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The blockchain platform behind ADA, the ninth largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has also launched an alpha version of a new command line interface wallet.
Bitmain's new prospectus includes three months beyond what was previously known about the cryptocurrency mining giant. And that new information tells a bigger story.
Boston-based cryptocurrency finance firm Circle has just joined the multitudes of other crypto exchange platforms now issuing and trading their own stablecoins.
Nobuaki Kobayashi, the trustee of now-defunct Tokyo exchange Mt. Gox, liquidated 24,658 bitcoin and 25,331 bitcoin cash earlier this year, according to an announcement posted on September 25, 2018.
According to Japanese authorities, during the first six months of 2018, cyber thieves made off with a startling $540 million (60.503 billion yen) in cryptocurrency in Japan.
The hacker siphoned off 4.5 billion yen from user accounts and 2.2 billion yen from the company’s own assets. The three virtual currencies stolen include bitcoin, monacoin and bitcoin cash.
Although Kraken is happy to work with regulators and law enforcement, “we will not stand by silently while rights are trampled on," says CEO Jesse Powell.
The U.S. branch of cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin is adding five new coins to its listings: Ripple (XRP), Cardano (ADA), Stellar lumens (XLM), Zcash (ZEC) and 0x (ZRX).
