Law enforcement agencies in the United States and South Korea have closed the largest darknet market for child pornography, through which more than 1 million videos have been distributed. Calculations on it were made in bitcoins. South Korean National and Hundreds of Others Charged Worldwide in the Takedown of the Largest Darknet Child Pornography Website, Which was Funded by Bitcoin https://t.co/jW7ZHheJD9 pic.twitter.com/IBJvyuDO26 – Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) October [ …]
US Rep. Warren Davidson said adding Bitcoin (BTC) to Calibra's wallet would be a “better idea” than creating social media…
The head of the Central Bank of Sweden Stefan Ingves said that the “important event” in the form of the…
Layer1-backed Digital Currency Group (DCG) raised $ 50 million from a number of well-known venture capitalists, including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. According to The Block, thanks to the successful closure of the Series A financing round, the company's market value reached $ 200 million. Initially, the company focused on supporting the Grin ecosystem of confidential cryptocurrency. However, now the San Francisco-based firm intends to focus on […]
After Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Stripe, Kayak, Bookings Holdings left the blockchain project from Facebook, Libra representatives reported that 1,500 companies…
The owner and head of the BKCM cryptocurrency investment boutique, Brian Kelly, has become one of those who see great…
The growing momentum of large companies previously announced as partners of the Libra digital currency project from Facebook is directly related to their fears about the proposed project not meeting regulatory requirements. Such a statement in an interview with CNBC made US Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin. Libra realized that they are not ready, that they are not up to par, says @ stevenmnuchin1 about […]
Bitcoin is still the preferred cryptocurrency for cybercriminals, Europol stated in the annual report “Assessing the threats of organized crime on the Internet” (IOCTA 2019). “Although we previously reported a slight shift towards more private cryptocurrencies such as Monero, bitcoin is still the currency of choice for both legal and criminal use,” the organization said. In previous IOCTA reports […]
After the PayPal payment service was the first to leave the Libra cryptocurrency project , many talked about the possibility…
The Central Bank of Ireland granted Coinbase a license for e-money transactions. According to CEO of the British division Zeeshan Feroz (Zeeshan Feroz), the expansion is necessary in order to provide services to residents of the EU and Eurozone countries after Brexit. The company opened an office in Dublin in October 2018. Recall that the British license Coinbase received in March last year. Subscribe to […]