January 2019 - Bitcoins Vision

Fifteen Alleged Operators of $8 Million Crypto Scam Arrested in Taiwan

January 27, 2019
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Police in New Taipei, Taiwan, have arrested fifteen suspects for allegedly running a cryptocurrencyscam that earned them millions of dollars, English-language local media Focus Taiwan reports on Jan. 26. According to the article, the chief of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) Li Chi-hsun said at a…

Fifteen Alleged Operators of $8 Million Crypto Scam Arrested in Taiwan

January 27, 2019
Mark Vision
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Police in New Taipei, Taiwan, have arrested fifteen suspects for allegedly running a cryptocurrencyscam that earned them millions of dollars, English-language local media Focus Taiwan reports on Jan. 26. According to the article, the chief of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) Li Chi-hsun said at a…

LocalBitcoins Resumes Outgoing Transactions After Warnings of Phishing Link on Forum

January 27, 2019
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A link to a phishing LocalBitcoins clone website had been placed on the official LocalBitcoins forum, but the attack has since been stopped. A LocalBitcoins community manager warned of the attack on Reddit on Jan. 26. According to the post, an unidentified hacker or hacker group detected…

Wyoming Introduces a Bill Aiming to Define Virtual Currencies as Money

A bill meant to clarify the classification of cryptocurrencies has been introduced in the U.S. state of Wyoming Jan. 18, according to the official state legislature website. The bill places crypto assets into three categories: digital consumer assets, digital securities and virtual currencies. The bill defines assets falling…

Total Value of Bitcoin Sent to Darknet Markets Increased by 70% in 2018: Report

January 19, 2019
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During last year the value of Bitcoin (BTC) sent to darknet markets increased by 70 percent, according to a Chainalysis report published on Jan. 18. The Chainalysis report points out that darknet activity is relatively not influenced by Bitcoin’s price action and does not…

Former Governor of French Central Bank Joins Board of Directors of Blockchain Firm Setl

January 19, 2019
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British blockchain technology group Setl has hired former governor of the French central bank Christian Noyer as a member of its board of directors. The new appointment was confirmed in a blog post published on Jan. 17. Founded in 2015, Setl is a…

Ex-BitTorrent Exec Says There’s ‘No Way’ Tron Will Manage BitTorrent’s Token

January 12, 2019
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According to Simon Morris, former chief strategy officer at BitTorrent, Tron will not be able to manage the transaction volume needed to tokenize BitTorrent. Blockchain news website BreakerMag published its interview with Morris on Jan. 11. According to the interview, Morris noted that when he…

Two Alleged Ethereum ‘Scam Forks’ Appropriating Users’ Private Keys, Report Finds

January 12, 2019
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Altcoins Ethereum Nowa (ETN) and Ethereum Classic Vision (ETCV) are reportedly appropriating the private keys of users trying to redeem their allegedly forked coins. The suspected scam was covered in a report sent to Cointelegraph by the Guarda Wallet development…

Epic Games’ Fortnite Store Starting to Accept Monero Was Accidental, CEO Confirms

January 7, 2019
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Temporary volatility hit Monero (XMR) over the weekend after a gaming company chief said it accidentally began accepting the privacy-focused altcoin for payments Jan. 5. Epic Games, which developed the popular video game Fortnite, had opened an official merchandise store, Retail Row, in December. According to Epic’s…

Hong Kong Entrepreneur Accused of Cheating Investors in Crypto Mining Investment Scheme

January 7, 2019
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A Hong Kong-based entrepreneur has been accused of duping numerous investors in a cryptocurrency mining hardware investment scheme. A local English-language newspaper South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported the news Jan. 6. The Democratic Party — currently the second-largest political party in the Legislative Council…