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Wharton Collaborates with Coursera to Offer Fintech and DLT Courses

May 31, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Education, News

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the world’s first collegiate business school, has joined forces with Coursera to launch a new online program dubbed “Fintech: Foundations and Applications of Financial Technologies,” to equip students with the essential skills they need to function in the rapidly changing business ecosystem...

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Cred Bitcoin Lending Platform to Migrate its LBA Token to Binance Chain

May 31, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Exchange, News

Binance, a leading Malta-based global cryptocurrency exchange has joined forces with Cred, a decentralized lending platform that claims to facilitate open access to credit anywhere and anytime, with the most competitive rates on BTC, XRP, ETH and fiat currencies, in a bid to promote the growth of the decentralized economy....

Hackers Now Stealing People’s Bitcoin via YouTube Videos

May 31, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin

Crypto thieves are now embedding Qulab, the information-stealing and clipboard hijacking Trojan in YouTube videos promoting a fake Bitcoin generator tool, in a bid to steal victims’ bitcoin and other virtual currencies, according to a report by BleepingComputer on May 29, 2019. Hackers LaunchYouTube Bitcoin Trojan Per sources close to...

Audius Launches Hedgehog, a Client-side Ethereum Wallet for Interacting with dApps

May 30, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Ethereum

In a press release shared with BTCManager on May 30, 2019, Audius, a decentralized and open source music sharing service currently in its beta, revealed that it will be launching Hedgehog. The product is a client-side Ethereum wallet that can be used to interact with dApps without confirming transactions, using...

Las Vegas Man Jailed for Operating Illegal Bitcoin Trading Business

May 30, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin

Anthony J. Battaglia, a United States federal judge for the Southern District of California has sentenced Morgan Rockcoons, a Las Vegas, Nevada resident to nearly two years in prison for wire fraud and running an unlicensed money transmitting business, according to a press release on May 28, 2019. End of...

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Korean Regulators Vow to Keep Exchanges in Check Amid Bitcoin Spring

May 29, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Regulation

While the surge in bitcoin and altcoin prices has ushered in another wave of excitement into the cryptospace, South Korean authorities remain focused on managing local expectations surrounding the industry. An emergency pan-governmental meeting has been held in a bid to keep the activities of crypto exchanges and other market...

Hackers Seeding Ransomware via Bitcoin and Ether Giveaways

May 28, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin

While the entire cryptospace is busy celebrating the return of the “bulls,” bad actors have formulated a new scheme aimed at stealing victims’ cryptos and injecting ransomware into their systems. These hackers are now using several websites to push their fake bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) giveaway programs, according to...

Research: Bitcoin Cash Hardfork Plagued by Three Key Issues

May 28, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption

As reported by BTCManager earlier in May 2019, the Bitcoin Cash network went ahead with its hard fork as earlier planned. However, the event was nearly scuppered by a bug on the Bitcoin ABC client which rendered the chain non-functional for several hours. Now, a BitMEX research report on May...

Blockchain Technology, A Great Tool for Transparent Elections

May 25, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, News

Blockchain technology, the building blocks of bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptoassets proved once more that it is more than just hype by enabling the results of 25 million votes out of 193 million to be obtained within a few hours, during the just-concluded electoral process in Indonesia. The distributed ledger...

New Jersey Legislators Vote Unanimously in Favor of Blockchain Bill

May 24, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Regulation

A bill looking to study the integration of blockchain technology into the recordkeeping and service delivery processes of the state, county, and municipal governments of New Jersey has been approved unanimously. The legislation has now been passed to the Governor’s desk, according to a press release on May 23, 2019....

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Avelacom Inks Deal with Seed CX to Offer Clients Better Services

May 24, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Business, News

In a bid to offer institutional cryptocurrency traders faster and frictionless trade execution and stability, Avelacom, a firm that claims to be an expert in the provision of low latency connectivity and information technology infrastructure solutions, has joined forces with Seed CX. The partnership will enable clients of Avelacom to...

Crypto Exchanges in the Hot Seat as Japanese Regulators Increase Oversight

May 24, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at News, Regulation

The Financial Services Agency (FSA), which doubles as both Japan’s crypto and financial regulatory watchdog, has ordered all bitcoin trading venues and digital assets exchanges in the region to strengthen their know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money-laundering (AML) measures, as part of preparation for the upcoming G-7 summit and FATF inspection, reports...

Bad Actors Now Scamming Bitcoiners Via Google Play

May 23, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin

Just like in the traditional financial system where fraudsters never cease to exist, crypto thieves are also getting smarter every day. In the latest, they’ve now moved from conducting cryptojacking operations to creating fake apps on Google Play, in a bid to “phish” for bitcoin (BTC), reports SecurityBrief on May...

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Israeli Court Orders Bitcoiner to Pay Nearly $900,000 for Tax Evasion

May 23, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin

The Israel Tax Authority has won a court case against Noam Copel, a Bitcoin investor and founder of a blockchain startup called DAV, who bought the cryptocurrency in 2011 and sold it in 2013 with a profit of NIS 8.27 million (over $1 million), without paying taxes. Now, an Israeli...

SEC Sues Shopin and its Founders for Fraudulent ICO Project

U.S. Court Claims American Rapper Sold Unregistered Securities During FLiK ICO

May 23, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at ICO/IEO

On May 20, 2019, Stephen Palley, a lawyer, published the United States District Court of Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division's order containing allegations by plaintiffs that Clifford "T.I." Joseph Harris, a famous American rapper, sold unregistered securities called FLiK tokens to them and failed to invest the raised funds...