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The number of Bitcoin (BTC) extortion reports filed by the users of BitcoinAbuse.com database increased 1,300% in April, perhaps with scammers taking advantage of the quarantined population.BitcoinAbuse.com allows anyone to report cases of criminals trying to extort Bitcoins from potential victims. Alan Reed told Cryptox that he founded the site
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Per a May 20 announcement from Banque de France, France has become the first country to successfully trial a digital euro, operational on a blockchain, following a call for new technology to back such a development at the end of MarchThe bank says it tested a sale of securities for
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The possibilities of new technology being adopted mainstream by businesses depend on how liabilities and the magnitude of the effectiveness with which it can solve real business problems. Cryptocurrency might have been considered a fad but the underlying technology called the blockchain has been found to be extremely effective in
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Grayscale, a major digital asset management fund, has continued to grow this year, with the total assets under management (AUM) hitting new highs.According to a May 19 tweet, Grayscale’s total AUM hit $3.8 billion, surging over 80% from $2.1 billion in May 2019.Bitcoin trust continues to gain momentum Grayscale’s Bitcoin (BTC)
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Eccentric cryptocurrency advocate John McAfee admitted his anonymity-oriented project Ghost “copy-pasted” parts of its whitepaper from the documentation for open-source privacy coin PIVX in a series of tweets today. He nonetheless appears to intend to sue PIVX for defamation. Ghost vs. PIVX — brief recapEarlier this week, PIVX developers claimed that
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Major Swiss cryptocurrency broker Bitcoin Suisse has added high-security custodial support and staking services for Tezos (XTZ), with an eye to its institutional clients.In an announcement on May 19, Bitcoin Suisse — which custodies over $1 billion in assets — revealed it was going live with XTZ delegation and custody
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Crypto market data analysis firm Santiment has published data suggesting bullish activity surrounding MKR — the token underpinning decentralized finance (DeFi) project MakerDAO.On May 20, Santiment published data indicating bullish divergence between the number of daily active MKR addresses and price action for the token.“$MKR looks to be forming a
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Blockchain service provider TAAL has processed the largest block to date on Bitcoin SV — 369MB in size and containing 1.3 million transactions.TAAL announced the milestone on Twitter. The block is an order of magnitude larger than anything currently achievable on Bitcoin (BTC) or Bitcoin Cash (BCH).Speaking to Cryptox, Jerry
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U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall has rejected AT&T’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges the company was negligent for failing to prevent the theft of $1.8 million in crypto from investor Seth Shapiro.In the judge’s order allowing the suit to continue, Shapiro’s claims of negligence, negligent supervision, claims brought
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The controversy surrounding Justin Sun’s handling of the Steem (STEEM) network continues to grow, with Steem moving to freeze another $5 million in tokens held by dissident Steemit witnesses and stakeholders.Network validators — called ‘witnesses’ — associated with Sun have sanctioned the move to freeze 23.6 million in STEEM tokens,
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