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Traders Pull $175 Million From Bitfinex Over the past day or so, there has been a flurry of activity from crypto traders who have been busy withdrawing $175 million of BTC, ETH and XRP from Bitfinex. Watchers saw several transfers out of the exchange to undisclosed wallets. All this came about when there were a …

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OneCoin Crypto Scam Ringleader Nabbed The FBI arrested the OneCoin ringleader at LAX (Los Angeles International Airport). The US government alleges Konstantin Ignatov was one of the masterminds who instigated the start of the crypto pyramid scheme that was worth billions. Around the world, OneCoin has faced fines and actions toward criminal prosecutions (especially India), …

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Russia and Limiting U.S. Sanctions Using Bitcoin With the USA imposing sanctions on Russia, the country has taken steps to limit the impact. Over the last week, an Australian news site quoted that there is an economist who has ties to the Russian government as having said the sanctions are forcing the country to take …

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Facebook Hinting at Blockchain Interest Outside viewers have seen that Facebook is on a recruitment drive for blockchain developers. These will be tasked with working on a payment industry product. Unfortunately, there are a few recruitment hurdles because of the somewhat obscure project and the ongoing concerns of personal data protection from the side of …

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Bitcoin Mining Takes a Second Major Downturn All the news is full of Bitcoin, and now it is showing itself in the world of mining that has thus far fended off any effects of the BTC price dropping. In summary, Bitcoin adjusts the complexity of mining to keep a level of a block being mined …

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Crypto market takes a bashing As the holiday season approaches, it is time to start reflecting back over the past year. Bitcoin is going to generate some fascinating conversations ever since the BTC mania this time last year. At that point, college grads were returning home with news of the all-new digital cash, and of …

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Crypto market performing poorly In 24-hours, $3 billion has been dropped from the value of cryptocurrencies as some of the major ones have declined between 3% and 6%. What is strange though is that 2 of the fallers, Stellar and Cardano are among 3 cryptos with Zcash that are expected to soon be integrated into …

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Wallet Hardware Updates Trezor and Ledger are facing stiff competition from each other with their new product innovations that were released almost at the same time. Meanwhile, Sony is jumping on board and joining the party. The firm has announced they are working on their own take on a crypto hardware device. The tech company …

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