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Harvard, Yale, Brown Endowments Have Been Buying Bitcoin for at Least a Year: Sources

Some of the largest university endowment funds in the U.S. have been quietly buying cryptocurrency for the past year or so through accounts held at Coinbase and other exchanges, CryptoX has learned.According to two sources familiar with the situation, Harvard, Yale, Brown and the University of Michigan as well as

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Spain’s Second-Largest Bank Will Soon Launch Crypto Services: Sources

BBVA, the second-largest bank in Spain, with about $840 billion in assets, is poised to enter the cryptocurrency trading and custody space, according to two people familiar with the plans.The Spanish bank will begin its crypto offering out of Switzerland, said a source. Switzerland has relatively comprehensive rules around digital

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Sources: Virgil Griffith Wanted to Ship Ethereum Mining Equipment to North Korea

Virgil Griffith, a US citizen, a programmer and a cryptocurrency expert, was arrested last week on the grounds of aiding North Korea in violating international sanctions placed on the country.Now, new report indicates that he had previously told his peers about his plans to arrange a shipment of crypto mining

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China Crypto Crackdown? Sources Say Binance Shanghai Office Raided by Police

Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s Shanghai office has abruptly closed its doors, several sources close to the matter told the Block. According to the sources, the exchange’s Shanghai office was recently raided by local police where many of Binance’s executives and as many as 100 employees work.Binance Refutes ClaimsWhen reached for

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