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Russian nationals Sergey Ivanov and Timur Shakhmametov have been charged for their involvement in operating money laundering services that catered to cybercriminals using cryptocurrencies, U.S. authorities announced on Thursday. origin »
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In a shocking turn of events that has stirred the tech and crypto communities, business mogul and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk has issued a stark warning to tech company Apple, threatening to forbid Tesla from using Apple devices if the tech giant integrates OpenAI into its operating system. […]
2024-6-12 23:00 | |
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"I believed the funds came from Alameda’s operating profits" as well as third-party lenders, he testified Friday at his fraud and conspiracy trial.
2023-10-28 21:43 | |
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The FBI has charged six people for allegedly operating an illegal $30 million money-transmitting business using cryptocurrencies.
2023-10-21 18:56 | |
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Blockdaemon, an independent blockchain infrastructure platform & staking-as-a-service provider, today announced a new partnership with Energy Web, a global nonprofit organization building operating systems for energy grids using open-source decentralized technologies.
2022-2-11 20:18 | |
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Chinese bitcoin miners are still operating under the radar, surviving by using off-grid power sources to protect their livelihoods. The post Chinese Bitcoin Miners Still Operating Under the Radar appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2021-12-20 04:09 | |
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Blockchain in agriculture is evolving. In the Swiss crop trading blockchain company, Cerealia, technology has been piloted that makes it possible to trade grain using virtual tokens. Blockchain Easing Deals in Agriculture According to Filipe Pohlmann Gonzaga, the Chief Operating Officer of Pully, Switzerland, Cerealia SA has developed a non-fungible token supported by 30,000 metricRead More
2021-4-1 15:00 | |
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Six people involved with the Free Keene movement have been arrested and charged for allegedly operating an illegal cryptocurrency exchange business. “They operated their virtual currency exchange business using websites, as well as operating virtual currency ATM machines in New Hampshire,” the U.
2021-3-21 22:30 | |
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Concealed crypto mining – using infected computers to produce hashes for specific types of coins – is using more ingenious methods to hide from operating systems. The latest exploit involves an infected image of Taylor Swift.
2019-12-19 15:57 | |
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Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a warning against cryptocurrency futures contracts. The regulator reminds the public of the higher risk of using leverage to trade such contracts and that the platforms themselves may be operating illegally.
2019-11-7 00:40 | |
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700,000 older Windows computers are at risk of being compromised due to a vulnerability that allows hackers to easily embed a cryptocurrency miner remotely. Many computers have already been affected.
2019-11-6 15:09 | |
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Two years ago, on September 4, 2017, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) shut down local cryptocurrency exchanges over concerns that unregulated assets like bitcoin allow residents to bypass strict capital controls.
2019-9-5 22:19 | |
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If you are operating a business from your computer, access sensitive information online or deal with cryptocurrency, it’s always good to take security seriously. Using a VPN is an easy way to keep your online data secure.
2019-9-2 23:23 | |
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House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy says he “likes Bitcoin” and suggested that the government should “start using blockchain”. Is Facebook Building a Shadow Bank? Since revealing the concept for it’s new Libra cryptocurrency, Facebook has again become a topic of deep discussion and contention.
2019-7-17 20:01 | |
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A Special Antitrust police unit in the Italian city of Verona has reportedly arrested crypto scammers operating several social media pages and scam sites. The suspects, operating a total of seven websites and a further 93 social media pages, had been promoting fake crypto projects.
2019-7-9 00:54 | |
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You probably know that kind of guy who keeps saying that people using the Linux operating system are free from all malware, right? It may be your friend, a work colleague or even your dad. The truth, however, is that Linux is not that invincible against all kinds of threats. It’s just less targeted than […]
2019-7-9 23:03 | |
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Authorities in Florida have busted an elaborate operation which saw prison inmates use Bitcoin to launder thousands of dollars via their commissary accounts. An investigation by Pasco County Sherriff’s Deputies revealed how inmates at the county jail were having money deposited into their commissary accounts using stolen credit cards.
2019-7-4 15:46 | |
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Recent Bloomberg data revealed that spikes in weekend trading activity since May accounted for 40 percent of Bitcoin’s price gains this entire year. With crypto exchanges operating 24/7, and short term traders using Saturdays and Sundays to get ahead of the competition, weekends have become a Wild West for the crypto market.
2019-7-3 01:08 | |
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By CCN: Vanguard, the world’s largest provider of mutual funds, is using blockchain to power their enterprise. The investing giant, which popularized mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for the common investor, has been using distributed ledger technology to manage $1.
2019-6-1 01:20 | |
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Morgan Rockcoons, a Nevadan man accused of wire fraud and operating an unlicensed Bitcoin exchange for using LocalBitcoins, was sentenced to nearly two years in prison. According to a government press release, Rockcoons will also have to forfeit $80,600 in illicit profits.
2019-6-1 19:53 | |
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By CCN: A Nevadan who has been accused of wire fraud as well as operating an unlicensed money transmitting service using bitcoin has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison. Morgan Rocknoons, who also goes by the name Morgan Rockwell, had earlier pleaded guilty to both charges.
2019-5-29 14:16 | |
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On May 9, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), issued new “interpretive guidance” about how its regulations apply to businesses that conduct money transmissions in virtual currencies.
2019-5-11 21:34 | |
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Bitfinex is forging forward despite its ongoing row with the authorities, and it's looking for investors to support its efforts. Today, May 8, 2019, iFinex, the operator and parent company of the popular cryptocurrency exchange, released a private token sale white paper, putting to rest rumors of its Initial Exchange Offering (IEO).
2019-5-8 18:33 | |
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On 13th of May, X-Hive, a crypto-to-crypto exchange with advantages of both Decentralized exchange (DEX) and Centralized exchange (CEX), will launch the pre-IEO of the BEXAM token ($BEXAM) with 10% discount.
2019-5-5 20:23 | |
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The recent bitcoin rally has driven bitcoin mining profits. Profits earned from bitcoin mining have seen a clear rise since the start of April 2019 and hit a near half-a-year high on April 15, 2019.
2019-4-23 19:35 | |
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If you’re a creditor in Mt. Gox’s civil rehabilitation case, the defunct exchange may have automatically filed and approved a reimbursement claim for you — provided that your Mt.
2019-4-23 22:44 | |
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Out of hundreds of cryptocurrency trading and exchange platforms operating on the market today, Alliancetraders is surely one of the best offering access to a highly professional, global and safe market.
2019-4-22 11:53 | |
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By CCN. com: The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office indicted three men for allegedly laundering $2. 3 million in crypto by using debit cards pre-loaded with bitcoin and withdrawing large amounts of cash at ATMs in New York and New Jersey.
2019-4-18 19:13 | |
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Bitcoin trader Jacob Burrell Campos was sentenced on April 8, 2019, to serve a two-year prison sentence and to forfeit more than $800,000 “for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
2019-4-13 18:54 | |
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Fogo De Chao – Enabling Consumers To Track The Origin Of Meat Using Blockchain Tech The disruptive effect of blockchain technology is being felt in the food industry. A Brazilian steakhouse operating out of Texas, Fogo de Chao, has announced plans to use blockchain technology to track the meat it serves from the farm to […]
2019-4-11 20:24 | |
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New announcements around Bitcoin’s Lightning Network have been coming almost nonstop lately, with new exchanges, wallets and other services popping up seemingly every day.
2019-4-8 18:21 | |
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Despite many cryptocurrency users having made their first purchases using Localbitcoins, little attention is paid to the experiences of the traders who operate on the platform. News. Bitcoin. com reached out to several Localbitcoins traders to find out about the challenges facing peer-to-peer crypto brokers.
2019-4-7 13:30 | |
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Over the years, Bitcoin has gained a reputation for having a “toxic” community of users around it. This accusation is mostly thrown at Bitcoin by proponents of altcoins and those who have supported various Bitcoin hard fork attempts in the past.
2019-4-5 16:23 | |
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The peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace Paxful announced today, April 2, 2019, that it’s introducing AI-powered identity verification to help improve know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) procedures on the platform.
2019-4-3 21:13 | |
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On 27 March, a Japanese District court exonerated a man for installing a mining program in users’ computers without their consent, according to a report by Japanese news portal, The Mainchi.
2019-3-28 05:30 | |
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MinimalWin is an alternative platform for sales, which is based on the principle of lottery and auction. Every object put on sale on the platform will be brought into play in case of successful holding of the lot, only one winner will be designated.
2019-3-16 20:33 | |
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CryptoNinjas nOS, a blockchain powered virtual operating system, announced today the expansion of the nOS ecosystem. Users can now build and use apps powered by Ethereum, EOS, and TRON with Scatter, a wallet and development suite for building and using applications that interact with.
2019-3-14 01:03 | |
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CipherTrace, a blockchain analytics company, is partnering with the Republic of Malta’s sole financial regulatory agency to ensure that all crypto transactions within the country are free of money laundering and other similar financial crimes.
2019-3-14 00:14 | |
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As if Bitmain’s year hasn’t been rough enough, having posted big losses and laying off entire departments, its flagship product now has a firmware vulnerability. A few weeks ago, Bitcoin Core contributor James Hilliard discovered an exploit in Bitmain’s S15 firmware.
2019-2-21 23:44 | |
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As an original Google Glass @ Work partner, Augmate was originally created to serve the needs of workers using wearable glasses. There were many application developers for wearable glasses, but there were no device management platforms for IT to centrally control all of the new devices coming onto their systems.
2019-2-17 16:47 | |
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Six commercial banks operating in the UAE and Saudi Arabia have joined a currency project that aims to conduct cross-border transactions using crypto. Argaam, a major financial news portal in Saudi Arabia, first revealed the news.
2019-2-5 21:44 | |
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Coins 4 Clothes is a crypto-based charity organization that seeks to reward people who donate used clothing items using bitcoin cash. The organization recently announced that it would soon be expanding its operations to cover more Canadian cities.
2019-2-5 18:04 | |
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Cliff Edwards, the director of communications at Tron, revealed that the company's strategy is to improve on the shortcomings of its major competitors Ethereum and EOS. This revelation comes after TRX recently ousted XLM as the 8th largest cryptocurrency.
2019-1-28 20:13 | |
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The Chief Operating Officer of Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union, Brad Ganey, in his preview of the future of Ripple XRP and xRapid said companies can easily ditch the traditional wire services by using xRapid.
2019-1-24 19:03 | |
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The Chief Operating Officer of Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union, Brad Ganey, in his preview of the future of Ripple XRP and xRapid said companies can easily ditch the traditional wire services by using xRapid.
2019-1-23 19:03 | |
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Whenever I claim that bitcoin is the only decentralized cryptocurrency, I get one of two arguments:My X coin is also decentralized. Bitcoin isn’t decentralized because of Core and/or miners.
2019-1-21 21:52 | |
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Kuwait Financial House announced in a tweet last week that the company started operating an instant cross-border remittance service through Ripple’s blockchain. The service was made available to beneficiaries at the Saudi Al Rajhi Bank in Saudi Riyal (SAR) with no remittance fees.
2019-1-21 17:59 | |
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News reaching Ethereum World News indicate that the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has set in motion plans to apply for a digital asset operating licence from the nation’s Finance Ministry.
2019-1-18 19:29 | |
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Fundamental flaws with zk-SNARKs, the privacy algorithm used in Zcash (ZEC), may allow malicious agents to mint additional tokens, according to the COO of a rival privacy coin. Reuben Yap, the Chief Operating Officer at Zcoin (XZC), says that unproved cryptographic assumptions and possible bugs with zk-SNARKs place blockchains using the algorithm – like Zcash – […] The post zk-SNARK Glitch Could Result In Crypto Double Take appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2019-1-17 18:53 | |
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When it comes to bitcoin mining, Canada is a natural. A temperate climate helps to keep mining equipment cool, and plentiful renewable energy from hydroelectric dams gives Canadian provinces like British Columbia a natural advantage with cheaper electricity costs.
2018-12-22 21:41 | |
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Most crypto trading volume has historically come from outside the U. S. , with Asia being the largest cryptocurrency market. However, there has been a notable shift in this dynamic in the past several months, with the U.
Understanding regional market data is becoming increasingly important when analyzing the Bitcoin market. Bitcoin’s global nature means trading activity in one region can significantly influence worldwide price movements.
The Senate overwhelmingly supported legislation requiring U.S. companies to report any outbound investments into Chinese technologies.
The regulatory framework will allow individuals and companies to own and trade digital assets in the United States.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler argued there’s nothing special about the assets or exchanges in the crypto sector, and their backers can’t hide behind claims that their tokens provide utility.
Open source software isn’t property, and current sanctions laws are ill-equipped to handle this, lawyers argue.