Tokyo police have arrested eight men suspected of involvement of a pyramid scheme, collecting about $68.4 million in cash and BTC. Tokyo police have arrested eight men that are suspected of collecting a total amount of $68.4 million in cash and cryptocurrency using a pyramid scheme, Japanese daily newspaper Asahi Shimbun reports Wednesday, Nov. 14. […]
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A South Korean hospital plans to use blockchain tech for cross-hospital healthcare information exchange. One of the South Korea’s largest hospitals has partnered with a local tech company to develop a medical services platform based on blockchain technology, according to the hospital’s official press release Nov. 12. Myongji Hospital, located in the city of Goyang, […]
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Crypto markets are seeing a wave of stability, with most major assets seeing low-level fluctuations both red and green, with just a few exceptions. Monday, Nov. 12: crypto markets are seeing a wave of stability, with most major assets seeing low-level fluctuations both red and green, with just a few exceptions, as data from Coin360 […]
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sponsored i-House.com has revealed its plans to create a global real estate marketplace that combines blockchain technology with traditional real estate methods. The real estate industry has seen significant growth since the recession. With market prices predicted to increase along with millennial demand in 2019, the industry is as welcoming as ever. Although the market […]
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A Swedish man was sentenced to six and a half years in prison after sending a bomb to employees of the Cryptopay Bitcoin wallet, debit card service, and exchange platform. A Swedish court has sentenced a man to six and a half years in prison after he sent a “potentially lethal homemade bomb” to a […]
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The Ministry of Education of Malaysia is setting up a NEM blockchain-based university consortium to combat degree fraud. The Ministry of Education (MoE) of Malaysia is establishing a University Consortium to combat degree fraud using blockchain, the ministry announced in a tweet Nov. 8. According to the ministry’s tweet, the system is designed to issue […]
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In the most recent development in a case brought to court by the Winklevoss twins, a judge has ruled to end a freeze on the defendant’s assets. Judge Jed Rakoff has ruled to end the freeze on Charlie Shrem’s assets in a lawsuit brought against him by the Winklevoss brothers, Bloomberg reports Nov. 8. In […]
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South Korea’s government is set to triple its budget for 2019 to support blockchain industry. The South Korean government has agreed to invest $35 million in next year’s budget to develop blockchain technology and industry related to distributed ledger technology (DLT), South Korea’s largest economic information service company Korea Economic Daily reported Nov. 8. South […]
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The head of Venezuela’s state oil company reveals that the country will present Petro at the next OPEC meeting, offering the coin as a unit of account. Venezuela will present its state-backed cryptocurrency Petro as a unit of account for crude oil trading to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in 2019, the […]
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Three Thai siblings accused of swindling $24 million worth of Bitcoin from a Finnish investor have recently pleaded “not guilty” in a Bangkok court. Three Thai citizens who are currently being prosecuted for allegedly swindling $24 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) have pleaded “not guilty” in the Criminal Court of Bangkok, major Thai newspaper Bangkok […]
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