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Bitcoin Rises with All Eyes on Ukraine, Fed’s Next Move
15.2.2022
The price of bitcoin (BTC) has been on the rise since the beginning of the week, with traders now keeping an eye on developments in Ukraine, as well as on the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) next move to combat high inflation.
At 10:26 UTC on Tuesday morning, BTC traded at USD 44,137, up 4.5%...
IRA Financial Trust Hack Reportedly Sees USD 36M in Crypto Stolen From Users
15.2.2022
US-based IRA Financial Trust, a regulated financial institution that offers self-directed retirement accounts, has been hit with a hack that resulted in the loss of USD 36m in crypto, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the investigation....
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Canada Joins Lebanon and Turkey in 'Bitcoin's Marketing Team'
15.2.2022
The Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Canada has claimed that banks in the country could be asked to immediately freeze or suspend the bank accounts of individuals in the country, as the “truck drivers’ protest” over Canadian COVID-19 restrictions continues....
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Bitfinex Hack: Ilya Lichtenstein Remains in Federal Custody, Heather Morgan Released on Bail
15.2.2022
A judge in Washington D.C., USA, denied bail to Ilya Lichtenstein while releasing his wife, Heather Morgan, from detention on bail.
The duo was previously granted bail by a New York judge for an alleged conspiracy to launder USD 4.5bn worth of bitcoin (BTC) stolen from the 2016 hack of...
Bitcoin and Ethereum Reverse Losses, Altcoins Jump
15.2.2022
Bitcoin price found a strong buying interest above the USD 41,500 level. As a result, BTC started a steady upward move above the USD 42,500 resistance zone and is currently (04:13 UTC) trading above USD 43,600. It's up almost 4% in a day and erased almost all its weekly losses....
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Critics Hit Back at Colombia’s Retrospective Crypto Tax Plans
15.2.2022
The Colombian government wants citizens to declare their crypto holdings – but industry figures claim this will just force crypto advocates and their coins onto overseas platforms....
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Singapore’s DBS Bank to Launch Retail-Focused Crypto Trading Desk in 2022
14.2.2022
The major Singapore-based bank DBS confirmed that it is planning to launch a retail-focused crypto trading desk in 2022, after last year doing the same for accredited investors and corporate customers.
The plans include an online portal that allows clients to place orders for various digital...
Russian Central Bank Still Opposes Crypto Regulation Plans
14.2.2022
The race to launch crypto regulations in Russia could still be halted by the country’s Central Bank, which, despite reports to the contrary, is still not happy about recently unveiled plans to “legalize” crypto and bring the industry under a regulatory umbrella. But the pro-business (and...
Bitcoin Is in Red Again; Time to Invest in BTC
14.2.2022
Bitcoin is the world’s first peer-to-peer decentralized cryptocurrency launched by a person pseudonyms as Satoshi Nakamoto. It uses a technology where cryptography verifies transitions based on the encoding and decoding process. Many of the users do not know that BTC can be divided into smaller...
Super Bowl Crypto Ads, Which One Was the Most Interesting?
14.2.2022
The 2022 Super Bowl was inundated with crypto ads as four crypto trading platforms and one decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) aired ads promoting the nascent industry.
Reactions varied widely, but the majority in the crypto community seemed to be impressed with the ads by major crypto...
Coinbase's Volatile Weekend: Security Threat, Service Paused & Restored, Site Crash
14.2.2022
Major crypto exchange Coinbase experienced a volatile weekend with a vulnerability reported, a service paused and re-started, and its site crashing following what seems to have been a successful Super Bowl ad.
Tree of Alpha, a pseudonymous white-hat hacker, notified Coinbase of a "potentially...
Bitcoin and Ethereum Trend Lower Again, Altcoins Drop Even More
14.2.2022
Bitcoin price failed to stay above the USD 43,200 level and extended decline. BTC traded below USD 42,000 to move into a bearish zone. It is currently (05:40 UTC) down 1% in a day and is showing bearish signs and might revisit the USD 40,000 zone.
Similarly, most major altcoins are also moving...
South Korean Sovereign Wealth Fund 'Indirectly' Buys Coinbase Shares
12.2.2022
A South Korean sovereign wealth investment fund has "indirectly" bought shares in the listed American crypto exchange giant Coinbase – although it has since distanced itself from crypto-related interests....
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Canadian Trucker Protesters Eye Bitcoin Amid Court-Ordered Fund Freeze
11.2.2022
The government of Canada’s Ontario has obtained an order from the province's Superior Court of Justice that allows freezing some USD 9.4m in funds collected through crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo for the 'trucker protest' -- encouraging calls by some of the protest’s supporters to develop...
Intel Confirms its Crypto Mining Plan, Uber Repeats its Crypto Intentions + More News
11.2.2022
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Crypto Market Braces for Volatile Week Ahead of Fed’s ‘Emergency Meeting’
11.2.2022
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) is set to hold an unscheduled meeting on Monday to discuss interest rates, described by some as an “emergency meeting” and others as a fairly “regular occurrence.” Regardless, the Fed’s unexpected notice has sparked debate in the crypto community over whether...
New Russian Law ‘Will Dampen Public’s Interest in Crypto’, Says Biz Leader
11.2.2022
A business leader has said that a soon-to-be-unveiled Russian draft crypto regulation bill – which proposes bringing crypto into a strict regulatory framework – is effectively a way to discourage Russians from using cryptoassets....
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Coinbase Pulls Buying Instructions for Three Coins Amid Rug Pull Warnings
11.2.2022
US crypto exchange Coinbase has decided to scrap 'how to buy' instructions for a minimum of three crypto tokens following the emergence of rug pull warnings indicating that investors’ cybersecurity and funds were in danger.
Rug pulls happen when crypto developers unexpectedly drop a project...
Here’s What Agents Say They Photographed in ‘Bitfinex Hack’ Couple’s Apartment
11.2.2022
The mysterious case of the duo charged with attempting to launder a vast bitcoin (BTC) haul allegedly looted from the Bitfinex crypto exchange in a hack in 2016 just got a lot more bizarre – with the Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia issuing a 34-page legal document detailing...
Turkey (Unintentionally) Builds Case for Bitcoin as It Plans to Convert Citizens' Gold to Lira
11.2.2022
The Turkish government is working on plans to get its citizens to hand in ‘under the mattress’ gold in its latest scheme to prop up the value of its national currency, the lira. But according to some, the country would have been much better off had it just embraced bitcoin (BTC)....
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