

⚖ FinCEN Penalizes Its First P2P Currency Exchanger
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019
For the first time, the United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has penalized a peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency exchanger for breaking anti-money laundering (AML) rules. FinCEN announced that the individual, Eric Powers, operated an unregistered money services business, did not have any written policies and procedures for compliance to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), and failed to report and suspicious transactions.
SOURCE: THEBLOCKCRYPTO

?? Coinnest Shuts Down
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019
Coinnest, South Korea’s third largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced it will be officially closing down. The decision comes as a result of the exchange struggling to cope with changes in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries. They advised users will need to withdraw any funds on its platform by April 30.
A few controversies the exchange experienced dealt with in the past year may be cause for its shut down. This January, the exchange reportedly lost $5 million worth in bitcoin and other digital assets, due to a mistaken airdrop. Last year, a top-level executive from Coinnest were arrested by Korean law enforcement agents and later convicted for fraud.
SOURCE: COINDESK

? Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Creator Sues Podcaster for Libel
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019
Craig Wright, the self-proclaimed creator of bitcoin, has sued podcaster Peter McCormack, of What Bitcoin Did, for libel. Wright accuses McCormack of denying he is Satoshi Nakamoto and is seeking nearly $130,000 in damages.
SOURCE: CCN

? Bakkt Eyes New York Licence For Crypto Custody
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) – the owner of the New York Stock Exchange – is reportedly eyeing a New York license for its long-delayed crypto exchange Bakkt. The launch of Bakkt has been delayed by over five months due to scepticism from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over concerns of how clients’ tokens, linked to bitcoin futures, will safely be stored.
SOURCE: BLOOMBERG

⛓ Binance Chain Launches
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019
Binance has officially launched its mainnet Binance Chain. The cryptocurrency exchange announced it will activate its native token, BNB, on the new network on April 23, allowing token holders to migrate their balances. In order to maintain a constant supply on both networks, old ethereum-based tokens will be destroyed as new BNB tokens are created on Binance Chain.
SOURCE: COINTELEGRAPH

⚖ Winklevoss Brothers Settle $26M Bitcoin Lawsuit
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have finally settled their lawsuit with Charlie Shrem, a bitcoin supporter and entrepreneur. Shrem claimed the Winklevoss twins owed him $26 million dollars worth of bitcoin. The U.S. District Court for the Sourthern District of New York announced a settlement has been reached by both parties. Both parties will have the right to reopen the case and proceed the trial within 30 days.
SOURCE: BITCOINEXCHANGEGUIDE

? Coinbase Expands Crypto-to-Crypto Services to 11 Countries
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019
U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, introduced its Coinbase Pro trading platform to 11 more countries in Latin America and Southeast Asia including: Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Chile, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Zealand. The company announced that crypto-to-crypto trading is now available to users in 53 countries.
SOURCE: COINTELEGRAPH

?? Rakuten Opens Crypto Wallet Registration
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019
Japanese e-commerce giant, Rakuten, has started accepting account registrations for its upcoming cryptocurrency wallet, Rakuten Wallet. The company announced that users who have an account with Rakuten Bank or who already have a Rakuten member ID can sign-up prior to the official trading launch this June.
SOURCE: COINGEEK

❌ Kraken Delists Bitcoin SV Following Community Poll
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019
Kraken, the U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, set up a Twitter poll yesterday, asking its users whether it should delist bitcoin SV. Voters took to the polls and it was a 71% majority in favour of delisting the asset. Kraken’s decision follows in the footsteps of Binance, who dropped the coin earlier this week due to its founder’s “antiethical behaviour.”
SOURCE: COINTELEGRAPH

? USDT Launches on Tron Network
MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2019
Tether has begun issuing its USD-pegged stablecoin, USDT, on the Tron‘s TRC-20 protocol. The development is an upgrade from the OMNI protocol-based USDT. Existing users of USDT can directly convert their tokens to USDT-Tron by contacting Tether or through exchanges. The network intends to allow zero fee transactions for the new coin.
SOURCE: COINGAPE

❌ Binance Delists Bitcoin SV (BSV)
MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2019
Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has announced it is delisting bitcoin SV (BSV) starting April 22. The decision was made due to controversy around BSV’s founder, Craig Wright, who’s proclaimed he is the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. Wright has been unrelenting on Twitter, attacking users who refute his claim. CZ earlier warned Wright that he would delist the altcoin if he did not change his behaviour; Wright did not heed his threats.
SOURCE: COINDESK

? Blockchain Watch: Oh Whale
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019
- BTC: 2,701 BTC (worth $14,199,276 USD)
- BTC: 6,485 BTC (worth $34,403,228 USD)
- EOS: 2,980,000 EOS (worth $16,367,354 USD)
- XLM: 35,000,000 XLM (worth $4,064,482 USD)
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019
- BTC: 2,632 BTC (worth $14,021,605 USD)
- USDT: 50,000 USDT (worth $50,127,524 USD)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019
- BTC: 1,430 BTC (worth $7,497,584 USD)
- USDT: 10,000,000 USDT (worth $10,072,065 USD)
- XRP: 30,000,000 XRP (worth $10,121,958 USD)
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019
- BTC: 3,500 BTC (worth $17,887,726 USD)
- BTC: 4,000 BTC (worth $20,375,812 USD)
- ETH: 30,000 ETH (worth $4,963,218 USD)
- TTC: 188,665,460 TTC (worth $18,839,082 USD)
- TRX: 80,000,000 TRX (worth $2,130,322 USD)
- USDT: 10,000,000 USDT (worth $10,048,463 USD)
- XRP: 161,000,000 XRP (worth $51,532,404 USD)
MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2019
- BTC: 2080 BTC (worth $10,458,278 USD)
- USDT: 10,000,000 USDT (worth $10,060,842 USD)
SOURCE: TWITTER
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