
Bitcoin Launderer Alexander Vinnik Extradited to France
According to Vinnik’s lawyer Zoe Konstantopoulou, Alexander is at the hospital in Paris and the French authorities will try to question him tonight.
According to Vinnik’s lawyer Zoe Konstantopoulou, Alexander is at the hospital in Paris and the French authorities will try to question him tonight.
During an interview at the WEF 2020 event in Davos, Garlinghouse said that more crypto companies will plan to go for an IPO in 2020. The Ripple CEO is confident about the company’s position in the evolution of the payments industry.
Despite a growing interest by global organizations and government institutions for the blockchain technology, the industry saw a drop in new funds raised. Ripple managed to steal the show with over $200 million raised in Series C funding.
Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BTCMEX is making a play to increase its lot in the market sector through its incentivized affiliate program and trading bonus.
BitMEX has announced that it will launch the XRP/USD quanto product while the platform’s UP and DOWN contracts will be delisted.
Tether, the issuer of USDT, announced a new gold-backed stablecoin. This token is said to be issued on the Ethereum and Tron blockchains.
The Hubei Province is under extensive attention by the authorities after a new strain of deadly virus spreads from the central part of the Wuhan. But will Bitcoin and gold prices react to this situation?
Ripple experienced a massive 80% drop in its total sales of XRP in Q4 2019. The figures in the recent report are the lowest in the past 36 months.
Contributions made by Ripple in the blockchain gaming industry have been praised by the SBI Investment Korea director. Ripple is now “competing” with SuperTree.
The study shows that the number of BTC addresses holding the Bitcoin tokens have surged by more than 10%. Also, a detailed observation demonstrates that retail participation is also on the rise.
While support remains at the $8,450 level, Bitcoin has the probability of the correction in the direction of $9,000. But BTC is mostly oversold, which means that the U-turn could be around the corner.
Two new partners, Bottomline Technologies and Tranglo, are currently working on integrating Ripple’s technology for their cross-border payments. The U.S. Treasury might also be supportive.
Binance has recently announced another investment. This time it has chosen an open-data framework protocol called Numbers.
On Thursday, January 23rd, Bitcoin is declining. At the current moment, Bitcoin price has gone below $8,500.
Pornhub is expanding the range of payment options for the users of the website. One of the new options is a cryptocurrency – Tether (USDT).