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Israeli banks should not refuse services to cryptocurrency companies, said Avichai Mandelblit, legal adviser to the Israeli government. This was reported by Cointelegraph with reference to local media. In his opinion, banks should carefully study each case to identify signs of the risk of money...

The American Bitcoin exchange Coinbase received the status of Visa Principal Member, that is, a full member of the payment system. Thanks to this exchange, its users no longer have to use the services of third-party companies to issue Coinbase Card debit cards. According to the blog, Coinbase was...

US presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg (8th place on the US Forbes list with a fortune of $64 billion) proposed creating the regulatory framework for the cryptocurrency industry as part of massive financial reform. Bloomberg advocates tightening consumer protection measures, he intends to...

The U.S. IRS has announced plans to host a summit with cryptocurrency startups to discuss an approach to taxing digital assets. This was reported by Bloomberg Tax. The summit is expected to be held on March 3 at IRS headquarters in Washington. During the meeting, four-panel discussions will take...

The FCoin crypto exchange, which used the contradictory “transaction mining” business model, suspended trading and withdrawal of funds after identifying a deficit of digital assets worth up to $125 million. The founder of the exchange, Jian Zhang, wrote that the exchange is currently not able...

In 2019, at least 90,000 residents of France were victims of cryptocurrency extortionists who claimed to own compromising images. This was reported by the local national system of assistance to victims of cyberbullying and digital attacks Cybermalveillance.gouv.fr. Attackers calling themselves...

The decentralized social network Steemit and its applications will soon be transferred to the TRON blockchain. The migration will occur as part of a strategic partnership between Steemit Inc. and the Tron Foundation. The blog of the Tron Foundation says that work on the migration of a social...

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has applied for a license to work in Singapore under the new law on payment services, according to Bloomberg. “We quickly applied. Singapore-based Binance has close contact with local regulators, and they have always been open to new things, ”said Binance CEO...

A resident of Moscow turned to the police because of the theft of cryptocurrency committed through the substitution of a SIM card. This was reported by the city news agency "Moscow" with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia...

A subsidiary of the Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings has announced a strategic partnership with the German mining company Northern Data AG. Within its framework, SBI Crypto will be one of the first residents of the new Whinstone US data center, potentially the largest in the world. In the...

The deputies of the French National Assembly believe that the country's commercial banks with the participation of the ECB should start developing their own digital currency. Lawmakers expect support for the initiative from the Minister of Finance, reports La Tribune. To this end, members of...

The ongoing volatility of bitcoin may possibly attract the main attention of traders, however, no less interesting events could be observed on Thursday, February 13, in the XRP markets. So, on the BitMEX derivatives exchange, as a result of an instant collapse of the exchange rate, the token at...

Sweden’s biggest narcotics marketplace Flugsvamp 2.0 (en.toadstool) took the biggest hit with more than 450.000 cryptocurrency wallet addresses have been recorded, clustered and the culprit behind this has been brought into custody, with trial to be expected at the beginning of March. Darknet has...

Leading US crypto company Coinbase had announced the launch of margin trading on its Coinbase Pro platform. The report said that retail and institutional clients were able to open positions with leverage up to 3x in all pairs with the US dollar. At the initial stage, this option is available to...

Parcels containing explosives and a ransom note in bitcoins have been revealed at post offices in several cities in the Netherlands, according to The New York Times. NYT writes that after a postal worker in an Amsterdam office heard an unusual hissing sound in one of the sorted packages on...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has taken evidence from former Telegram investment adviser John Hyman. He said that in 2018 Telegram sold investment contracts for Gram tokens not only to TON platform investors but also to underwriters who were involved for wider distribution of tokens....

During a special operation in the Odessa region, two men were detained suspected of developing malicious software to steal cryptocurrency. This was reported by the press service of the local cyber police. The program created by hackers used a phishing mechanism. At the time of the transaction, it...

According to the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, more than 40 banks are interested in obtaining a license for crypto depository services, reports Handelsblatt. On January 1, 2020, the updated Anti-Money Laundering Law entered into force, which requires a license to provide customers...