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A Californian politician has become the first elected official to use cryptocurrency to purchase cannabis in the United States.A press release shared with CryptoX on Sept. 11 revealed that Berkely City Councilmember Ben Bartlett used Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and the stablecoin Universal Dollar (UPUSD) to make the purchase at
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Photo: Bitwise / TwitterBitwise has tapped into the experience of the Bank of New York Mellon. It has appointed the BNY Mellon to serve as the administrator and transfer agent for its forthcoming Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Bitwise filed an amendment to its Bitwise Bitcoin ETF S-1 form on
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If Facebook’s crypto project Libra wants to survive in the US, it must ensure building a system that does not let criminals hide, and that is capable of tackling problems associated with terrorism funding and money laundering, said the US Under Secretary of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Sigal Mandelker, on
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Warnings were issued by the security intelligence firm Trend Micro about a recently exposed backdoor Trojan malware, Glupteba, which was discovered in the Bitcoin blockchain system. Apparently, it is capable of generating command-and-control domains through tracked Bitcoin(BTC)trade transactions.A notorious sub-culture has also grown with the advancement of technology in the
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The world’s largest crypto exchange will be opening its US platform across most of the country next week. It has announced the listing of six crypto assets for trading but conspicuously missing from that list is its own Binance Coin.Binance.US Opens Next WeekBinance stated that its US platform will be
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Twitter is bearish, abuzz with chatter of a descending triangle that is forming on the Bitcoin (BTC) chart and with comparisons to the descending triangle that broke down in 2018 at $6,000. Twitter is often wrong. Let’s first define the descending triangle.A descending triangle is among the most famous classical
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ETH price is slowly moving down and recently broke the $180 support area against the US Dollar.The price could soon test the $172 or $170 level before it starts a fresh increase.Yesterday’s highlighted key bearish trend line is still active with resistance near $179 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD
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Bank of New York Mellon has been appointed to serve as transfer agent and administrator of Bitwise Asset Management’s proposed Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF). Bitwise amended the S-1 form that it submitted to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Sept. 11. The amendment also lists major
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The United Kingdom arm of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase settled a two-month legal battle with a man who lost 80 Bitcoins (BTC) in an email phishing attack.Stolen Bitcoin diverted to CoinbaseOn Sept. 10, legal news site Law360 reported that Coinbase U.K. had reached an undisclosed settlement with Liam Robertson to
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Finnish peer-to-peer crypto exchange LocalBitcoins has warned users about alleged security risks associated with anonymous browser Tor Browser.On Sept. 9, transactional compliance expert Richard Bensberg tweeted a screenshot of a LocalBitcoins banner warning Tor users about the risk of losing their Bitcoins (BTC), which stated:“Warning to all Tor users:
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