The ”Wrapped Bitcoin” Project Has Now Officially Launched on Ethereum
On Jan. 30, a group of cryptocurrency developers and organizations officially launched a project called Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) on the Ethereum network. The ERC20 token is a coin backed by bitcoin core (BTC) reserves and has started trading on several exchange platforms. Also read: A Look at Openbazaar’s Multi-Currency Wallet and Vendor Listings The Introduction of Wrapped Bitcoin Last October, a joint initiative by Bitgo,...
Currency.com Allows Crypto Traders to Buy Leveraged Equities, Indices and Metals
The worlds of traditional finance and cryptocurrency have always been divided, for regulatory and technical reasons. Until recently, it was difficult for cryptocurrency traders to gain exposure to stocks and commodities. Currency.com is looking to remedy that through launching the “Bitmex of stocks,” a crypto-friendly platform that promises high leverage and low barriers for entry. Also read: Wikipedia Now Accepts...
PR: MoneyToken Is Launching Its Own Exchange – in Collaboration With Huobi Cloud
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the press release. MoneyToken, one of the leading global crypto-lending platforms offering crypto assets-backed loans, has announced the launch of their new MoneyToken Exchange platform in a collaboration with...
Record Labels Appeal Legal Defeat Against Stream-Rippers
Over the years we have covered dozens of piracy-related lawsuits, mostly from United States courts. In many of these cases, defendants are foreign sites or services which don’t put up much of a fight. That’s not true for the copyright infringement lawsuit a group of major record labels, backed by the RIAA, brought against Tofig Kurbanov last year. The Russian operator of YouTube rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com...
YouTube Strikes Now Being Used as Scammers’ Extortion Tool
Every week, millions of YouTubers upload content for pleasure and indeed profit, hoping to reach a wide audience with their topics of choice. On occasion, these users run into trouble by using content to which they don’t own the copyrights, such as a music track or similar. While these complaints can often be dealt with quickly and relatively amicably using YouTube’s Content ID system, allegedly-infringing users can also...
