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Money Reimagined: Trump, Crypto and Fairer Taxes
For Democrats, it was a moment of truth. For Republicans, it was “fake news.” Among some members of the crypto commentariat, there was a very different reaction to The New York Times’ recent scoop on Donald Trump’s tax returns – a…
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Blockchain Bites: BitMEX Investigation, Trump’s Diagnosis, Babel’s Leaked Audio
BitMEX is in hot water with the CFTC and DOJ. Thursday, a dual agency operation levied charges against the derivatives exchange and several employees for facilitating unregistered trading and violating the Bank Secrecy…
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Bitcoin News Roundup for Oct. 2, 2020
With Pres. Trump testing positive and a systemically important exchange in deep trouble, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!The cryptocurrency and Asian stock markets dumped early Friday after U.S. Pres.…
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Bitcoin Escrow Chief Pleads Guilty to Crypto Fraud, Also Ordered to Repay $7.4M
The head of bitcoin escrow company Volantis pleaded guilty in New York on Thursday to bilking an investor of over $3 million. He also settled parallel commodities fraud charges.Jon Barry Thompson, 49, admitted in Manhattan federal district…
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6X Bitcoin: Ethereum Miners Made $166 Million from Gas Fees in September
It pays to be a miner and process cryptocurrency transactions on a proof-of-work blockchain. The Ethereum miners know this especially well as they made a record $166 million last month from transaction fees. Bitcoin miners, however, could…
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Trump COVID Test, BitMEX Charges Bring October Shocks for Bitcoin
U.S. regulators and law-enforcement officials brought charges on Thursday against BitMEX, a Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange that has grown in recent years to be one of the industry’s biggest players.According to the U.S. Commodity…
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Open Interest on Bitmex Drops 16%: Investors Withdraw 37,000 BTC in Less Than 24 Hours
Data from Arcane Research shows that open interest on Bitmex’s bitcoin derivatives market touched a new low of 45,122 BTC on October 1. The figure represents a 16% drop since the CFTC announced charges against Bitmex and its executives for!--/noptimize-->!--noptimize-->…
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Bitmex Charged With US Rules Violations — Owners Face Criminal Charges, Prison
Cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform Bitmex has been charged with illegally operating in the U.S. Concurrently, its executives, including CEO Arthur Hayes, have been charged with violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and are facing!--/noptimize-->!--noptimize-->…
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US National Pleads Guilty To a $3M Worth Bitcoin Escrow Fraud
The principal of a cryptocurrency escrow company, Jon Barry Thompson, has pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to commodities fraud. In 2018, he took over $3 million from one company and failed to deliver bitcoins worth that amount.Crypto…
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Bitcoin Games Reveals Satoshi’s World Travel Plans, Offers Cashback, Free Spins, and Bonus Money
Venezuela Passes Law Legalizing Crypto Mining, Forces Miners to Join National Mining PoolReports say Venezuela has now legalized bitcoin mining following the decree recently issued by the National Superintendency of Crypto Assets and…
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