The way that the police track individuals they suspect of committing cryptocurrency-involved crimes could be about to change forever – in South Korea and possibly beyond. Police in South Korea say that they have identified at least 40 people who paid cryptocurrencies to access sexual exploitation and rape videos featuring children by raiding 20 of…
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Crypto trader and YouTuber, Tone Vays, explains what might happen if Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, tried to buy all Bitcoin in circulation. Crypto trader and YouTuber, Tone Vays, explained that Amazon’s $140 billion CEO couldn’t buy every Bitcoin (BTC) in circulation. What would happen if Bezos tried? “He would drive up the price of Bitcoin…
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The Japanese crypto scene is set to welcome its 23rd license-holding exchange after the heavily backed FXCoin platform announced it would begin trading next month. In an official statement, FXCoin stated that it was now accepting applications from traders wishing to open accounts on the platform, with bitcoin (BTC) trading to begin in May. The…
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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 Alon Goren, the Founding partner at blockchain venture studio Draper Goren Holm, said today that he "officially launched the WordPress Cryptocurrency Exchange Plugin." "Using Read more »Pay, Trade, Buy…
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The courts, not the lawmakers, will likely be the ones that’ll make "new sources of law" for the crypto industry within the next couple of years, according to Marco Santori, the recently appointed Chief Legal Officer (CLO) at major crypto exchange Kraken. Stating that cypto companies got "serious about their legal game" over the last…
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A K-pop impresario who also heads a UN-affiliated charity has denied accusations linking him to a cryptocurrency fraud campaign that allegedly saw him target some of the biggest stars in South Korea’s entertainment. Lee Wook is head of the W Foundation, a charity aligned with the UN’s climate change agency. The foundation has previously enlisted…
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In its most recent position paper, the IFWG labeled crypto as a possible (but unlikely) threat to South Africa’s monetary system. As part of a recent lengthy position paper on crypto, a South African regulatory body called the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group, or IFWG, mentioned crypto as a possible but unlikely risk to the country’s…
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Crypto investor Michael Terpin has filed an opposition to telecom giant AT&T’s motion to strike out his $200 million punitive damages claim in the long-running SIM swap case. Crypto investor Michael Terpin has filed an opposition to telecom giant AT&T’s motion to strike out his $200 million punitive damages claim in the long-running SIM swap…
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Google has removed a number of Chrome extensions that were pretending to be crypto wallet apps in order to steal users’ cryptoassets. A total of 49 extensions of Google’s popular web browser, Chrome, which is the most popular in the world, have been removed by the tech giant from the Web Store as they were…
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Religion and crypto are emerging as the unlikely winners as locked-down Russian internet users flock to bitcoin (BTC) and the Bible in a bid to bust the coronavirus blues. Internet habits appear to be changing fast in the country, with online traffic now spiking on crypto exchange websites. Per data compiled by Qrator Labs and…
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