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Over the past week, the global crypto community bore witness to a unique case wherein California resident and blockchain entrepreneur Seth Shapiro filed a lawsuit against American telecom giant AT&T — alleging that a couple of the firm’s employees had perpetrated a nefarious SIM-swap scheme that resulted in the
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Bitcoin (BTC) proponents are encouraging Lebanese citizens to swap fiat for crypto after it emerged the country’s banks would stay closed.Banks to open “once normalcy restored”In an ongoing Twitter debate which began on Oct. 24, commentators vented anger on behalf of Lebanon’s population, which has been without banking services
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SIM swapping victim Michael Terpin wrote an open letter to the United States Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai.In his letter, posted by Coindesk on Oct. 21, Terpin requested that the regulator take decisive action against SIM swapping and end this type of fraud.Terpin proposes to force all
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Bitwise Asset Management, a key player in the global crypto space that is revered as the leading provider of beta funds and index for the crypto ecosystem, has been in the race for a Bitcoin ETF since January 2019.Like most top shots looking for own their Bitcoin ETF, the firm
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Several individuals are facing criminal proceedings launched against them for participating in the fraudulent digital currency scheme of OneCoin. Konstantin Ignatov, Ruja Ignatova and Mark Scott, continue to face these proceedings at the New York Southern District Court.The whole crypto Ponzi scheme is estimated to be worth billions of dollars
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ETH price is showing positive signs above the $172 and $170 support levels against the US Dollar.The price is currently trading near $180 and it might soon retest the $185 resistance area.Yesterday’s highlighted key bullish trend line is active with support near $172 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data
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The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court said that Bitfinex won’t have to continue turning the documents of its Tether use to the New York Attorney General’s office (OAG), for now.Its a big win for cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex on the long going Tether stablecoin case as the Appellate
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EY, the Big Four accounting firm appointed to work on the QuadrigaCX crypto exchange bankruptcy case, wants to move the proceedings from Halifax to Toronto.Local news outlet The Star reports on Aug. 28 that EY has asked a Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge to move the case to Toronto.
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The latest hearing in a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit resulted in Judge Bruce Reinhart recommending 50 percent of Wright’s BTC holdings mined prior to December 31, 2013, be awarded to the estate of Dave Kleiman.Few weeks ago we wrote of how a Florida federal judge had denied self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright’s
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The protracted legal battle involving self-proclaimed Bitcoin (BTC) inventor Craig Wright and the estate of computer scientist David Kleiman could go in Keiman’s favor.According to a court audience member on Aug. 26, Judge Bruce Reinhart rejected Wright's testimony, stating that he had perjured himself by providing the court with
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