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European Central Bank: cryptocurrency regulation is not our top priority
The European Central Bank (ECB) does not view Bitcoin and other digital currencies as the problem that needs immediate solution, tells chief supervisor Daniele Nouy. The private banks clearly think otherwise, as witnessed by the recent news on Lloyds and JPMorgan Chase
06 February 2018 21:00, UTC
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North Korea might be responsible for Coincheck hack

Kim Jong-un encourages hacker groups to hack and destabilize the work of South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges, but his hackers might have also been behind the Japanese-based Coincheck theft, South Korean intelligence agency members suspect

06 February 2018 21:00, UTC
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Fear of the unknown prevent the government of Ghana to accept Bitcoin

Bitnewstoday decided to monitor major tendencies of the development of Bitcoin in Ghana and to analyze how fears prevent the government of Ghana to accept Bitcoin

06 February 2018 21:00, UTC Dennis WAFULA
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Local Chinese search engines already block queries on Bitcoin
Chinese prohibitions are always swift and tough. Just yesterday we saw the message in possible cryptocurrency-related websites block in China, and now the regional search engines have already started to block related queries
05 February 2018 21:00, UTC
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Singapore’s Deputy PM: no compelling reason to ban Bitcoin
Due to the regulative actions in the neighboring China, Singapore decided to clarify its position, although by some older statements one could already deduce that this small state is not going to prosecute Bitcoin-related activities
05 February 2018 21:00, UTC
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Android TV devices infected with a Monero miner
A new type of devices is being infected by the latent mining programs, one of the most notable hacker inventions of the last year. Meanwhile, Monero falls by 26% in 24 hours, joining a large group of coins in decline
05 February 2018 21:00, UTC
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Ethereum-based Seele ICO becomes an object of scam, $1.8 mln lost
The initial coin offering once again becomes a target of fraudsters, indicating how start-uppers often lack the knowledge of how to counter malefactors posing as administrators. Read below whose practice could be used by ICO businessmen to prevent such disasters
04 February 2018 21:00, UTC
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Kazakhstan’s FinMin employees mined at work
Mining at work consumes the corporate, or, as in this case, governmental resources for the benefit of dishonest employees. The recent case in Kazakhstan confirms that the problem never disappeared even though mentioned less than other coin-related crimes
04 February 2018 21:00, UTC
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China to block cryptocurrency-related websites
The Great Firewall of China might become bigger due to the addition of major cryptocurrency websites, the media found out. Read below which countries might follow in China’s footsteps and more about the site blocking practice
04 February 2018 21:00, UTC
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Russian Minister of Communications suggests ICO accreditation
In a continuous development of Russian legislation on cryptocurrency and initial coin offerings, the local Ministry of Communications wants to have a say too. Its head offers ICOs certification on certain conditions - currently unspecified on which exactly
04 February 2018 21:00, UTC
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Hackers steal a million dollars from BeeToken
BeeToken, the digital currency startup based on Ethereum, has become a target of hackers. Miscreants launched the dissemination of phishing email messages simultaneously with the ICO launch. The screenshots show a message looking quite similar to the real one, indicating the hackers’ social engineering skills
01 February 2018 21:00, UTC
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Medvedev: cryptocurrency must be regulated on the international level
Russian Prime Minister talks about the joint regulation of digital currencies on the international scale, both within the framework of the EAEC and beyond. Previously there has been no EAEC-based cryptocurrency initiatives or even mentionings of them by the officials
01 February 2018 21:00, UTC
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Coinbase sends its users a tax form
The big cryptocurrency exchange called Coinbase does not want any more discussions with the Internal Revenue Service and thus sends some clients a tax form. Learn about how likely that your account would receive anything similar
01 February 2018 21:00, UTC
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New mining viruses use the same breach WannaCry exploited
Yet another remote mining threat - when the money are transferred to the wallets of hackers, and mining is being done by the computers of victims. This time, hackers used the same breach as WannaCry authors did. Find out the botnet size and what botnet is
01 February 2018 21:00, UTC
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India to eliminate cryptocurrency payments - Finance Minister
The government of India seems to have decided it will not welcome the use of cryptocurrencies within the country’s borders, reports one of the most respectable financial outlets. This decision has been confirmed by the Finance Minister of the country
31 January 2018 21:00, UTC
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Maduro: Petro token to launch 20 February
The oil-backed national cryptocurrency in Venezuela has been developed, according to Nicolas Maduro. Note that the same person is fond of conspiracy theories and thinks ordering businesses to trade at “fair prices” can fix the economic state somehow
31 January 2018 21:00, UTC
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Experty ICO investors duped by hackers
The initial coin offering investors have become a target of hackers who managed to get their hands on the list of said investors. They sent an email in which asked for funds transfer, and below you can find out how much they gained as a result
30 January 2018 21:00, UTC
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Bitcoin heist in Great Britain

This time, criminals do not make the victim give the BTC hardware wallet and do not disappear with the cash safe, instead making the victim to transfer money at gunpoint. The press believes this is the first ever Bitcoin heist in the United Kingdom

30 January 2018 21:00, UTC
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Bad rumors on Tether and Bitfinex lying about assets
The big token project might contain some properties of a fraud scheme, the community fears; meanwhile, one of the respectable financial outlets presents the news from December as a new event
30 January 2018 21:00, UTC
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Facebook and Instagram both prohibit ICO and crypto advertisement
Latest Mark Zuckerberg’s initiatives were met with criticism, but this one risks to become one of his biggest mistakes by far: Facebook and Instagram (belonging to Facebook) decide to ban cryptocurrency-related advertisements
30 January 2018 21:00, UTC