Highlighting what went right, and what went wrong, in this week’s crypto news analysis.
The U.S. has had, and will have, a busy week with several notable launches imminent. First, Overstock has said their Tzero native token and digital security will be made available to the public within days; Binance has said that following a compliance review they are ready to launch in the US with 30 assets; and finally, MIT has provided commentary around the US-China trade war, specifically implications for Bitcoin - it's popularisation or impending doom.
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Latest Industry News
Binance funds in mixers
- More than 4,000 coins have moved through chipmixer since June in an attempt to obfuscate the blockchain record of the stolen funds
- Clain.io has been tracking the movement, saying “it’s practically impossible to launder big volume of coins in a relatively short period of time”
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China’s digital asset ready
- The Central Bank said the asset would be operated on a two-tier structure in order to deal with China’s massive economy, resource endowment, and vast population
- The government has been working on this since 2014, and despite building on blockchain, the asset will be fully centralised
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Coinbase drops Zcash for UK customers
- Customers have just two weeks to find a new wallet for their Zcash holdings, or convert/sell, before Coinbase automatically liquidates their balance to GBP
- This sudden removal follows news that HMRC has demanded customer transaction data from prominent UK retail exchanges
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Latest Coin News
BTC
- Price analysis
- Tim Draper hedges prediction of
- , aiming for Q1 2023
- McAfee doubles down on 2020 prediction, confident of hitting
ETH
- Price analysis
- Crypto Twitter and analysts disagree on
- again
- Director of MTG Arena is joining Ethereum’s
XRP
- Price analysis
- Ripple looks to acquisitions following
- in MoneyGram
- MoneyGram is using
- to access RippleNet for cross border payments
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