Usually it's criminal groups and organizations that perform serious cryptocurrency thefts. This time, however, is a Boston high-school valedictorian who committed a $2-million crypto crime. The name of the student is Joel Ortiz, who was named the valedictorian at his Massachusetts high-school, and who was also known for his proficiency in programming and high-tech skills,…
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The central question nowadays, except for the regulation issues, is whether cryptocurrencies are the answer to the economic problems so many countries are facing. In the summer of 2017, for example, when Bitcoin was trading for around $9,000 on major international exchanges, certain developing countries saw its price rising to almost $14,000. Now, the latest…
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Millions of businesses and companies of all sorts have already launched their own coins. There are Youtube videos on how to start your own ICO. Initial coin offerings are said to surpass IPOs in the near future in terms of growth potential and "popularity". Now, one of the biggest fast food chains in the world,…
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Bitcoin is currently rising, although not in a "hockey-stick" manner, but investors and hodlers have faith that the currency will continue its climb and soon hit the $10,000 critical price level. However, at the very beginning of 2018, the cryptocurrency market went down by a huge percentage. Overall prices went down by 60% and Bitcoin…
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CoinDesk, the digital media, events, and information services company for the crypto asset and blockchain technology community, has just announced the launch of “Late Confirmation” - a new daily audio show hosted by a rotating list of cryptocurrency’s top reporters and columnists from the news pit of CoinDesk. Commencing July 25th, the show will debut…
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The U.S. Presidential Elections are in just under 2 years and some candidates are already preparing hard for 2020. One potential U.S. Presidential Candidate has now announced that he is accepting donations in the form of cryptocurrencies for his campaign. Andrew Yang, who will be running in 2020, has used his Twitter account to announce…
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Regulations on cryptocurrencies are embracing the whole market, and it seems, another form of regulation is also looming over cryptocurrencies. ETH News just reported that London police is now being trained how to deal with crimes involving cryptocurrencies. The new program is designed to educate officers on how to respond when there is a cryptocurrency…
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The digital wallet provider and part of the Paysafe Group (LON:PAYS), Skrill, has announced that it is now offering its customers the opportunity to instantly buy and sell cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ether and Litecoin, using any one of the 40+ fiat currencies available in the Skrill wallet. All customers need to do is log…
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The cryptocurrency market offers no anonymity any more, and that is not very surprising. The whole idea of Bitcoin, for example, is to allow transparency for people. However, anonymity seems not to be part of the deal these days. There are certain cryptocurrencies, however, that are completely anonymous at this point. Deeponion Deeponion is a…
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Bitcoin is rising again, this time above the $7,000 level. While the "people's currency" was on the low tide for about a month, swinging from $6,000 to $6,700 level most of the time, now, the digital currency is rising again. The common news is that Bitcoin is rising and there is an upward movement in…
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