Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin market cap rivals world’s largest beer company’ Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Nikola Tesla used to say: Bob’s your uncle… Read…
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U.N. says North Korea steals cryptocurrency to fund weapons program This follows three meetings between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Read more here. Read more… More about Politics, Mashable Video, United Nations, North Korea, and Cryptocurrency Read More…
More infoUN claims North Korea hacks stole $2 billion to fund its nuclear program United Nations experts say they are formally investigating at least 35 instances of cyberattacks by North Korea in 17 countries, believed to be carried out in a bid to fund its nuclear program. According to a report seen by Associated Press, North…
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North Korea funds weapons program with stolen cryptocurrency, U.N. report claims North Korea has been using cyberattacks on banks and cryptocurrency exchanges to steal an estimated $2 billion, a U.N. report claims. The confidential report, seen by Reuters, claims the heavily sanctioned country has been using the money to fund its weapons … Read More…
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Domain registry moves to ban cryptocurrency names Sorry, crypto companies, you can’t register a.bank domain name. fTLD Registry Services, which operates the new top-level domain (TLD) extensions.bank and.insurance, is looking to ban cryptocurrency services from registering a domain name. The registry, which … Read More…
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‘I don’t think you should launch Libra at all,’ Congresswoman tells Facebook On July 17, Facebook cryptocurrency chief David Marcus faced a second round of questioning, this time from the House Financial Services committee. Read More…
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Should You Invest in Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies? Experts Share Best Practices in a Volatile (Yet Maturing) Market. Inventing in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies could be the right move … if you know what to expect. Read More…
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Despite Trump’s anti-crypto tweets, the IRS wants its cut of virtual currency profits Cryptocurrency might be a challenge to the primacy of the U.S. dollar, but that’s not stopping the Internal Revenue Service from wanting a piece of the action. The IRS announced Friday that it was sending letters to 10,000 cryptocurrency holders informing the……
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Bitcoin Scammers Try and Fail to Sextort 86-Year-Old Woman Who Just Wanted a Free Bagel All 86-year-old Arlene Kaganove wanted was a free bagel from Panera on her birthday. Instead, after signing up for the My Panera rewards program, Kaganove was sent threatening emails demanding she pay $1,400 worth of bitcoin—in exchange for a supposed…
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BlockFi, which lends money to cryptocurrency holders, just raised $18.3 million led by Valar Ventures Last year, we told you about a New York-based startup that had begun lending cold hard cash to cryptocurrency holders who don’t want to offload their holdings but also don’t necessarily want so much of their assets tied up in…
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