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Man Who Discovered Bitcoin-Tether Connection Now Claims the VIX Volatility Tracker is Rigged
The Man Who Discovered the Bitcoin-Tether Connection Now Claims the Industry’s VIX Volatility Tracker is Rigged John Griffin, the Texas finance professor who discovered the Bitcoin-Tether connection earlier this year, has made a name for uncovering scams in the world of finance. дальше »
2018-10-13 16:49 | |
Cryptos Gain Adoption Amid Venezuela’s Economic Turmoil
Life in Venezuela is anything but. Last year, the South American nation of 32 million led the world with 652% inflation and this year the economic turmoil is even worse. As of September 2018, the annual inflation was estimated at 200,000% and International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it could spike to a mindboggling 1,000,000% by December. дальше »
2018-10-10 22:30 | |
Blockchain ecosystem Komodo establishes relationship with University of Texas at Arlington
CryptoNinjas Komodo Platform, the blockchain service ecosystem today announced a new collaboration with the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). As a leader in the blockchain space, Komodo Platform has always been a strong supporter of educational outreach. дальше »
2018-10-3 23:00 | |
Meet the Hedge Fund Manager Cracking Down on Crypto Investment Fraud [INTERVIEW]
When Dan Neves started a hedge fund for cryptocurrency investors, he didn’t do it with the goal of helping the government crack down on fraud, but that’s exactly what he and his team are doing. Ironically, it started, with a cease-and-desist letter to his own company from the director of enforcement from the Texas State […] The post Meet the Hedge Fund Manager Cracking Down on Crypto Investment Fraud [INTERVIEW] appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »
2018-10-1 10:00 | |
“Crypto-Anarchist” Cody Wilson Resigns from Defense Distributed After Assault Charges
Self-described “crypto-anarchist” and CEO of Defense Distributed, Cody Wilson, a 3D-printed gun organization has resigned from the company after being arrested in Taiwan following his escape from the US while facing charges of sexually assaulting a minor in Texas, reported Gizmodo on September 25, 2018. дальше »
2018-9-27 15:00 | |
3D Gun File Company Reorganizes After Cody Wilson Resigns
Cody Wilson, founder and Director of Defense Distributed (DD) has resigned, according to a press conference held Tuesday, September 25th in Austin, Texas. Paloma Heindorff, an operations executive with the company for three years, has been named Director. дальше »
2018-9-26 13:15 | |
Study Argues Tether Wasn't Used to Prop Up Bitcoin Price
Published a month before a report by researchers from the University of Texas alleging that stablecoin Tether (USDT) issues new tokens to manipulate bitcoin's price, another academic study has come to light that challenges this theory. дальше »
2018-9-25 20:35 | |
New Study Argues Tether Wasn't Used to Prop Up Bitcoin Price
Following an earlier report by researchers from the University of Texas alleging that stablecoin Tether (USDT) issues new tokens to manipulate the bitcoin price, a new report has emerged debunking this theory. дальше »
2018-9-24 20:35 | |
Texas Securities Commission Issues Cease and Desist to Stop Cryptocurrency Scams
Russian cryptocurrency mining firm Coins Miner Investments, and Belize cryptocurrency wallet company Digital Bank were recently issued cease and desist orders by the Texas Securities Commissioner (TSC). дальше »
2018-9-21 12:49 | |
Russian Crypto Firm Accused of Impersonating Coinbase to Mislead Investors
A Russian crypto firm, Coins Miner Investment Ltd, has been accused by the Texas Securities Commission (TSC) of claiming to represent Coinbase and Cointelegraph to entice investors. False Representation According to a press release via the TSC, the firm allegedly forged an e-mail address to appear to be associated with Coinbase. дальше »
2018-9-21 19:20 | |
3D-printed gun advocate Cody Wilson charged with child sexual assault
Cody Wilson, an active proponent of 3D-printed guns, has been accused of having sex with an underage girl in Austin, Texas – which amounts to child sexual assault, as the victim is under 17. And now, a judge has signed an arrest warrant with Wilson’s name on it. дальше »
2018-9-20 07:29 | |
Texas State Securities Board Hits Russian Hoaxers with Cease-and-Desist Orders
Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles has issued emergency ordinances against three separate fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes linked to Russian scammers. The orders were issued on September 18, 2018, against DGBK Ltd. дальше »
2018-9-20 00:05 | |
What Links Barack Obama With These Crypto Scammers?
Barack Obama, ex-President of the United States of America and the latest victim of crypto crime, of sorts at least. According to The Next Web, the Texas States Securities Board (TSSB) have stepped up to take action against three cryptocurrency companies within Texas that have been found to be acting deceitfully and making false claims, one company have even been found to have fabricated a short video that seems to show Barack Obama endorsing the companies products, though obviously Obama had nothing to do with it. дальше »
2018-9-19 21:30 | |
Texas Securities Board targets Russian crypto hoaxers, offshore crypto “bank”
It was announced today by Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles, that he has undertaken emergency action to stop the fraudulent offerings of investments in three separate schemes involving cryptocurrencies. дальше »
2018-9-20 21:30 | |
Texas Regulators Investigating Russian Crypto Firm
Another day, another alleged crypto scam.
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Texas Securities Watchdog Takes Action Against 3 Alleged Crypto Frauds
The Texas State Securities Board has taken emergency action against three crypto investment schemes it alleges are attempting to hoax local investors. дальше »
2018-9-20 18:00 | |
Texas State Securities Board Uncovers Three New Crypto and ICO Scams
The Texas State Securities Board issued three emergency cease and desist orders Tuesday, Sept. 18, to shut down a Russian cryptocurrency scam, charge DigitalBank and two principals for threatening immediate and irreparable harm to the public, and charge a forex and Bitcoin trader of guaranteeing false ROIs, respectively. дальше »
2018-9-19 13:00 | |
Texas Man Sentenced to Jail after Being Found Guilty of $9 Million Crypto Fraud
A Texas man, formerly a citizen of Somer, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for his involvement in a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme worth $9 million. Homero Joshua Garza, the 33-year-old convict, will be put under three years of supervised release after his jail term ends. дальше »
2018-9-15 07:00 | |
Austin, Texas Using Blockchain Identity System To Help The Homeless
The City of Austin and a variety of other entities have partnered to work on a blockchain-based identification system. The project hopes to help the homeless keep track of important documents like identification. дальше »
2018-9-14 13:00 | |
Putting more plastic in the ocean might actually be a good thing
Picture yourself sailing over the ocean blue and coming across a patch of plastic garbage that is twice the size of Texas. No, this is not the setting of some post-apocalyptic thriller. Discovered in the early 80s and now referred to as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, this 600,000 square mile stretch of ocean between Hawaii and California is the world’s largest accumulation of ocean plastic. дальше »
2018-9-9 11:30 | |
Owner of Houston Rockets to Accept Bitcoin at Luxury car Dealership
The automobile industry has joined the queue of industries that adopt the use of bitcoin as the owner of luxury car company Post Oak Motor Cars and owner of the Texas NBA team Houston Rockets declared that he will only accept bitcoin from buyers. дальше »
2018-9-8 11:50 | |
Exotic Car Enthusiasts Can Now Buy a New Rolls-Royce Using Bitcoin
A Rolls-Royce dealership in Houston, Texas, is now allowing prospective customers to pay for their new luxury vehicles using Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. The move to allow customers to pay with crypto comes as it becomes an increasingly popular trend to pay for luxury and exotic cars using cryptocurrency. дальше »
2018-9-7 00:45 | |
Vitalik Buterin’s 7 Deadly Crypto Sins: Part 5. “Pow Is Burning Billions of Dollars per Year, Even More Than All Scams and Thefts Combined”
It’s hard to believe that in a remote town in rural Texas is transforming itself from the dirty coal mines of the 19th and 20th century to the clean digital mines of the 21st century. Bitmain is investing heavily into the town of Rockdale, Texas creating more than 300 jobs to manage the cryptocurrency mining operations. дальше »
2018-9-1 05:00 | |
Why Tether Probably Isn’t Manipulating The Price Of BTC
Over the past few months, the movement of Tether tokens (USDT) has been accused of being able to manipulate the price of Bitcoin. It’s a complicated concept, but many believe that using Tether to back FIAT currencies is having an impact on the price of Bitcoin. дальше »
2018-8-30 15:00 | |
Texas Bitcoin Mining Facility Takes Crypto Mining to New Levels
A crypto mining company in Texas is using innovative cooling technology that cuts cost considerably. Read all about it here. The post Texas Bitcoin Mining Facility Takes Crypto Mining to New Levels appeared first on CoinCentral. дальше »
2018-8-26 19:19 | |
‘Bitcoin Whales Where Are You? ‘ – Defense Distributed’s Cody Wilson Asks
The controversial startup Defense Distributed is in hot water and has made an appeal to the Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency communities. [Note: This is a guest article submitted by Eric Yao] Defense Distributed Appeals to Bitcoin Whales The Texas nonprofit, headed by anarchist and activist Cody Wilson, is an organization that aims to distribute open source, downloadable 3D-printed weapons. дальше »
2018-8-26 16:00 | |
Bitcoin is a Permissionless, Decentralized Firearm: Cody Wilson is Satoshi Nakamoto
The path to a cryptocurrency revolution might just run through a sleepy Austin, Texas industrial park, home to offices of Cody Wilson and his company, Defense Distributed in the United States. Parallels exist between downloadable files from a website, allowing users access to 3D printable firearms, and a permissionless, decentralized, censorship-resistant medium of exchange. дальше »
2018-8-14 04:50 | |
ShapeShift to Add Multi-Crypto Swapping Tool to Its Exchange Platform
On August 8, 2018, ShapeShiftAG, the parent company of ShapeShift. io, one of the world's largest decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges, announced its acquisition of Bitfract, a blockchain software startup based in Austin, Texas. дальше »
2018-8-10 19:33 | |
Bitcoin [BTC] mining company setting up blockchain data centre and mining facility in Texas
Bitmain, one of the biggest Bitcoin [BTC] mining and Application-Specific Integrated Circuit [ASIC] has announced that the company will be opening a blockchain data centre and a mining facility in Texas. дальше »
2018-8-8 03:58 | |
Bitmain to Set Up $500 Million Blockchain Data and Crypto Mining Facility in Texas
The dominant bitcoin miner and mining chip designer plans to strengthen its presence in the U. S. The company does not want to gum up the works: the mining facility is expected to be completed in the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2018. дальше »
2018-8-7 22:10 | |
AntPool Sets Sights on Houston as First Bitcoin Mining Expansion City in the US
Houston Set To Become Bitmain’s first expansion city in the United States Bitmain Technologies Ltd, a world leader in blockchain hardware, software, and services recently announced the launch of its new blockchain data center in the city of Rockdale, Milam County, Texas. дальше »
2018-8-7 22:06 | |
Lab-Grown Organs Could Save 20 People a Day, Successfully Tested on Living Pigs
On August 1, researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch released a new paper in the Science Translational Medicine journal, detailing their successful attempt at transplanting lab-grown artificial lungs into living pigs. дальше »
2018-8-7 22:00 | |
Why A Ban Of 3D Printed Weapons Is Not A Threat To Bitcoin
I can’t really believe that we are writing this, but, according to a report by Coindesk, the recent ‘block’ of a file containing code for the production of a 3D printed gun, by Defence Distributed in Texas has been compared to an assault on the freedom of speech, as code and thus, has been outlined as a threat to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. дальше »
2018-8-7 14:00 | |
Bitmain Launches Key Crypto Mining Facility in Texas
Bitmain Technologies Ltd. is launching a crypto mining facility and blockchain data center in the U. S. state of Texas at a former aluminum smelting facility with a recently-retired coal power station. дальше »
2018-8-7 09:15 | |
Bitmain Promises Jobs In Texas Town Hit By Coal Plant Closure
Rockdale has been bleeding blue collar jobs for a decade. Now, Bitmain has struck a deal to mine crypto there.
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Bitmain to Open New Blockchain Data Center in Texas
Mining hardware giant Bitman has announced that its newest blockchain data center will be located in Rockdale, Texas, in Milam County. According to a press release released today, developed of the new facility will begin in early 2019, and the company expects the center to be fully operational in about two years, bringing over 400 new jobs. дальше »
2018-8-7 21:30 | |
Bitmain chooses Texas for its newest blockchain data center and mining facility
Bitmain Technologies, a blockchain hardware, software, and services company today announced the launch of its new blockchain data center in the city of Rockdale, Milam County, Texas This represents an investment of more than. дальше »
2018-8-7 20:42 | |
In A Bid To Expand, Bitmain Set To Open In Texas
Bitmain a crypto mining giant to start a data centre in small Texas town, as the city’s economy is being revived and Bitmain strengthens its hold in North America. Bitmain is a Chinese crypto mining firm and designer of ASIC chips, and it also operates Antpool. дальше »
2018-8-1 20:52 | |
Kim K Gets her First Bitcoin
News Social media personality and global superstar Kim Kardashian West was given her first bitcoin – in physical form. Kim Kardashian West Given First Physical Bitcoin “If Only” was a Texas Hold’em poker tournament hosted by gazillionaire philanthropists Irving and Shelli Azoff for the cancer-related charity City of Hope. Play at a table with either дальше »
2018-7-31 22:53 | |
An Australian Blockchain Experiment: Tracking Global Almond Shipments
Following a successful 2016 trial of blockchain technology in an interbank open account transaction, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has partnered with five international and Australian companies to ship 17 tonnes of almonds from Melbourne, Australia, to Hamburg, Germany, using a new distributed ledger platform built on the Ethereum blockchain. дальше »
2018-7-31 23:13 | |
July 2018 Volume Rankings Report: BTC Extends Dominance
During July, the majority of leading cryptocurrency markets have produced stagnant or declining volume month-over-month. BTC, USDT, and DASH were the sole top ten markets able to buck the trend, with BTC’s trade volume notably increasing by 4. дальше »
2018-7-31 20:40 | |
‘We’ve Moved Onto Bitcoin!’ Kim Kardashian Receives 1 BTC From Matthew Roszak
Socialite Kim Kardashian has become the latest famous Kim to own Bitcoin – while attending an international poker tournament. First Bitcoin, Then ‘KardashianCoin’? Kardashian, who follows in the footsteps of entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and perhaps even Kim Jong-un in embracing cryptocurrency, can now count 1 BTC among her assets. дальше »
2018-7-30 16:00 | |