2018-11-17 23:10 |
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Bitcoin (BTC), Cryptocurrency, Nvidia–While investors are still reeling from this week’s cryptocurrency price fall, which saw billions shed from the market capitalization in a matter of hours, chip manufacturer Nvidia is left dealing with the fallout.
2018-11-17 03:09 | |
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Despite the increased security efforts, Twitter is still unable to weed out scam accounts, as U. S. retail giant Target became the latest victim of bitcoin scam hacks, The Next Web reported on November 13, 2018.
2018-11-14 16:00 | |
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FCA AsicTrader Scam The British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been mired in dealing with an uptick in scam artists attempting to take advantage of members of the public and convincing them to part with their funds.
2018-11-11 00:38 | |
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Cryptocurrency users are always looking for convenient solutions when dealing with exchanges. Unfortunately, there are numerous banks preventing users from buying or selling cryptocurrencies in this day and age.
2018-11-9 17:00 | |
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Germany has received its first ever legally-sanctioned Bitcoin ATM (BTM) following a landmark legal ruling — but its longevity is already in doubt. Munich Machine Hangs On Court Ruling As t3n. de first reported October 30, the owner of a casino in Munich opted to import a BTM from Austria after a German court ruled cryptocurrency dealing was not subject to mandatory licensing.
2018-11-2 19:15 | |
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Bitcoin Fanatic To Be Convicted For Operating A”Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business“ Per a “News Release Summary” from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), during a federal-level court hearing, a U.
2018-10-31 08:01 | |
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On October 24, 2018, an advisory committee to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published a report calling for clarity on the IRS’s position toward cryptocurrency taxation.
2018-10-27 20:34 | |
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A draft bill introducing tax breaks for entrepreneurs and companies dealing with cryptocurrencies has been filed in Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada. The authors of the bill have called for tax exemptions for entities working in the sector until the end of 2029.
2018-10-24 03:15 | |
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According to the news agency Deepdotweb, Two Maryland men were arrested for selling illegally distributing Xanax pills and using bitcoin as a payment method for a multimillion-dollar laundering operation.
2018-10-19 21:00 | |
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Crypto investors are now becoming discerning when it comes to dealing with crypto exchanges and would rather pick one that is overseen by a government agency. Thankfully, investors in the Persian Gulf region will soon have a fully regulated crypto exchange in their midst — the Bahrain-based Rain Financial.
2018-10-15 16:59 | |
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Most digital exchanges are unregulated and therefore unqualified to safely process cryptocurrency transactions. They don’t employ necessary know-your-customer (KYC) tactics, and roughly $1 billion in digital asset funds have been stolen since the start of 2018.
2018-10-13 23:34 | |
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The fake Facebook Bitcoin ads have scammed people out of thousands and have been destroying lives. The English millionaire – who made his money off consumer advice – Martin Lewis has begun to sue Facebook over these ads trading off his trusted reputation.
2018-10-4 15:30 | |
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Earlier this week news. Bitcoin. com received an email from an e-commerce shop owner who was having lots of issues dealing with traditional payment providers. Many of the problems stemmed from him not having a formal address and having bank accounts in different countries.
2018-10-4 04:25 | |
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On September 27, 2018, the powerhouse exchange Coinbase announced the launch of Coinbase Bundle, one of the many new projects in their financial arsenal. As per its announcement on Medium, the exchange wanted to instill confidence in users (new or old) when dealing with cryptocurrency trading.
2018-9-29 07:00 | |
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Bitcoin Press Release: An already established German company dealing in the rare crystalized metal Osmium is releasing a revenue share cryptocurrency token for backers. September 28th, 2018, Germany – Osmium is a rare and extremely dense metal product that is created in Switzerland and shipped to Germany for global distribution by the German Osmium Institute.
2018-9-28 09:46 | |
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Bitcoin Press Release: An already established German company dealing in the rare crystalized metal Osmium is releasing a revenue share cryptocurrency token for backers. September 28th, 2018, Germany – Osmium is a rare and extremely dense metal product that is created in Switzerland and shipped to Germany for global distribution by the German Osmium Institute.
2018-10-1 09:46 | |
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This week the cryptocurrency community has been discussing and dealing with the critical vulnerability that was found in the Bitcoin Core (BTC) reference client. Many observers are calling the bug one of the worst issues BTC has had in years, comparing the exploit to the March 2013 mandatory hard fork.
2018-9-22 01:05 | |
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Robinhood, a U. S. -based zero-fee trading platform dealing in both conventional and digital assets, found itself mired in an ugly controversy last week after a report surfaced alleging the company of secretly selling user-data to third-parties.
2018-9-21 13:49 | |
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The New York Attorney General’s office has pointed a finger at cryptocurrency exchange Kraken for “potential” violation of state regulations. Now, the San Francisco–based exchange is firing back, saying it does not appreciate what it sees as implications of illegality.
2018-9-21 18:10 | |
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This month the US District Court of Eastern California has been very busy dealing with cases involving the infamous and now defunct darknet marketplace the Alphabay. The Federal courthouse in Fresno just recently wrapped up the forfeiture case involving the alleged Alphabay leader Alexandre Cazes.
2018-9-19 01:30 | |
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A company based in Norwalk, Connecticut is helping small businesses deal with ransomware attacks by negotiating with cybercriminals to reduce ransom amounts and paying them in bitcoin, a Forbes report from September 17, 2018, showed.
2018-9-19 21:00 | |
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Blockchain technology is widely regarded as one of the most revolutionary technological advances that have taken place over the last ten years. The immutable and virtually unhackable nature of blockchain networks has inspired a growing number of use cases for dealing with incredibly sensitive information — blockchain networks for handling identity, medical and government data […] Stranger Than Fiction: How Entanglement Could Save Blockchain From the Threat of Quantum Computing was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-9-11 13:43 | |
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CoinGate, a bitcoin payment processor, has launched bitcoin Lightning Network payments on its platform, bringing the option to accept Lightning payments to its 4,000 clients.
2018-9-7 18:47 | |
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XRP, the native currency to the Ripple project and no doubt the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s’ (SEC) worst enemy (after the Bitcoin ETF of course). The problem with XRP is that within the US, a number of people are taking Ripple to court for dealing an unregistered security (XRP), but, nobody is able to define whether or not XRP is actually a security, therefore the SEC are left in limbo.
2018-8-23 15:30 | |
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The Winklevoss twins are back with a vengeance. Just weeks after the SEC publicly denied their license for a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), they’ve recruited some of the biggest names in cryptocurrency to form a new regulatory supergroup.
2018-8-20 18:51 | |
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As part of what some observers are calling a purge of alternative coins during the cryptocurrency bear market, Hong Kong-based exchange Okex announced they would be delisting and hiding certain token pairs, more than two dozen in total.
2018-8-17 12:15 | |
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Following a high-level proposal in July to ban the importation of all cryptocurrency mining equipment into Vietnam, the Vietnamese Customs Department has announced a total ban on all mining rig imports, according to a local news outlet.
2018-8-16 21:58 | |
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Saudi Arabia’s financial watchdog, the Standing Committee for awareness on dealing in unauthorized securities has stated categorically on August 12, 2018, that cryptocurrency trading is illegal in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
2018-8-15 14:00 | |
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Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase has told Bloomberg that last year, the exchange was dealing with up to 50,000 new customer sign ups per day, suggesting that between the years of 2017 – 2018, we saw the biggest surge yet in the popularity of cryptocurrency.
2018-8-15 12:30 | |
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It has come to the conclusion of many crypto-traders that sometimes technical analysis does not work when dealing with the crypto markets. All the technical stuff gets thrown out the window because the market sometimes operates on news and FUD.
2018-8-14 09:58 | |
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There was a time when the overwhelming majority of Bitcoin usage was associated with drug dealing and other illegal activities. With Bitcoin offering relative anonymity that traditional payment methods like cards and bank transfers didn’t, criminals were quick to hop on the bandwagon, which gave Bitcoin the misguided moniker of the criminals’ currency. While the […]
2018-8-10 00:00 | |
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A lot of people in Switzerland have left the traditional financial sector to work in the crypto space, in which the banking nation is now developing a niche market. The Swiss banks don’t show enthusiasm officially, but they massively have interests in dealing with Bitcoin, insiders say.
2018-8-6 18:45 | |
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Indian crypto traders have found some creative ways to trade cryptocurrencies, especially bitcoin, to circumvent the crypto banking ban imposed by the country’s central bank. The Reserve Bank of India has banned financial institutions from providing services to companies dealing in cryptocurrency.
2018-8-3 05:15 | |
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Uncertainty continues to grip India’s crypto industry ever since the Rural Bank of India (RBI) imposed a ban on banks and other financial institutions, prohibiting them from dealing with cryptocurrencies.
2018-7-26 20:24 | |
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The positive momentum affecting all cryptocurrencies may be coming to an end fairly soon. For the first time in a few days, the Bitcoin price is effectively struggling to remain in the green. This doesn’t bode too well for the altcoins, as some of them are dealing with losses already. One clear exception if the […]
2018-7-25 15:46 | |
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Spindle, Japan’s largest ICO officially promoted by a J-Pop star, Gakuto Oshiro, (45) better known by his stage name GACKT, was the unnamed crypto company allegedly slammed by the FSA earlier this year, a weekly Japanese magazine revealed.
2018-7-25 12:58 | |
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The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has met with representatives of the country’s banking sector in the hopes of stemming a nascent exodus among cryptocurrency companies from Switzerland.
2018-7-25 22:45 | |
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Is digital currency dead? Many would say so due to the free fall Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies are dealing with right now. The truth is, Bitcoin and other digital currencies are mimicking the same pattern that was seen during the ‘dot-com' bubble that took place back in the 1990's. Right now, the price may not […]
2018-7-19 23:17 | |
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Nonprofit organization PoWx has launched this week with the goal of boosting the idea behind proof of work (PoW) through more innovative algorithms. The company is seeking to decentralize Bitcoin mining and make it more accessible to consumers through a new technology that executives have dubbed “optical PoW” — a new type of hardware that utilizes a more advanced and energy-efficient form of laser technology as the cornerstone of mining.
2018-7-14 01:04 | |
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The advent of smart contracts has long drawn interest for its potential to revolutionize business agreements. There’s just one problem, and it’s one that has affected many spheres of the cryptocurrency space: a knowledge gap.
2018-7-13 19:12 | |
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It appears bearish momentum is taking hold of the cryptocurrency markets again. After a successful weekend, prices have come down quite a bit once again. Altcoins are feeling the pressure, whereas Bitcoin is still somewhat stable.
2018-7-9 15:40 | |
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News This week one of Europe’s largest speed trading platforms and exchange-traded fund (ETFs) dealers, Flow Traders NV, announced the firm is entering the cryptocurrency space by offering bitcoin and ethereum exchange-traded notes (ETNs) to its clientele.
2018-7-7 13:07 | |
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With the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) new ruling coming to force yesterday, India have featured in numerous news headlines and will no doubt continue to do so through the week. As a recap, yesterday the RBI’s new rulings came to power which essentially mean cryptocurrency trading across exchanges, with FIAT currency will no longer be allowed.
2018-7-6 11:30 | |
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India’s top court just dealt a major blow to the cryptocurrency industry in the country. The nation’s crypto community was stunned when the Supreme Court refused to overturn the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) ban, which barred all financial institutions it regulates from dealing with cryptocurrencies.
2018-7-5 16:09 | |
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Throughout its short existence, Bitcoin has successfully confronted several challenges, such as technical issues and internal wars. It has also withstood relentless persecution from governments and powerful financial personages.
2018-7-5 05:00 | |
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India’s Supreme Court has refused to extend a grace period allowing cryptocurrency entities to keep banking services beyond this week’s deadline set by the central bank. Exchanges Go P2P According to various media outlets, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will now succeed in implementing its ban on cryptocurrency business support on July 5.
2018-7-3 16:00 | |
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The Bank of England has warned U. K. lenders to study cryptocurrencies before doing business in the space. In a letter sent out to the financial institutions in the country yesterday, the Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods warned financial companies to take appropriate steps to protect themselves against "exposure to crypto-assets" which he believes are susceptible to "fraud and manipulation, as well as money-laundering and terrorist financing risks.
2018-6-29 18:17 | |
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In essence, the writer pointed to Bitcoin’s constantly fluctuating value as the main reason why it shouldn’t be considered a currency. “While Bitcoin has managed to bootstrap itself on a limited scale, it lacks any mechanism for dealing with fluctuations in demand.
2018-6-24 20:42 | |
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The cryptocurrency space is filled with crime. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are used everyday for the dealing of contraband goods and prohibited services. Cryptocurrency Exchanges are being hacked and robbed of millions at an increasing rate, money laundering efforts are being aided by various coins, and ICO scams continue to cast doubt over the […] The post Experts say Cryptocurrency Crimes will be on the Rise this Year appeared first on ZyCrypto.
2018-6-24 21:22 | |
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Japanese investment firm Metaplanet Inc. has expanded its Bitcoin treasury with an additional 156 BTC, bringing its total holdings to 2,391 BTC. According to Metaplanet’s official announcement on Mar.
Mantra surged over 40% in the past 24 hours. The real-world asset tokenization platform reached an all-time high of $2.71 on Nov. 16, with technical indicators suggesting potential for further gains in the short term. Over the past year, Mantra…
Swift announces plans to streamline adoption of digital assets, including regulated stablecoins. Growth in the real-world assets (RWA) market, CBDCs and stablecoins are major reasons for Swift’s initiatives across the blockchain space.
Cardano developer Input Output and Hedera are the latest cryptocurrency entities to join the Decentralized Recovery Alliance as founding members. The alliance announced on Sept. 5 that the entry of Hedera (HBAR) and Cardano (ADA) completes the list of members…
California’s Department of Motor Vehicles has digitized 42 million car titles using blockchain technology to reduce fraud and minimize the need for in-person visits. The project, conducted in collaboration with tech company Oxhead Alpha on Ava Labs’ Avalanche (AVAX) blockchain,…
American charities are experiencing a windfall thanks to a new kind of currency: cryptocurrency. By accepting donations in crypto such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital assets, non-profits are witnessing a surge in contributions, streamlining processes, and reaching new donor demographics.
CoinShares, a crypto asset management firm, has recently reported that there has been a notable surge in weekly inflows into crypto asset investment products, reaching a record high of $2. 45 billion.