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Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari is yet to warm up to Bitcoin origin »
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Rep. Matt Gaetz has introduced legislation to allow Americans to pay federal income taxes with Bitcoin and integrate crypto into the system. The post Bill seeks to allow Bitcoin payments for federal income tax appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2024-6-25 20:49 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) experienced a price drop earlier this week, falling below the $27,000 mark, as investors digested reports from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting following the Federal Interest Rate decision.
2023-9-25 21:49 | |
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Bitcoin price responded to July 2023 Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) meeting minutes with a slight uptick. Federal officials believe further tightening could be essential as inflation fears might exceed expectations.
2023-8-17 23:16 | |
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Bitcoin, the flagship crypto slipped below $40K after the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States made hostile comments. Powell stated on Thursday that at the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the Federal Reserve will consider raising the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points (0.
2022-4-23 17:23 | |
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Bitcoin records a 7% drop in the last week as yesterday’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) hints at a more aggressive U. S. Federal Reserve. As investors reacted to a tougher monetary policy, selling pressure rejected BTC’s price from the mid area around its current levels.
2022-4-8 21:00 | |
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The US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) aggressive easing might support Bitcoin’s bullish price trend at least up to 2020. Meanwhile, the cryptocurrency might also get a parallel boost from the upcoming halving event.
2019-8-29 21:00 | |
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Many factors are contributing to Bitcoin’s renewed trajectory towards its USD 100,000 target. One of them is increasingly gaining prominence: The U. S. Federal Reserve. Fed Interest Rate Cuts to Weaken Dollar and to Strengthen Bitcoin The U.
2019-6-23 22:00 | |
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By CCN Markets: Price of Bitcoin established another year-to-date high on Friday, touching levels not seen in over a year. Earlier during the Asian session, the bitcoin-to-dollar exchange rate flew past the $9,800 level for the first time since May 6, 2018.
2019-6-21 15:30 | |
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Bitcoin’s current market capitalization would make it the 9th largest monetary system in the world, ahead of the Korean won and behind the Russian ruble. Bitcoin continues to grow The monetary base is defined by the US Federal Reserve as: “The sum of currency in circulation and reserve balances—deposits held by banks and other depository […] The post Bitcoin is the 11th largest monetary system in the world, ahead of Korean won appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2019-6-21 10:46 | |
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On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve’s Jerome Powell was asked about his latest thoughts on Bitcoin (BTC), crypto assets, and Libra. True to his nature as an integral piece of traditional finance, the chairman of one of the world’s most powerful institutions didn’t express fear.
2019-6-20 14:51 | |
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On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve’s Jerome Powell was asked about his latest thoughts on Bitcoin (BTC), crypto assets, and Libra. True to his nature as an integral piece of traditional finance, the chairman of one of the world’s most powerful institutions didn’t express fear.
2019-6-20 14:51 | |
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Bitcoin is going to benefit from the growing distrust between the US President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, believes Mr. Michael Novogratz of Galaxy Digital, LLC. The billionaire founder said on Wednesday that he is becoming “more bullish” on bitcoin after President Trump reportedly threatened to demote Mr.
2019-6-19 18:44 | |
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Photographer John Curtis Rice has filed a lawsuit against Cointelegraph, a popular cryptocurrency news website, for allegedly using a copyrighted photograph of Charlie Shrem, Founder of Bitcoin Foundation.
2019-6-19 08:30 | |
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By CCN Markets: Self-proclaimed “bitcoin inventor” Craig Wright attended a mediation conference in Miami related to his $10 billion lawsuit against the estate of deceased computer genius Dave Kleiman.
2019-6-19 05:00 | |
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By CCN Markets: Investors who are not generating returns in 2019 are clearly looking in the wrong place. Considering bitcoin claimed a fresh 2019 high to nearly $9,400 over the weekend, other asset classes have a hard act to follow.
2019-6-18 23:40 | |
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By CCN Markets: A Florida judge ordered Craig Wright — the self-proclaimed inventor of bitcoin — to put up or shut up if he wants to prove that he’s Satoshi Nakamoto. In a June 14 motion to compel, federal magistrate judge Bruce Reinhart ordered Wright to produce a list of all the bitcoin he mined prior to December 31, 2013.
2019-6-16 20:41 | |
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A US man who sold narcotics on the dark web in exchange for Bitcoin has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Tyler Reeves, who sold the drugs under the moniker “Platinum45,” was sentenced on Monday by by United States District Judge James V.
2019-6-13 12:34 | |
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By CCN: The frequently volatile stock market provides rare hideouts for investors but one of them could be bitcoin, according to Mr. Peter Boockvar of Bleakley Advisory Group. The chief investment officer said this week that a sharp rise in bitcoin price indicated that investors were unsure about the Federal Reserve’s stance on interest rate cuts, as well as about the outcome of an ongoing trade war between the US and China that kept buying sentiment weaker in both the Western and Asian stock markets.
2019-6-7 11:28 | |
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The speaker list for the event has also been supplemented with representatives from the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, Binance, Parity and more. The Crypto Valley Association has announced new speakers for this year’s Crypto Valley Conference, taking place from 24-26th June 2019, in association with the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
2019-6-7 10:25 | |
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Economists have been predicting a worldwide recession which could pose a risk to financial stability throughout various countries. Fear of an economic downturn has caused the central bank of Australia to cut interests rates on Tuesday and both the U.
2019-6-6 21:52 | |
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According to a report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on June 3, 2019, it is conducting an ongoing investigation alongside the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, and the Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section to seek victims who lostRead MoreRead More.
2019-6-5 13:00 | |
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Vancouver has cryptocurrency growing pains. The city’s police labeled Bitcoin ATMs an “ideal money laundering vehicle,” and its mayor has even suggested a complete ban. Experts and local businesses have instead called for federal money services regulations to be changed to include Bitcoin ATMs, reports The Star.
2019-6-5 12:47 | |
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U. S. citizen Morgan Rockcoons has been sentenced to fines and prison time for running unlicensed money exchange services on LocalBitcoins. Advertising himself on the peer-to-peer bitcoin trading network, Rockcoons made more than 1,000 transactions with hundreds of different users.
2019-6-1 18:55 | |
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Anthony J. Battaglia, a United States federal judge for the Southern District of California has sentenced Morgan Rockcoons, a Las Vegas, Nevada resident to nearly two years in prison for wire fraud and running an unlicensed money transmitting business, according to a press release on May 28, 2019.
2019-5-30 09:00 | |
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority of Germany, commonly referred to as BaFin, on May 28, 2019, issued a warning against cryptocurrency exchange Coinbene stating that it was operating without a license.
2019-5-30 01:00 | |
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Another suspected dark web drug dealer is about to stand trail because he wrongly believed Bitcoin transactions were entirely anonymous. This has prompted the US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Erin Nealy Cox, to issue a warning for all those attempting to deal drugs online using Bitcoin.
2019-5-30 00:00 | |
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By CCN: Chinese authorities sentenced a 61-year-old grandmother to four months in jail for stealing electricity while mining bitcoin. Qiuping Tang was also fined 10,000 yuan (about $1,500) for electricity theft.
2019-5-28 20:15 | |
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged a government employee alleged to have misused government IT infrastructure for personal cryptomining operations, per a press release.
2019-5-22 18:47 | |
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Despite the fact that the price of bitcoin and other digital assets are just trying to recover from the winter of 2018, the crypto fever remains as hot as ever. Now, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have charged a 33-year-old Sydney man for illegally mining cryptos with the federal government agency’s computers, reports local newsRead MoreRead More.
2019-5-22 11:00 | |
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Former US presidential candidate and congressman Ron Paul is a regular critic of the United States Federal Reserve and of the country’s economic policy. In the past, the libertarian politician has spoken out in support of cryptocurrencies, suggesting that making the digital assets exempt from taxation could help avoid a “Fed-created recession.
2019-5-22 04:01 | |
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FATF Orders Lawmakers To Expand Crypto Terminology On Federal Bill, Holding Up Adoption Of Regulations Adoption of cryptocurrency regulations has been postponed in Russia. FATF requires the terminology be changed to reflect major industry phrases like “Bitcoin” and “cryptocurrency.
2019-5-21 22:12 | |
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The U. S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is planning to overhaul its methods for determining the federal taxes due on cryptocurrency payments to improve clarity for taxpayers.
2019-5-21 20:54 | |
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By CCN: A man from Sydney, Australia will appear in court on Tuesday after turning a government computer into a bitcoin mining rig. He allegedly mined $9,000 worth of cryptocurrency on the modified machine.
2019-5-21 12:26 | |
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In the Bitcoin industry’s Sisyphean struggle to secure a Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF), the boulder is rolling back down the hill. The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) posted a notice today, May 20, 2019, that it is delaying its decision on the VanEck and SolidX Bitcoin ETF proposal.
2019-5-21 00:19 | |
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A man in the US has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for purchasing, downloading, and concealing child abuse imagery he got on the dark web and paid for with Bitcoin. According to court documents, starting in May 2017, Stephen P.
2019-5-17 13:55 | |
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In a new development regarding the lawsuit brought against Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled by some aggrieved Centra Tech ICO investors, a US federal judge has dismissed the case. According to a court document on May 13, 2019, the judge granted an omnibus order on motion to dismiss, on the grounds that the plaintiffs’ decisions were notRead MoreRead More.
2019-5-16 15:00 | |
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Bitcoin permabull Max Keiser is doubling down on his $100,000 bitcoin price prediction as it reached a new ten-month high this week. The Wall Street veteran says the U. S. Federal Reserves policies will cause a chain of events that will cement BTC’s status as a store of value.
2019-5-15 19:30 | |
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Cryptoasset prime dealer and trading platform SFOX revealed that they have partnered with the New York-based M. Y. Safra Bank to offer its trader with deposit accounts insured by Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
2019-5-15 15:20 | |
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According to Federico Pieraccini of Global Research, for most countries including Russia, de-dollarization has become a pressing issue” and other economies are taking note of the benefits of decentralized systems as opposed to the Federal.
2019-5-14 18:45 | |
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US authorities have seized over $4 million worth of cryptocurrency and cash following a movie piracy investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
2019-5-14 13:19 | |
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By CCN: Roger Ver took to YouTube to read another letter from Ross Ulbricht, creator of the first darknet market using Bitcoin. The libertarian idealist used the opportunity to rail against the war on drugs.
2019-5-12 21:15 | |
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U. S. Congressman Bradley Sherman, during a Financial Services Committee hearing, asked others in his party to join him to prepare a bill to ban all cryptocurrencies, reported The Block Crypto on May 09, 2019.
2019-5-11 21:00 | |
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Federal indictments unsealed on May 8 have revealed further details of the case against Deepdotweb’s operators. Tal Prihar, 37, an Israeli citizen residing in Brazil, and Michael Phan, 34, an Israeli in Tel Aviv, have technically been charged with money laundering.
2019-5-10 12:52 | |
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The U. S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently filed a lawsuit against a crowdfunder who diverted customers’ funds to purchase bitcoin. According to The Next Web, the entrepreneur raised funds over $800,000 to buy iBackPacks but instead diverted the funds to personal use such as buying crypto and paying off credit cards debts.
2019-5-8 21:00 | |
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According to a report by TechCrunch published May 7, 2019, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested several individuals suspected of running the deep web search engine called Deep Dot Web.
2019-5-8 20:00 | |
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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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The Federal Trade Commission is suing a crowdfunder who promised a smart backpack but instead spent the proceeds on bitcoin.
2019-5-8 20:47 | |
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Moscow authorities are planning to test their blockchain-based electronic voting program in the forthcoming student council elections, as reported by the Russian news outlet Tass on May 6, 2019, Not a Replacement, but a New Option The Russian federal authorities have previously displayed immense interest in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.
2019-5-7 17:00 | |
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