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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Rises After Recent Crash; IRS Delivers New Rules For Crypto Investors

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Ransom is demanded in bitcoin, upon threat of releasing damaging information to family, friends, and co-workers. Because threat actors often get recipients’ emails from password breach lists, they sometimes include passwords to lend authenticity,” Hunter Johnson, Cofense Professional Services at Cofense, wrote in a blog post.

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Bitcoin Blushing With Secret Admirers

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Who knew that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, known for their early involvement in Facebook, were in love with bitcoin? You might, when you find out that they were the first to file for a bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). And do you care? They do have a point there.

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Surprise Outcomes Edition: Cybercrime, Student Loans And CAN Capital

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The experts estimate that the United States government spent millions trying to enforce it and deprived the states of billions in tax revenue — all without managing to make any significant change in American alcohol consumption. But the world is full of unexpected costs — just ask the team at CAN Capital.

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China Making Privacy Allowances As It Plans Digital Currency Launch

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“But at the same time we will keep the balance between the ‘controllable anonymity’ and anti-money laundering, CTF [counter terrorist financing], and also tax issues, online gambling and any electronic criminal activities,” he added.

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The Dollars And Cents Of SME Finance

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In a statement, Tungsten CEO Richard Hurwitz said that, if SMEs realized even a portion of this savings potential, “profitability would soar, and working capital, as well as cash flow, would be significantly improved, allowing businesses to be more agile and flexible.”

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Tune In To Payments Reality Check!

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Rogoff also says that cash is used as a tax dodge, as a way to keep illegal immigrants from being paid a respectable wage and for employers to unduly benefit as a result, and for those in European countries as a way to evade the value-added tax and keep the underground economy alive. Reality Check: Bitcoin Is For Criminals.

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My top five Decentralized Finance predictions for 2020

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Ethereum’s decentralized lending and trading are floating around 2,500 daily users. The lending product above is a bit more complicated. Other things like Compound are essentially a securities lending marketplace?—?you But being a leader doesn’t yet mean celebrating industry victory?—?Ethereum’s