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This Crypto Is Up Over 18% Weekly, Leaving Bitcoin, Ethereum And Dogecoin In The Dust
Monday, November 21, 2022 - 2:41am | 553Read More...LEO (CRYPTO:LEO), the native token of crypto exchange Bitfinex, is rallying as the overall crypto market struggles to gain footing. The utility token was up 18% in the past seven days, trading at $4.44, recorded on Monday, 12 a.m. EST. Cryptocurrency Weekly Performance Price (Monday, 12.00 am...
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Bitfinex, Tether Partner With Hypercore To Launch Video Chat App
Monday, July 25, 2022 - 1:22pm | 398Read More...Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether (CRYPTO: USDT) have partnered with open-source protocol Hypercore to launch a video calling application, Keet, which also allows audio, text and file exchanges between users and supports Bitcoin Lightning and USDT payments. The Keet...
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Ex-Forbes Contributor, TikTok Influencer Charged In $3.6B Stolen Bitcoin Case Goes Viral
Thursday, February 10, 2022 - 11:12am | 578Read More...On Feb. 8, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein for an alleged conspiracy to launder 120,000 BTC stolen from crypto exchange Bitfinex in 2016. Needless to say, industry watchers were taken aback when they realized that the individuals behind the hack...
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How Feds' Seizure Of Bitcoin Has Led To A Massive Rally In This Cryptocurrency
Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - 10:41pm | 479Read More...Unus Sed Leo (LEO) skyrocketed by 54% Tuesday night as federal authorities seized a hoard of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) connected to a 2016 hack of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange. Unus Sed Leo Price Performance Time-frame % Change (+/-) 24-hour 53.8% 24-hour against Bitcoin 51.9% 24-...
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Department Of Justice Seizes $4.5B Of Bitcoin, Price Slumps
Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - 5:44pm | 339Read More...The U.S. Department of Justice seized $4.5 billion worth of cryptocurrency stolen during 2016's hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex in the largest financial seizure ever executed by the department. What Happened: Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife Heather Morgan, 31, were arrested in...
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$500M Longs Liquidated In One Hour As Bitcoin Falls To $58,200
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - 10:00am | 451Read More...Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) shed more than $4,000 from its price on Wednesday leading to large-scale liquidations across the board. What Happened: The leading digital asset plunged by 7% during the early hours of Oct. 27, falling to a low of $58,200. The sharp selloff resulted in $536 million worth...
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Why Tether And Bitfinex Were Hit With CFTC Fines Totaling $42.5M
Friday, October 15, 2021 - 4:48pm | 294Read More...The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) hit crypto exchange Bitfinex and Tether — the firm behind the stablecoin Tether (CRYPTO: USDT) — for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act, or CEA, and of a prior CFTC order. What Happened: According to a Friday...
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Fintech Focus For February 24, 2021
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 1:31am | 1375Read More...Quote To Start The Day: The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Source: Lao Tzu One Big Thing In Fintech: Doug Cifu chief executive of Virtu Financial, the market maker, broker and technology provider, defended payment for order flow as retail investors receive price improvement and...
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Fintech Focus For February 19, 2021
Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 6:07pm | 2074Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Source: Jim Rohn One Big Thing In Fintech: “There is no reason why the greatest financial system the world has ever seen cannot settle trades in real time,” Robinhood founder Vlad Tenev said....
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Fintech Focus For February 17, 2021
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 6:17pm | 2049Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Source: Robert Louis Stevenson One Big Thing In Fintech: Banking is one of the key drivers of economies worldwide. Core banking typically includes deposit and loan and credit processing...
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Fintech Focus For February 8, 2021
Sunday, February 7, 2021 - 8:25pm | 2192Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Excessive determinism is almost always the biggest enemy of stability. This seeming contradiction is behind the concept of metastability which captures the mode of market functioning in the last years. Metastability is what seems stable, but is not — a stable waiting...
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Fintech Focus For January 8, 2021
Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 7:42pm | 1594Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Elon Musk, the outspoken entrepreneur behind Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, is now the richest person on the planet. A 4.8% rally in the electric carmaker’s share price Thursday boosted Musk past Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a...
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Fintech Focus For December 23, 2020
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 - 8:20pm | 1714Read More...Quote To Start The Day: During the darkest days of the Model 3 program, I reached out to Tim Cook to discuss the possibility of Apple acquiring Tesla (for 1/10 of our current value). He refused to take the meeting. Source: Elon Musk One Big Thing In Fintech: Jack Miller, head of trading at Baird,...
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Fintech Focus For December 2, 2020
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 7:02pm | 2069Read More...Quote To Start The Day: It’s possible to transcend anything that doesn’t kill you. Source: David Goggins One Big Thing In Fintech: The digitization of financial markets in Africa will continue to accelerate as local investors seek diversified access to higher-yield financial products....
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Fintech Focus For October 13, 2020
Monday, October 12, 2020 - 5:57pm | 2271Read More...Quote Of The Day: We in the World Health Organization do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus. - David Nabarro Fintech Movers: Hackers have stolen $22 million from users of the popular bitcoin wallet Electrum by enticing people to install fake software updates. -...
