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Continue ReadingThe hackers who conducted the massive Twitter hijacking on July 15 do not appear to be sophisticated Bitcoin (BTC) users, as they left trails leading to and from major exchanges…
Continue ReadingBitGo has joined the pack of solution providers attempting to bring crypto in line with global anti-money laundering (AML) standards. Announced Tuesday, the multi-tentacled crypto firm is offering API support…
Continue ReadingBitGo, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin (BTC) transaction processors, is integrating a new API into its crypto wallet service to support the Financial Action Task Force’s travel rule. BitGo…
Continue ReadingNearly $60 million worth of bitcoins moved to Ethereum during June, according to data estimates from Dune Analytics. Wrapped Bitcoin, the oldest tokenized bitcoin protocol on Ethereum, is responsible for…
Continue ReadingWilshire Phoenix Files Publicly-Traded Bitcoin Trust to Challenge Grayscale’s $3.4 Billion Dominance Wilshire Phoenix has filed to launch a publicly-traded trust called Bitcoin Commodity Trust (BCT) – putting the firm…
Continue ReadingThe number three decentralized finance (DeFi) application, Synthetix, is also enjoying the current boom times in bankless banking. (Warning: This post is going to go a lot of places so…
Continue ReadingING Bank, the Netherlands-based lender with a penchant for blockchain, has developed a protocol to assist with the Financial Action Task Force’s Travel Rule requirement for crypto exchanges and firms…
Continue ReadingNot So Private: 99% of Zcash and Dash Transactions Traceable, Says Chainalysis Chainalysis says it can track 99% of transactions involving Zcash, and almost all of Dash’s – coins that…
Continue ReadingCrypto custodians are in a race to build the next State Street or BNY Mellon. There are only a handful of these types of large custody banks and most of…
Continue ReadingIt’s probably no coincidence that three major crypto firms – Coinbase, Genesis Trading and BitGo – have almost simultaneously announced plans to become prime brokers, a kind of fixer when…
Continue ReadingBitGo, a United States-based firm that handles about 20% of all Bitcoin (BTC) transactions, is introducing BitGo Prime, a new entity specifically for institutional trading services. On May 27, BitGo…
Continue ReadingCrypto custodian BitGo is moving into the prime brokerage space, announcing a fully integrated suite of services Wednesday to serve institutional traders. The services will be offered by BitGo Prime,…
Continue ReadingThe Ethereum network now has more bitcoin held in reserves than the Lightning Network, according to onchain statistics. At the time of publication, Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) has close to 4,000…
Continue ReadingBitGo is now providing its custody services to India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, CoinDCX. Announced Thursday, BitGo began storing cryptocurrencies held by CoinDCX last week, with the aim…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency custodian BitGo will provide its services to Indian exchange CoinDCX, offering secure storage and partial insurance for assets traded on the platform. BitGo — a United States-based firm that…
Continue ReadingCrypto.com has gathered a record-breaking $360 million worth of insurance to cover the potential loss of coins stored in special offline vaults. Announced Monday, the crypto finance platform accessed the…
Continue ReadingThe Litecoin Foundation announced that it will migrate from the multi-sig Electrum-LTC wallet to BitGo’s multi-sig wallet. According to a May 7 post on the company’s website, the move is…
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