Russian crypto exchange YoBit tweeted that it will pump the price of 10 random coins. Cryptocurrency exchange YoBit is going to perform a pump scheme on random coins, according to an Oct. 10 tweet. A pump and dump scheme is a form of fraud that attempts to artificially boost the price of an asset through […]
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Law enforcement agencies and the military could benefit from blockchain as much as financial institutions do. Blockchain-based systems’ decentralized nature makes for their formidable resiliency to the outsiders’ attempts to infiltrate or take down such networks. Governments, law enforcement agencies and even military leadership around the world seem to be embracing a more blockchain-friendly way […]
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The Wall Street Journal creates, then gets rid of, its own cryptocurrency and the Petro may be ready for public sale in November. Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you to track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, […]
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More governments are tracking crypto, but ways to stay anonymous remain. Much noise has been made about the untraceable qualities of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin “can be used to buy merchandise anonymously” said early primers on crypto, it offers users the kind of financial privacy that was previously available only from a “Swiss bank […]
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The U.S. Department of Justice has charged seven officers from Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate with crypto-funded crimes. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged seven officers from Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) with cryptocurrency-funded global hacking and related disinformation operations. The indictment was filed by the grand jury at the Western District of Pennsylvania […]
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Technologies like blockchain form one of the focuses of a new partnership between major Russian bank Sberbank and energy giant Rosseti. Russia’s largest majority state-owned bank Sberbank has signed a partnership agreement with state-owned power giant Rosseti to propagate new technologies, a press release confirms Friday, October 5. The latest step in Sberbank’s ongoing engagement […]
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Bitcoin trading volumes in stricken Venezuela spiked again last week as one local commentator called claims Dash is making inroads in the country “snake oil.” GóMez: ‘No One Uses Dash’ for Payments Figures from P2P trading platform Localbitcoins gathered by monitoring site Coin Dance show a total of 898 BTC and 877 BTC changed hands […]
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The IT department of state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom is committed to developing blockchain, AI and IoT to increase its productivity. Russian state nuclear energy corporation (Rosatom) will develop “advanced” digital technologies, such as blockchain, according to Rosatom IT department head Evgeniy Abakumov, cited by corporate outlet Strana Rosatom Monday, October 1. As per Abakumov, […]
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Russia’s government has continuously gone back and forth on crypto regulation, with final legislation tentatively set to be finalized this fall. Russia has been trying to pass cryptocurrency legislation since the beginning of January 2018, with no success as of yet. The government’s main bill, “On Digital Technologies,” which was expected to be passed by […]
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Austria’s government will use the Ethereum blockchain to issue €1.15 billion ($1.35 billion) of government bonds in a Federal Bond Auction. Austria’s government is set to use the Ethereum (ETH) public blockchain to issue €1.15 billion ($1.35 billion) of government bonds in an auction next week, local news outlet Kleine Zeitung reports September 25. Oesterreichische […]
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