The United States prosecutors officially indict a man from Singapore for stealing Amazon Web Services’ cloud computing power to mine cryptocurrencies. The United States prosecutors have officially indicted a man from Singapore for using stolen identities to illegally utilize Amazon Web Services’ cloud computing power for crypto mining. According to the indictment initially filed on…
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Mark Zuckerberg. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Guardian News Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are taking very different approaches to Facebook’s Libra project – with American politicians hoping to strong-arm the social network and Libra partners, while British central bank officials have laid out a roadmap for the forthcoming token. America’s House Financial…
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Joseph Lubin. Source: Twitter, @ethereumJoseph With the fifth annual Ethereum conference, Devcon, about to finish tomorrow, a new challenge has been issued: get 1 million developers to build on Ethereum in a year. Devcon is an annual conference held by the Ethereum Foundation for developers, researchers, engineers and others to gather and discuss their thoughts…
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Jihan Wu, co-founder of leading ASIC miner producer Bitmain, announced two new series 17 Bitcoin mining machines. Leading Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) producer Bitmain announced two new series 17 Bitcoin (BTC) mining machines in a blog post published on Oct. 9. Bitmain: higher efficiency and hashrate Bitmain co-founder Jihan Wu announced the S17+ and…
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Bitcoin has rallied to touch $8,600, while major altcoins follow in its wake; Chainlink is seeing daily gains of almost 14%. Wednesday, Oct. 9 — Bitcoin (BTC) continues its rebound, jumping $400 in a few hours, while altcoins rally in sync with BTC. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 The world’s most popular crypto coin…
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BCause Mining, a Bitcoin mining operation in the city of Virginia Beach was ordered to liquidate its assets and shut down its operations. BCause Mining, a Bitcoin (BTC) mining operation in the city of Virginia Beach in the United States, was ordered to liquidate its assets. In an Oct. 9 article, local news outlet the…
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The United States SEC has rejected a proposal for a Bitcoin ETF from Bitwise Asset Management and NYSE Arca. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rejected a proposal to list a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF). In an announcement on Oct. 9, the Commission stated that the ETF filing from Bitwise Asset Management and…
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Digital asset financial services firm BitGo will offer secure storage for digital assets under the management of crypto exchange Bitstamp. Digital asset financial services firm BitGo will provide secure storage for crypto assets under management at major cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp. $100 million insurance policy In a press release on Oct. 9, the Luxembourg-based cryptocurrency exchange…
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After struggling to settle above USD 8,300, bitcoin price started a downside correction. BTC/USD traded below the USD 8,200 support, but it remained well bid above the USD 8,050 support area. The price is currently (08:00 UTC) trading in range, with resistance near USD 8,300 and support at USD 8,050. On the other hand, there…
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Bitcoin and select altcoins are showing signs of bottoming out. Can they start a new uptrend? Let’s study the charts. Grayscale director of sales and business development Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary said that institutional interest in the crypto space has been strong throughout this year. The second quarter inflow was $85 million with 80% coming from institutions.…
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