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Bitcoin Daily: Nigeria’s Crypto Market Surges; Alleged Crypto Capital Operator Charged With Fraud

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Reginald Fowler, “an alleged operator behind payment processor Crypto Capital , was charged with wire fraud” on Friday (Feb. This is in addition to charges of bank fraud, an unlicensed money transfer operation and conspiracy. For this reason, it’s difficult to ascertain exactly how much trading is done.

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Bitcoin Daily: Ethereum Protocol Aave Raises $25M; BOE Head Takes Stance Against Bitcoin

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The round was led by Blockchain Capital, Standard Crypto, Blockchain.com Ventures and more. BitMEX has announced a new Chief Compliance Officer in Malcolm Wright, who will serve in the role for 100x Group, which operates HDR Global Trading Limited, which runs BitMEX.

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Bitcoin Daily: Overstock’s tZERO Starts Trading, Coinbase Partners With TurboTax

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Business for bitcoin ATM companies seems to be booming, with Coin ATM Radar estimating that there are now 4,213 cryptocurrency ATM machines around the globe, most only offering bitcoin. And Jorge Farias, CEO of the Panama-based startup Cryptobuyer, is planning to open Venezuela’s first bitcoin ATM in Caracas next month.

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Bitcoin Daily: Venezuela Pizza Huts Now Take Bitcoin; $4.2 Billion In Cryptos Seized By China In PlusToken Investigation

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27 that it was partnering with the pizza chain to process cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Litecoin, Binance Coin, Binance USD, Tether, Dash, Ether, Dai and XPT, Cryptobuyer’s native coin. Pizza Hut has restaurants in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, and Maracay, Maracaibo and Barquisimeto, the report stated.

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Bitcoin Daily: Crypto-Related Crime Fell To $10 Billion In 2020; Singapore Exchange, Temasek Team On Digital Asset Market Infrastructure

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LVL, an upstart bitcoin exchange, has rolled out its own Mastercard debit card which it's taking pre-orders for, a report from CoinDesk says. The card will be linked to bitcoin and fiat accounts, and will be one of Mastercard's premium accounts, able to be used anywhere globally, CEO Chris Slaughter said, according to the report.

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Bitcoin Daily: ShapeShift Crypto Exchange Alleges $900,000 Employee Bitcoin Theft; Line Debuts Blockchain Platform, Digital Wallet Services

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Crypto exchange ShapeShift is suing former engineer Azamat Mukhiddinov for allegedly stealing $900,000 in bitcoin via programs he installed on their servers, CoinDesk reported. 26), for promoting purchasing opportunities and information about bitcoin and other such products, according to a report from Cointelegraph.

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Peaks At $3.7K; Indonesia Sets Crypto Trading Regs

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Bitcoin jumped to a one-month high as it hit $3,727 this weekend — it’s highest level since Jan. To break above the upper edge of the triangle, bitcoin must make it past $3,760, which is expected to happen sometime this week. Its 24-hour trading volume also rose to above $8 billion for the first time since Dec.

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