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An illegal crypto mining operation involves hijacking multiple internet cafes, bribery and some 100 million yuan in crypto. | Source: ShutterstockFifteen Chinese individuals have reportedly been arrested for their involvement in an illegal cryptocurrency mining operation that hijacked the bandwidth of scores of internet cafes to mine approximately 100
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The Israeli-based company Security Matters is looking to bring cannabis and CBD products into a transparent blockchain environment. Security Matters is well known for its relevance in the supply chain sector.The blockchain-oriented company already has a platform that helps to mark and track seeds and plants from the very beginning,
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Bitcoin (BTC) has seen yet another sharp increase in its computing power after its network hash rate grew 25% in a week.Hash rate climbs to all-time highData from monitoring resource Blockchain puts Bitcoin’s hash rate at 87 quintillion hashes per second (h/s) as of Sept. 3.Bitcoin network hash rate.
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Ever since Facebook announced its cryptocurrency Libra, the social media giant has had to face wave after wave of backlash from regulators across the spectrum from countries all over the world. With that, Libra has essentially managed to put all cryptocurrencies in the crosshairs of these regulators.Now, lobbyists and supporters
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Cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, a subsidiary of Japanese financial services firm Monex Group, partnered with marketing research company Macromill Group to launch the Coincheck Survey service that allows its users to exchange reward points for digital assets.Got points? Get crypto!According to Monex Group’s official press release published on Sept. 4,
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Cryptocurrency compliance company Elliptic has raised $23 million in a Series B funding round led by Japanese financial powerhouse SBI Holdings.Elliptic continues to expand in AsiaAccording to a press release shared with CryptoX on Sept. 3, the funding will be used to support continued expansion into Asia, with new
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Ethereum Classic Labs, a core Ethereum Classic development and accelerator organization, announced partnerships with social media dApp iZbreaker and blockchain infrastructure developer Second State.Second State will build the next generation Ethereum infrastructureOn Sept. 1, the developer and maintainer of the Ethereum Classic blockchain said that they had partnered with
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Steemit took to Twitter today to announce to their fellow-Steemians that Steemit is back up and running and fully functional after having suffered from a bug in the curations reward curve.Bug in the curations reward curveAccording to a blog post from Sept. 3, Steemit is now fully operational again,
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San Francisco-based, fiat-focused crypto exchange, OKCoin, recently announced the launch of a voting-driven initiative to donate up to 1,000 BTC to developers of Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (BSV).Voting starts todayAccording to a press release shared with CryptoX on Sept. 3, OKCoin, one of the
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Whale Alert and BitcoinAbuse are teaming up to fight crypto crimes together.Fighting scammersOn Sept. 3, Whale Alert, a service dedicated to tracking large cryptocurrency transactions, announced that it will start collaborating with BitcoinAbuse to better fight cryptocurrency-related crimes.BitcoinAbuse is a public database of Bitcoin (BTC) addresses used by hackers
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