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Bitcoin heist suspect flees Iceland on flight carrying prime minister: state broadcaster
An Icelandic man arrested on suspicion of stealing about 600 computers used to mine the cryptocurrency bitcoin escaped prison and fled the country on a commercial flight to Sweden, Icelandic state broadcaster RUV said on Wednesday. The same Icelandair flight was also taking Icelandic Prime ...
Seven men arrested for alleged scam that cost company president bitcoins worth ¥190 million
Seven men in Hyogo Prefecture have been arrested on suspicion of swindling a man out of bitcoins worth around ¥190 million ($1.8 million), police said Wednesday. The police believe the men, all in their 20s, conned a Tokyo marketing firm president in his 40s into ...
Bitcoin investing is popular in Japan, but the nation has also had several high-profile cryptocurrency heists. Now, the central bank has come up with a rather negative Q&A for those seeking answers on cryptocurrencies. The page is called "Let's think about cryptocurrencies!" and was released ...
Bitcoin dives 10% to near $7,000 as dismal quarter nears end
Bitcoin's miserable quarter isn't over yet. The world's biggest cryptocurrency by market value dropped below the $7,000 mark Friday morning in Asia for the first time since early February, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It fell as low as $6,912 before rebounding, trading at $7,094 ...
As regulators play catch-up, internet firms curbing crypto ads, fearing damage from scams
A growing number of internet companies are banning cryptocurrency advertising, fearing reputational damage if their users are duped or left penniless, even as regulators struggle to get to grips with the fast-emerging industry. Twitter on Tuesday began blocking crypto ads, becoming the latest internet giant ...
Twitter bans cryptocurrency ads on fraud fears, sending bitcoin value south
Twitter on Monday announced a ban on ads for initial offerings of cryptocurrency or sales of virtual currency tokens, sending the value of bitcoin diving below $8,000. Twitter followed the lead of Google and Facebook, which earlier this year cracked down on digital currency ads ...
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by traded value, is seeking a fresh start in the Mediterranean. The company, founded last year in Hong Kong, is planning to open an office in Malta, Chief Executive Officer Zhao Changpeng said in an interview. Binance will soon ...
Trump bars U.S. firms and citizens from dealing in Venezuela's new cryptocurrency
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday barred U.S. firms and citizens from dealing in Venezuela's new cryptocurrency. Trump issued an executive order proscribing "all transactions related to" the new currency, "Petro," which is designed to compensate for a massive government cash crisis. The Latin American country ...
Is this legal? Making sense of the world's cryptocurrency rules
Getting your head around cryptocurrencies was hard enough before governments got involved. But now that policymakers around the world are drawing up fresh regulations on everything from exchanges to initial coin offerings, keeping track of what's legal has become just as daunting as figuring ...
Expert says half of stolen NEM likely converted on darknet; Coincheck drops Monero, Dash and Zcash
The hacked cryptocurrency exchange says it will no longer handle Monero, Dash or Zcash because their anonymity features present a high money laundering risk.
Bitcoin's 'death cross' looms as strategist eyes 76% plunge to $2,800
The tea leaves don't bode well for Bitcoin. Traders who look for future price direction in chart patterns are finding more indicators suggesting the world's largest digital currency may have further to fall. Bitcoin's 50-day moving average has dropped to the closest proximity to its 200-day ...
Bitcoin slides as Google bans cryptocurrency advertising amid crackdown on scams
Alphabet Inc.'s Google said on Wednesday it was banning advertisements for cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, the latest internet company to clamp down on the sector amid growing concerns about scams. Google's action, which takes effect in June and follows a similar move by Facebook ...
