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JUNE 22, 2020

New Zealand police have frozen $90 million they say belongs to alleged bitcoin scammer Alexander Vinnik in what’s being called the country’s largest money seizure ever. Vinnik has denied the allegations, saying he was merely a consultant to the BTC-e platform and unaware of any illegal activity, according to the AP. But the U.S.

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JUNE 23, 2020

New Zealand police have frozen $90 million they say belongs to alleged bitcoin scammer Alexander Vinnik in what’s being called the country’s largest money seizure ever. Vinnik has denied the allegations, saying he was merely a consultant to the BTC-e platform and unaware of any illegal activity, according to the AP.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

Hamas, the militant Palestinian group, has come up with a new way to raise funds for its terror campaigns: bitcoin. This latest report follows recent warnings by government authorities and organizations about an increase in Islamist terrorist organizations using bitcoin and other digital coins to raise funds.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Dunkin’ Donuts Now Buyable With Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s days as being sort of a fringe financial product may be coming to a close, since so much of 2016 has been dedicated to pushing toward a more mainstream future. Kohan, VP of retail consulting at store analytics firm RetailNext. “I

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The market capitalization of bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, declined to under $100 billion for the first time since October of 2017 amid a steep sell-off in digital tokens Wednesday (November 14). According to a report in CNBC citing Coinmarketcap.com, the market cap of bitcoin was at $98,194,458,586 overnight.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 4, 2025

Cynthia Del Pozo , who has amassed almost 15 years of experience in corporate development, operations, and fintech consulting, will lead Kraken’s future Canadian operations. In light of the news, the exchange has also appointed a new North America GM to drive its next growth phase.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

As the value of a single Bitcoin has risen to more than $9,000 per coin, climbing nearly six points in 24 hours, some are worried the cryptocurrency is in a bubble. Although the phrase only comprises approximately 3 percent of all Bitcoin-related searches, its search prevalence is on the rise. This is it.”.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

BOK reportedly intends to release more information on a consulting collaboration with a local firm. A possible partner will assist the central bank in making a CBDC system framework based on the results from the first stage's research results. In July, BOK had completed its first-stage review prior to getting the CBDC pilot system ready.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Intercontinental Exchange ( ICE )’s plans to launch bitcoin futures in November of last year have been delayed because of regulators. According to the paper, what’s holding up approval is a disagreement about how Bakkt (the name for the bitcoin futures) should be regulated. Back then it was trading near $20,000.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Bitcoin has far more traders these days — particularly in China — than it has true believers. It’s the golden age to be in the bitcoin market, because it’s imperfect,” said Zhou Shuoji , a former IBM technology consultant whose firm, Fintech Blockchain Group, runs a bitcoin hedge fund and venture capital fund.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

Bitcoin is going more mainstream in Africa, if the United Nations has anything to do with it. The post says it is looking for qualified people to work for free to help educate the young people of Sierra Leone about bitcoin. The UN said it needs an expert to help staff with bitcoin donations through a Coinbase account it set up.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

will be able to send bitcoin and ethereum donations to The Salvation Army using the Engiven ’s cryptocurrency donation platform, the release stated. He also encouraged investors to think beyond short-term speculation and consult financial advisors, noting that “there’s a lot more to come.”. Donors throughout the U.S.

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MAY 31, 2016

In a buying spree that began on Friday (May 27) and carried on through the four days since, Chinese investors managed to push the price of bitcoin up by 16 percent. As of the time this story was written, the price of an individual bitcoin was pushing $550. All in, bitcoin has added $1.2

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JUNE 30, 2017

A Florida man was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison for helping criminals process millions of dollars in illegal bitcoin transactions. Prosecutors said Murgio processed more than $10 million in illegal bitcoin transactions from April 2013 through July 2015. Murgio’s father also pleaded guilty in the scheme.

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MARCH 22, 2016

When it comes to bitcoin, the stories about ransomware seem to be nothing out of the ordinary for the mainstream news cycle. Ironically, this most recent case comes less than a year after a New Jersey police officer from the same city was nabbed for selling bitcoin mining equipment. The result?

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Cryptocurrencies — like bitcoin — are “produced by solving complex maths puzzles and governed by disparate online communities instead of a centralized body,” reports said. The issuance of e-krona, which is being developed by consulting firm Accenture, would simulate its use in an “isolated test environment.”.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 4, 2024

GitHub is an online collaboration tool that is well-respected and trusted by the international tech community and an intuitive platform for VASPs to provide feedback during the consultation process of this proposed legislation. “GitHub makes it easy to propose and track edits to any text, a bit like collaborating on a Wikipedia article.

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JUNE 23, 2019

Bitcoin price surpassed $10,000 for the first time in more than a year. In fact, bitcoin has more than tripled in value from its low at the end of 2018, giving investors hope that the worst is over for the world’s most popular crypto. But this latest rebound, which has been less hyped, could be a sign the market is maturing.

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JANUARY 13, 2020

JPMorgan Chase said the launch of CME Group options is building and there is the anticipation of institutional interest in Bitcoin-related contracts. Bakkt , a consortium that includes Intercontinental Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange parent, started giving options last month, according to strategists led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

About 10,000 Cubans have turned to bitcoin and altcoins, including ethereum and dogecoin, to skirt around U.S. according to CryptoNews, citing data from The Havana Consulting Group and Tech. sanctions, according to a report from Deutsche Welle’s Spanish-language service, reported CryptoNews.

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JUNE 11, 2019

The community behind bitcoin app Wasabi Wallet worked together to carry out a “CoinJoin” transaction on bitcoin. There wasn’t any service created to do such large CoinJoins,” zkSNACKS CTO Adam Fiscor told CoinDesk , adding that it was “the largest practical CoinJoin that can be done on the bitcoin network.”

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

With no Samsung-like news for bitcoin, prices are holding steady and are even a bit bullish. But let’s turn to the miners, who aren’t happy at all with a stable bitcoin price. The bitcoin block reward was halved in July, which has changed the profitability of new miner entries and could impact the decentralization of bitcoin.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

The hackers sent the college a ransom note demanding payment in bitcoin within seven days for a private key to regain access to the files. The Los Angeles Valley College District decided to pony up and pay the digital ransom to the tune of $28,000 in bitcoin. Francisco C.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 26, 2025

Digital asset insurance broker Native has appointed George Frith as divisional director, Bitcoin mining and AI compute. He will focus on developing bespoke cover for digital infrastructure risks, from bitcoin mining to AI data centres. Wealthtech firm Orion has named Valli Nachiappan as chief technology officer.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This year will generally be more of the same,” said Robin Trantham, a consultant for real estate data tracker CoStar. “We Bitcoin and the Cybercrime Boom . The price of bitcoin may be down, and trading activity may have gotten a bit sluggish in the last year, but among at least one demographic group crypto will always be king.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

In other Bitcoin news, Amun, a Swiss startup, recently got approval from the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA) to provide a larger array of crypto-based products in the EU, according to published reports Tuesday. “Our We are very fortunate to have finished this process within 4 months of its consultancy period.”.

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OCTOBER 23, 2017

A software engineer from Florida was slapped with a 16-month prison term late last week after a court found him guilty of scamming to aid an illegal bitcoin exchange. The bitcoin exchange, Coin.mx , was linked to JPMorgan’s 2014 data breach , in which the account information of more than 83 million customers was compromised.

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Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Steve Kenneally, SVP – Payments at the American Bankers Association (ABA) Steve Mott, Principal at BetterBuyDesign Tahir Khan, Director, Prime Video Payments at Amazon Tiffany Patrick, SVP of AML Payments & Innovation at Citibank EVENT CHAIRMAN: Andrew Doukanaris, Chief Executive Officer at Flotta Consulting Ltd WHY ATTEND?

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JULY 28, 2019

Initial coin offering (ICO) consultant CoinLaunch will pay $50,000 to settle with the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). According to the regulator’s website , CoinLaunch was consulted on two ICOs, with both determined to be securities. percent bitcoin back on all online purchases at Safeway.com.

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APRIL 16, 2019

provider of business travel management services to small business (SMB) companies, announced a partnership with BitPay , which will allow Corporate Traveller to accept bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash payments from its customers. “We In other news, Corporate Traveller , a U.K.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 26, 2024

The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authorit y have both completed consultations on how stablecoins can work in practice and the UK government will use the conclusions of those consultations to issue legislation within six months. The biggest concerns for users relate to their privacy and access to cash.

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MARCH 31, 2019

The former CEO of defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. And the “Big Four” professional consulting firms are also in the top five for posting blockchain job ads. Gox is planning to appeal his conviction on data manipulation charges. During the opening of my trial in 2017, I swore to God that I am innocent of all charges.

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AUGUST 31, 2017

Blockchain, the technology that makes cryptocurrency like bitcoin possible, is moving into the auto and ridesharing markets. According to a news report in Reuters , EY, the consulting unit of Ernst & Young Global, announced Wednesday (Aug.

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The Paypers

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

(The Paypers) HashCash Consultants have introduced a white label bitcoin payment processor for consumers in the ecommerce space.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

At this writing, bitcoin trades were at $6,352. Bitcoin stands out for the month with “only” a 4.5 If those avenues are indeed closed off, bitcoin at $6,350 and some change — where the crypto has held up better than peers, underpinned by hope that new use cases will bring back upward momentum — gives way.

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MARCH 31, 2017

Combating Bad Bitcoins. Anti-money laundering and blockchain analysis software developer Chainalysis and Danish electronic payments provider Nets are teaming up to create solutions for Nordic banks that will validate bitcoin transactions and help financial institutions comply with regulations. Just Say “No” to Ransom Demands.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

If you go to a big bank or a well-established consulting firm, you kind of know what you’re going to get. The tax authority also cited a 2015 ruling by the European Court of Justice that ruled that bitcoin is a means of payment so an exchange should be exempted from VAT obligations.

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