⁠An unidentified individual or group has reportedly placed a link to a phishing LocalBitcoins clone website on the official LocalBitcoins forum

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⁠Fifteen suspects allegedly running a cryptocurrency scam which raked in millions of dollars have been arrested by police in Taiwan

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⁠Bitcoin falls under $3,600 again as the top 20 cryptocurrencies report discrete losses

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⁠The future viability of Bitcoin’s use of the proof-of-work consensus has been called into question by a report from the Bank of International Settlements

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⁠According to sources familiar with the situation, two executives at blockchain startup R3 are departing from the company

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⁠The Bank of International Settlements is bearish on Bitcoin’s proof-of-work system, while the CBOE has withdrawn their BTC ETF rule change application

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⁠While Fundstrat’s Tom Lee thinks Bitcoin will go to $25,000, BCG Digital Ventures’ Jeff Schumacher thinks it can go to zero. Let’s take a look at the charts

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⁠In an interview, Jan Van Eck, CEO of Van Eck Associates, suggested that Bitcoin investors have moved to gold

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⁠As soon as this week, Iran may officially confirm it is releasing a state-sponsored cryptocurrency

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⁠Bitcoin has broken down the $3,500 barrier, trading at around $3,455 at press time

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⁠Monero core developer Riccardo “Fluffypony” Spagni has said he expects regulatory arbitrage to become an increasingly prevalent and impactful phenomenon in the crypto space

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⁠Scammers are fraudulently claiming to be operating an exchange business linked to Coincheck owner Monex

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⁠Bithumb, Upbit, Korbit and Coinone have reportedly launched a self-regulatory initiative in order to track suspicious transactions related to crimes and money laundering

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​​Tokenized social media startup Kik says the SEC will be “doubling down on a deeply flawed regulatory and enforcement approach” if it pursues a recommended enforcement action

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​​Belarus’ largest bank is considering setting up a crypto exchange after the launch of reportedly the first crypto trading platform in the country in mid-January

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​​Togacoin has been added by the Italian securities regulator, the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB), to its scam blacklist

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​​Recap of what went on at WEF Davos 2019 (spoiler: a lot of “blockchain before Bitcoin”)

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​​BTC skeptic and ex-CEO and chair of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, has announced he is considering an independent run in the forthcoming 2020 American presidential elections

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​​A report outlined by blockchain analytics company Chainalysis reveals that two hacker groups account have reportedly stolen $1 billion in cryptocurrency

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​​Swiss-headquartered food retail giant Nestle says that the blockchain-based IBM Food Trust initiative is gearing up to onboard new suppliers and retailers this year

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​​After several successful public blockchain trials, Vienna is preparing to launch its own token to reward citizens

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