Forwarded from Changelly (Changelly_bot)
Hey, Changellions! This week was marked by really dramatic BTC surges that affected all crypto community. Letβs look at other news and events on this week in our regular series of #changelly_weekly.
πFirst of all, the begining of this week had started with #BTC price jump to a 17-month high that was ended on Wednesday. After that, the cryptocurrency fell down from $13,880 to $11,200 in less than 24 hours. As for now, the asset has recovered to $11,800 level. Data by CoinMaketCap
π2 Israeli brothers were arrested in connection with the infamous 2016 Bitfinex hack. They were also making fake crypto sites, pretending to be prominent crypto exchanges and wallets, thus traping innocent traders.
πOne of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges Koinex shuts down in India
πSingapore-based crypto exchange Bitrue has suffered a major hack, losing 9.3 million XRP and 2.5 million Cardano (ADA) from its hot wallet.
πOpera, the web browser, announced that its Opera Touch browser now comes with an Ethereum crypto wallet.
πCryptocurrency asset management platform LedgerX has received approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to trade bitcoin futures that are settled in the cryptocurrency.
πCryptocurrency exchange Binance is talking to Facebook about getting involved in the social media giantβs upcoming Libra project.
Thatβs all for this week! Enjoy your weekend and perfect swaps with Changellyππ
πFirst of all, the begining of this week had started with #BTC price jump to a 17-month high that was ended on Wednesday. After that, the cryptocurrency fell down from $13,880 to $11,200 in less than 24 hours. As for now, the asset has recovered to $11,800 level. Data by CoinMaketCap
π2 Israeli brothers were arrested in connection with the infamous 2016 Bitfinex hack. They were also making fake crypto sites, pretending to be prominent crypto exchanges and wallets, thus traping innocent traders.
πOne of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges Koinex shuts down in India
πSingapore-based crypto exchange Bitrue has suffered a major hack, losing 9.3 million XRP and 2.5 million Cardano (ADA) from its hot wallet.
πOpera, the web browser, announced that its Opera Touch browser now comes with an Ethereum crypto wallet.
πCryptocurrency asset management platform LedgerX has received approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to trade bitcoin futures that are settled in the cryptocurrency.
πCryptocurrency exchange Binance is talking to Facebook about getting involved in the social media giantβs upcoming Libra project.
Thatβs all for this week! Enjoy your weekend and perfect swaps with Changellyππ
Altcoin Buzz
Two Israeli Brothers Arrested in Connection with the Bitfinex Hack - Cryptocurrency Regulation - Altcoin Buzz
Two Israeli brothers accused of spearheading the hack on Bitfinex and several other cryptocurrency-related phishing attacks have been arrested.