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When considering which US cities are responsible for the most substantial investment in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin, you might think that big cities such as New York, Los Angeles would be the principal representative of such financial endeavors.  Top Ten U.S. Cities with the Highest Crypto Holdings Per Person This assumption above, however, does not seem to…

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One of the main problems of cryptocurrencies is their poor reputation as a tool used for illegal activities. Operations and legal structure of many crypto payments services are often lacking transparency as well. Lightcash project is aiming on fixing these problems. It is a first-ever fully legally compliant for cryptocurrencies and fiat money exchange, its internal crypto coin (LCSH) is…

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At a time when the Japanese cryptocurrency space is still trying to recover from the Coincheck saga that earned hackers $530 million richer overnight, another technical malfunction as returned attention to the island’s crypto economy. While not an outright hack, the technical bug allowed some customers of the Zaif cryptocurrency exchange to buy bitcoin and some altcoins for free. Fastest…

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On January 12, 2018, the London-based cryptocurrency exchange Luno released a statement acknowledging that local authorities have frozen its bank account in Malaysia. Tax Troubles Users across the country have been unable to complete deposits or withdrawals at Luno since at least mid-December 2017. Now, according to a post made by the company, the Malaysian Inland Revenue Board (IRB) was…

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Since its beginnings, cryptocurrency has been hit with several blows that have greatly contributed to give Bitcoin and all its relatives a bad name. As the digital currency ecosystem grew, it had to deal with several scandals such as Mt.Gox, Mintpal or Cryptsy. After these disappointing events, many were those within the community starting to ask for regulation while others…

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