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Here you can find an overview of the most important crypto events in the last 24 hours.
Markets
The bullish mood on the cryptomarkets continues today. BSV has already ranked 4th in market capitalization with a profit of more than 80% in the last 24 hours, and there are no exceptional double-digit gains among other altcoins. Bitcoin attacks the $ 8,800 mark and its market dominance dropped slightly to 65.8%. Today, the first phase of the US-China trade agreement should be concluded.
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Cryptocurrencies
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Regulations
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Crypto exchanges / Banks
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Blockchain / Technology
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Craig Wright now has a reported private key to $ 8 billion in BTC
Craig Wright’s attorneys, who claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, say that Wright has received digital keys that would give him access to approximately $ 8 billion in BTC. If this is true, this should easily enable him to make the payment of the allegedly owed amount to the family of the former business partner, who has sued him for around half of the funds.
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Bitcoin whale shifts $ 1 billion in BTC
One particular user posted a massive transaction amounting to 124946,622 BTC, which represents 0.7% of all the bitcoins extracted so far. At the current BTC price of $ 8,700, this means that the total transaction value exceeds $ 1.08 billion. Bitcoins were sent from a Bitfinex address, but the recipient is still unknown. Interestingly, such a large part was transferred from one address to another for a fee of only 0.00964 BTC, which is about $ 84. This can prove Bitcoin’s full potential as an equivalent peer-to-peer electronic money system, since no state or other regulatory authority was involved in the transaction.
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Ripple released another 100 million XRP
XRP has regained the level of $ 0.24 and the community rejoices, however, since Ripple has unlocked another $ 100 million XRP, some now predict that it will soon come to resale and fall in price.
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MoneyGram and Ripple want to break through in India
MoneyGram, a global money transfer and payment company that recently merged with Ripple, is now pushing into the Indian market. The company today announced that it has partnered with its subsidiary Ebix, Inc. EbixCash to provide its financial services to customers across India. According to today’s statement, MoneyGram now has access to 320,000 EbixCash outlets in India, located in 4,000 cities and around 75,000 villages.
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SEC warns investors against IEO (Initial Exchange Offering)
The US SEC urged investors to be cautious about promises regarding the IEO. In a January 14 announcement to the general public, the regulator pointed out: “Claims about new technologies and financial products, such as those linked to the offering of digital assets, and claims that IEOs are screened by trading platforms may be used inappropriately to lure investors with a false promise of high returns in the new investment space. ”The Authority emphasizes that tokens issued by the IEO could be considered as securities and should be subject to applicable securities laws.
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Fidelity has partnered with a London-based Custody Services company for BTC
Fidelity Digital Assets (FDAS), a bitcoin group, has partnered with a London cryptoactive agent and offers bitcoins to institutional investors in Europe. FDAS will act as a custody service provider for bitcoins held by Nickel Digital Asset Management, both companies announced.
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Bitstamp and Silvergate have partnered for a new BTC leverage project
Bitstamp and California-based Silvergate Bank have joined forces to launch a new bitcoin leverage trading product. This allowed institutional investors to trade in leverage secured by bitcoins and held on the stock exchange. Investors will be able to obtain USD loans secured by bitcoins held at Bitstamp. Initially, the new platform will be open only to a certain number of the bank’s institutional customers.
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AliPay, China, introduces the first blockchain car rental service based on face recognition
China is introducing a new blockchain-based initiative to eliminate the lengthy car rental process. Alibaba’s subsidiary, Alipay, a mobile and online payment platform, uses technology that allows drivers to complete the entire car rental process in two minutes on a single “swiping your face”. The first kiosk in the country was launched in the Chinese city of Kunming on Monday.
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