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Hybrid decentralized Ethereum exchange Ethfinex and leading digital asset trading platform Bitfinex have listed four new coins, namely DADI, Lympo, BLOCKv and Utrust, to their platforms, according to a press release CoinReport received from Wachsman, Bitfinex’s PR firm. All four...

As the new year begins, the bitcoin story winds ever onward. At face value, the price has ticked upward enormously. Even after falling from the heights of 20000 USD, when compared to previous years the value of investors’ bitcoin stashes are significantly higher. But...

We are living in the future. The most exciting time in the history of cryptocurrency is certainly upon us, as prices swell unhesitatingly upward and mainstream attention continues to be firmly fixed on bitcoin. The examination by outside observers of the bitcoin ecosystem...

People are happy. Well, some people. People who have owned bitcoin for a while and are now reveling in the massive price increase are definitely happy. It would be hard to be upset when an asset you own has increased so dramatically in value. Therein lies the root of concerns,...

The recent upheaval about China potentially banning bitcoin, or at least bitcoin exchanges, was immediately and simultaneously decried as fake news and a potential disaster. For now, it seems that China is holding back on an outright ban, but has spoken out against ICOs, going as...

When the Bitfinex attack happened it sent ripples through the bitcoin community. Bitfinex was and is a leading exchange in the bitcoin space, offering liquidity in a market dominated by suspect trading volume and practices. The amount stolen from Bitfinex is somewhere in the...

A person claiming to be the mastermind behind the August 2, $72-million bitcoin theft is promising to give away 1000 bitcoin in one week’s time, reports Sky News. Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange Bitfinex was robbed of 119, 756 bitcoin that were in users’ segregated wallets....

Somewhere in the neighborhood of $72 million, measured in bitcoin, has been stolen from Hong Kong-based exchange Bitfinex, reports Reuters. It is the second-biggest security breach ever of a bitcoin exchange. The record belongs to Mt. Gox, a Japanese-based exchange that went bust...

In an open letter published by medium.com community Bitcoin Roundtable, mining pools, bitcoin exchanges and other cryptocurrency leaders stated their support of a modest blocksize increase over a “contentious hard-fork.” This remark is part of the five key points the...

In a press release sent to CoinReport on Wednesday, Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex and digital payment processing company Blade Payments announced they will be partnering to provide real-time Bitcoin debit cards to Bitfinex customers. Users holding Blade cards will be able to withdraw...