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The Venezuelan military has seized 315 Bitmain Antminer S9 bitcoin mining rigs it claims are not properly registered to operate in the country. Although cryptocurrency mining is legal in Venezuela, miners say they have been unfairly treated, citing illegal seizures of mining equipment and police extortion. Venezuela Seizes Bitcoin Mining Equipment The Bolivarian National Guard … Read more
The US dollar is increasingly being viewed in a negative light by investors. Bank of America analysts are seeing a “Death Cross,” a bearish technical formation suggesting that a period of dollar weakness is coming. Meanwhile, confidence in gold has been rising. Investors Losing Confidence in US Dollar Investors are increasingly viewing the U.S. dollar … Read more
On July 8, 2020, some members of the cryptocurrency community were prepared to leverage the AVA Labs Avalanche (AVAX) token sale, in order to acquire some of the highly anticipated coin on Wednesday. However, due to “record-breaking demand” and a “highly-sophisticated DDOS attack” the Avalanche sale has been rescheduled for July 15, 2020. For quite … Read more
Centre Consortium has blacklisted an ethereum address holding $100,000 in USDC, a move that the entity says was “in response to a request from law enforcement.” A joint venture between Circle and Coinbase, Centre is the issuer of the dollar-pegged USDC stablecoin, which runs on the Ethereum blockchain. It may be the first time that … Read more
The Chinese government and the country’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), are currently in the midst of testing a digital yuan or central bank digital currency (CBDC). Now the Chinese ride-hailing corporation Didi Chuxing will be trialing the newly developed digital yuan in a “strategic partnership.” Whether people want to believe it … Read more
The Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) issued a cease and desist order Wednesday against on Mirror Trading International (MTI), Forexandbitcoin.com and four individuals involved in a multi-level marketing scam. Out of the four individuals, Cornelius Johannes Steynberg is a resident of South Africa, while Micheal Aaron Cullison, Steve Herceg and Brian D Knott have US … Read more
Crisis laden Argentina saw bitcoin transactions worth $1.4 million (101 million pesos) being recorded in the past week, a new high for the country. According to a report by Vorem, this figure is nearly double the previous high of $0.96 million recorded in the last week of June. Citizens who have previously “watched their currency … Read more
A Malaysian court has fined famous local actor Mas Khan $4,000, or 26 months in jail, for stealing around $50,000 worth of cryptocurrency belonging to his producer, local media reported. Khan appears to have gained access to his boss’ Datuk A.Aida private keys before plundering his wallet on two separate occasions, the same day. In … Read more
Two-time U.S. presidential candidate John McAfee has launched a privacy-centric cell phone data service. McAfee said that his Ghost cell phone data service offers 4G data without using a physical SIM card, is compatible with most major phones, and works in more than 50 countries. Ghost Cell Phone Data by McAfee John McAfee announced Tuesday … Read more
The cryptocurrency community has been discussing the infamous Ghislaine Maxwell, the associate of the financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell was recently arrested and many speculators think she may see the same fate as Epstein before she talks. Moreover, it seems the last time Maxwell used Reddit, her last post was about someone … Read more