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Following a Bloomberg News expose, alleging market manipulation of controversial alternative token Tether (USDT) on its exchange, Kraken fires off a savage blog post mocking journalists and defending their business’ integrity. Also read: Red Flag Waved in Tether’s Relationship with Kraken Exchange Kraken Goes Savage On Bloomberg On Tether: Journalists Defy Logic, Raising Red Flags … Read more
In this week’s editions of Bitcoin in Brief we’ve covered a number of interesting developments in the crypto space. Several prominent exchanges have announced plans to increase their presence in new markets and locations, while a newly launched platform aims to rate them according to their liquidity, security, and volume. The weekly roundup also mentions … Read more
This summer, over 50,000 trades on popular crypto exchange Kraken, concerning the very controversial alternative coin tether (USDT), were analyzed by journalists, an academic, and a former US Federal Reserve regulator. They describe activity monitored as highly unusual in that larger orders of tether failed “to sway prices much.” Red flags were raised due to … Read more
The cryptocurrency industry has grown tremendously over the past few years. An influx of new users has occurred, although it seems there has also been a lot more attention from criminals. As such, exchanges need to be wary of any developments which could pose a threat to their businesses. The recent USDT fake deposit issue, … Read more
Market action during June has seen a significant slump in trade volume, with the majority of the ten most traded cryptocurrencies experiencing a drop in volume of between roughly 17% and 57% when compared with May. Also Read: ICO Round-Up: Social Media Influencers Bypass Ad Ban, Centra Tokens Deemed Securities Month-Over-Month 30-Day Trade Volume Declines Across … Read more
SlowMist has confirmed that Tether’s double-spending vulnerability was not caused by its own blockchain, but rather by some crypto exchanges’s poor practices Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Crypto markets see substantial growth after Bitcoin suffered two dips below $6,000 this week – the coin is now trading at around $6,400 Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
There was a time when even the slightest hint that a new development was taking place in the crypto industry would drive prices up instantly. Reddit accepting Bitcoin was enough to drive the price of Bitcoin up by hundreds of dollars in just a few hours; rumors that Coinbase would list XRP would send the … Read more
Cryptocurrency prices have once again dipped some more as most digital assets are seeing 24-hour losses of around 2-10 percent today. Bitcoin Core (BTC) markets have dipped below the $6K region to a low of $5,774 per coin but have since rebounded a hair to $5,907. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) markets dropped to a low of … Read more
If you thought that only proof of work coins were susceptible to double spending attacks, you haven’t met tether. The world’s ninth largest crypto by market cap and second largest by volume is meant to be a haven in a sea of uncertainty, but even it’s not immune to jiggery-pokery, as we’ll learn in today’s … Read more