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Norfolk Constabulary (local police) in the U.K. has recently announced that a 19-year-old man was sent to twenty months in prison and was also required to pay back more than £400,000 by Norwich Crown Court for hacking services that he had provided in exchange for crypto payments.According to Norfolk Police,
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China’s answer to Facebook’s Libra digital currency could help the central bank attract business away from Alipay and WeChat Pay.Speaking to mainstream media outlet the South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Aug. 19, Cindy Wang, an analyst at DBS Group Research, said Beijing could profit from the appeal of
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Another step forward for the crypto industry. Silvergate Bank is turning up the heat in its latest initial public offering (IPO) update, aimed at scaling the crypto sphere by providing funding to crypto firms – both startups and established companies.Struggling crypto companies or startups that are looking to expand their
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On Aug. 18, the developers of ZenGo, a non-custodial keyless cryptocurrency wallet solution, announced that their app now supports Facebook’s Libra testnet.Experimenting with LibraAccording to the announcement, now users “can send and receive Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, Libra, just like any other cryptocurrency in ZenGo.” The developers also noted that
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The government of the Indian state of Maharashtra is preparing a regulatory sandbox for testing blockchain solutions across various applications. According to a report by Indian English-language news daily DNA India on Aug. 19, the government aims to apply blockchain technology in supply chains, agricultural marketing, vehicle registration and document
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It is being reported that Barclays, the London-based global bank, recently stopped banking for Coinbase, the United States-based crypto exchange. Coinbase reportedly found a quick replacement in the form of another United Kingdom-based establishment, ClearBank. While Barclays connected San Francisco-based Coinbase to the U.K. Faster Payments Scheme (FPS), enabling instant
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FaceApp — the mobile application that has blown up your Instagram feed with pictures of your followers as old people, the opposite gender or babies — has raised a lot of concerns about potential privacy violations for users that upload their photos to be edited. Rumors have circulated that
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The holding company of cryptocurrency-friendly Silvergate Bank, Silvergate Capital Corporation, announced that the firm plans to offer cryptocurrency-collateralized loans.In an S1/A form filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 15 the bank notes:“We believe there may be attractive opportunities to provide digital currency borrowing facilities
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Sunday, Aug. 18 — Crypto markets are seeing a strong surge of green, with altcoins posting the strongest gains and Bitcoin (BTC) circling the $10,400 mark.Market visualization. Source: Coin360After yesterday’s correction, BTC is today up nearly 2%, bringing it to $10,393 by press time. While still roughly $1,000 short of
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