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Crime and cryptocurrency almost seem to hand-in-hand these days. Not a month goes by without some criminal activity involving Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. One Bronx biker gang has three men arrested for their involvement in a $2 million cryptocurrency kidnapping and robbery incident. The Bronx Biker Gang-Cryptocurrency Angle While one wouldn’t necessarily expect biker gangs … Read more
The police in Japan are cracking down on the illegal use of personal computers for cryptocurrency mining. Multiple prefectural police departments are currently investigating one particular case and pursuing criminal charges, which would make it the first criminal case in Japan where computers are illegally used for mining cryptocurrencies. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into … Read more
Major Latin American bitcoin exchange, Buda, recently suddenly become the subject of a banking embargo in Colombia, according to local reports. Buda similarly experienced the termination of its Chilean banking services in March of this year. Also Read: Six Major Banks in Chile Sued by Another Cryptocurrency Exchange Buda Suffers Termination of Banking Services in Colombia … Read more
Following the announcement by South Korean crypto exchange Coinrail that it has been hacked, a local publication reported that some banks had identified suspicious transactions at the exchange and stopped providing services to company months before the incident. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space Suspicious Transactions Detected South Korea’s seventh-largest cryptocurrency exchange, … Read more
Over the past six months, cryptocurrencies have been steadily entering the mainstream world more and more by being featured on billboards, newspapers, radio broadcasts and television shows. Now, this July residents from the New England region will be able to hear a weekly radio broadcast called Cryptomania which aims to educate the masses about the … Read more
China is suddenly bullish on blockchain technology. It has overloaded the cryptocurrency industry with praise over the past few months. The government has also led multi-billion dollar investments in blockchain projects with the vision of commercializing blockchain technology in the near future. Blockchain is Better Than the Internet CCTV, AKA China Central Television, a state … Read more
At press time, bitcoin is still standing at the $7,600 mark. For the last two days, bitcoin hasn’t moved, and has been trapped in the red over news of a Coinrail hack and subpoenas issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regarding bitcoin futures trading data. But is all this negativity short-lived? While it’s … Read more
RBI, the central bank of India, has not made a proper effort to thoroughly research the nature and usage of cryptocurrencies before issuing its crypto ban. This is according to a reply sent by the bank to a Right to Information query filed by a lawyer. Copies of the communication have been distributed on social … Read more
It seems the ongoing debate between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash has reached a new level of silliness. Although both sides have had a few valid arguments, there are also a lot of incidents which seemingly make little sense. It now appears Bitcoin.org has intentionally removed two companies which recently enabled support for Bitcoin Cash. The … Read more
There has been a growing influx of hard forks and airdrops pertaining to Bitcoin, although Bitcoin is still Bitcoin and remains the world’s leading cryptocurrency. In fact, there are so many different iterations of Bitcoin, it is impossible to keep track of them all. Most people will have never heard of most of them, nor … Read more