Someone has been sending bomb threats across Russia for a month, demanding $870,000 worth of bitcoin supposedly stolen from the defunct cryptocurrency exchange WEX.
The cryptocurrency exchange is being sued by an ex-employee who alleges the company unfairly fired him for raising serious issues with its business practices.
Circle will focus on its stablecoin business next year, following the sale of its OTC desk to Kraken and the departure of its chief financial and legal officers.
Binance has teamed up with peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange Paxful to enable users to purchase bitcoin with 10 more fiat currencies.
The liquidator for the collapsed New Zealand-based crypto exchange Cryptopia now has NZ$7.2 million on balance for potential user refunds. Finding out who's owed what, though, is proving a tough task.
HBUS says customers should withdraw all funds by Jan. 31, 2020.
If stability and liquidity are part of bitcoin's road to becoming a mature asset, 2019 has been a period of arrested development.
BitBay exchange is the latest to delist the privacy-focused monero cryptocurrency over AML concerns.
"Basically, we're trying to get people away from custodial exchanges," said ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees.
The administrator of failed crypto exchange WEX has reportedly told Russian police that he was forced to hand over users' holdings to the FSB.
The BitForex exchange could be faking its bitcoin trading volume, according to a report by Philip Gradwell, chief economist at Chainalysis.
The exchange has added new crypto options to its Visa debit card, including XRP, XLM and REP, and also expanded availability to 10 more nations.
The exchange, along with its existing wallet and debit card service, readies Crypto.com for rainy days and bull runs alike, CEO Kris Marszalek said.
Chicago exchange CME Group has announced it will launch options on its bitcoin futures contracts in mid-January.
The regulated firm is opening up its stablecoin-to-USD swaps facility to third parties, starting with Binance.