The Suwalki District Prosecutor’s Office has charged fraud against Martin A., co-founder of the Polish bitcoin exchange BitMarket (.pl), with a prison sentence of up to 10 years, Business Insider Polska reports. The investigation found that Martin A. misled 525 BitMarket customers, depriving them of a total of 2,300 BTC between mid-2015 and July 7, 2019 […]
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Elliptic, a company specializing in tracking transactions on public blockchains, raised $ 23 million following the results of the Series B financing round, which was headed by the Japanese corporation SBI Holdings. @elliptic is thrilled to announce our $ 23 million #SeriesB led by @SBIGroup. Big thanks to our customers and partners who helped get us here today! #Crypto assets are the future of […]
A well-known Bitcoin supporter, Patrick Byrne, has announced his resignation as executive director of retail giant Overstock, the company he founded and led for 20 years. As official reasons for such a decision, Patrick Byrne calls investors “certain issues related to the government” in today's letter, making it clear that it is directly related to the recent recognition in […]
Bank of America, the second largest financial institution in the United States, is patenting a multi-level digital wallet security system. The corresponding application was filed in February 2018 and published by the US Patent and Trademark Office last week. The document describes the principle of creating a multi-level interface for a cryptocurrency wallet in a decentralized peer-to-peer network. By entering one of several correct […]
The New York State Attorney General's Office (NYAG) has sufficient authority to continue investigating the activities of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange and its affiliate Tether. This decision was made by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, reports CoinDesk. Judge Joel Cohen’s decision dated August 19 states that the state prosecutor’s office may continue to investigate alleged Bitfinex fraud and the introduction of […]
The operator of the largest BitMEX derivatives exchange, BitMEX, HDR Global Trading Limited, announced the limitation of services in three new jurisdictions. According to a statement on the exchange’s website, from today “to ensure the safety of user funds”, BitMEX services are not available in the Seychelles, Bermuda and Hong Kong. It is noteworthy that HDR Global Trading Limited is registered in the Seychelles, in […]
The legend of professional boxing Mike Tyson said that he had nothing to do with the blockchain platform for Fight to Fame fighters, and all the materials in the media that claim the opposite are untrue. I am not involved with Fight to Fame or their countdown website, nor will I be involved with anything related to Fight to Fame now or in the future. […]
The Moscow Department of Information Technology (DIT) through an open tender is looking for a contractor to create a technological platform for distributed registries (databases). According to the Russian government procurement website, the initial contract price is 56.9 million rubles. The application states that within 60 days from the date of conclusion of the state contract, the contractor will have to develop a blockchain solution for the automation of electronic services of the Moscow City Hall. In particular, the speech […]
London-based international bank Barclays has stopped servicing accounts of the largest US cryptocurrency company Coinbase for unknown reasons, CoinDesk reports citing informed sources. According to the publication, as a result of a breakdown in relations with the bank, Coinbase lost access to the Quick Payment System (FPS), which is why users cannot make instant input / output of British pounds and have to wait until […]
The Argentine peso and government bonds plummeted amid the crushing defeat of incumbent President Mauricio Macri in the primary. Meanwhile, bitcoin at local trading floors is trading at $ 300 higher than the average market price, while at Localbitcoins – and at all at $ 1000. Note, international investors fear the victory of the candidate from the opposition alliance "United Front" Alberto Fernandez, who […]