Ignatov signed a plea on Oct. 4 and faces up to 90 years in prison for money laundering and fraud charges. Konstantin Ignatov, co-founder of alleged crypto scam OneCoin, has pleaded guilty to participation in the multi-billion dollar fraud. According to a BBC report on Nov. 14, Ignatov signed a plea on Oct. 4 and…
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U.S. Department of Justice arrested two Massachusetts men for allegedly taking over victims’ social media accounts and stealing their cryptocurrency via SIM swapping. The United States Department of Justice has arrested and charged two Massachusetts men for allegedly taking over victims’ social media accounts and stealing cryptocurrency. According to the announcement on Nov. 14, the…
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Crypto exchange Coinbase, custodian Kingdom Trust and investment firm Regal Assets have jointly begun offering crypto IRA and 401(K) accounts in the United States. Major American crypto exchange Coinbase, asset custodian Kingdom Trust and alternative assets investment firm Regal Assets have begun offering cryptocurrency-based individual retirement and 401(K) accounts in the United States. An individual…
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Samsung SDS partnered with Israeli privacy-enhancing tech firm QEDIT to provide more privacy for its enterprise blockchain Nexledger. Samsung SDS, the IT arm of tech giant Samsung, has integrated QEDIT’s zero-knowledge proof solution (ZKP) to its Nexledger blockchain. By applying ZKP, Samsung SDS intends to provide a higher level of privacy for users of its…
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The Cryptoverse, including CEOs of Binance and Tron, is advising PornHub, a major porn website, and their performers on how to deal with their payment conundrum after PayPal stopped model payouts: use more crypto. (Updated at 15:37 UTC: updates in bold). “We are all devastated by PayPal’s decision to stop payouts to over a hundred…
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Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced the launch of its Tether-margined Bitcoin futures contracts. Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has launched Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts that are margined with the Tether (USDT) stablecoin. OKEx announced the new offering in a press release on Nov. 14. OKEx first announced its intention to launch USDT-settled futures trading with up to 100x…
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Source: iStock/s-cphoto The Industry Talk section features insights by crypto industry players and is not a part of the editorial content of Cryptonews.com. This article has been brought to you by DappRadar, a dapp data aggregator and analysis firm. ____ At DappRadar, we track over 2,700 dapps across nine blockchains. That’s a lot of dapps.…
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Australian blockchain energy firm Power Ledger and BSES Rajdhani Power Limited have successfully conducted a peer-to-peer solar power trading trial in India. Australian blockchain energy firm Power Ledger and Indian electricity distribution company BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) have completed a peer-to-peer (P2P) solar power trading trial in the country. Power Ledger announced the news…
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Iranian authorities are offering a bounty to anyone who exposes unauthorized mining operations in the country. Iranian authorities are offering a bounty to anyone who exposes unauthorized mining operations in the country, Iranian news outlet PressTV reports on Nov. 13. A spokesman of the Energy Ministry announced the bounty program during an interview with local…
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Source: Twitter, @brave Basic Attention Token (BAT), ranked 29th by market capitalization, is green throughout following the news of Brave launching version 1.0 of its privacy-focused browser. BAT, the native token of Brave, the first decentralized browser based on blockchain technology that lets users earn tokens as they browse, is seeing a lot of green…
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