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In the darkweb market called Dread, ExploitDOT seller trades the verification data of clients of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges. This hacker has been advertising since July 2018. He claims that he managed to steal the documents necessary for verifying the identity of clients, including identity cards and driver"s licenses, from users of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges - Bittrex, Poloniex, Bitfinex and Binance. The cost of the data is $ 10 per 100 documents, and the "wholesale" buyers are given a discount: if you purchase more than 25,000 documents, the price per 1000 data units is $ 1. An expert on cybersecurity, who wished to stay anonymous, said that he had contacted the seller and received three samples from him ... Read more about " The customers" data of the largest crypto exchanges are sold in darkweb " on coinatory.com

In the history of cryptospace there was a lot of deception and scandals that were associated with counterfeit trading volumes on exchanges. Most recently, the Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI) published a research report stating that most of the top 25 leading crypto exchanges provide excessive data on trading volumes on their platforms and that only Bitfinex and Binance disclose accurate information. The report says that 87% of these companies actually fake such data. The report says that CoinMarketCap also does not provide reliable information, and that "data from 11 out of 25 exchanges [at CoinMarketCap] are rigged by 99%." It is also indicated that the data on the trading volumes of major exchanges such as Huobi ... Read more about " Only Binance and Bitfinex do not fake trading volumes among the 25 largest exchanges " on coinatory.com

The Bitfinex Exchange has launched a new decentralized trading platform Ethfinex Trustless. This was reported by the press service of the new exchange on Twitter. https://twitter.com/ethfinex/status/1041682376374579201 The platform will be launched on the basis of Ethfinex and its users will be able to trade virtual assets. The main feature of the platform will be its high performance. This will eliminate the main shortcomings of traditional exchanges in the form of delays in the withdrawal and entry of funds, as well as long answers ... Read more about " Ethfinex Trustless - a decentralized anonymous exchange by Bitfinex " on coinatory.com

Among all the EOS block miners, there are two very powerful players in the crypto cryptocurrency - Bitfinex and Bitmain, whose daily combined revenue is only about $ 16,000 on EOS blocks. Launched recently and not without problems, the EOS blockchain continues to evolve. But the crypto community, for the most part, is inclined to believe that the development of EOS is moving towards centralization, which completely does not correspond to the initial development rate. Owners of EOS tokens, when voting for block miners, voted for such big ... Read more about " EOS: centralize everything! " on coinatory.com

On the morning of May 28, the volume of Ethereum trading on Bitfinex increased 9 times within an hour - from 20 thousand to 180 thousand. This means that someone sold a large amount of ETH on the exchange, reports Trustnodes. We can assume that the massive sale was associated with insider information, but in this case, the sale would take place on several exchanges, rather than on one. According to Trustnodes, there is a good reason to believe that there was one person or team standing behind the sale of ETH at Bitfinex. And it is ... Read more about " EOS: crashing Ethereum price " on coinatory.com

Bloomberg shared information that the Bitfinex Exchange has started cooperation with a bank in Puerto Rico. If you believe the publication, the exchange has billed accounts in Noble Bank International, which plays the role of a correspondent bank of the Bank of New York Mellon. Extracts from old news Back in March of this year, the BitMex report mentioned possible partnerships with a bank based in Puerto Rico. In addition, it also said that Noble Bank International is a bank partner of Tether. How the growth of cryptocurrencies influenced ... Read more about " Bitfinex began collaboration with Puerto Rico " on coinatory.com

The government of Venezuela (“GOV”) has recently introduced the Petro token (“PTR”), which purports to be a cryptocurrency backed by oil. We see the PTR as having limited utility. In addition, it could be construed as an attempt to circumvent legitimate sanctions against the GOV. Effective March 19, 2018, the United States has prohibited U.S. persons from all transactions related to, provision of financing for, and other dealings in, any digital currency, digital coin, or digital token issued by, for, or on behalf of the GOV, including but ... Read more about " Bitfinex Refuses to List Venezuelan Petro Token (PTR) " on coinatory.com