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Kraken Futures has hired its first Russian representative in a bid to ramp up its operations in the world's largest country by land mass.The regulated futures provider, acquired by Kraken last year when it was called Crypto Facilities, brought on Aleksey Bragin last month and now intends to grow its
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Luxembourg-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has hired Andrew Leelarthaepin to lead its business development efforts in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.In a Nov. 13 press release, Bitstamp announced that Leelarthaepin was joining the company to further expand the exchange’s presence in Asia-Pacific “to meet the growing level of demand for the
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NASA is looking to hire a data scientist with crypto and blockchain expertise.Crypto and blockchain considered a plusAccording to a LinkedIn job listing posted on Sept. 20, NASA has a vacancy at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, whose primary function is the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft
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A consortium of oil companies including Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell looks to blockchain to manage water used in oil extraction in North Dakota’s Bakken oil fields.Oil and waterAs Reuters reported on Sept. 10, the Offshore Operators Committee (OOC) Oil & Gas Blockchain Consortium has awarded a
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Earlier this month, Amazon announced plans to hire blockchain experts for its advertising division. But how can the use of blockchain technology possibly resolve the pain points in the advertising industry?For the crypto industry, which is worth more than $240 billion, you’d think standard business tools like a shared
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Tina Jones, a 32-year-old nurse from the Chicago area, pleaded guilty on Tuesday for plotting the murder of her lover’s wife by trying to hire a hitman and paying $12,000 in Bitcoin(BTC)trade on the dark web in a site called “Sicilian Hitmen International Network.”However, she got caught and the prosecutors
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