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CoinSpeaker Former AriseBank Executives to Pay a $2. 7 Million Charge for ICO Scams For operating a fraudulent Initial Coin Offering, former AriseBank executives have to pay nearly $2.
2018-12-13 12:56 | |
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Several Chinese researchers from Fudan University, Tsinghua University and the University of California Riverside have produced the first systematic study of the malicious mining of cryptocurrencies, known as cryptojacking, unveiling increasing complexity over time.
2018-9-25 23:59 | |
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Despite the current volatility of the cryptocurrency market, a former executive with Steven Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management, Travis Kling, has taken a bold step to start a hedge fund in October, 2018 which will focus on digital assets.
2018-9-23 00:43 | |
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More than a dozen government officials, including former central bank governor and his deputy, have come under investigation in Liberia after $104 million of newly printed banknotes vanished from the state purse.
2018-9-21 00:25 | |
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Kin Ecosystem Foundation, the nonprofit governance organization for the Kin cryptocurrency, has announced the appointment of Matthew DiPietro as its chief marketing officer (CMO) today, September 18, 2018.
2018-9-18 19:38 | |
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The former CEO of a cryptocurrency company has been sentenced to prison time and ordered to pay $9 million in restitution due to his company’s role in a major Ponzi scheme that cost hundreds of investors millions of dollars.
2018-9-16 21:45 | |
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Chen Min, the former chief chip maker at Bitcoin mining chip developer Canaan Creative, is turning her attention to Ethereum. Announcing her venture at the Ethereum Classic Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Chen’s new company, Linzhi, will focus on building cryptocurrency mining devices, and its first official products are a series of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners designed specifically for Ethereum and Ethereum Classic.
2018-9-15 01:22 | |
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Lightyear Corporation, a universal payments network built around Stellar’s open financial protocol, has announced the acquisition of Chain, in a merger that sees both brands combine to form a new entity called Interstellar.
2018-9-11 16:55 | |
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The Indian Politician that was accused of extorting millions in the form of Bitcoin and other altcoins has finally been apprehended. The politician has been on the run for a little over two months now.
2018-9-10 13:31 | |
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The Indian Politician that was accused of extorting millions in the form of Bitcoin and other altcoins has finally been apprehended. The politician has been on the run for a little over two months now.
2018-9-19 13:31 | |
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Bitmain made a bad bet on Bitcoin Cash but could still become “one of the great companies” in the cryptocurrency world, researchers from BitMEX reveal. ‘Bitmain Can Be A Legendary Crypto Company’ As part of an in-depth look into the mining giant ahead of its controversial planned initial public offering (IPO), BitMEX considered the potential for the company to recapture its former success while leveling thinly-veiled criticism at its management.
2018-8-30 22:00 | |
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Former NEX employees give a sneak peek into how Project Infinity resulted into several casualties but has been saved from going into oblivion. The post What Went Wrong with NEX’s Group Project Infinity that Costed Them $31 Million appeared first on CoinSpeaker.
2018-8-28 10:27 | |
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Creditors of Mt. Gox, the defunct cryptocurrency exchange, can now start submitting proofs of claim in a newly approved rehabilitation process, according to an update posted on the exchange’s website.
2018-8-27 17:14 | |
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Norwegian bitcoin miner Kryptovault is facing a shutdown of its operations due to extensive noise complaints from locals and a lack of proper paperwork. The company, which is headquartered in a former paper mill in Norway’s capital of Oslo, uses more than 40MW of power to drive an arsenal of nearly 10,000 computers.
2018-8-24 23:36 | |
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SFOX, a San Francisco-based cryptocurrency prime broker, has successfully closed a $22. 7 million funding round to build an institutional-grade asset management platform for the industry’s largest investors.
2018-8-18 02:00 | |
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Made in the USA by former Morgan Stanley analyst Arthur Breitman, Tezos considers itself the last cryptocurrency you’ll ever need. Its ICO raised 66,000 BTC and 361,000 ETH in July 2017 on the back of this promise.
2018-8-16 22:53 | |
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Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s Mad Money, argued that Bitcoin may have reached its peak. His comments come as the cryptocurrency market dropped below $200 billion in value, with Bitcoin struggling with the $6,000 mark.
2018-8-15 02:00 | |
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Blockchain-based fintech startup Crypterium challenges classic banks by introducing a new feature that allows its users to transfer any amount of cryptocurrency using not the complicated wallet addresses, but simply the recipient phone number.
2018-8-13 15:24 | |
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LuneX Ventures, a partnership between Singapore-based venture capital (VC) firm Golden Gate Ventures and its former head of growth Kenrick Drijkoningen, is looking to invest US$10 million into five to ten blockchain and cryptocurrency startups by the end of the year, the company said on Friday.
2018-8-11 02:24 | |
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A public blockchain project founded by former members of Alibaba's blockchain arm has raised over $20 million in a combined token and equity sale.
2018-7-30 15:00 | |
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The former CTO of Russian electronic wallet and payment network QIWI once had a personal wealth of half a million bitcoins — but lost them. 3 Months, 4. 1 Billion USD The extraordinary claims came to light as part of an interview with CEO Sergey Solonin, who told the audience during a Moscow lecture on July 25 that the CTO had used the company’s ubiquitous payment terminals to mine bitcoin, starting in 2011.
2018-7-26 22:00 | |
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Few people know about the two failed attempts made by BitTorrent, former P2P leader, to transform itself into a media company after its decline from the height of BT download. Obviously, though once a technological game-changer, BitTorrent is no longer a favorite of the Internet industry.
2018-7-26 20:30 | |
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Blockstream is working with former national spies. The question is, why on earth would a cryptocurrency company have the need to employ former spies? On October 23, 2014, Blockstream goes public and announces funding and the formation of their company.
2018-7-25 08:05 | |
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Former Bodyguard Hired as Blockchain Ltd Lead Security Security in cryptocurrency is a top priority particularly for a company like Blockchain Ltd. The fintech firm currently manages more than 26 million digital wallets for its users.
2018-7-21 00:38 | |
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Wan Kuok-koi, known as a former Macau gangster, is making inroads into the world of digital currencies via a mysterious company based in Beijing. Kuok-koi will be launching chess and poker tournaments on the mainland, for which he even floated an initial coin offering (ICO).
2018-7-18 16:09 | |
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Have you been noticing just how many footballers have been signing deals with initial coin offerings (ICOs)? News broke last week that Didier Drogba, former Chelsea star and Ivory Coast’s all-time highest scoring striker, has become the latest sports celebrity to officially endorse a cryptocurrency startup.
2018-7-16 18:54 | |
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Wan Kuok-koi, also known as Broken Tooth, teamed up with a Chinese firm so as to fund poker and chess tournaments. The former gangster continued to sell his HB token in Thailand and the Philippines.
2018-7-16 10:31 | |
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Wan Kuok-koi, the former Triad Boss, known as ‘Broken Tooth’ has signed a partnership with a Chinese firm after his HB cryptocurrency raised $750 million within 5 minutes of announcing its ICO.
2018-7-16 02:38 | |
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According to reports, Wan’s ICO for “HB” tokens was able to accrue $ 750 million in less than five minutes. Overall, Wan has reportedly sold 450 million out of a planned 500 million tokens offered to the public.
2018-7-15 17:58 | |
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Wan Kuok-koi, a former Macau triad also known as “Broken Tooth”, has teamed up with a Chinese firm to fund chess and poker tournaments in the Asian country. According to reports, Wan’s ICO for “HB” tokens was able to accrue $750 million in less than five minutes.
2018-7-15 15:00 | |
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Former Macau Triad Gangster, Wan Kuok-koi, is reported to have raised $750 million in less than five minutes from an ICO for his new HB cryptocurrency. According to the South China Morning Post, Wan, also known as “Broken Tooth”, has partnered with a mysterious Beijing firm called Zhonggongxin Cosmos Internet Technology Limited to create a cryptocurrency designed to […]
2018-7-15 05:09 | |
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Former Macau Triad Gangster, Wan Kuok-koi, is reported to have raised $750 million in less than five minutes from an ICO for his new HB cryptocurrency. According to the South China Morning Post, Wan, also known as “Broken Tooth”, has partnered with a mysterious Beijing firm called Zhonggongxin Cosmos Internet Technology Limited to create a cryptocurrency designed to… The post Former Macau Triad Gangster’s ICO Raises $750 Million in Five Minutes for Cryptocurrency-Backed Poker Tournaments in China appeared first on UNHASHED.
2018-7-15 23:51 | |
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In May 2018, TokenPay Swiss AG joined with WEG Bank in Germany. The former attained a 9. 9 percent stake in the bank, along with the option to purchase as much as 90 percent, pending regulatory approval.
2018-7-11 01:20 | |
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Andreessen Horowitz has launched a $300 million crypto fund dedicated to investing in cryptocurrencies and other blockchain-related projects. The fund, named a16z crypto, signals that the firm is diving deeper into the cryptocurrency space to grow its existing portfolio, which includes digital currency exchange Coinbase.
2018-6-27 21:34 | |
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Rene Reinsberg and Marek Olszewski, creators of Locu and former vice presidents at GoDaddy, have raised $6. 5 million dollars in funding to develop an inexpensive blockchain-based social payments platform aimed at being accessible to all.
2018-6-24 21:00 | |
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California-based 3G Venture II has paid $13 million for a significant portion of an old Intel chip plant in Colorado Springs, which it intends of turn into a new bitcoin mining operation. Mining Farms Opening Around the World Miners have been flocking to cities that offer cheap electricity to reduce costs and increase profits, and it looks like Colorado Springs may join the list.
2018-6-23 07:00 | |
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In an off crypto market event, Nalin Kotadiya who formerly held positions in the Indian legislative council has been declared a “proclaimed offender” after failing to show up at a court hearing for an alleged involvement in a Bitcoin extortion case.
2018-6-20 17:42 | |
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A former Indian politician allegedly involved in a $1.3 million bitcoin extortion case has been declared a "proclaimed offender" by a local court.
2018-6-19 14:00 | |
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Michael Arrington, the founder and former editor-in-chief of TechCrunch, announced the launch of his new XRP capital fund on stage at Consensus Invest today. The fund, titled Arrington XRP Capital is one of the world’s largest crypto hedge funds and is entirely denominated in XRP.
2018-6-17 12:50 | |
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Former Wall Street macro trader and vocal Bitcoin proponent Mike Novogratz has expanded his involvement in the cryptocurrency field, investing $15 million in a startup company which aims to facilitate the launch of trading platforms and tokenizes assets through blockchain-based technology.
2018-6-17 02:00 | |
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Специализирующаяся на онлайн-трейдинге банковская группа Swissquote собирается расширить линейку возможностей для инвестирования в криптовалюту, запустив стейкинг Tezos.
BitGo, a California-based digital assets financial services firm is expanding its global presence by launching two new cryptocurrency custodial platforms in Switzerland and Germany. The new custodial companies are aimed at providing BitGo customers with more jurisdictions to choose from, depending on which is most suited for their business, according to a press release onRead MoreRead More.
"We are not here to make such projects impossible," Mark Branson, CEO of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, said of Libra.
Two Swiss startups received broker dealer licenses as FINMA hardens its AML requirements.
Switzerland's finance regulator has found that crypto mining firm Envion's $90 million ICO took deposits from investors unlawfully.
The Swiss Financial Market Authority (FINMA) has stated that a crypto firm that accepted around US$90. 5 million in deposits from more than 37,000 individual investors did so illegally. The company in question, Envion AG, is currently undergoing liquidation proceedings by the Zug bankruptcy authority.
Switzerland's Financial Market Supervisory Authority has introduced a new "relaxed" fintech license that can apply to blockchain and crypto firms.