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Cex.io has just sent out an e-mail stating their verification will become mandatory very soon. They have not specified when exactly, though. Considering the wave of KYC rules implemented across cryptocurrency platforms this is not surprising. Any exchange that wants to grow into a large company…

Minex recently jumped the gun announcing partnership with a Czech bank - so much that the bank itself took it to twitter and replied to every retweet of the Minex blog denying the partnership. This could've been the worst PR week for Minex and they were forced to release more details. Turns out…

A Reddit user has reported that Poloniex has been holding his funds hostage for over 7 months now. He started getting customer support replies only after he's filed a complaint with the attorney general in his state. After that Poloniex suggested to sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) and only…

Even though there were reports of Cryptoexmart dot com being a scam months ago, the website is still there. It's registered by and hosted by PublicDomainRegistry.com and hosted by Qservers.net, which means those are pretty abuse-resistant (or no one filed any complaints). Let's review the…

The Block, a no-BS crypto news outlet that has exposed the banking details for Bitfinex and Tether last week, has been attacked by someone, with their email spammed and Twitter profiles suspended. There have been reports of email spam campaigns:…

eToro, an investment and trading platform, has been trying hard to get new users among Bitcoiners lately. They've released an ad for Bitcoin that uses the "hodl" meme as well as a Game of Thrones reference - and for some reason Reddit went crazy about it: To score even more PR among…

Tether (USDT) has been in the center of attention lately - with the price of this coin supposedly pegged to USD sliding there have been fears that now is actually the time Tether crashes and all Tether-based exchanges will become insolvent. This has not happened yet though news of various degree…

The financial world has seen its fair share of frenzies over the years, but none as influential as the introduction of cryptocurrencies. In this article we're going to be taking a look at what digital currencies are and what we can expect to see from them in the future, after they become globally…

"We don't need your banks; now, we don't need your internet." @notsofast

Looks like a long-time Bitcoin sceptic Nouriel Roubini might soon debate with Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin: https://twitter.com/Nouriel/status/1050939934352248832 Moderated, possibly by Kevin Pham: https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1051104238695272449 ...sponsored by Bitmex:…

This new scam is using vanity of crypto bloggers to promote itself. In short - it's a fake ICO, has nothing to do with WalMart, the domains are freshly registered and you should stay away from such scams. On October 9-10 2018 many cryptocurrency blogs and news sites (including CoinVigilance) got…

Bitpay, a US based crypto debit card provider, has announced that its' European customers that use prepaid Bitcoin cards have until October 31st to withdraw their balances and download their transactions. If you are looking for a Bitpay alternative for Europe - Wirex is your #1 option. It's a…