The lost $450 million worth cryptocurrency from now-defunct crypto exchange WEX could allegedly be transferred to a fund belonging to Russian intelligence. $450 million worth of lost cryptocurrency from the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange WEX may have been transferred to a fund belonging to Russian intelligence agency the Federal Security Bureau (FSB), according to an investigation…
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Bitcoin price looks weak but this fall below $8,500 might turn out to be a buying opportunity. Fundstrat’s Tom Lee believes that cryptocurrencies “are network value assets” and as the number of people who hold the asset increases, the value of the cryptocurrencies would also move up. According to him, about half a million people…
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Measure Protocol, a blockchain-based data marketplace, has partnered with the Broccoli app to create a cannabis research project. A blockchain-based data marketplace, Measure Protocol, and a cannabis-oriented survey rewards app, Broccoli, will jointly establish a research community for cannabis users. According to a Nov. 12 press release, the companies will use the new community to…
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Dan Conway. Source: a screenshot, Instagram/danconwaywriter Dan Conway, an author and a self-described “expert on crypto culture, decentralization and corporate America,” shared with the world how he bet his life savings on crypto and earned millions. Conway says he was an executive in a vast corporation, struggling with depression and an addiction he thought defeated.…
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The Bitcoin Cash hard fork has completed as planned, with the first block considered invalid by old client software being mined. The planned hard fork of the Bitcoin Cash network has been completed, as the first block considered invalid by the older client version was noted by BitMEX Research in a tweet on Nov. 15.…
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded $200,000 to a Virginia-based firm to develop blockchain security solutions. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Virginia-based Digital Bazaar $199,984 to develop its blockchain security technology, according to a press release, Nov. 14. The Department’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) made the Phase…
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Source: iStock/LOVE_LIFE Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. China news Despite China’s U-turn on Bitcoin mining, Chinese local governments are strengthening regulation of the crypto mining industry and its aspect such as speculation and illegal fundraising, with…
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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is scheduled for an update on the network’s consensus rules today to make the network more secure. In the meantime, the price of the 4th coin by total market capitalization is dropping. The Bitcoin Cash network will undergo a planned protocol upgrade as per the roadmap on November 15th at around 12:00…
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To hit USD 25,000 per bitcoin (BTC), we need to find a way to double the current number of active BTC users, according to co-founder and the Head of Research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, Tom Lee. In an interview with CNBC today, Lee argued that BTC will hit USD 25,000 by 2022, which is the…
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A federal judge has ordered Kingdom Trust to return customer data access to info on Bitcoin IRA’s website after the custodian broke a referral agreement. A United States federal judge has ordered asset custodian Kingdom Trust to fully restore data access to all affected clients following the unilateral termination of customers’ access to their own…
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