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Bitcoin Price Dips As Concerns Mount Over A Potential Second Wave Of COVID-19

June 15, 2020

Bitcoin price dips as concerns mount over a potential second wave of Covid-19. Rising concern over the potential second wave of COVID-19 has frightened the world's stock markets, which means that the short-te...

New Top US Banking Regulator Is Pro-Crypto

June 15, 2020

New top US banking regulator is pro-crypto. Brian Brooks has recently become the current acting Currency Controller, the top banking regulator for the Trump administration. The 51-year-old has crypto expertis...

South Korea Appoints Legal Advisory to Study CBDC

June 15, 2020

South Korean central bank has appointed a legal advisory group to study the issues and the feasibility of launching a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Announced on Monday, the six-member team includes t...

Wash Trading on Coinsquare Allegedly Traced Directly to CEO: Report

June 15, 2020

Just a few days after Canadian exchange Coinsquare revealed that it may have experienced a data breach that affected thousands of users last year, the exchange has come under fire once again: this time, the e...

Starling Bank Co-Founder Launches Crypto Exchange in the UK

June 15, 2020

London-based Ziglu has launched its cryptocurrency trading platform on Monday, after successfully completing a pilot phase. Ziglu is the crypto startup of Mark Hipperson, the co-founder and chief technology ...

Estonia Revokes 500 Crypto Firms’ Licenses After A $220 Billion Money Laundering Scandal

June 14, 2020

Estonia revokes 500 crypto firms' licenses after a $200 billion money laundering scandal. Madis Reimand, who heads the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), said the clampdown was a pre-emptive move t...

Bitcoin Spacex Scam Includes BTC Giveaway, Elon Musk, And NASA Launch

June 14, 2020

Bitcoin Spacex scam includes BTC giveaway, Elon Musk and NASA launch. A bitcoin scam alleging that Spacex and its CEO, Elon Musk, are giving away bitcoin has become more popular. Videos advertising that Space...

Microsoft Releases Identity Platform On Bitcoin Mainnet, Beta Testing Underway

June 14, 2020

Microsoft releases identity platform on bitcoin main net, beta testing underway. Microsoft just released the public beta of its decentralised identity ecosystem, ION, on the Bitcoin mainnet. ION announced la...

Craig Wright Reportedly Just Admitted To Hacking Mt. Gox

June 14, 2020

Craig Wright reportedly just admitted to hacking Mt. Gox. One of the faces of the anonymous Monero coin, Ricardo Spagni, also known as Fluffy Pony, tweeted out information indicating the affiliation of Craig ...

US Financial Services Committee Hearing Discussed The Creation Of ‘Digital Dollar’

June 13, 2020

US Financial Services Committee hearing discussed the creation of digital dollar. United States Congress Financial Services Committee held a remote hearing about the creation of a “digital dollar.” A number ...