#United States

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Facebook Holding Talks with CFTC Over Project Libra

June 3, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at News, Regulation

Facebook, a global social networking platform is reportedly meeting with one of the top U.S. financial watchdogs, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as part of plans to make the launch of its GlobalCoin stablecoin as frictionless as possible, according to a MarketWatch report on June 2, 2019. Facebook...

2020 Presidential Candidate and Coin Center Director Testify Two sides of the (Bit)coin

U.S. Presidential Candidates, From Best to Worst

May 28, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Adoption, Politics

With US election season soon to be upon us, BTCmanager ranks some of the candidates thus far, from the enthusiasts to the apathists to the critics. Diverse Players While the US Presidential elections are over a year away, many early contenders are already emerging and there is already much talk...

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Baltimore Struggles to Tackle Ransomware Attack as Hackers Demand $10,000 per Day

May 24, 2019 by Mohammad Musharraf at Crime, News

The entire United States' city of Baltimore is heading through what can be termed as a communication network blackout. Zero Hedge report published May 23, 2019, stated that the hackers who conducted the ransomware attack to crumple the city’s communication are now demanding $10,000 dollar worth of bitcoin per day....

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Robinhood Crypto Trading App Launches in New York

May 24, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Business, News

Cryptocurrency trading firm Robinhood on May 23, 2019, announced that it had launched its zero-fee crypto trading app in New York. Robinhood Enters New York After bagging the coveted BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYFDS) in January 2019, Robinhood has now announced that its users...

U.S. SEC Shutters Ponzi Diamond-Backed Cryptocurrency Business

May 22, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Business, Crime, News, Regulation

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 21, 2019, obtained an emergency order to halt the operations of an ongoing $30 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. Necessary Safety Measures The U.S. SEC recently delayed the decision on VanEck’s Bitcoin ETF proposal once again and it’s not hard to guess...

Bitcoin as a Haven Asset: Investors De-Risking Portfolios Following Dovish Monetary Policies

May 16, 2019 by Osato Avan-Nomayo at Bitcoin, Finance, Investment, News

James Turk of Goldmoney says investors are de-risking their portfolios by pivoting away from bonds and stocks into assets like bitcoin and gold. The banking, investments, and commodities expert speaking to King World News said dovish central banks policies, a weak European banking system, and the U.S. – China trade...

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Bitcoin Won’t Stop Rallying, Says Hedge Fund Manager Travis Kling

May 14, 2019 by Osato Avan-Nomayo at Adoption, Bitcoin, Moonshot, News

Travis Kling, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Ikigai Asset Management believes bitcoin (BTC) is in for a significantly long rally. In a recent discussion on the TD Ameritrade Network, May 13 2019, the hedge fund manager says recent policy decisions by major central banks around the world will cause capital...

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U.S. Govt. Hammers Down Movie Piracy Racket, Seize Millions in Cryptos

May 14, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, Crime, News

The United States Government has finally hammered down a movie and TV show piracy racket, seizing millions of dollars in cryptos and cash. The illegal platform run by Talon White, a U.S resident, has allegedly been in operation since 2013, according to a TorrentFreak report on May 14, 2019. The...

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Irish Hacker and Cohort could be Sentenced for Stealing $2.4 Million Worth of Cryptocurrencies

May 14, 2019 by Mohammad Musharraf at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Crime, News

A group of six hackers by the name “The Community” are to be sentenced to more than 20 years each in prison for stealing more than $2.4 million worth of cryptocurrencies using multiple SIM swap attacks, Independent IE reported May 13, 2019. Six Men Carry Out Seven SIM Swaps SIM...

A University Lighting up with the magic of Blockchain

Turkish University Launches Blockchain Center at a Boston University

May 8, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, Education, News

In a bid to provide the relevant information and infrastructure needed for the study of distributed ledger technology (DLT), Turkey’s BlockchainIST, Bahcesehir University (BAU), the region’s first university-level center for blockchain research, has erected a state-of-the-art DLT center at Boston’s Northeastern University, reports Daily Sabah on May 8, 2019. The...

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