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The city will seek a vendor to help City Hall pay all or part of its employees' salaries in bitcoin. Residents would also have the option of using cryptocurrency to pay for city services.
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In its first step towards the futuristic Akon City, Akoin, the cryptocurrency business that is chaired by global artist Akon, can now be used to pay for goods and services in a west Kenyan city. The post Stellar-based Akoin can now be used to pay for groceries and gas in Kenyan city appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2020-11-14 13:35 | |
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Florence, Alabama, was targeted by the DoppelPaymer ransomware attack and officials plan to pay the ransom demanded.
2020-6-11 18:29 | |
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According to January 29, 2020, announcement by major crypto financial services company Bitcoin Suisse, the Swiss city of Zermatt has now become the second city in Switzerland which allows taxpayers to pay their taxes in Bitcoin (BTC).
2020-1-30 22:00 | |
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Spanish bank Banco Santander has launched a $20 million bond on the blockchain. The financial institution has also partnered with the Madrid City Council to develop a blockchain-powered application that will enable citizens to pay transport fare from a unified platform, according to an EnterpriseTimes report on October 18, 2019.
2019-10-19 23:00 | |
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The online processes of Jerez de la Frontera, a city of more than 200k inhabitants located in southern Spain, have been crippled by a severe ransomware attack. The hackers are demanding an undisclosed amount in bitcoin and Spanish authorities are yet to pay the ransom and have instead deployed three cybersecurity experts to the area,Read MoreRead More.
2019-10-8 09:00 | |
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The Municipal Transport Company of Madrid is currently planning a partnership with a company called Vottun to create a blockchain platform that would allow the company’s citizens to use digital currency to pay for bus and train services in the city.
2019-9-30 19:39 | |
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Facial recognition technology is used across China for everything from identifying criminals to measuring students’ attention in class. Now, it has debuted a system in its subway that lets you use your face as a ticket.
2019-9-23 09:14 | |
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It has become increasingly evident that targeted ransomware attacks on local US government entities are on the rise, costing localities millions as some pay off the perpetrators in an effort to untangle themselves and restore vital systems.
2019-8-2 16:48 | |
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Richmond Hill,Ontario is the latest Canadian city that will soon accept Bitcoin (BTC) as a form of payment for Property Tax The post Residents Of A Canadian City Will Soon Pay Property Tax Using Bitcoin (BTC) appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2019-7-20 14:00 | |
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Bitcoin takes another step toward mass adoption as a Toronto suburb favorably votes to accept Bitcoin for property tax payments. Cash, Credit or BTC? Canadians living in the Toronto suburb of the City of Richmond Hill can now pay their property taxes in Bitcoin thanks to a partnership between the municipality and Coinberry.
2019-7-17 19:00 | |
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According to a press release dated July 15, 2019, the city of Richmond Hill, Canada, is rolling out a project that allows residents to pay property taxes with bitcoin (BTC) through crypto startup, Coinberry.
2019-7-17 09:00 | |
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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.
2019-7-2 11:52 | |
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Officials in Lake City, Florida, paid $500,000 worth of bitcoin to hackers who had brought down the city's computer system for two weeks. Lake City is the second Florida town in as many weeks to pay a bitcoin ransom as a result of a ransomware attack.
2019-6-27 22:16 | |
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Cities in the United States are under attack from hackers. In recent times, cities like Baltimore in Maryland, Cartersville in Georgia and Lynn in Massachusetts have all suffered attacks. And now, a city in the state of Florida has caved in and decided to pay the hackers.
2019-6-27 18:17 | |
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Riviera Beach, a tiny city of roughly 35,000 people located just north of West Palm Beach in Miami, Florida, has been crippled by a deadly ransomware attack and the leaders of the city have agreed to cough out a whopping 65 bitcoin (over $650,000 at press time) to regain their files, according to a NewRead MoreRead More.
2019-6-23 21:00 | |
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Cyber attackers successfully launched an attack on a small city in Florida, Riviera Beach. Reports show that the city is paying the ransom demanded by these cyber attackers. It is uncertain at this point that the cyber attackers will honor their words and return control back to the city.
2019-6-22 07:59 | |
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Riviera Beach, a resort city in Florida, has agreed to pay a ransom of 65 Bitcoins to the tune of $600,000 to hackers, to get back the city’s data which was stolen and encrypted by cyber-criminals.
2019-6-21 03:30 | |
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Riviera Beach city officials voted to pay 65 BTC to hackers who seized control over the city’s online utility system
2019-6-21 23:26 | |
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Baltimore refused to pay a $76,000 ransom after a cyberattack crippled thousands of computers for a month. It wasn't the first US city to face a ransomware attack, and local governments are scrambling to find better security and post-hack relief.
2019-6-11 22:18 | |
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By CCN: Total costs from the crypto ransom attack last month on Baltimore’s networks is likely to exceed $18 million. According to Ars Technica, this will include $10 million to fund the full recovery of the IT infrastructure.
2019-6-6 17:40 | |
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Officials investigating the Bitcoin-fueled ransomware attack that hit Baltimore City last month believe the hackers have leaked government documents on Twitter. A Twitter account claiming to be owned by the hackers appears to have been used to leak the sensitive documents, The Baltimore Sun reports.
2019-6-5 16:36 | |
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By CCN: Most of the Baltimore City’s government systems have been locked down since May 7th as a result of the “Robbinhood” ransomware attack. The successful crypto locking has forced the city to go “manual” in most aspects of its daily business and has affected several areas of life.
2019-5-16 08:27 | |
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Actors are often done in by their egos, and in the case of Jussie Smollett, a few moments of arrogance could cost him a lot more than the $130,000 Chicago was demanding last week. The city, led by former Barack Obama advisor and now-Mayor Rahm Emanuel, sued the “Empire” actor following his refusal to pay back the $130,000 lawmakers initially requested following overtime hours spent investigating his case.
2019-4-13 01:00 | |
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AJ is a British bitcoin miner who loves privacy and hates KYC. When he needs cash to pay his bills, he meets bitcoin buyers in person. EZ is a full-time bitcoin trader who spends his days driving from city to city buying and selling BTC.
2019-4-3 09:33 | |
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Ohio might have made history as the first city to accept cryptocurrency for corporate taxes, but one Canadian town is adding its name to the books by becoming the first in North America to permit its citizens to pay their personal taxes in bitcoin.
2019-3-28 19:04 | |
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CoinSpice’s Hayden Otto, obviously a native of Australia, published a video today featuring himself traversing the economy of North Queensland, Australia, without using fiat currency at all. He was able to dine, drink, travel, get accommodations, and even have his laundry done – all with Bitcoin Cash.
2019-3-6 05:16 | |
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South Korea’s Second Largest City Starts Partnership With Blockchain Company Busan, the second largest city of South Korea, only behind Seoul, has decided to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hyundai Pay, a blockchain company.
2019-2-13 20:57 | |
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South Korea’s “Crypto Valley” — the city of Busan — aims to create new jobs and revitalize the blockchain industry by signing an MoU with blockchain firm Hyundai Pay
2019-2-13 13:18 | |
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The national contactless smart card that is used to pay for public transportation throughout Argentina can now be loaded with BTC. These cards are valid for rides on buses, trains, subways, and motorboats in 37 cities, including the capital city of Buenos Aires, according to the Argentine government’s website.
2019-2-8 05:28 | |
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This is the second instalment of reporter Colin Harper's "Living on Bitcoin" experience in San Francisco. Find out what happened to him on Day 1 here. I woke up on Christian’s couch stiff-necked and cotton-mouthed.
2019-1-16 22:54 | |
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“The point is to get people to think about bitcoin, not spend it. I don’t think it’s good for that. It’s not meant to be used like cash,” Jeremy Gardner, founder of Ausum Ventures, advised me.
2019-1-15 17:50 | |
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CryptoNinjas Terra, a blockchain company building a payment system powered by its price-stable cryptocurrency, today announced a partnership with Mongolia’s capital city of Ulaanbaatar to utilize its blockchain technology and change how Mongolian citizens pay for goods.
2019-1-11 03:15 | |
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The early Bitcoin community in San Francisco was originally comprised of revolutionaries: Individuals who believed in the freedom and opportunity that a permissionless distributed system would bring the world.
2019-1-4 00:06 | |
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At this year’s CryptoFrontiers Conference in New York City, digital currency exchange Huobi announced that it will begin offering derivatives contract trading. The service will be available via Huobi’s Derivative Market (Huobi DM) to customers of select countries and will allow them to open both short and long positions for a handful of coins.
2018-11-29 01:33 | |
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Tokyo has taken another step towards cryptocurrency “mass adoption,” and will be giving high-rollers another place to spend their hodlings. The Hinomaru Limousine company claims it will be giving passengers the opportunity to pay for their travel – between the Japanese capital and the city’s two major airports – in digital currencies, Bloomberg reports.
2018-11-5 14:20 | |
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As the CEO of Hut 8, one of North America’s largest cryptocurrency miners and the world’s largest publicly traded cryptocurrency miner, I’m often asked questions about energy consumption in the mining of cryptocurrency.
2018-11-1 23:35 | |
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Connecticut’s West Haven City Council Agrees to a $2,000 Demand to get rid of a Ransomware Connecticut’s West Haven City Council has paid a whopping $2,000 in bitcoin to cyber criminals in order to get rid of a malware.
2018-10-28 17:29 | |
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Ransomware attacks are still a pressing problem in 2018. Although such stories have seemingly become less apparent in the past few months, the city of West Haven in Connecticut was forced to make a crucial decision.
2018-10-27 21:09 | |
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Glassdoor Economic Research is delivering much needed good news to the crypto community saying that despite extreme price volatility and regulatory uncertainty, the number of crypto jobs in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector has risen by 300 percent since the same time last year.
2018-10-19 21:27 | |
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The Italian football club Rimini, which plays in the Italian Serie C division, has sold a portion of the team’s shares in exchange for cryptocurrency. The first-of-its-kind acquisition was made by Heritage Sports Holdings (HSH), a sports investment company based in the United Arab Emirates.
2018-8-30 21:01 | |
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Global investment platform eToro has partnered with British Premier League clubs in a sponsorship deal that could see future transfers of players in the English Premier League (EPL) settled in cryptocurrency.
2018-8-23 22:55 | |
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According to an Engadget report on August 19, 2018, a United States Federal Court has ordered Martin Marsich -the hacker who allegedly broke into the internal computer network of a Redwood City video game firm, Electronic Arts (EA) – to pay for his bail with $750,000 worth of bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies.
2018-8-21 04:00 | |
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This time last year, I visited a bustling cafe in downtown Salt Lake City. I had never been there before, so I decided to go all out — breakfast and a cinnamon roll— Carb City. After finishing my meal, I went to pay my bill, but there was a problem: I couldn’t get my server’s attention.
2018-8-11 17:30 | |
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Financial technology firm Paxos has formed a partnership with INTL FCStone Inc’s precious metals division. The department will now be using Paxos Confirmation Service — a tool built specifically for the precious metals arena — to instantly automate daily trade confirmations and reduce human error.
2018-8-9 18:15 | |
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The city of Zug, home of the Swiss Crypto Valley, will invite its residents to take part in an experimental blockchain-based vote. They are expected to share opinions on several questions of local importance, including the fireworks display during the annual Lakeside Festival and the use of digital IDs to borrow books and pay parking […] The post Bitcoin in Brief Wednesday: Zug Tests Blockchain to Decide on Fireworks and Digital IDs appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2018-6-13 15:12 | |
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Scott Conger, the mayor of Jackson, Tennessee, has become the latest to support the concept of implementing provisions that allow citizens to receive portions of their retirement funds in crypto. The post Crypto Retirement Plans Becoming an Attractive Option in US Cities appeared first on BeInCrypto.
Mayor Francis Suarez credited "manipulated central bank currency systems" as the main driver for his move.
"I look forward to the friendly competition in making our respective cities a crypto capital," said recently re-elected Miami Mayor Francis Suarez.
"The fact that we have nuclear power means that it's very inexpensive power," Suarez said.
Miami Mayor says he wants “a Miami that lasts forever” as he announces Blockchain.com’s move to Miami.
Miami is expanding as a crypto hub by hosting this year’s Bitcoin 2021 event.
With the cheapest condo listed for more than $10 million, Miami’s Arte Surfside luxury apartments are now aimed at crypto millionaires and billionaires.