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Florida city that paid $500,000 Bitcoin ransom, fires IT director
Lake City, the Florida city that paid a $500,000 Bitcoin ransom last week, has fired an employee following the debacle. In an interview with local television, the city manager of Lake City, Joe Helfenberg, said the city’s director of information technology has been fired. дальше »
2019-7-2 11:52 | |
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Tony Hawk’s Nonprofit Accepts Crypto Donations via Bitpay Partnership
Tony Hawk Foundation, one of the largest global nonprofit organizations which mainly funds skatepark projects, is now accepting donations made in crypto. Announcing this, the organization said that it would be receiving Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. дальше »
2019-6-27 18:51 | |
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Russian Central Bank: Criminals Rarely Use Crypto to Withdraw Stolen Funds
A Russian central bank official said that criminals rarely use cryptocurrency to withdraw stolen money
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Scorned Bitcoin Investor Says Bittrex Is Not Giving Up User’s $100,000 Worth In BSV/BCH Fork
Bittrex Doesn’t Want To Give Back $100k To Customer A Redditor decided to ask for help on the recognized social media network saying that he lost $100,000 with Bittrex sending Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV together. дальше »
2019-6-18 22:08 | |
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Wilshire Phoenix’s Bitcoin Trust Product Checks all the Regulatory Boxes
In an interview with BTCManager, the CEO of the New York-based investment firm Wilshire Phoenix Funds LLC. said that their United States Bitcoin and Treasury Investment Trust product is one of the most promising yet. дальше »
2019-6-16 13:00 | |
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Abra Allows Bitcoin Holders to Fractionally Invest in Stocks and ETF with Zero Fees in 2019
Abra, a crypto investment app with its headquarters in San Francisco, USA, is allowing its non-US users to invest in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and stocks with Bitcoin as collateral. In a tweet, Abra said: “It’s. дальше »
2019-5-30 19:28 | |
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Millennials Prefer Bitcoin Over Gold, BTC ETF Demand Exists
Bitcoin Over Gold During Bloomberg’s “ETF IQ” segment yesterday, a financial advisory head said Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETF) are preferred over their gold counterparts by millennial investors. дальше »
2019-5-24 03:27 | |
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Tether Partly Backed by Bitcoin, Court Transcription Reveals
Tether, a stablecoin tied to the dollar that is meant to mediate the volatility of other cryptocurrencies, is partly backed by bitcoin. As detailed in court documents obtained by The Block, Tether admitted to using some of the cash reserves meant to back its stablecoin to purchase bitcoin, among other assets. дальше »
2019-5-22 23:02 | |
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Brave Browser Reportedly Seeks to Raise Up to $50 Million in Series A Equity Round
Coinspeaker Brave Browser Reportedly Seeks to Raise Up to $50 Million in Series A Equity RoundIt is said the privacy-centric web browser Brave will try to gather a new portion of funds for its growth in the nearest future. дальше »
2019-5-17 11:54 | |
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SEC Commissioner Says Time Is Right for Bitcoin ETFs — 3 Funds Pending
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is currently reviewing three bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), one of which was filed last week to track the prices of two cryptocurrencies. дальше »
2019-5-15 05:30 | |
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Digiwills ICO
Digiwills is a service based on a smart contract that aims to ensure that your digital assets are not lost or fall into the wrong hands. Thanks to the blockchain technology, with this innovative service it will be possible to safely leave all your digital assets. дальше »
2019-5-14 03:22 | |
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In Light of Tether’s Fractional Reserve, a Shadow of Fiatcoins’ Future
Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets. дальше »
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
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Op Ed: Understanding the Latest FinCEN Guidance for Cryptocurrencies
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. дальше »
2019-5-11 21:34 | |
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Just in: CZ is carefully considering regorging Bitcoin network to recover stolen funds
CZ, in an AMA, mentioned that the hackers were very patient and waited until they had access to wallets that had large funds accounts/wallet and then executed the hack, which caused the loss of 7,000 BTC. дальше »
2019-5-8 06:30 | |
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Binance Hack: CZ is considering reorging Bitcoin network to recover stolen funds from Binance
CZ, in an AMA, mentioned that the hackers were very patient and waited until they had access to wallets that had large funds accounts/wallet and then executed the hack, which caused the loss of 7,000 BTC. дальше »
2019-5-8 06:30 | |
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Toxic ICO Taxes: Thailand Stock Chief Slams Regulators for Crippling Crypto-Friendly Startups
By CCN. com: Thai startups raising funds by issuing digitized equities/stocks pay more taxes than an average business, according to Prinn Panitchpakdi. The governor of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) said initial coin offering (ICO) startups typically pay 7 percent in value-added (VAT) and a 20 percent in corporate tax. дальше »
2019-5-7 14:24 | |
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Indictments Issued for Two Individuals for Running “Shadow Banking” Operation
U. S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York has charged two individuals for providing “shadow banking” services to crypto exchanges. According to a statement by Geoffrey S. дальше »
2019-5-2 23:54 | |
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Bitfinex Faces Legal Action From NY Attorney General: Here’s What This Means
The New York Office of the Attorney General (AG) wants to take a closer look into the business operations of Bitfinex and related stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT). According to a legal petition filed with the Supreme Court of New York, the NY Attorney General Office of Letitia James is applying for a court order to investigate Bitfinex’s suite of interrelated companies (including its umbrella firm iFinex and Tether Holdings Limited) for “ongoing fraud” to the tune of $850 million. дальше »
2019-4-27 01:30 | |
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Bitfinex & Tether Respond: We are “Financially Strong”, Will “Fight” NY AG’s “Gross Overreach”
The New York Attorney General Office in a statement on Thursday alleged that Bitfinex lost $850 million and as a coverup used customer and corporate funds from the USDT stablecoin operator Tether. “The issue is not printing tethers to manipulate bitcoin, but Bitfinex having funds “stolen” and then using Tether's funds,” said economist and crypto […] дальше »
2019-4-26 21:04 | |
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Breaking: NY AG Alleges Bitcoin Exchange Misused Tether to Hide $850M
By CCN: The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James has officially obtained a court order to request iFinex Inc, the operator of bitcoin exchange Bitfinex and Tether, to cease operations in New York. дальше »
2019-4-26 01:21 | |
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New York Makes First Money Laundering Conviction Involving Cryptocurrency
In what the Manhattan District Attorney calls the first crypto money laundering conviction in New York, two defendants have pleaded guilty to running a drug trafficking business that laundered millions of dollars in Western Union and crypto payments. дальше »
2019-4-25 20:37 | |
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Out of Testnet and Into Alpha: Lightning Labs’ Desktop Application Is Live
Lightning Labs just released an alpha version of its Lightning Network wallet. The desktop application is now compatible with Bitcoin’s mainnet and it leverages Neutrino (the protocol, not the analytics company acquired by Coinbase) to give users a lightweight option to “control their own funds,” as opposed to running a full node or trusting a third party to play custodian. дальше »
2019-4-24 01:38 | |
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Crypto Industry Matures as Bitcoin Exchange Reopens After $60 Million Hack
By CCN. com: Zaif, a Japanese crypto exchange that was hacked in September 2018, is preparing to resume its operations in Japan according to the official document released by the exchange. The document released by Zaif on April 19 stated that all users affected by the hack will be compensated fully. дальше »
2019-4-23 17:31 | |
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Former Colleague of QuadrigaCX CEO Believes Customers Will Likely Not Recover their Funds
According to Adam O’ Brien, a former colleague and friend of the late QuadrigaCX CEO Gerald Cotton, customers are unlikely to recover their funds locked inside the exchange’s cold-storage crypto wallets, reports Global News, April 19, 2019. дальше »
2019-4-21 09:00 | |
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QuadrigaCX CEO’s Was Afraid of Being Kidnapped, May Have Set Up ‘Dead Mans Switch’
QuadrigaCX CEO Apparently Feated For His Life Former Colleague Says The QuadrigaCX controversy seems not to have an end. This time, a former colleague and friends, said that the CEO of the platform, Gerald Cotten, feared for his life due to the large number of funds he exclusively controlled. The information was released by Global […] дальше »
2019-4-20 23:07 | |
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QuadrigaCX CEO Feared for Life, Possibly Planned $200 Million Dead Man’s Crypto Switch
By CCN. com: The late CEO of QuadrigaCX crypto exchange Gerald Cotten feared for his life due to the vast amounts of funds he exclusively controlled, a former colleague and friend has said. Per cryptocurrency entrepreneur Adam O’Brien, Cotten worried that he could be kidnapped over the crypto assets worth millions of dollars that he exclusively had access to, according to Global News: Gerry was holding, we know, over $100 million, almost $200 million dollars in funds. дальше »
2019-4-19 13:19 | |
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Dow Jones: Larry Fink Reveals Key Factor That Should Silence the Bears
By CCN: Throughout the past month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has overcome significant adversity to recover by nearly 1,000 points. However, despite surging nearly 4 percent to Tuesday’s close at 26,452. дальше »
2019-4-17 00:51 | |
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Moonday Morning: IMF builds its own cryptocurrency ‘for learning,’ and more
Welcome to another Monday and with that, another Moonday Morning – where we take a look at the weekend’s top blockchain and cryptocurrency news. Here’s Hard Fork’s selection of last weekend’s top stories: 1. дальше »
2019-4-15 12:40 | |
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With Latest Partnership, Ledger Vault Offers a Fix to Crypto’s Custody Problem
Within the sphere of traditional finance, at least, crypto has a custody problem. The problem? Crypto is complicated, security is tricky and — if we’re being frank — the suits don’t know a bit from a byte (or a blockchain from a cloud server). дальше »
2019-4-12 22:03 | |
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Impressed: Ari Paul Joins Hedera Hashgraph As Advisor
Ari Paul, co-founder of one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency hedge funds has announced he will be joining Hedera Hashgraph as an advisor. Paul said he was impressed by the competence and general quality of the team and hopes to guide the project towards micro-payments and logistics. дальше »
2019-4-10 13:01 | |
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Mt. Gox: Legal Advocate Quits, Takes Massive Loss on Bitcoin Claim
Andy Pag, who founded Mt. Gox Legal, has resigned his position as leader of the group, which represents the majority of the now-defunct Bitcoin exchange’s creditors (users who still had funds on the platform at the time of its implosion. дальше »
2019-4-10 00:10 | |
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Mt. Gox might need 2 more years to repay millions worth of lost Bitcoin
The leader of the group representing victims of the defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox is stepping down from his post. The founder and coordinator of Mt. Gox Legal, Andy Pag, is resigning in the midst of a “legal quagmire that could take years to resolve,” he told CoinDesk in an interview. дальше »
2019-4-9 14:35 | |
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How Asian Crypto Funds Outperformed their US Peers by Staggering 20x
Asia-based crypto funds have returned more profits than their US counterparts, claimed Jason Chui. The researcher at Hong Kong-based financial service firm, Spartan Capital, said the Asian crypto funds performed 20-times better than their “high signaling US peers. дальше »
2019-4-6 20:14 | |
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In Plain English: SEC Publishes Guidance on Tokens as Securities
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published an investment contract framework for digital assets, which is intended to give crypto companies guidance as to whether a cryptocurrency is a security. дальше »
2019-4-4 22:02 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX should declare bankruptcy, EY says
Defunct cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX’s should enter bankruptcy proceedings in a bid to minimize costs and facilitate the recovery of assets for creditors, according to a report by Ernst & Young (EY), its court appointed monitor. дальше »
2019-4-3 12:23 | |
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Binance CEO CZ Predicts Significant Influx into Crypto Market
Changpeng Zhao, the Chinese-Canadian businessman who is the founder and CEO of Binance, has weighed in on the current state of the cryptocurrency market, predicting that a lot of funds will enter the industry and encouraging everyone to join the bandwagon. дальше »
2019-4-3 23:25 | |
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Pakistan Introduces Crypto Regulation
The Pakistani government will now regulate local cryptocurrency firms under new legislation. Local news outlet The Express Tribune reported that the government of Pakistan will introduce Electronic Money Institutions (EMI) regulations based on the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). дальше »
2019-4-2 01:33 | |
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Changelly Puts Stolen Funds Of $76,000 In XRP And $480,000 In EOS On Hold From Bithumb Hack
Changelly Hacks $76K In XRP And $480K In EOS Stolen From Bithumb For the second time in the previous year, Bithumb (a cryptocurrency exchange) has been hacked. According to several journalist reports, $20 million XRP and $13 million in EOS is said to be in the circulation currently. As a number of the hawk-eyed devotees […] дальше »
2019-4-1 23:14 | |
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$20 Million Bithumb Hack Exposes Alarming Threat to Bitcoin Exchanges
Bithumb, the largest bitcoin exchange in South Korea alongside Upbit, has been hacked for around $20 million. The company said that user funds stored in crypto cold storage wallets were not hacked, but corporate funds were moved. дальше »
2019-3-31 21:45 | |
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LocalBitcoins, Once a Go-To for Anonymous Bitcoin Transactions, Adds KYC
The Finland-based, peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform LocalBitcoins released a statement on March 25, 2019, responding to a new act approved by the Finnish Parliament that will require users to verify their identities. дальше »
2019-3-28 18:00 | |
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Singapore Crypto Exchange DragonEx Hacked: Can the Funds Be Recovered?
DragonEx, a crypto exchange based in Singapore, said on Tuesday that its platform has been hacked and an undisclosed amount of user funds was lost. In its official Telegram account, the DragonEx team said that the exchange was hacked on March 24 and it alerted the authorities in Estonia, Thailand, Singapore, and Hong Kong. дальше »
2019-3-27 17:03 | |
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There’s now a black market for Ethereum-based visas to North Korea
It appears North Korean revolutionaries Cheollima Civil Defense (CCD) are indeed selling their “post-liberation blockchain visas. ” More than 60 have been distributed so far – and now, there’s even a black market for the Ethereum-based visas. дальше »
2019-3-25 15:30 | |
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Crypto Firm BlockFi Trims Interest Rates of Bitcoin Savings Accounts
BlockFi trims payouts for hedge funds and VCs provides a boost for “average crypto investors”. The BlockFi Interest Account (BIA), which launched as a private beta in January, before rolling out to the public at the start of March, has so far been dubbed a “huge success” by the firm. дальше »
2019-3-24 14:02 | |
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Bitcoin Accepted as Payment Option by Major US Electronics Company
Avnet has become the latest major enterprise to begin accepting payment in bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. On March 19, 2019, the company announced that it will allow customers to pay for goods and services using bitcoin and bitcoin cash. дальше »
2019-3-20 19:08 | |
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Karpeles Beats Embezzlement Charges in Mt Gox Ruling
The Tokyo District Court has found Mark Karpeles, the former head of now-defunct Bitcoin exchange platform Mt. Gox, guilty of record tampering but innocent on other charges related to embezzlement and breach of trust. дальше »
2019-3-16 22:01 | |
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MIT Bitcoin: Legislators Discuss Regulation, Potential of Blockchain Tech
On March 9–10, 2019, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hosted a two-day event, the MIT Bitcoin Expo 2019. Put together by the student-organized MIT Bitcoin Club, the conference welcomed more than just Bitcoin voices from every corner of the industry. дальше »
2019-3-15 01:08 | |
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