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Howdy Arabia! U.S. to Overtake Saudi Arabia as World’s Biggest Oil Exporter by 2025
For much of the past 75 years or thereabouts, the status of Saudi Arabia as the world’s undisputed energy hegemon has been taken for granted, with the kingdom exporting roughly 7 million barrels of oil per day, making it by far the world’s largest oil producer and one of the wealthiest countries on the planet. дальше »
2019-3-12 16:04 | |
EY Executive Says Bitcoin Has No Practical Use in India
An EY executive who recently visited India and met with a number of government agencies has voiced his opinion about the future of cryptocurrencies in the country. He believes that bitcoin has no practical use, is just another “foreign” currency, and its widespread adoption could be “very damaging to the global economy. дальше »
2019-3-12 09:40 | |
UN Security Council Panel Fingers North Korea in $600+ Million Virtual and Foreign Currency Theft
North Korea, an Asian country known for its military nuclear weapons program, is using cyber attacks and the nascent blockchain technology to dodge economic sanctions, acquire much-needed foreign currency, and cover its tracks, reported the Nikkei Asian Review on March 8. дальше »
2019-3-11 16:29 | |
Major German FX Broker Adds Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies to its CFD Services
FXFlat, a German foreign exchange broker, has concluded plans to increase the various cryptocurrencies it supports with five additions to the already supported Contract-For-Difference (CFD) on Bitcoin. дальше »
2019-3-10 03:08 | |
UN Security Council reveals that North Korea lumped over $600 million in Cryptocurrency through cyber theft
Recent reports bear claims that North Korea’s capital city Pyongyang has attained an estimated $670 million in fiat foreign currencies as well as cryptocurrencies. As reported by Asian media outlet Nikkei, this is being carried out with the aid of cybercriminals who have been dependent on the blockchain technology in order to remain untraced. дальше »
2019-3-9 07:11 | |
UN Panel: North Korea Hacked $571M From Asian Crypto Exchanges
The U.N. Security Council has heard that North Korea uses cyberattacks and blockchain technology to evade economic sanctions and obtain foreign currency. Through hacking, the reclusive Republic has raked in around $670 million in foreign exchange and cryptocurrency, a panel of experts told the Security Council’s North Korea sanctions committee, ahead of the council’s annual […] The post UN Panel: North Korea Hacked $571M From Asian Crypto Exchanges appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »
2019-3-9 23:25 | |
China Backs Huawei in Suing the U.S. with ‘All Necessary Measures’ – Trade Deal Under Threat?
Telecommunications giant Huawei has been assured of the Chinese government’s full support in its legal challenge against the U. S. Addressing the annual National People’s Congress, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi pledged full government support. дальше »
2019-3-9 16:03 | |
North Korea amassed small cryptocurrency fortune through hacking, says UN panel
North Korea has obtained some $670 million in virtual and fiat currency in a bid to bypass economic sanctions put in place as a result of its nuclear and missile programs. The country amassed the funds through cyber attacks, Nikkei says citing an expert panel reporting to the UN Security Council. дальше »
2019-3-8 14:24 | |
Sometime Best For Gov to Stay Out of Crypto Says US State Department
Manisha Singh, acting Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment at the State Department, America’s equivalent of the Foreign Ministry in most countries, stated sometimes it is best for the. дальше »
2019-3-8 21:51 | |
Sometime Best For Gov to Stay Out of Crypto Says US State Department Rep
Manisha Singh, acting Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment at the State Department, America’s equivalent of the Foreign Ministry in most countries, stated sometimes it is best for the. дальше »
2019-3-8 21:51 | |
Turkish Real Estate Agency Sells 9 Houses for BTC
Turkish real estate agency Antalya Homes has sold nine properties to date using bitcoin core, mostly to foreign buyers. The houses cost a minimum of €30,000 each (~$33,900) said the agency, which also accepts bitcoin cash, ethereum, stellar, ripple, litecoin and tether. дальше »
2019-3-7 01:55 | |
France Targets Amazon, Google, Facebook for an Annual $500 Million Tax Boost
France is targeting large technology firms such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and others in a move that could fetch the French nation about $500 million. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper. дальше »
2019-3-6 09:39 | |
Google is Banning Political Ads in Canada, But the Tech Giant Cannot Be Trusted
Alphabet Inc. ’s Google is banning political advertising in Canada just in time to apply to the 2019 Federal elections. The prohibition came in the wake of the Elections Modernization Act, passed by the Canadian Senate this December, which requires online advertising platforms to monitor and report all political and partisan ads. дальше »
2019-3-5 20:01 | |
Singapore’s GIC Invested in Cryptocurrency Exchange Coinbase But it Remains Undisclosed
GIC Private Limited, a sovereign wealth fund established by Singapore’s government in 1981 to manage the country’s foreign reserves was among the investors who participated in Coinbase’s $300 million fundraising round last year, Bloomberg reported on Feb. дальше »
2019-3-1 15:34 | |
Standard Bank In South Africa Set To Leverage Blockchain Payments System And Connect Shyft App
South Africa’s Standard Bank Set To Launch Blockchain Technology-Powered Payments System In a bid to facilitate overseas foreign exchanges for its institutional clients in a super fast and cost-efficient manner, Standard Bank of South Africa is making active plans to launch own private permissioned distributed ledger technology (DLT) based payments system, reports Finextra on February […] дальше »
2019-3-1 23:55 | |
Bitcoin Expert Eviscerates US Treasury’s ‘Fascist’ Crypto Blacklist
In a discussion about the US Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control’s addition of cryptocurrency addresses to the “no pay list,” Bitcoin speaker and celebrity Andreas Antonopoulos called the move “completely useless” and “fundamentally fascist. дальше »
2019-2-23 21:27 | |
Latest Mainstream Media Piece, aka an Anti-Bitcoin Opinion Editorial, Stoops to New Levels of Disgust
In a new article released by Foreign Policy, the author David Gerald says that storing Bitcoin is as safe as keeping funds in a sock “under someone else’s bed.” However, fiat currencies have their own problems and this phrase does not really describe how virtual currencies work at all. If there is hyperinflation, nobody would […] дальше »
2019-2-18 04:56 | |
Finablr Foreign Exchange Firm Integrates RippleNet for Cross-Border Payments
Finablr, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) based fintech, and foreign exchange platform has announced that its network brands, UAE Exchange and Unimoni, have joined the blockchain technology bandwagon via Ripple’s RippleNet DLT network for cross-border payments, according to a press release on February 10, 2019. дальше »
2019-2-14 16:00 | |
Israeli NGO Threatens to Sue Coinbase for Enabling Hamas’ Bitcoin Donations
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been threatened with a lawsuit by an Israeli civil rights NGO Shurat HaDin (Israel Law Center) if it continues to allow Hamas to fundraise via its platform, The Jerusalem Post reports. дальше »
2019-2-13 14:30 | |
Global Investigation Led by US DOJ Sees Extradition of 12 Bitcoin Scammers to US for Fake eBay Car Sales
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that they had charged an international crypto fraud cartel that was involved with millions of dollars in thefts. The cartel was made up of 20 individuals, of which 16 were foreign members, and they are being charged with defrauding the American citizens. Working with foreign authorities, the […] дальше »
2019-2-12 02:58 | |
12 Bitcoin scammers extradited to US for selling fake cars on eBay
An international cryptocurrency fraud cartel has been busted by a joint investigation between US and foreign authorities. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last week that it has charged 20 people, including 16 foreigners for being part of an international organized crime syndicate that saw American citizens defrauded for millions of dollars. дальше »
2019-2-11 17:00 | |
Kraken Advances U.K. Expansion With the Acquisition of Futures Platform
U. S. -based cryptocurrency exchange platform Kraken has completed the largest transaction in its history after it made its foray into the futures trading world with the acquisition of London-based Crypto Facilities. дальше »
2019-2-5 21:04 | |
Why South Korea Had to Ban Crypto ICOs and Risk Losing Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunities
This week, the government of South Korea officially decided to maintain its existing blanket ban on domestic initial coin offerings (ICO) in a move that could benefit other major crypto markets in Asia. дальше »
2019-2-4 05:15 | |
Venezuela Releases New ‘Constituent Decree on the Integral System of CryptoAssets’ Regulations
The situation in Venezuela is continually deteriorating. The country’s worsening political scenario is being catalyzed by sanctions from foreign countries. To make thing worse, the USA is planning a military intervention in the country. дальше »
2019-2-3 20:00 | |
Here’s why Amazon can’t sell its own products in India right now
Amazon is in a tough spot in India, one of its largest markets outside the US. New government-issued norms, which kicked in just today, prevent foreign firms from selling their products directly to consumers. дальше »
2019-2-1 12:47 | |
South Korea Will Remain Firm on Maintaining ICO Ban, Reveals Country’s Financial Watchdog
CoinSpeaker South Korea Will Remain Firm on Maintaining ICO Ban, Reveals Country’s Financial Watchdog According to FSC, the ban will not be lifted, as firms conducting ICOs were making use of foreign jurisdictions, but still raising funds from South Korean nationals. дальше »
2019-2-1 10:49 | |
Hamas Asks Supporters to Send Bitcoin, Blames Israel For a Banking Blockade
The Associated Foreign Press (AFP) and Al Jazeera report Hamas has called on its supporters to send bitcoin. “Support the resistance financially through the bitcoin currency,” said Abu Obeida, a spokesman. дальше »
2019-1-31 18:00 | |
B2Broker Adds 40 New Cryptocurrency CFD Pairs Along with Increased Liquidity Offerings
B2Broker, a company that works in the financial sector as a liquidity provider for foreign exchanges (forex) and cryptocurrencies, has recently announced that the company is set to make a really big upgrade. дальше »
2019-1-30 02:18 | |
Trade Bitcoin Against Gold and Silver – B2Broker Adds 40 New Crypto/CFD Pairs
B2Broker, a provider of liquidity and technology solutions for the foreign exchange and crypto industry, announced on Tuesday that it is adding support for 40 new crypto/CFD pairs on its platform. дальше »
2019-1-30 20:24 | |
Iran Lifts Bitcoin Ban to Make Way For ‘Crypto-Rial’
Iran has lifted the ban on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as it takes another step towards its own sovereign cryptocurrency amid talks with foreign nations as potential partners. Iran Unbans Bitcoin, ICOs Today, Iran’s central bank has released an early draft of its cryptocurrency laws, lifting the previous ban on Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, digital tokens, and ICOs, reports to Al Jazeera. дальше »
2019-1-29 16:00 | |
Indonesian Ride-Sharing Platform Go-Jek and Coins.ph Bitcoin Wallet Partner to Enter Philippines Market
Go-Jek has been working to enter the Philippines market for the last month but has finally discovered that they cannot be victorious, citing foreign ownership concerns as their barrier. However, the Indonesian ride-sharing platform has decided to move on to other progress, as they establish a partnership between themselves and Coins.ph. Coins.ph is a local […] дальше »
2019-1-21 17:23 | |
Taiwanese Crypto Con Artists Arrested for $51 Million Bitcoin Investment Scam, Violated Country’s MLM Policies
A Group of Bitcoin con artists in Taipei, Taiwan, have recently been charged by the police for creating a crypto scam that took millions of dollars from investors. Both foreign and local investors were fooled according to The Next’s Web’s Hard Fork, which has also reported on this story. The scam began on October 2016 […] дальше »
2019-1-18 23:03 | |
Bitcoin con artists charged with $51M investment scam
In Taipei, a group of Bitcoin con artists have been charged with running an elaborate cryptocurrency scam that defrauded local and foreign investors out of millions of dollars. Authorities formally charged a 47-year-old man surnamed Lin, along with six accomplices, with violating Taiwan‘s Banking and Multi-Level Marketing Supervision acts with a fake Bitcoin investment scam, reports FocusTaiwan. дальше »
2019-1-18 16:03 | |
Andreas Antonopoulos Talks About Bitcoin’s Decentralization and Hard Regulations
Andreas Antonopoulos, a Bitcoin supporter and the author of Mastering Bitcoin, talked about Bitcoin (BTC), the crypto space and how government regulations could affect the entire system. During a Q&A session on YouTube, he spoke about the announcement made by the U. дальше »
2019-1-18 03:54 | |
Economist Behind Claim Russia Will Buy $10 Billion Worth of Bitcoin Said Price Would Collapse to $100 Last Year
Over the past week or two, a story about Russia adding bitcoin to their foreign currency reserves has been reported in a variety of media outlets such as The Daily Telegraph, Fortune, and ZeroHedge. дальше »
2019-1-16 18:00 | |
Bitwage Service Adds Payroll Tax Payment Funding Options for U.S. Businesses
Cryptocurrency payroll service Bitwage has partnered with Texas-based payroll and Human Relations firm Simply Efficient HR to help companies fund W2 Employees and payroll tax payments using crypto. дальше »
2019-1-16 05:22 | |
Denmark’s Tax Agency to Collect Information About Bitcoin Traders
Danish tax authorities will soon be going after cryptocurrency traders in the country and beyond. The plan is to collect data from local bitcoin exchanges in order to verify if citizens who have traded digital assets have paid the right taxes. дальше »
2019-1-15 03:50 | |
HSBC leans on blockchain tech to process $250b worth of fx transactions
Global bank HSBC has processed more than 3 million foreign exchange (fx) transactions using blockchain technology. According to a report, the transactions, completed over the past year, were worth $250bn. дальше »
2019-1-14 20:56 | |
Venezuela Issues Decree Regarding the Payment of cryptocurrency and Foreign Fiat Tax
On January 7, 2019, the government of Venezuela published a decree detailing the process of taxation payment with regards to cryptocurrencies and foreign fiat currency. As cryptocurrency becomes more widely used, the subject of its taxation inevitably comes up. дальше »
2019-1-11 08:38 | |