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Mt. Gox’s Former Chief Found Not Guilty Of More Serious Charges

March 15, 2019
Crypto Markets Lose $13B In Three Hours
Cryptocurrency // October 11, 2018

In about three hours, $13 billon of value was wiped out of the crypto market as the values of major digital currencies plunged. Bitcoin dropped by roughly 5 percent and Ethereum and XRP dived by more than 10 percent at around 10:30 a.m. HK/SIN time,...

Bitcoin Daily: TD Ameritrade Backs ErisX; Crypto Hackers Mint 235M Fake Pigeoncoins
Bitcoin // October 04, 2018

Hackers have minted 235 million fake tokens of the digital Pigeoncoin currency by taking advantage of a bitcoin bug, The Next Web reported. As a result, the hackers were able to circumvent the cryptocurrency’s set supply of 21 billion coins. The hackers have not sold...

Young Bitcoin Trader Indicted On Money Laundering Charges
Legal // August 20, 2018

Charges of money laundering and illegal money transmission have been levied against a 21-year-old bitcoin dealer in California. According to several sites, including justice.gov, and per a statement by the Department of Justice in the Southern District of California, last week Jacob Burrell Campos was...

Coinbase CEO Talks Down Bitcoin Adoption
Cryptocurrency // August 15, 2018

Bitcoin may be outperforming beleaguered cryptocurrency brethren – but look out below, at least for now. Forbes reports that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated that even though cryptocurrencies are seeing a bit more adoption globally, it will not be enough to underpin prices. Said the...

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Mt. Gox’s Former Chief Found Not Guilty Of More Serious Charges

March 15, 2019
Mark Karpelès, the former chief of Mt. Gox, the bitcoin exchange that was among the world’s biggest collapses, isn’t likely to face prison time after winning a not-guilty verdict for the more serious charges against him in a Toyko District Court. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the executive was found not guilty […]

Crypto Markets Lose $13B In Three Hours

October 11, 2018
In about three hours, $13 billon of value was wiped out of the crypto market as the values of major digital currencies plunged. Bitcoin dropped by roughly 5 percent and...

Bitcoin Daily: TD Ameritrade Backs ErisX; Crypto Hackers Mint 235M Fake Pigeoncoins

October 04, 2018
Hackers have minted 235 million fake tokens of the digital Pigeoncoin currency by taking advantage of a bitcoin bug, The Next Web reported. As a result, the hackers were able...

Young Bitcoin Trader Indicted On Money Laundering Charges

August 20, 2018
Charges of money laundering and illegal money transmission have been levied against a 21-year-old bitcoin dealer in California. According to several sites, including justice.gov, and per a statement by the...