2018-8-2 01:39 |
In California, the first case has been brought against an alleged SIM hijacker charged with stealing over $5 million worth of cryptocurrency with the help of accomplices.
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California investigators have arrested Joel Ortiz, a 20-year old college student who is a key suspect in the phone jacking and SIM swapping operation that saw more than 40 bitcoin and other cryptocurrency holders lose their cryptoassets.
2018-8-2 20:30 | |
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Cryptocurrency trading platform Bittrex announced the start of the second phase of USD trading support, making USD trading, deposits, and withdrawals available to customers outside of the US and in selected US states.
2018-8-1 19:30 | |
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Investigators have arrested and charged a 20-year-old college student with multiple counts of hacking and identity theft. Prosecutors accuse him of being part of a gang which stole $5 million of cryptocurrency by hijacking mobile phone numbers.
2018-7-31 23:00 | |
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Cred, a micro-investing platform for cryptocurrency, today announced the initial rollout of its mobile app for iOS and Android. For its initial rollout, Cred is launching in California, Missouri, Massachusetts, and Montana with more states being introduced in the coming.
2018-7-31 18:26 | |
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Electrominer is currently developing a cryptocurrency cloud mining platform fueled by portable, solar-powered blockchain datacenter units in Southern California. Electrominer is utilizing clean energy to sustain its selfpowered mining platform.
2018-7-31 09:58 | |
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A hacker allegedly stole over $5 million in bitcoin by hijacking phone numbers and demanding ransoms. According to authorities in California, a 20-year old college student hijacked more than 40 phone numbers and stole millions of dollars’ worth of bitcoin.
2018-7-31 08:49 | |
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The cross-border transaction happened remotely using cryptocurrency (BTC) as the means of payment, thus eliminating the need for banks and eradicating geographical limitations usually tied to traditional deals.
2018-7-26 20:17 | |
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The United States is a powerhouse when it comes to finance. As such, most of the world’s cryptocurrency exchanges are either based in or provide services to the US market. For OKCoin, its expansion to the US is slowly coming together, albeit in a very limited fashion. OKCoin Lands in California It is good to […]
2018-7-19 22:00 | |
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Abra, the fintech firm based in Mountain View, California, announced more positive Bitcoin news. It is now accepting Visa and Mastercard for Bitcoin transactions. The move is intended towards making buying and selling of Bitcoin more convenient for its rapidly growing user base.
2018-7-17 16:49 | |
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OKCoin USA Inc. currently offers its fiat-to-crypto trading for its customers in California with a plan to expand it to other states, soon. OKCoin, a China-based cryptocurrency exchange has announced to launch its new branch in the U.
2018-7-14 00:17 | |
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OKCoin USA Inc. currently offers its fiat-to-crypto trading for its customers in California with a plan to expand it to other states, soon. OKCoin, a China-based cryptocurrency exchange has announced to launch its new branch in the U.
2018-7-13 21:59 | |
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Coinbase continues to grow with their new high-end investment product Coinbase Custody, while Binance had to run a system update following some issues with its Syscoin wallet API.
2018-7-7 23:19 | |
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Distributed ledger startup Ripple is facing another class-action lawsuit tied to the legal classification of the XRP cryptocurrency. Filed by California resident David Oconer, the complaint names Ripple Labs, XRP II (Ripple’s licensed money services business), Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and 25 unnamed persons affiliated with the firms as defendants. The suit claims: “Here, the
2018-7-5 22:55 | |
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Emerging cryptocurrency regulations are shaping the landscape for ICOs and other blockchain businesses. Ripple (XRP) is now facing its third class-action lawsuit for securities fraud. Allegations of Ripple Price Manipulation On June 27, Ripple Labs Inc.
2018-7-5 04:00 | |
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A new finding which is likely birth skepticism amongst prospective investors and possibly affect the future of the recently launched Coinbase broker-dealer known as Coinbase custody has been discovered after some in depth research.
2018-7-5 00:36 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the California Department of Business Oversight have released a pile of complaints concerning San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.
2018-6-26 22:30 | |
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Leading U. S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is under heavy criticism by its users for being underprepared to handle increasing demand. Coinbase Not Ready For Its Own Success The criticism was documented by a five-month Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process, which comprised a total of 134 pages of complaints filed by users of the exchange with the U.
2018-6-25 21:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency has never been favoured or supported by the mainstream media, but this week’s news that an LA trader is facing jail time for their trading of Bitcoin, one of the biggest worldwide digital currencies, is bringing strange new attention to this new financial frontier.
2018-6-20 16:00 | |
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Neil Walsh, chief of the cybercrime and anti-money laundering arm of the United Nations' department on drugs and crime, has stated that the "anonymizing and pseudo-anonymizing" aspects of cryptocurrencies have made it extremely difficult to combat terrorist financing, money laundering, and cybercrime.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled with crypto exchange Bitqyck and its founders Bruce Bise and Sam Mendez over what the SEC believed was an unregistered token sale that raised $13 million.
Yesterday, August 28, Paige Thompson was indicted after allegedly hacking Capital One and 30 other entities. Along with being charged with wire fraud and computer fraud and abuse, court documents state Thompson used Capital One's cloud servers to mine cryptocurrency.
Federal court has entered case-ending sanctions against Craig Wright in the long-running court battle between Wright and the estate of his deceased developer partner, Dave Kleiman. Judge Bruce E.
The Central Bank of Brazil has adopted the International Monetary Fund's crypto classification guidelines, meaning traded cryptocurrencies within the country will be classified as non-financial products and, as such, will be counted as goods on the central bank’s balance sheet.
Westwood, California, resident Kunal Kalra has pleaded guilty to running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange and ATM. Kalra allegedly took part in $25 million worth of trading without obtaining a money-remitting business license or implementing any anti-money laundering processes.
Last week, six members from the US House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee met with Swiss regulators, including the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner and the Financial Market Supervisory Authority, to discuss Facebook's Libra project.