

? U.S. Authorities Charge Leaders of ‘OneCoin’
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019
United States prosecutors announced criminal charges against leaders behind OneCoin, a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency pyramid scheme. Konstantin Ignatov, Ruja Ignatova, and Mark Scott were charged by the Southern District of New York for wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering. An estimated $1.2 billion of investor money was laundered to at least 21 countries.
SOURCE: NASDAQ

⏸ Fidelity May Delay Support for Ethereum
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019
Fidelity Digital Assets (FDAS) advises support for ethereum (ETH) may be delayed due to the latest hard fork upgrades. FDAS quietly launched this quarter and is a new company created by investing giant, Fidelity Investments. FDAS president, Tom Jessop, says they want ether and other cryptocurrencies to be available but the process it’s easy. Bitcoin (BTC) is currently the only digital asset supported on the platform.
SOURCE: COINDESK

?? South Korea Establishes Task Force To Fight Crypto Fraud
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019
South Korean’s Supreme Prosecutors’ Office(SPO) has created a new task force to protect consumers from fraud, crimes, money laundering, and other suspicious activities related to digital currencies. Cryptocurrency related crimes in the country have risen from 53 in 2016 to 4,500 in 2018.
SOURCE: COINGEEK

⚙️ OKEx Lists Tron On C2C Market
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019
Cryptocurrency exchange, OKEx, adds Tron (TRX) to its customer-to-customer (C2C) trading platform. The decentralized C2C platform allows users to trade assets directly with one another. In addition, users can place orders with self-selected exchange rates and pay using cryptocurrency or support fiat currencies.
SOURCE: COINGAPE

? eToro Launches Trading Platform & Wallet in the U.S.
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019
eToro, the social investing and trading platform, officially announces the launch of its fiat-to-crypto platform in the United States. The platform is already available in 140 countries worldwide and will now operate in 30 states and 2 territories in the US. Users will be able to use popular like CopyTrader to follow trading habits of individuals with a proven track record. eToro’s multi-signature wallet provide multi-coin support such as BTC, ETH, LTC, BCH, XRP and XLM.
SOURCE: NEWSBTC

? SIX Teams Up With R3 Corda For New Digital Asset Exchange
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019
The Swiss stock exchange, SIX, selects R3 Corda to provide its ucoming blockchain-based platform. It will use R3’s Corda Enterprise to power the Six Digital Exchange (SDX) platform to allow the issuing and trading digital assets, as well as tokenization of securities and non-bankable assets.
SOURCE: FINEXTRA

? Coinbase Clarifies It Never Shared “Personally Identifiable” Customer Data
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019
Coinbase is still in the hot seat since its acquisition of blockchain analytics firm, Neutrino. Tensions raised last Friday when Christine Sandler stated that the exchange’s previous analytics provider was “selling client data to outside sources” in her interview with Cheddar. A spokesperson from Coinbase has now advised Sandler misspoke and clarified the exchange never shared “personally identifiable information with any third-party blockchain analysis vendors.”
SOURCE: COINDESK

? Ripple Launches On Huobi’s OTC Platform
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019
Cryptocurrency exchange, Huobi, now supports Ripple (XRP) on to its over-the-counter (OTC) platform which currently lists assets such as bitcoin, ethereum, tether, EOS, and Huobi Token. Huobi OTC aims to bridge the gap between fiat and digital assets, serving as an escrow for its users.
SOURCE: COINTELEGRAPH

? Swiss Stock Exchange Launches Ethereum ETP
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019
Swiss’ SIX stock exchange launches its first ethereum-based exchange traded product (ETP) under the ticker AETH. Ethereum ETP, backed by startup Amun AG, is the second cryptocurrency-based ETP to be made available, with bitcoin ETP being the first. SIX plans to list a total of five crypto-based ETP’s which will also include ripple, bitcoin cash and litecoin. These collectively make up the Amun Crypto Basket Index (HODL5).
SOURCES: BITCOIN.COM

? MakerDAO Holds Vote on Fee Hike for DAI
UPDATE: FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019
Votes are in! Users and holders of DAI in favour of increasing the DAI stability fee from 1.5% and 3.5%.
SOURCE: CRYPTOGLOBE
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019
MakerDAO is asking token holders of ethereum-backed stablecoin, DAI, to vote on whether to go forth with the proposed increase in stability fees from 1.5% to 3.5%. MakerDAO’s founder, Rune Christensen, states the rationale behind the fee hike is because DAI’s dollar-peg is “almost at a breaking point”. Token holders can cast their votes here.
SOURCE: COINDESK

⚖️ Quadriga Gets 45-Day Extension from Court
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019
The Canadian court has granted troubled crypto exchange, QuadrigaCX, a 45-day extension to allow for the continued search of $140 million worth of missing cryptocurrency. In addition, the court has appointed Peter Wedlake, a retired partner and senior vice president of audit firm Grant Thorton, to be the chief restructuring officer (CRO). The court has also ordered Amazon Web Services to overturn any data on the Quadriga platform originally created by Gerald Cotten, the former CEO.
SOURCE: COINDESK

☑️ Tron (TRX) Partners With Tether (USDT)
MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2019
Tron Foundation officially announces their newest partnership with Tether. The partnership will bring Tether’s USDT coin onto the TRON network by the end of Q2 2019, and allow the issuance of a TRC20-based USDT. This marks the first major cryptocurrency crossover and will allow TRX and Tether users to transact on the TRON network with access to a price-stable asset.
SOURCE: ETHEREUMWORLDNEWS

? Blockchain Watch: Hello Goodbye
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019
- XRP: 49,996,400 XRP (worth $15,663,545 USD)
Bitcoin whales moved a total of 9820 BTC, worth $38.4 million dollars.
- 969 BTC (worth $3,764,343 USD)
- 760 BTC (worth $2,980,504 USD)
- 966 BTC (worth $3,783,461 USD)
- 1,146 BTC (worth $4,490,090 USD)
- 952 BTC (worth $3,729,721 USD)
- 698 BTC (worth $2,733,140 USD)
- 666 BTC (worth $2,610,842 USD)
- 963 BTC (worth $3,767,266 USD)
- 940 BTC (worth $3,678,124 USD)
- 1,108 BTC (worth $4,333,955 USD)
- 652 BTC (worth $2,550,942 USD)
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019
- ETH: 177,932 ETH (worth $24,282,750 USD)
- USDC: 10,000,000 USDC (worth $10,112,593 USD)
- USDC: 10,000,000 USDC (worth $10,112,593 USD)
- TRX: 100,000,000 TRX (worth $2,327,372 USD)
- XRP: 50,000,000 XRP (worth $15,958,360 USD)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019
- BTC: 3,304 BTC (worth $12,870,357 USD)
- BTC: 2,000 BTC (worth $7,743,203 USD)
- BTC: 2,000 BTC (worth $7,762,474 USD)
- IOST: Total of 2,169,999,000 IOST (worth $16.4 M USD)
- XLM: 14,856,818 XLM (worth $1,270,043 USD)
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019
- BTC: 908 BTC (worth $3,531,677 USD)
- BTC: 842 BTC (worth $3,240,730 USD)
- BTC: 1,032 BTC (worth $4,015,779 USD)
- XLM: 100,000,000 XLM (worth $8,633,934 USD)
- XRP: 60,000,000 XRP (worth $19,038,280 USD)
- XRP: 60,000,000 XRP(worth $18,917,298 USD)
MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2019
Bitcoin (BTC) and Stellar whales start off the week strong.
- XRP: 10,000,000 XRP (worth $3,067,602 USD)
- XRP: 10,000,000 XRP (worth $3,067,602 USD)
- XRP: 10,000,000 XRP (worth $3,045,775 USD)
- XRP: 21,900 BTC (worth $82,386,287 USD)
SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2019
Ethereum whales are on the go, moving a total of 174, 450 ETH, worth $22.1 million dollars.
- 9,999 ETH (worth 1,353,588 USD)
- 10,000 ETH (worth 1,341,882 USD)
- 50,000 ETH (worth 6,676,515 USD)
- 50,000 ETH (worth 6,674,694 USD)
- 34,588 ETH (worth 4,612,817 USD)
- 19,863 ETH (worth 2,651,830 USD)
SOURCE: TWITTER
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