The U.S. SEC and CFTC have jointly issued an alert warning investors against fraudulent websites purporting to operate advisory and trading businesses. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have jointly issued an alert warning investors against fraudulent websites purporting to operate advisory and trading businesses. The […]
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A charitable campaign to enable the direct transfer of $1 million in crypto donations has raised $272,000 to date. A charitable campaign to enable the direct transfer of $1 million in crypto donations to Venezuelans has registered around 60,000 verified beneficiaries and raised $272,000 to date. The news was revealed in an interview with the […]
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Bloomberg calls Bitcoin a bubble yet again, and Facebook is seemingly looking for $1 billion from VC firms for its stablecoin. Top Stories This Week NYT Reporter: Facebook Seeking $1 Billion in Venture Capital for Crypto Project According to a tweet by New York Times (NYT) tech reporter Nathaniel Popper, Facebook is reportedly looking to […]
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Lagos has an interest in crypto, but adoption is slow, with many only considering Bitcoin as an alternative means of receiving foreign payments. Data from Google Trends shows that Lagos, Nigeria ranks as the number one city based on the volume of online searches for Bitcoin (BTC). While this data may indicate a high level […]
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A 33-year old Danish man laundered $450,000 by depositing dirty money in Bitcoin and sending it to exchanges overseas. A 33-year old Danish man has been sentenced to four years and three months in jail for laundering over $450,000 in Bitcoin (BTC), tech news agency The Next Web reports April 8. Citing a press release […]
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Belgium’s Financial Services and Markets Authority updated its crypto-related fraud blacklist to total of 120 websites. Belgium’s Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has updated a blacklist of crypto-related websites associated with fraud, according to an official statement on April 4. Following a previous crypto-related scam blacklist update in December 2018, the FSMA has added […]
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How a user gaming the Augur network led to the debate on the validity and effectiveness of decentralized networks. According to a Reddit thread on March 19, traders on Augur, a decentralized oracle and peer-to-peer protocol for prediction markets, are being scammed. The Reddit user claims that “some people” in the Augur community are exploiting […]
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Ethereum-based prediction market Augur is reportedly currently facing a design flaw attack, according to the research. Ethereum-based (ETH) prediction market Augur is currently facing a design flaw attack, according to research by cryptocurrency exchange Binance released on April 1. The aforementioned attack involves a controversial market described as betting on the price of ETH at […]
Continue ReadingSwitzerland-based KRONN Ventures AG and Vietnamese distribution company Linh Thanh Group will jointly launch a crypto exchange. Vietnam’s largest distribution company Linh Thanh Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Swiss blockchain company KRONN Ventures AG to establish a cryptocurrency exchange, according to a press release published on March 22. The collaboration is […]
Continue ReadingThe Japanese broker that acquired previously hacked cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck in April last year has announced major changes in its management. The Japanese broker that acquired the hacked cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck in April 2018 has announced major changes in its management structure. The news was revealed in a press release published on March 27. The […]
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