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Bitcoin Daily: Lender Vauld Nets $2 Million To Expand To Full Crypto Bank; SEC Freezes Assets Of Virgil Capital In Alleged Fraud In Crypto Trading Fund; Japan's SBI Holdings Claims Ripple's XRP Is Crypto, Not A Security

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The funding round was led by Pantera Capital and included Coinbase Ventures and LuneX Ventures. We see institutional capital come into the crypto space with the expectation of banking integrations to complement crypto credit offerings,” CEO Darshan Bathija said in a statement, according to CoinDesk. “We In other news, the U.S.

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First Bitcoin Capital Trading Suspended By SEC

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The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Thursday (Aug. 24) it has temporarily suspended trading in the securities of Canada-based company First Bitcoin Capital Corp. According to a report in Seeking Alpha published last week, the SEC said the cryptocurrencies are subject to federal securities laws.

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Bitcoin Daily: SEC Alleges John McAfee Fraudulently Promoted ICOs; Bank of Canada: CBDC Would Present Security Risks; Fraudsters Capitalize On Crypto’s Finality

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged John McAfee for allegedly touting investments in initial coin offerings (ICOs) to Twitter followers without saying that he received payment for doing so, according to a press release. The computer coder and businessperson’s bodyguard, Jimmy Watson Jr.,

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Bitcoin Daily: H&M Pilots Blockchain Tech, Australian Tax Scammers Turn To Bitcoin

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While the brand did not tell the outlet where it was using the implementation, it did say that was using the solution to securely track product data. A spokesperson told TNW , “Arket has done a small Proof of Concept (POC) through a pilot testing with VeChain to use blockchain technology to secure product data traceability in the value chain.”

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Bitcoin Daily: Security Matters Seeks Blockchain Cannabis Tracker Patent; PwC Starts Taking Crypto Payments

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Australian supply chain-focused blockchain technology company Security Matters has filed a patent application in the U.S. In other news, PwC Luxembourg announced that it will start accepting bitcoin payments from its clients on October 1.

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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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Bitcoin Daily: Tether Beats Out Bitcoin In Trading Volume; EOS Receives $24M Fine From SEC

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Believe it or not, bitcoin is no longer the most used cryptocurrency, with data from CoinMarketCap.com revealing that the token with the highest daily and monthly trading volume is Tether. Companies that offer or sell securities to U.S. Some of the concerning potential patters of trading in the market may start to fall away.”.

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