Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprag announced the suspension of the OhioCrypto.com web service, which allowed companies registered in the region to pay taxes in bitcoins. Ohio opened the opportunity for businesses to pay taxes with cryptocurrency in November 2018. The service was organized in partnership with BitPay processing, which converted bitcoins into US dollars. The author of the initiative was the previous state treasurer, Josh Mandel. Robert […]
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As part of a special operation, the German police established control over the so-called “cyber bunker” with hundreds of servers for the darknet drug markets and child pornography and arrested seven suspects. Law enforcers also seized $ 41 million. German cops raid "CyberBunker 2.0," arrest 7 in child porn, dark web market sting. Bulletproof hosting facility was staged inside old NATO bunker in Germany; was […]
Block.one came to an agreement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to pay a fine of $ 24 million for violating securities laws during an ICO EOS project. SEC orders blockchain company to pay $ 24 million penalty for unregistered ICO https://t.co/em95RbxWEQ – SEC_News (@SEC_News) September 30, 2019 The Office indicated that […]
California-based fintech startup Ripple hopes to step up operations in Europe with the acquisition of Icelandic crypto trading firm Algrim. Ripple continues its acquisition streak, and launches operations in Iceland. Welcome to the family, Algrim! https://t.co/suIyB4PVs4 – Ripple (@Ripple) September 30, 2019 Ripple representatives emphasized that Algrim will play a key role in developing products that provide liquidity on demand. These products […]
LedgerX accused the U.S. Derivatives Exchange Commission (CFTC) of deliberately delaying the consideration of its bid to launch a Clearing Derivative Center (DCO), which would allow it to start trading in deliverable bitcoin futures. About this writes CoinDesk with reference to two letters to the Office of the Inspector General at the US Department of Justice. Letters verified by LedgerX were […]
Timofei Musatov, the lawyer of the alleged creator of the BTC-e bitcoin exchange, Alexander Vinnik, may be related to one of the companies through which $ 4 billion in cryptocurrency was laundered. The editor of ForkLog was informed by the owner of the MoneyPolo payment system Sergey Mayzus. Since November 2017, Meisus has defended his business reputation in the courts, which he claims to have suffered from allegations of his […]
Users of the Satowallet cryptocurrency wallet accused its developers of an exit scam and embezzlement of $ 1 million. CEO SEO Samuel Benedict claims that the provider is to blame for the loss of user funds, Finance Magnates reports. In addition to the wallet, Satowallet provides cryptocurrency exchange services, and its services support more than 60 different cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum. Satowallet is registered in Dubai, however […]
Russian mobile operators will recognize users by face and voice. The solution is expected to work on the basis of the Unified Biometric System (EBS) from Rostelecom, Izvestia reports citing the company. Initially, the EBS was aimed at remote identification and remote servicing of banking clients. The system being developed for mobile operators is designed to accelerate the implementation of virtual SIM cards (eSIM). She will allow to conclude an agreement with […]
The founders of the cryptocurrency trading platform My Crypto Trade (MCT +) completed an exit scam by stealing user funds from the platform. The total damage, according to minimal estimates, amounted to 100 thousand euros in cryptocurrency. This editorial ForkLog said one of the investors of the platform under the nickname tax79. Being the moderator of Discord Chat MCT + for over a year and possessing almost complete information about the platform and process […]
The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of California charged Elliot Ganton and Anthony Tyler Nashatka with hacking the EtherDelta exchange in December 2017. According to the indictment, hackers changed the configuration of the EtherDelta domain name system in order to deceive the users of the exchange and “get their cryptocurrency addresses, private keys and withdraw the stored funds”. Attackers gained access to the employee’s phone number […]