In a recent post by Zoe Konstantopoulou, alleged BTC-e money launderer Alexander Vinnik has been extradited to France. The social media update was posted at UTC 8:10 by Konstantopoulou, who is Vinnik's lawyer. In the post, the lawyer stated that Vinnik is at Hotel Dieu Hospital in…
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Telegram Caught in a Legal Battle with SEC over Shady Blockchain Service
In a new update from the United States Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit bout the offering of Gram tokens by Telegram, the government arm is arguing that the messaging service's token and blockchain service had nefarious plans. The filing was placed on January 21, 2020 with…
Binance Just Launched an App for Fiat to Currency Trading
On January 21, Binance announced that it has launched its peer-to-peer merchant program. It is a user-oriented fiat currency platform for trading. In its press release, Binance said that the increasing demand of users around the world and a demand for more liquidity as the reasons behind creating this merchant…
An International Casino in Venzuela Will Operate on Cryptocurrency Alone
The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, recently announced the launch of a new cryptocurrency casino in a country that has few, if any, casinos left. Relief Casino Hotel Humboldt at Ávila National Park will soon become an intercontinental casino that will operate with the country’s state cryptocurrency, Petro (PTR)…
Some Crypto News for the Week of January 13, 2020
Here are the top stories from cryptocurrencies for the week of January 13 to January 19. Bitcoin Surge It seems that Bitcoin is ready to push above the key resistance point in order to hit the $10,000 value mark. For a short time on Friday, January 17, Bitcoin reached…
WisdomTree Gets Ahead Of The Competition With Its Stable Coin
WisdomTree, which is a large asset manager that has $63.8 billion in assets, plans to launch a regulated stable coin. This is pending approval from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The stable coin would combine an enterprise level system and financial regulatory experience. It might even be…