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Chainalysis and Integra Win $1.25 Million IRS Contract to Break Monero
Venezuela Passes Law Legalizing Crypto Mining, Forces Miners to Join National Mining PoolReports say Venezuela has…
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…
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…
Bitcoin News Roundup for Oct. 2, 2020
With Pres. Trump testing positive and a systemically important exchange in deep trouble, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…