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Cryptocurrency

Student Arrested for $5 Million Crypto-Scam via SIM Jacking

A 20-year old student from Boston has been arrested over a $5 Million cryptocurrency scam which he achieved via SIM-jacking.

Aditya Worah
Aug 01, 2018

Cryptocurrency Exchange

Binance Buys Trust Wallet In Its First-Ever Acquisition Deal

Launched in November 2017, Trust Wallet is an open source, decentralized and anonymous mobile wallet application that supports Ethereum and over 20,000 different Ethereum based tokens (ERC20, ERC223, and ERC721).

Team CryptoGround
Aug 01, 2018

Blockchain

LedgerConnect: IBM’s Blockchain Platform for Banks

LedgerConnect is IBM's blockchain-based platform for financial services companies. 9 organizations are involved with the project, including Barclays and Citi.

Girish Vidhani
Jul 31, 2018

Altcoin

Crumbs App is in Public Beta, Now You Can Invest Your Spare Change into Cryptos

Crumbs is an app that rounds up the spare change from your everyday debit and credit purchases and invests that change into a basket of cryptocurrencies.

Team CryptoGround
Jul 31, 2018

Cryptocurrency Mining

Bitmain Q1 Profits Surge Past $1 Bn: IPO Expected Soon

Latest reports indicate that Bitmain, which made $1.1 Billion in the first quarter of this financial year, is all set to file for an IPO shortly.

Keval Zatakiya
Jul 31, 2018

Cryptocurrency

Major Cryptocurrency Trading Restrictions Expected in Japan

Reports from Japan indicate that the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association plans to introduce limits on trading cryptos in government-approved exchanges.

Smita Sodha
Jul 31, 2018

Cryptocurrency Exchange

Blocktrade Launches in Beta Mode; Under Process To Become Fully Regulated Under MiFID II Framework

The cryptocurrency exchange Blocktrade.com has been launched in the Beta version. The exchange is also in the process of acquiring a multilateral trading facility (MTF) license under the MiFID II (Markets in Financial Instruments...