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Irish Police Investigate Massive Bitcoin Scam That Allegedly Stole Millions From High-Net-Worth Individuals
2.4.2021
Irish police are on high alert due to the rising number of cases related to a bitcoin-related scam targeting high-net-worth people in the country. The situation has become worrisome because suspicious high-value transactions have already been noticed by authorities. Authorities Already Searched...
Enterprise Blockchain Doesn’t Work Because It’s About the Real World
31.3.2021
Recording bitcoin transactions on a blockchain is fundamentally "more accurate" than using a blockchain for, say, birth certificates
The blacklist: Marathon only mining ‘fully compliant’ Bitcoin transactions
31.3.2021
Marathon plans to divert all hash power to its new, regulatory compliant Bitcoin mining pool from May 1
Visa Starts Settling Transactions in USD Coin
29.3.2021
Payments giant Visa partnered with major crypto company Crypto.com in order to settle transactions in the second-largest steblecoin USD Coin (USDC) with Visa over Ethereum (ETH).
"Working with Anchorage, the first federally chartered digital asset bank and an exclusive Visa digital currency...
Visa plans to allow partners to settle fiat transactions with crypto
29.3.2021
Visa’s partners will be able to exchange USDC over the payment network to clear transactions made in fiat currency
Indian Government Now Requires Companies to Disclose Cryptocurrency Holdings
29.3.2021
The Indian government has introduced new cryptocurrency disclosure rules. Companies dealing in cryptocurrencies will have to disclose their crypto holdings, among other disclosures, as part of their financial statements beginning April 1. New Crypto Disclosure Requirements The Indian Ministry...
Russian Anti-Money Laundering Body Will Monitor Crypto to Fiat Transactions, Says Official
28.3.2021
Herman Neglyad, the deputy of the Russian anti-money laundering body, Rosfinmonitoring, has said his organization will monitor cryptocurrency transactions that involve the conversion from crypto to fiat. Neglyad made this revelation during a recent meeting of the State Duma Committee on financial...
Taraxa Listing on AsecendEX
25.3.2021
PRESS RELEASE. AscendEX, formerly BitMax, an industry-leading digital asset trading platform built by Wall Street quant trading veterans, has announced the listing of Taraxa tokens (TARA) under the pair USDT/TARA on Mar 23 at 9:00 a.m. EDT. Taraxa is a public ledger platform purpose-built for audit...
Russia's money laundering watchdog monitoring crypto to ruble transactions
24.3.2021
Rosfinmonitoring has informed the Russian parliament that it is paying close attention to transactions involving the conversion of crypto to rubles
Armed Criminals Who Posed as Bitcoin Buyers Stole Over $5K From a 26-Year-Old Man in Argentina
24.3.2021
In-person crypto robberies are becoming a global issue lately for the authorities, and this time, Argentina is the place of the latest case reported. In Mendoza, an unnamed man was assaulted by two criminals who posed as bitcoin buyers. Identities of the Robbers Are Still Unknown According to Mendo...
Ethereum's high gas fee crisis won't be solved by EIP-1559: Coin Metrics report
24.3.2021
Consistently full blocks are the primary reason that gas prices have reached all-time highs
Putin Asks Russian Attorney General Office to Combat Illegal Cross-Border Crypto Transfers
19.3.2021
The Russian President held a meeting with the attorney general’s office where cryptocurrencies came to the discussion table. Vladimir Putin raised red flags toward taking measures to prevent illegal activities on cross-border transfers with cryptos. Putin Calls Other Offices to Join the Fight...
Putin issues orders to combat ‘illegal cross-border transfers’ of digital assets
17.3.2021
Russia is apparently preparing to scrutinize cross-border cryptocurrency transactions for potential illegal activity
Report all crypto transactions or face 5-year jail term in South Korea
16.3.2021
Strict reporting rules for crypto businesses in South Korea are set to come into effect with existing firms given six months to comply or face stiff penalties
Gas tokens gain 300% as the quest for Ethereum network alternatives expands
15.3.2021
Gas tokens quietly move higher as the cost of transacting on the Ethereum network highlights the benefits of dual-token models with stable fees
Binance crypto exchange launches payments app in alpha
12.3.2021
One of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges is further expanding into the payments sector
South Korean Crypto Transactions Command an Average of $7 Billion per Day on Domestic Exchanges
9.3.2021
An investigation unveiled a growing fever among crypto traders in South Korea, who actively transact cryptocurrencies every day. Local media outlets are returning to adopt the term “crypto fever” as the recent billion-dollar figures confirm such a trend. Figures Are Now Higher Than 2018...
Mark Cuban sees $1 written in DOGE's tea leaves
7.3.2021
"If we sell another 6,556,000,000 DOGE worth of Mavs merch, Dogecoin will definitely hit $1," said the Dallas Mavericks owner
What Ethereum killer? On-chain data shows competitor networks are still behind
6.3.2021
Critics say Ethereum’s soaring gas fees will cause the project to fall victim to its competitor blockchains but on-chain data suggests otherwise
Indictment Order Issued Against Leaders of the Geek Group for Their Role Using BTC in an Illegal Money Transmission Business
6.3.2021
A U.S. District Court has indicted three individuals behind the now-defunct Geek Group for their role in running an illegal money transmission business that used bitcoin to move funds across states. According to the indictment documents, it was Christopher Allan Boden then president of the Geek...