#Bitcoin

Two Individuals Arrested in South Korea For Running $30 Million Cryptocurrency Ponzi

May 14, 2018 by Joseph Young at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Crime, Finance, News

Two South Korean individuals, whose names remain anonymous, were arrested this week for running a $30 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme in Busan, the second largest city in South Korea behind Seoul. Ponzi Schemes Have Become a Major Issue Over the past nine months, the two individuals established an office in...

Greek Authorities Crushed a Murder Plot Against Alleged Bitcoin Fraudster

May 14, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, Crime, News

The Greek police have uncovered a plot to assassinate Alexander Vinnik, the Russian citizen that has been accused of having a hand in the Mt. Gox heist. Back in July 2017, a Japanese Cybersecurity firm, WizSec, revealed that Vinnik was actively involved in laundering $4 billion worth of bitcoin from the...

Cryptojacking on the Rise: Employees are Hijacking Company Servers

Largest India Conglomerate Victim of Monero Cryptojacking

May 14, 2018 by Nigel Dollentas at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Crime, Mining, News

Aditya Birla Group, one of India’s top business conglomerates is the first victim of a “cryptojacking” attack that occurred In April 2018. The attack was first detected in some of the conglomerates overseas subsidiary’s, but it quickly spread to manufacturing and other companies closer to home within days. First in...

Blockchain to Usher in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Says Wall Street Trader

May 14, 2018 by contributor at Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, Finance, News

Every couple of decades a new form of technology emerges from niche tech circles to mainstream implementations and is usually coupled with a community that firmly believes in the innovation setting a new benchmark in the world. Not advances survive, but those that do, set the ball rolling for new...

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First-Time Disclosure: Crypto Sales Account for 9 Percent of Nvidia’s Q1 Revenue

May 14, 2018 by Pratik Makadiya at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Ethereum, Mining, News, Tech

Graphics processor maker Nvidia Corp. disclosed that sales of graphics processing units (GPUs) to cryptocurrency miners equated to $289 million in the first quarter of 2018, forming only nine percent of its overall reported revenue of $3.21 billion for the period. Financial analysts had estimated sales of around $200 million...

Bulletproofs can Help Bitcoin to Process Anonymous Payments Efficiently Says Developer

May 14, 2018 by Joseph Young at Altcoins, Bitcoin, News, Tech

Adam Gibson, a Python developer and bitcoin researcher, stated private or anonymous bitcoin transactions are large in size but can be scaled with solutions like bulletproofs. Private Transactions are Larger than Public Ones Anonymous transactions are larger in size than normal transactions. As such, most blockchain projects consider scalability as...

Ukrainian Authorities May Legalize Cryptocurrency as Financial Instruments

May 14, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Finance, News, Regulation

While most nations of the world have established a stance on digital currencies, the government of Ukraine has yet to decide on how to handle its crypto space. However, it seems the suspense is about to come to an exciting end as the Chairman of the National Securities and Stock...

Bitcoin Mining Chip Maker Canaan to List in Hong Kong

May 14, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Bitcoin, Business, Finance, Mining, News, Tech

Hangzhou based Canaan Creative, the second largest Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer in China is reportedly considering to bring its IPO to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong instead of the New York Stock exchange in the US. The South China Morning Post reported that the company, founded by N.G. Zhang...

IRS: Cryptocurrency is a Property & Swaps are Taxable

Israel’s Tax Authority is Using Social Media to Track Down Bitcoin Tax Evaders

May 14, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Finance, News, Regulation

It is known that Israeli bitcoiners are required by law to pay a 25 percent capital gains tax while crypto-related businesses must compulsorily send their 25 percent tax plus another 17 percent VAT to the authorities. However, since the bill became law, quite a few people and businesses in Israel’s...

Bitcoin Trading Platform LocalBitcoins is Now Complying with AML/KYC

Localbitcoins Introduces Strict KYC Mandates Amongst Host of Guidelines to Comply with EU Regulations

May 14, 2018 by contributor at Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News

The Wild West Days of cryptocurrencies may soon be a feature of the past, as crypto-trading and exchange platforms are increasingly introducing identity verification features for their businesses, presumably in a big to escape the clutches of legal authorities. After a Reddit post in April 2018, which notified high-volume...

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