⁠Huobi announced the launch of its new institutional OTC trading desk regulated by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission

https://ct.com/7ixt

$1.2 Million Giveaway Announced By Binance CEO, As 'Thank You' for 'Standing By Us'

https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/05/1-2-million-giveaway-announced-by-binance-ceo-as-thank-you-for-standing-by-us/

Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”), the CEO of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of trading volume, has announced via Twitter that $1.2 million in Binance Coin (BNB) will be given away “as a thank you for standing by us.”

Ethereal Summit NY Showed How Blockchain is Booming in 2019

https://link.medium.com/b9bSVVLYKW

Tether Ltd. Restricted from Using Its Reserves By NYAG

https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/05/tether-ltd-restricted-from-using-its-reserves-by-nyag/

New York Supreme Court Judge Joel M. Cohen has ordered digital asset exchange Bitfinex and Tether Ltd. to submit documentation regarding the issuance of a loan and a line of credit.

Andrew G Haldane, the chief economist of the Bank of England, said bitcoin is on its way to replace cash, according to an eyewitness’s account. The 51-year academic made the statement when he was interacting with an audience of students. One of them asked Haldane about his thoughts on the future of cryptocurrencies. Haldane replied that he believed bitcoin, in particular, would become as relevant as cash in the next 20-30 years.


https://www.newsbtc.com/2019/05/18/bank-of-englands-chief-economist-thinks-bitcoin-could-replace-cash/

Bitcoin Surged 10x After 2016 Halving; Will 2020 See a Similar Result?

https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-surged-10x-2016-halving-2020-similar-result

Liquidators Take Charge of Cryptopia: Here Are Cryptopia’s Big Mistakes

https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/05/liquidators-take-charge-of-cryptopia-here-are-cryptopias-big-mistakes/

Although cryptocurrencies themselves are incredibly secure, the exchanges that facilitate their movement have been far more problematic.

Vitalik Buterin, ethereum’s inventor, says they have figured out all research breakthroughs needed for ethereum 2.0, with now just implementation left.

“We’ve actually already had all the research breakthroughs we need for a full implementation of eth2. This has been the case for about a year now,” he said.

The bold claim was made while there are now about three testnets for phase zero of ethereum 2.0, with a cross client testnet being the next stage which may begin this summer.

https://www.trustnodes.com/2019/05/22/vitalik-buterin-says-theyve-figured-out-all-research-breakthroughs-needed-for-ethereum-2-0

⁠‘Trust but verify’: All exchanges are required to provide mandatory API data to CoinMarketCap by June 2019 — or get delisted from the service. Will this new scheme cleanse the market from untrustworthy data?

https://ct.com/7jkb

We are entering a new period with Bitcoin. Many of the institutional players have said they are done with this experiment (publicly), which may be the case [but] I think privately, some other hedge funds and other institutions will continue to invest during this lower period.

https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-price-prediction-end-2019-above-9500/

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has confirmed to TechCrunch that the margin trading feature implementation is coming soon.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/24/binance-margin-trading/

Bitcoin [$BTC] can achieve better scalability, security via Schnorr Signatures, claims Andrew Poelstra

https://ambcrypto.com/?p=91480&utm_source=telegram.me&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bitcoin-[btc]-can-achieve-better-scalabi

Breaking: Bitcoin Price Surges Past $9,000, Suffers Brutal Dump

https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-price-9000-brutal-dump

Binance CEO Swats ‘Stupid’ Bitcoin SV Craig Wright’s Shocking Slavery and Prostitution Claims

https://www.ccn.com/binance-ceo-bitcoin-sv-craig-wright-slavery-prostitution

Facebook’s Cryptocurrency GlobalCoin Will Reportedly Be Announced This Month

https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/06/facebooks-cryptocurrency-globalcoin-will-reportedly-be-announced-this-month/

Social media giant Facebook is reportedly planning to announce its cryptocurrency, GlobalCoin, later this month, June 2019, and could even allow employees working on the project to accept payment in the cryptocurrency, which is said to be a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar.

Bitcoin Price: Did The ‘CME Gap’ Strike Again to Retest $8,000?

https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-price-bulls-cme-gap-retest-8k/

More than One Year Later, BTC Price Skyrockets Past $10K

https://news.bitcoin.com/more-than-a-year-later-btc-price-skyrockets-to-10k/

Facebook’s cryptocurrency is a centralized wolf in decentralized sheep’s clothing

https://qz-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/qz.com/1649526/facebook-is-begging-us-to-trust-libra-but-should-we/amp/

NFL Players Keep Buying Bitcoin; Binance Chain to Hard Fork

https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/06/nfl-players-keep-buying-bitcoin-binance-chain-to-hard-fork/

Today's top crypto news: LedgerX wins regulatory nod on physically-settled bitcoin futures; NFL players continue to buy up bitcoin; and Binance Chain prepares for major hard fork.