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Bitcoin Daily: Australian Man Sentenced For Mining Crypto On Gov’t Supercomputers; Oil Fund Claims 600...
September 20, 2020

A former contractor for the Australian government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service after pleading guilty to using the agency’s supercomputers to mine cryptocurrency, according to CryptoNewsPipe.com. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Circle, Dapper Labs Team To Add Stablecoin Payments For Digital Collectibles
September 16, 2020

Dapper Labs will be partnering with peer-to-peer firm Circle to help add payment methods for digital collectibles using credit and debit card payments to settle in the stablecoin USD Coin (USDC), according to a blog post from Circle. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Bitcoin Daily: US Sanctions Two Russians For Alleged $16.8M+ Crypto Theft; Bahamas’ Sand Dollar To...
September 16, 2020

The Treasury Department has sanctioned two individuals from Russia for their alleged participation in a purported complicated phishing effort, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 16) press release. According to the release, the two people are also the subjects of an indictment that was made public...

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Bitcoin Daily: India Eyes Crypto Trading Ban; Japanese Crytpo Exchange Sues Binance Claiming It Accepted...
September 15, 2020

India intends to propose legislation prohibiting digital currency trading, while other economies in Asia have opted to regulate the market, Bloomberg Qint reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Bitcoin Daily: CFTC Charges Four In Alleged Crypto Scam; ECB Gets First Collectible Crypto
September 14, 2020

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a complaint in a Texas U.S. District Court against four people for allegedly “fraudulently soliciting funds” from individuals to attempt to wager on changes in the price of bitcoin, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Bitcoin Daily: IRS Offers $625K For Help Cracking Cryptocurrency Secrecy; Kuala Lumpur’s IBF Net Eyes...
September 13, 2020

The United States may have some of the world’s best cryptographers working for the National Security Agency and other spy shops, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is crowdsourcing at least part of its effort to beat the algorithms that cloak information about certain cryptocurrencies....

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Twitter, Square CEO Jack Dorsey Bullish On Bitcoin
September 11, 2020

When it comes to bitcoin, Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey is all in. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

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Bitcoin Daily: Square Announces Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance; Blockchain Firm tZero Gets Green Light For...
September 10, 2020

Square has announced the rollout of the Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA), according to a web post. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

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Bitcoin Daily: Digital Currency Group Buys Luno Exchange; Venezuela Bars MercaDolar, Coinbase Access
September 09, 2020

Blockchain firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) has bought the Luno cryptocurrency exchange, which it will keep running as an independent subsidiary, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 9) announcement. DCG first backed the company six years ago during its seed round. Get the Full Story Complete...