Embattled Crypto Platform Freeway’s ‘Billion-Dollar Man’ Isn’t the Insurance Titan He Claims to Be

Joel Krueger, a Freeway adviser, called himself the “Global Chief Investment Officer” of Aon — but the British insurance giant told CoinDesk that is not true.

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Crypto Exchange Binance.US Hires Ex-FBI Agent as First Head of Investigations

BJ Kang made a name for himself at the FBI leading probes of a number of high-profile Wall Street insider trading cases.

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BTC Analysts Predicts “Big Short Squeeze,” SHIB Gets Listed by Bittrex, Jed McCaleb Keeps His Last 5 Million XRP to Himself: Crypto News Digest by U.Today

What news has the weekend brought? Read U.Today’s crypto news digest to find out!

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Bitcoin Gives Way To Ruble: Putin Signs Law Banning Crypto Payments In Russia

Bitcoin and other types of crypto has just been outlawed in Russia by no less than the commander in chief himself. A Russian legislative support system website said that on Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a legislation setting immediate prohibitions on the use of digital financial assets as a payment method in the country. […]

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Bored & Hungry in Crypto: Why This Burger Joint Wants to Use ApeCoin

The owner of the first Bored Ape-themed restaurant explains himself.

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Elon Musk Buys Social Media Giant: What This Means For Crypto Twitter

Elon Musk will acquire popular social media platform Twitter for $43. 4 billion. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has long used the platform to promote crypto assets like Dogecoin and Bitcoin, post memes, and get himself in trouble with the SEC.

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CLIFF Uses Deflationary Mechanism to Boost Token Price Regularly

Dogecoin started as a joke but ended up attracting billions of US dollars and the interest of Elon Musk himself. The cryptocurrency with the Shiba Inu dog as its logo has become an inspiration for many other crypto projects.

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‘Shark Tank’s’ O’Leary Lobbies Congress for Sen. Lummis’ New Crypto Bill

Kevin O’Leary made himself a household name as a co-host of “Shark Tank,” where budding entrepreneurs make their pitches to a panel of investors. On March 9, it was his turn to make a case for crypto: this time before a panel of about 30 American legislators.

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Veteran Trader Peter Brandt Quits Crypto Twitter After $53,000 Bitcoin Prediction

Peter Brandt distances himself from the cryptocurrency community on Twitter after calling $53,000 for Bitcoin

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Billionaire Steve Cohen Throws Himself Into Crypto After Initial Skepticism, Here’s Why

Steve Cohen has previously been vocal about his skepticism with crypto. The billionaire has recently made a couple of moves that has deepened his investment in the market. Steve Cohen, who owns the New York Mets, is a hedge fund manager with a net worth of around 11.

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Dogecoin co-creator says a cartel of wealthy people controls crypto

Dogecoin’s (DOGE/USD) co-creator, Jackson Palmer, has come out to declare that he does not intend to return to the crypto space ever again. The software engineer shared this news through a tweetstorm on July 14, surprising many people, seeing as he seldom talked or tweeted about crypto after distancing himself from Dogecoin.

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Believes Banks Are Useless, But Is Crypto Really Ready For A Takeover?

Twitter’s head Jack Dorsey is not one to shy away from preaching the gospel of Bitcoin. Ever since getting into crypto and announcing himself as a Bitcoin maximalist, Dorsey has been “high on Bitcoin,” and very recently some of his comments from the Bitcoin conference in Miami, on the irrelevance of banks, courtesy of the […]

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‘DOGE Father’ Elon Musk May Have Just Lost The Ultimate Pump Power For Dogecoin

Elon Musk, who famously refers to himself as “The Dogefather” in the crypto space seems to be fast losing traction with his “investor” followers on social media platforms for the past few weeks after his recent often hyped twitter commentaries on Dogecoin and Bitcoin failed to spark notable price movements of these assets as was […]

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‘Doctor Bitcoin’ Pleads Guilty to Running Illegal Crypto Exchange in US, Faces 5 Years in Prison

A Texas man, who calls himself “Doctor Bitcoin,” has pleaded guilty to running an illegal cryptocurrency exchange business, converting cash to bitcoin. He faces five years in federal prison.

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How Elon Musk Is Weakening The Bitcoin Hedge Narrative

The masses cheered as Tesla CEO Elon Musk added the Bitcoin hashtag to his Twitter bio, and later revealed his company would accept BTC for purchases. Since then, however, the moon man himself has done enormous damage to the crypto bull market structure, and to investor’s bottom lines. Worst of all, Musk is weakening the […]

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US Rapper Soulja Boy Considers Launching Souljacoin Crypto Token, Is He Serious?

Popular US rapper Soulja Boy says he wants to launch a cryptocurrency named after himself, is that a joke?

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Myspace Tom Anderson is ‘Buying The Dip,’ Posts Laser Eyes Meme on Twitter

Myspace founder Tom Anderson has joined the heated chatter surrounding the recent crypto market drop. The now-retired entrepreneur expressed his feelings about the situation, posting a laser eyes photo of himself accompanied with a short caption, “Buying The Dip.

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After Scoring Over $40M From Coinbase’s IPO, Rapper Calls Himself “Cryptocurrency’s Scarface”

Rapper Nasir Jones, better known as Nas, emerged an unlikely winner in Coinbase’ IPO earlier in April 2021. The rapper, who was an early investor in crypto exchange owned a stake worth at least $40 million.

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This crypto scammer ended up scamming himself on Pancakeswap

There’s something highly satisfying when karma strikes.

The post This crypto scammer ended up scamming himself on Pancakeswap appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Vitalik Buterin and Others Donate Crypto for COVID-19 Aid in India

Several high-profile individuals in the crypto space, including Vitalik Buterin, have made crypto donations for COVID-19 aid in India. Buterin himself donated 100 ETH and 100 MKR, amounting to approximately $650,000.

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‘Wolf of Wallstreet’ Jordan Belfort Now Bullish on BTC, Says Crypto Asset Will Reach $100,000

Jordan Belfort, the self-proclaimed “Wolf of Wallstreet” has moved away from his bearish views on bitcoin and now predicts the crypto asset might reach $100,000. Belfort, who has reinvented himself as a motivational speaker and consultant, says bitcoin unlike company stocks is more about “pure supply and demand.

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Elon Musk Takes Crypto Enthusiasm To A Whole New Level As Tesla Invests $1.5 Billion In Bitcoin

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has recently established himself as a bonafide bitcoin lover. In January 2021, he added the #bitcoin to his Twitter bio, praised the token on Clubhouse, and has repeatedly engaged with the bitcoin community.

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Crypto escrow agent dodges jail after lying over stolen millions

A crypto escrow agent has avoided prison time despite lying about losing $3.25 million, with the judge noting the agent had been the victim of fraud himself.

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Crypto Exchange Owner Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Defraud Americans

The U. S. has sentenced a cryptocurrency exchange owner to 10 years in prison. He “knowingly and intentionally engaged in business practices designed to both assist fraudsters in laundering the proceeds of their fraud and to shield himself from criminal liability,” the Department of Justice alleges.

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Dave Portnoy’s Crypto Stint Already Over with Buying at the Top & Selling at the Bottom

About ten days back, Barstool Sports president Dave Portnoy who became a day trader during the coronavirus pandemic, jumped in bitcoin — million dollars deep in it. Earlier this week, in his BlockFi sponsored session, he called himself the “Baron of bitcoin,” stating that he is up to $100,000 in his investment only to declare […]

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Dave Portnoy Says He’ll Be a Crypto Millionaire by September

Davey Day Trader crowned himself the king of Bitcoin.

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This Stock Puts Crypto Pump to Shame; From All-Time Low to All-Time High

Crypto pumps have nothing on this stock, which makes sense, given that President Donald Trump himself is the one behind the pump. This stock is none other than Kodak; that's right; the same company that once jumped the blockchain train has now found another driver to pump its shares.

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‘What Idiot Could Believe Such Nonsense?’ John McAfee Disavows His $1 Million Bitcoin Price Prediction

John McAfee, computer programmer, tax fugitive, and crypto advocate, is distancing himself from his infamous $1 million bitcoin price forecast once again. In early 2018, McAfee predicted that one bitcoin would be worth a staggering $1 million by the end of this year.

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The Most Reliable Bitcoin Mixer BitMix.Biz – Your Fast Crypto Security in 2020

The one who called himself Satoshi Nakomoto, created cryptocurrency so that anyone can keep their financial life untouchable and protected from the interference of others. However, requirements of customer disclosure put these principles at risk and ordinary users under threat of theft, extortion, and even kidnapping by bandits.

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Survey: 60% of Crypto Twitter Thinks Tron 4.0 is Superior to Ethereum 2.0

60% of the crypto community on Twitter think upcoming update, Tron 4. 0 is way better than the long-awaited ETH 2. 0, according to a Twitter poll conducted by Tron founder himself, Justin Sun. Tron 4.

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Bitcoin Shows Signs of Weakness as 11-Year-Old Wallet Moves 50 BTC

The crypto market was surprised to find that an 11-year-old Bitcoin wallet from early 2009 – just after the cryptocurrency’s launch – is now moving BTC. This has sparked a plethora of theories to emerge regarding whether or not it is Satoshi himself – or one of his associates – that is moving the cryptocurrency....

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Massive Adoption Crypto Conference Organizer Faces Lawsuit For Not Refunding Canceled Event

Jacob Kostecki, the organizer behind the ‘Massive Adoption’ crypto conference, is at the receiving end of a class-action lawsuit from over 2,000 people. The lawsuit has been levied due to those who bought a tickets to one of his events, but never got a refund, even when the event was canceled by Kostecki himself. The […]

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Tax Dollars are Funding Justin Sun’s TRON Blockchain

TRON and BitTorrent CEO Justin Sun finds himself at the center of controversy, once again, after his company announced that it received a $2 million coronavirus stimulus loan from the... The post Tax Dollars are Funding Justin Sun’s TRON Blockchain appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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TRON Founder Releases Crypto Token Named After Himself

TRON’s founder Justin Sun, known for being sensationalist in his self-promoting, just released a token named after himself. Sun has long been a controversial figure in the cryptocurrency industry.

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Feds Battle OneCoin Launderer’s Acquittal Motion

Federal prosecutors have replied to Mark Scott’s attempt to have his OneCoin fraud convictions dismissed. Last year a jury found Scott guilty of laundering USD $400 million for the crypto scam, all while keeping millions for himself.

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How Fear and Greed in the Crypto Market Can Lead To Incredible Profit

Crypto is a speculative asset class, driven by the emotional state of the investors that make up the market. Could the sentiment across this subset of investors actually be a lucrative buy and sell signal that can lead to incredible profits? Warren Buffett: Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy The Oracle of Omaha himself, legendary...

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The U.S. government’s approach to crypto regulations hinges entirely on the 2020 election

The United States government underneath President Trump has taken an aggressive approach to the crypto markets, with the President himself claiming that he is “not a fan of” Bitcoin, while the Treasury secretary claimed that the lack of regulations surrounding the nascent technology constitutes a “national security” issue.

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Does Peter Schiff Losing His Bitcoin Reveal the Shortcomings of The Technology?

So, you must have now heard all about gold proponent and Bitcoin detractor Peter Schiff losing all his Bitcoin that he didn’t buy himself but received from the crypto community in their attempt to get him started and turn him into a BTC enthusiast by having him understand the technology. What happened as Schiff explains […]

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Peter Schiff Lost Bitcoin after His Crypto Wallet Failure

Coinspeaker Peter Schiff Lost Bitcoin after His Crypto Wallet FailureThe news from Peter Schiff about his Bitcoin loss made a lot of noise on Twitter. But it was not a big tragedy for him as he hadn't bought the crypto himself.

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NBA Star Spencer Dinwiddie Just Tokenized His Own Contract

The news that Brooklyn Nets star Spencer Dinwiddie was to roll out an Ethereum-based investment vehicle for his own contract took the NBA and crypto communities by surprise. Disregarding an NBA threat to ban him from the professional basketball league, the 26-year-old point guard – who tellingly describes himself as “a tech guy with a […] The post NBA Star Spencer Dinwiddie Just Tokenized His Own Contract appeared first on Bitcoin News.

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Crypto, Crypto, Crypto… CEO Says ‘Crypto’ 100K Times For Homeless Charity

The CEO of a digital currency exchange in the UK has set himself an incredibly bizarre challenge. People have been donating to Pete Wood of CoinBurp as he attempts to raise money for a homeless charity by saying the word “crypto” 100,000 times.

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McAfee Blasts Twitter Over Callous Disregard for Bitcoin Scams

Early on Monday, CCN brought to light the misadventures of an insidious scammer pretending to be none other than the Bitcoin renegade himself, John McAfee. McAfee: Twitter Never Even Responds to My Crypto Scam Reports After we tipped off McAfee and his wife, Janice, to the fraudulent article in question, John responded by sharing his […] The post McAfee Blasts Twitter Over Callous Disregard for Bitcoin Scams appeared first on CCN Markets

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Tim Draper Pushes $250,000 Bitcoin Price Realization Date to Early 2023

Crypto bull and venture capitalist Tim Draper has disclosed that it could take a little longer for his Bitcoin price target of $250,000 to be reached. Speaking to Yahoo Finance, Draper said that while Bitcoin price could still reach $250,000 by 2022, he was not restricting himself to that timeline as the target might instead […] The post Tim Draper Pushes $250,000 Bitcoin Price Realization Date to Early 2023 appeared first on CCN Markets

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Reddit Co-Founder to Stream Blockchain Game Skyweaver Face-Off

Reddit co-founder, Alexis Ohanian, will be live-streaming a face-off match between himself and the lead developer of the latest collectible card game to hit the blockchain, SkyWeaver. Ohanian, also known as kn0thing to Redditors, has famously invested in numerous successful startups.

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Bitcoin Hater Peter Schiff: ‘I Made a Mistake’ Not Buying Bitcoin at $10

Goldbug and fierce bitcoin critic Peter Schiff is “kicking himself” for not buying bitcoin when he first heard about it around the $10 mark. In a debate with Anthony Pompliano hosted by CNBC Crypto Trader, Schiff said: “I’m already kicking myself, I had that opportunity, I could already be a billionaire if I had only […] The post Bitcoin Hater Peter Schiff: ‘I Made a Mistake’ Not Buying Bitcoin at $10 appeared first on CCN Markets

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Craig Wright Calls Rivals ‘Frauds’, Despite Doctoring Documents in 2014

Outspoken crypto antagonist, Craig Wright, has been at it again lambasting other people and projects. Meanwhile, it has come to light that he has doctored documents in the past. Craig Wright Exposed For Tax Fraud A crypto Twitter user going by the handle ‘SeekingSatoshi’ has been delving into the past of computer scientist Craig Wright following his repeated claims to be bitcoin father Satoshi Nakamoto.

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Steven Mnuchin Hints at New Crypto Assets Regulations in the United States

After remaining quiet on the issue of Bitcoin and crypto assets since taking office, the Trump administration finally appears to be taking the industry seriously and is considering how to approach it from the regulatory point of view.

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This ‘Bitcoin Rabbi’ Wants Your Help to Troll Congress With Kid’s Books

Rabbi Michael Caras calls himself the “Bitcoin Rabbi” and writes books for children and newbies about the mechanics and importance of Bitcoin. Now, he wants to use those books to educate Congress on the merits of crypto – a goal shared by Blockchain Caucus member Representative Tom Emmer.

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Bitcoin Cash Maximalist Joins ‘Blockchain-Agnostic’ Crypto Wallet Project

Although Bitcoin. com CEO Roger Ver left the Bitcoin community to help establish Bitcoin Cash, he still considers himself a Bitcoin maximalist. His preferred vision of Bitcoin has larger blocks and smaller fees, all to ensure that the cryptocurrency becomes one thing: electronic cash.

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