, to registered bidders on Feb. 18, the press release said. Potential bidders
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In December, crypto analysts across the board were almost certain that Bitcoin was poised to fall to the $5,000s and maybe even lower; after surging to $14,000 by June 2019, the cryptocurrency had entered a steep downtrend, marked by successive lower lows and lower highs.But, this changed at the turn
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Ethereum (ETH) continues to gather pace after an impressive start to the year. The second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap has already risen to a two-month high of $165 after a 13% rally this week. Over the past month, the cryptocurrency has rallied by more than 35% and is showing no
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Ant Financial, the financial affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, is reportedly launching its enterprise-focused “Ant Blockchain Open Alliance” platform this month.Local news agency Bihai123 reported on Jan. 8 that Ant Financial Group vice president Jiang Guofei, who is also president of Ant’s smart technology business group, revealed that
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BitBox, the Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange operated by internet messaging giant Line, announced that it will delist XRP on Jan. 16.CryptoX Japan reported BitBox’s decision earlier today. The announcement published on the exchange’s website on Jan. 6 read:“We keep a constant watch on all coins that are being traded on
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Ethereum has completed its second hard fork in less than 30 days.With the mining of block 9,200,000, the Muir Glacier upgrade has been implemented on the network. The block was mined today at 8:30 UTC.As of press time, 92 percent of ethereum clients were synced with the new upgrade, according
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“Options is a unique instrument that enable traders to manage, price and hedge the volatility of crypto assets with a combination of option contracts," OKEx CEO Jay Hao said. "As the crypto market evolves, we aim to build a complete derivatives product suite, delivering solutions to optimize users’ trading strategies.
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Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced that it will launch crypto options trading on Dec. 27.In a press release on Dec. 9, the exchange said that the addition of options makes OKEx the “first crypto exchange to offer C2C, spot, futures, perpetual swap, and options trading under the same roof.” The
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The number one cryptocurrency printed a UTC close at $7,528 on Bitstamp, representing a 5.15 percent gain on the daily opening price of $7,168. That's the biggest single-day price rise since Oct. 26. On that day, BTC rose by 6.81 percent and printed highs above $10,300. Source
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Digital asset cybersecurity startup Fireblocks announced that it is currently moving more than $2.5 billion in cryptocurrencies each month.In a Nov. 26 press release, Fireblocks revealed that the company has seen a 400% increase in customer growth, and that crypto transfer volumes are growing 150% month to month since
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