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UK Financial Regulator Warns Investors of ICO Risks The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has joined a growing number of regulators to issue official warnings regarding Initial Token Offering (ICO).

Uniswap is the first DeFi protocol with $ 2 billion in committed assets. Uniswap is the first DeFi service to commit over $ 2 billion in leased assets.

OKEx has opened public access to options for the BTC / USD pairOKEx cryptocurrency exchange this Thursday announced the official launch of the BTC / USD options market for all users of the platform. Previously, the tool was available exclusively to customers who received a special invitation.

FTX Confirms Blockfolio Acquisition Announcement The FTX cryptocurrency exchange confirmed Tuesday's acquisition of Blockfolio.

Japanese regulator denied information about plans to approve bitcoin ETF The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) has denied information that it is considering approving an exchange-traded fund (ETF) pegged to bitcoin, writes Cointelegraph.

I would buy a five-year put option on each cryptocurrency - Warren Buffett Warren Buffett returned to criticism of Bitcoin this Wednesday. In a conversation with CNBC, the legendary investor said that he is almost sure that the cryptocurrency fever will "end badly" and the growth of the cryptocurrency market will not last long.

China's second largest mining hardware maker plans to raise $ 1 billion through IPOCanaan Creative, China's second largest Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer, is set to hold an initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the South China Morning Post writes.

The US Department of Justice has released documents according to which the Latin American drug cartel was trying to bribe officials and purchase American passports for the stablecoin Tether. Decrypt writes about it.

Venezuela will add support for Bitcoin and Litecoin to the national payment platform Venezuela intends to add support for Bitcoin and Litecoin wallets to the national payment platform Patria. According to the authorities, thanks to this, residents of the country will be able to officially receive transfers in cryptocurrency.

In Smolensk, ex-police officers were sentenced to 5 years in prison for embezzling cryptocurrency miners In Smolensk, a court convicted three former police officers in a case of abuse of office, which consisted of unjustified appropriation of equipment for mining cryptocurrencies. Interfax writes about this with reference to the regional department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

Nigeria equates all crypto assets to securities The Nigeria Securities and Exchange Commission issued a notice stating that all existing crypto assets will now be treated as securities.

$ 100 million in bitcoins stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 set in motion About $ 100 million in bitcoins stolen from the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange in 2016 were set in motion this Monday, according to the tracking service Whale Alert.

Binance Opens New Crypto-Fiat Channel for Chinese Traders Binance this Wednesday announced the launch of a P2P trading service with support for Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT to be exchanged for Chinese yuan.

Binance Opens Two Futures Platforms For Testing Binance cryptocurrency exchange this Monday announced the start of testing two platforms for trading futures contracts.

Ripple Co-Founder Recovers After COVID-19 Co-founder and former CEO of American fintech company Ripple Chris Larsen reported a full recovery after he was diagnosed with coronavirus. Larsen recently turned 60.

The investigation found dozens of bank accounts of the suspect in the Bitfinex case. Former owner of the Minnesota Vikings club, Reginald Fowler, is accused of organizing a cryptocurrency shadow banking service. According to the investigation, he organized a network of accounts in various banks around the world. The assets located on them, the amount of which is not specified, are subject to confiscation.

Binance announced the full launch of its decentralized exchange, while no trading Cryptocurrency exchange Binance, after completing its BNB token swap, announced the launch of a decentralized trading platform in full functionality mode.

Ethereum developers will conduct the final run of the Ethereum 2.0 launch on the new testnet Ethereum developers are preparing to launch another test network for the final run before activating the new blockchain.

Qihoo 360 Discovered “Series of Massive Vulnerabilities” in EOS Platform China's largest cybersecurity company, Qihoo 360, has reported the discovery of a “series of massive vulnerabilities” in the EOS platform. Excerpts from the original article are cited by Twitter account cnLedger.

Users report problems with the Blockchain.com service Users of the popular cryptocurrency web wallet Blockchain.com (formerly Blockchain.info) complain about various technical problems with the service, writes Finance Magnates.

Ledger users lost 1,150,000 XRP in a phishing attack Ledger hardware wallet users have lost more than 1,150,000 XRP in a phishing attack, XRP Forensics reported.

BitTorrent Founder Confirms Final Transfer of $ 140 Million Deal from Justin Sun BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen revealed that he has finally received the final $ 140 million from Tron CEO Justin Sun under the terms of a deal to sell the company.

Binance was the first exchange in the updated CoinMarketCap ratingCrypto rating portal CoinMarketCap has made changes to the ranking system of cryptocurrency exchanges, including the metric of web traffic in the calculation.

The volume of assets under management of the provider of crypto indexes Bitwise exceeded $ 100 million The provider of cryptocurrency indexes for professional investors Bitwise Asset Management has concentrated under its management over $ 100 million in assets.

The NEM Migration Committee revealed additional information this Friday regarding preparations for the launch of the long-awaited Catapult update.

Mike Novogratz is ready to say goodbye to bitcoin, if by the end of the year the rate does not rise to $ 20,000 Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz is tired of the constant fluctuations in the price of bitcoin and is ready to abandon investment in it if the cryptocurrency cannot meet his expectations in the near future.

Bitcoin price reached $ 3550 and renewed its all-time high. The weighted average price of bitcoin on world exchanges today reached $ 3550, according to the CoinDesk bitcoin price index. Thus, the leading cryptocurrency has renewed its all-time high.

The largest telecom operator in the United States begins to accept payment of bills with cryptocurrency American transnational telecommunications conglomerate AT & amp; T, which is also the world's largest telecommunications company and one of the largest media conglomerates, on Thursday announced the start of accepting payment of bills with cryptocurrency.

Cryptocurrencies included in the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on money laundering As explained by the plenum of the Supreme Court of Russia on Tuesday, February 26, cashing out cryptocurrencies falls under the provisions of the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on money laundering, writes TASS.

Bithumb may go public in South Korea South Korean exchange operator Bithumb is planning an initial public offering (IPO), local media reported.

Craig Wright is again trying to officially secure the authorship of the white paper of bitcoin Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright, who claims that he created bitcoin, is again trying to credit himself with the authorship of the original white paper of the cryptocurrency.

Craig Wright withdrew from an agreement in a lawsuit for half a million bitcoins Australian entrepreneur and self-styled bitcoin creator Craig Wright announced that he could not enforce an agreement with the family of his former business partner Dave Kleiman.

Kik agreed to a $ 5 million fine in SEC litigation over the $ 100 million ICO The SEC and messenger developer Kik have submitted a joint proposal to resolve the ongoing dispute. Under the terms of the agreement, Kik must pay a $ 5 million fine for organizing an illegal ICO campaign, during which he managed to raise $ 100 million for the development of his cryptocurrency project Kin.

Kazakhstan is going to launch a fiat-backed cryptocurrency Astana International Financial Center (AIFC) and EXANTE investment company announced an agreement under which EXANTE will launch the Stasis platform, on which a new digital asset backed by fiat will be issued. Finance Magnates writes about it.

Investors invested over $ 115 million in the Grayscale bitcoin trust in one day The digital asset management company Grayscale Investments acquired 15,114 bitcoins for $ 241 million in the last week. At the same time, it has an estimated 481,711 BTC in its wallets, which is 2 , 29% of all issued cryptocurrency coins. The total amount of assets under the management of Grayscale came close to $ 10 billion.

Australian regulator and Gemini support launch of bitcoin micro-investment fund Raiz Invest, an Australian micro-investment platform that allows customers to invest change from everyday purchases in financial products, will open a new fund with access to bitcoin.

Litecoin hash rate hit an annual low, down 70% after halvening Litecoin, currently ranked sixth in terms of capitalization among all crypto assets, continues to experience a rapid decline in hash rate, which has already approached 2017 levels.

Google Trends: Bitcoin Attracts Most Interest in a Year, Overtaking Trump, Tesla and Kardashian In May, Google users on a global scale were interested in Bitcoin more than in the entire previous year. This conclusion can be made by the data of the analytical service Google Trends, which has collected complete statistics for the past month.

FinCEN has proposed to tighten reporting requirements for bitcoin transactions The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the US Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve propose to reduce the amount of a transaction from which it becomes necessary to collect reports when carrying out financial transactions, including cryptocurrencies.

Cryptopia assesses the scale of damage from the January hacker attack New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia on Wednesday provided additional information about the hack that its platform was subjected to in January. The company has previously avoided details, citing an ongoing investigation.

Coinbase Pro will no longer cover transaction fees for users - Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Pro will shift fees for withdrawing assets from its platform to users. Until that time, Coinbase Pro covered related costs on its own.

Coinbase to close its Chicago office and cut 30 developers, CoinDesk writes.

Bitcoin Addresses Registered in One Hour Close to 25,000 About 25,000 new addresses were registered on the bitcoin blockchain in one hour on Wednesday, according to Glassnode data. The last time at these levels was in January 2018.

The number of active participants in the Bitcoin network has jumped to 2017 levels The number of active participants in the Bitcoin network has reached levels last seen in December 2017, when the cryptocurrency was trading at all-time highs of around $ 20,000, CoinDesk draws, citing data from Glassnode.

The Central Bank of South Korea will test the national digital currency together with commercial banks The Bank of Korea will test its digital currency next year. The Korea Herald writes about this with reference to the regulator's own statement.

US Copyright Office: We Did Not Recognize Craig Wright as the Creator of Bitcoin The US Copyright Office does not recognize Craig Wright or anyone else as the creator of Bitcoin. The agency published the corresponding press release after Wright formalized the copyright for the cryptocurrency code and its white paper.

Amazon removes blockchain mentions from job posting amid media attention Amazon has changed the text of open jobs to remove references to a blockchain advertising platform.

Bitfinex Starts Offering Fee Discounts to LEO Token Holders

OKEx Exchange is conducting another large-scale delisting of trading pairs In total, 49 pairs will be delisted, a full list of which can be found on the site's website.

Ethereum block time back to 12 seconds after Muir Glacier hard fork Up to this point, the activation of the difficulty bomb managed to be reflected by the increase in the time for the extraction of one block to 17 seconds.