NEW YORK (AP) — An Australian man who pleaded guilty to securities fraud for cheating investors in his cryptocurrency fund of over $50 million was sentenced to over seven years in prison Wednesday by a judge who questioned the sincerity of his apology.
Earlier today, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) flash crashed to $8,000 on Binance U.S., the American trading platform of the world's top crypto exchange Binance.
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SafeMoon is not yet listed on Coinbase or Binance. However, the currency does hope it will achieve this in the future.
The encryption algorithm is slightly different as well. Litecoin is often the second- or third-most popular cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
Binance owns Binance.US’s name and intellectual property. However, Binance.US is managed independently. The main differences between the two relate to financial regulations in the United States. Binance.US cannot legally offer all the same crypto assets that the main Binance exchange can.
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) have again risen to a new all-time high on Nov. 10, indicating that the trend remains firmly in favor of the bulls.
But classifying crypto as an investment is complicated, too. It doesn’t quite fit the mold of a traditional stock or bond, and while cryptocurrencies do share characteristics of commodities like gold — they can be bought and sold for cash and as derivatives based on expected future value — they have no inherent physical value or use.
“Bitcoin has outperformed gold, the most widely regarded inflation hedge, by a considerable margin year-to-date, having gained over 130% compared with gold’s 4% decline.”BTC/USDT daily chart: Source: TradingView
This happens when the promoter of a digital token draws in buyers, stops trading activity and makes off with the money raised from sales.
In fact, every newly created blockchain copy comes with a two-part monetary reward: a fixed number of newly minted (“mined”) cryptocurrency units, and a variable number of existing units collected from optional transaction fees — typically less than 1% of the transaction value — paid by buyers.
Zhao said the U.S. division won't initially launch in New York since it has not obtained a BitLicense (which is issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services) and neither has BAM, which is regulated by the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Coley, the CEO of BAM and Binance.US declined to comment on plans to apply for one.
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Cryptocurrencies are inherently cryptic — it’s right there in the name. And if you follow Warren Buffett’s advice to never invest in businesses you can’t understand, it may be hard to justify investing in a currency made of math instead of gold.
While, theoretically, U.K. users are still able to fully use the platform, responding to the ruling, a number of U.K. banks, including Barclays and HSBC, have since banned their customers from depositing into Binance.
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The first thing to note is that Safemoon is not currently listed on any major cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance or Coinbase. Due to this, the amount of liquidity is relatively low, meaning that technical analysis isn’t as accurate as digital coins with high liquidity. The low liquidity of Safemoon means that large buy orders tend to boost price significantly – which, in turn, leads more people to buy into the ‘hype’.
The price of Bitcoin rapidly plunged about 87% on Binance's U.S. exchange Thursday morning, sinking to as low as $8,200 from around $65,000. The price did nothing like that on other venues, and on Binance the level almost immediately snapped back to where it had been.