Shades of Icarus flying too close to the Sun marked the last 24 hours of Bitcoin trading, as the most heavily traded crypto plummeted nearly $2,000, just after U.S. markets had closed. Bitcoin was peeking at $14,000, having climbed above $13,800, only to pull back to $13,485. Suddenly, the air went out of the lead…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for June 27, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Hi Everyone, The crypto market has been anticipating the participation of large financial players ever since the peak of…
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Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitrue announced on its Twitter profile that it has been hacked for around 9.3 million XRP ($4.1 million) in user assets. The hacker used what they learned from this breach to then access the Bitrue hot wallet and move 9.3 million XRP and 2.5 million ADA to different exchanges. — Bitrue (@BitrueOfficial)…
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Brokeree Solutions, the Estonia-based provider of high-grade forex technology solutions for forex brokers, announced that it has launched a new analytical product to expand the risk management category of forex broker solutions. LeapRate reminds that earlier this year the company has released a bonus management system for MT4/MT5 PAMM solution. The new solution is called Trade Analytics…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for Leaprate their daily commentary on traditional markets for June 27, 2019. See details below: EUROPEAN SHARES Stocks from Tokyo to London are edging slightly higher today, alongside U.S. Futures. Market sentiment has improved on general optimism towards the upcoming U.S. – China meeting, during which the two super powers…
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The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has issued a public warning against the activities of the website www.flexioptions.com. The AMF is publishing a list of new websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorized investment services provider could be clearly identified and has just added its latest warning. A list of all unauthorized websites…
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The crypto revolution is gaining momentum. Bitcoin prices have soared past $12,600 and show no signs of slowing down. Unfortunately, hacking compromises, scam losses, and other nefarious methods of deception are also skyrocketing, as the seamy underbelly of the crypto-verse continues to make its presence known. Cryptocurrency theft is proliferating in all quarters, leveraging the…
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Quadriga CX – do you remember this strange Canadian crypto exchange caper where the CEO disappears, dies in India of complications from Crohn’s disease, but gives no one the passwords to access client monies, supposedly worth US$140 million in cold wallets at the exchange? For anyone that did follow this lurid case, the details got…
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Back in December, 2018, Leaprate reported that Opera, a company founded in 1995 in Norway, was launching a blockchain browser for Android users. The web browser Opera announced last year was the launch of the first Web 3-ready browser. The Android browser includes a built-in crypto wallet and Web 3 support. Now, the company is releasing a blockchain…
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The Government of Iran has decided to stop the power for crypto mining until new prices for energy are approved, reported Zero Hedge. An Official of the Iran's Ministry of Energy, Mr. Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, has revealed that the electricity consumption in the country has climbed with 7% for a period of one month only…
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