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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin ATM Installations Approach 10K Globally; Homeland Security Runs Contest For Digital Wallet Development

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After that time, they purportedly stole ether, bitcoin and NEO to the tune of $20 million. In separate news, the overall count of bitcoin automated teller machines (ATMs) approached 10,000 at the beginning of September, aksjebloggen.com reported. On another note, the Science and Technology Directorate ( S&T ) arm of the U.S.

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Bitcoin Daily: India Gov’t Makes Blockchain Regulation Recommendation; Bitfinex Ordered To Freeze $860K Of Bitcoin Paid By Ransomware Attack Victim

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The National Institute for Smart Governance (NISG) in India has published a report recommending that laws around blockchain should be based on what the technology does, and not the technology itself, according to a report Tuesday (Jan. said that national policy might not be enough in terms of crypto regulation. . “We

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Swiss Central Bank Nixes National Crypto

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Schweizerische Nationalbank Board Director Thomas Moser said he doesn’t think it’s the right time to talk about issuing a national cryptocurrency for the country. He added that there is also the possibility that bitcoin will be replaced by another crypto sooner or later. Something similar has to happen with bitcoin.

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ECB's Lagarde: Bitcoin A Money Laundering Tool, Needs More Regulation

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Bitcoin is about to get even more scrutiny by regulators, on a global stage. As reported by Reuters this week, Lagarde said at a conference sponsored by the newswire that bitcoin should be regulated — worldwide. The comments come against a backdrop where bitcoin’s price action has been volatile — to put it mildly.

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Bitcoin Daily: Tether’s Parent Co. Hit With $1T Lawsuit; Nearly $10B In Bitcoin Held In Crypto Exchanges

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In other news, $10 billion worth of bitcoin — or almost 7 percent — is currently held in the wallets of eight major cryptocurrency exchanges. And the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced that they have signed an operational agreement on the BIS Innovation Hub Centre in Switzerland.

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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. But now the hackers are asking for alternative crypto currencies to bitcoin in their ransom demands. This latest sextortion version is using a Litecoin wallet address instead of bitcoin to evade detection,” Johnson wrote.

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Bitcoin Daily: Binance Denies Reports Of Police Raid; Blockchain Expands To Gaming Payments

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Since Ubisoft is already a leader in the games industry, and shows commitment to probe blockchain as a viable technology for games, we are very excited to be announcing our first cooperation of this kind with them,” said Nicolas Gilot, Co-CEO of Ultra, in a statement.

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