Fisco Completes Takeover of Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange Zaif
Regulated Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif has completed its business transfer. Fisco Cryptocurrency Exchange is its new operator, taking over from Tech Bureau. This follows Zaif’s September hack, which cost the…
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Bitcoininfo.ru Wins Court Case Against Ban
The owner of Bitcoininfo.ru has won an appeal against a ruling to block the cryptocurrency website. A court in Saint Petersburg has decided that access should be restored and that Nikolay…
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The Daily: Cloud Outage Affects Exchanges, Okex Launches ICO Information Platform
In Saturday’s Daily, we look at a technical issue with Amazon’s cloud services network that has forced two major South Korean crypto exchanges to temporarily go offline. In other news,…
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Uganda to Regulate Cryptocurrency as Fake Bitcoin Schemes Surge
Uganda will seek to regulate crypto assets to prevent criminals from exploiting digital currencies to scam citizens. This comes as thousands of Ugandans have fallen victim to a number of…
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Follow This Branch: A Guide to Splitting BCH and BSV
Since the Bitcoin Cash BCH hard fork on Nov. 15 resulted in a blockchain split, many pre-fork holders are interested in finding out how to split their BCH and BSV…
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The Daily: US Defense Department Probes Blockchain, Singapore Approves 1X
In today’s edition of The Daily, we cover cryptocurrency-related news from different parts of the world. In the U.S., documents have revealed that an arm of the Pentagon plans to…
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Silk Road Fake Murder Mystery May Be Solved
Rather than round up a series of stories from the deep web, this week we’re focusing on just the one. The tale, concerning Silk Road’s most enduring mystery, is so…
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US State of Ohio Accepts Bitcoin for 23 Types of Taxes
The U.S. state of Ohio has set up a cryptocurrency payment portal and reportedly starts accepting payments in bitcoin for 23 types of taxes this week. “Ohio has become the…
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Petition to Free Ross Ulbricht Gathers 100,000 Signatures
Over the last few months, a petition aimed at freeing Ross Ulbricht from prison has garnered 100,000 signatures. The request addressed to U.S. president Donald Trump and hosted on Change.org…
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Eight Historic Bitcoin Transactions
There’s nothing particularly special about a bitcoin transaction. Every day, 300,000 of them occur on the BTC and BCH networks without fanfare. But occasionally, a perfunctory transaction will attain historical…
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Philippine Crypto Valley to Attract Companies From Japan, Korea and Australia
The Philippine government-owned Cagayan Economic Zone Authority has unveiled a plan to attract Japanese, Korean and Australian companies to its “Crypto Valley of Asia.” The authority is also cracking down…
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Malaysian MP ”Concerned About Threat” from Cryptocurrencies to Government Money
Lim Guan Eng, the finance minister of Malaysia, has warned individuals and companies planning to issue new cryptocurrencies with a stern: “don’t do it”. Addressing parliament on Nov. 26, Guan…
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BCH-Powered Bitcoin Files Project Adds IPFS Support
Last October, the developers of the Bitcoin Cash-powered Bitcoin Files project launched the first iteration of its censorship-resistant file sharing software. At the time, the platform allowed users to upload…
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Nigeria’s Union Bank Threatens to Shut Down Cryptocurrency-Related Accounts
A large commercial bank in Nigeria has threatened to shut down an undisclosed number of cryptocurrency-related accounts without explanation. Lagos-based Union Bank claims that any decision to do so would…
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Fine Jewelry Dealer Birks Group Now Accepts Bitcoin
On Tuesday, Canadian company Birks Group, a fine jewelry operation since 1879, announced its plan to accept bitcoin for products and services at eight select locations. Birks Group and its…
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Bitstamp to Deploy New Market Surveillance Tool to Fight Price Manipulation
The cryptocurrency market is a target of the same manipulation and abuse that the equity, commodity and forex markets have suffered for years, and exchanges that wish to protect their clients…
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Tether Reopens Fiat-USDT Redemption Platform
Tether is back in business. Its stablecoin platform, which has lain dormant since last year, is to reopen for fiat deposits and tether (USDT) redemption. Tether is back in business. Its stablecoin platform, which has lain dormant since last year, is to reopen for fiat deposits and tether (USDT) redemption.