Blockchain pioneer NEM has partnered with FIX Network to combat the issue of SIM swapping. NEM, one of the oldest peer-to-peer blockchain networks, has partnered with Israeli-Lithuanian telecom startup FIX Network to increase security and data protection for cell phone users and to solve the issue of SIM swapping. FIX Network will implement SYMBOL from…
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A new report from OXT Research shows the alleged PlusToken scam dumped BTC on regulated exchanges with KYC. A new report on the PlusToken Ponzi scheme shows regulated exchanges are being used to dump coins, despite stringent Know Your Customer (KYC) identify verification rules. Investigative company OXT Research has released a second edition of their…
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Russia’s communications watchdog is calling on contractors to help it block or disrupt anonymous networks including The Onion Router and Telegram Open Network. The Russian communications watchdog has launched an offensive on censorship resistant platforms, including the Telegram Open Network (TON) and privacy browser Tor. Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and…
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A Washington state man has been charged with money laundering after selling Bitcoin to undercover agents posing as human traffickers. A Washington state resident has been charged with money laundering after selling Bitcoin for $140,000 in cash to undercover agents. Bothell’s Kenneth Warren Rhule, 26, met with agents from Homeland Security Investigations on numerous occasions…
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Here’s our one-on-one interview with the chief strategy officer of CoinShares. It seems Meltem Demirors does a little bit of everything. The crypto journeywoman has served as vice president of Digital Currency Group, a member of the World Economic Forum’s Blockchain Council, an advisor to MIT Media Lab, and a lecturer at the University of…
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Chinese banks have successfully used a trade finance blockchain platform to process over $56 million in international trade payments. Over 20 banks in Chongqing China have used a trade finance platform powered by blockchain to process over $56 million in foreign trade transactions. It has completed a total $460 million in export trade financing after…
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Alibaba has registered a patent in Brazil that aims to establish a blockchain-based transaction system. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has registered a blockchain-based system patent in Brazil under the category of “insurance,” “financial business” and “monetary business,” according to the March 10th edition of the Industrial Property Magazine (NPI). As reported by the NPI, the name…
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Russia’s relationship with blockchain and cryptocurrency wasn’t clear, but the country is making steps toward digital economic development. The volume of cryptocurrency flows on darknet markets — which are involved in illegal drug and arms trafficking, remittance and transfer of illicit funds — have doubled for the first time in four years, a new report…
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Source: iStock/Avalon_Studio 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. Exchanges news SBI VC Trade, the crypto exchange run by the Japanese financial giant SBI, will follow suit as e-commerce giant Rakuten launches crypto margin trading operations later this…
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The Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator, a joint venture by major organizations on the UC Berkeley campus, public research university in California, U.S., has selected its top projects for its third blockchain Xcelerator batch – the largest yet. The Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator is a joint venture among the university’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Read more »Pay,…
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