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The Bitstamp cryptocurrency exchange began an internal investigation into the situation that occurred on the night of May 17, when one of the traders successfully implemented several applications for the sale of 5,000 BTC at a price of $ 6,200. This, in turn, led to the massive liquidation of long positions on the BitMEX derivatives exchange and, according to experts, caused a sharp drop in the bitcon rate. Around 02:25 UTC […]

The head of the American company Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, at the conference Consensus 2019, said that the amount of client funds in custody at Coinbase Custody reached $ 1 billion, CoinDesk reports. Discussion moderator Paul Vignet asked Armstrong about the future prospects of institutional investment in the cryptoindustry. The head of Coinbase replied that the amount of $ 1 billion accumulated 12 months after […]

Today, May 15, the planned hard forks took place in the Bitcoin Cash network. However, according to BitMEX researchers, the network soon encountered technical problems after the upgrade. At first, as expected, the Bitcoin ABC 0.18.2 client declared the chain incorrect from block 582680. As expected, Bitcoin ABC 0.18.2 is reporting 582,680 pic.twitter.com/llFgUXvrsw – BitMEX Research […]

Already known to the community shareholder Bitfinex Zhao Dong again shared exclusive information about the exchange. Thus, according to him, the net profit of the trading floor in 2018 was $ 404 million, and shareholders received dividends totaling $ 261 million, reports 8btc with reference to correspondence in the Chinese messenger WeChat. Note that the staff of the exchange does not exceed 90 people. […]