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Student Sentenced 10 Years in Prison for Stealing $7.5 Million via SIM-Swapping Hacks

Joel Ortiz – a 21-year-old student from Boston has been sentenced 10 years in prison for stealing more than $7.5 million in cryptocurrency by hacking victims cellphones. On Monday, The Santa...

| Apr 24, 2019 10:20

Binance’s Singapore to Launch Fiat-to-Crypto Exchange Platform in April 2019

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance will launch its fiat-to-crypto trading platform in Singapore later in April 2019, said its chief financial officer. The platform will accept Singapore dollars (SGD) in...

| Apr 24, 2019 04:30

South Korean Crypto Firm Coinnest Shut Down Its System Due to Crypto Market Changes

As said in a pop-up notice via its official website last week, Coinnest – a South Korea-based, high-profile crypto exchange firm – has started to cease its operations and closed down all...

| Apr 24, 2019 04:15

Security Token Trading Platform tZERO Failed to Close $100 Mln Funding in April

As stated in a shareholder letter last week, tZERO – Overstock’s Blockchain security token trading subsidiary – has failed to secure a $100 million capital injection on the selected...

| Apr 24, 2019 04:10

Pakistani Prime Minister Chaired Government Processes Digitalization Meeting

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran has organized a meeting on digitalization of the government processes on April 17th. At the meeting, Khan listed out all the processes issues and the importance of...

| Apr 22, 2019 04:04

Chainalysis Secured $6 Mln Funding Round Led by 2 Major Japanese Institution

Chainalysis – US-based cryptocurrency compliance and investigation solutions provider – has successfully secured another $6 million funding round from 2 high-profile Japanese financial...

| Apr 21, 2019 04:30

IMF and World Bank Launch Internal Cryptocurrency

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank reportedly launched private quasi-cryptocurrency to gain insights into blockchain and cryptocurrencies as well as their applications. The crypto is...

| Apr 17, 2019 04:20

French Insurance Firms can Now Invest in Cryptocurrencies

French lawmakers have adopted a bill to open up its insurance sector to cryptocurrency, allowing insurance companies to invest in crypto for the first time in the country – and with no...

| Apr 17, 2019 04:20

AR Firm Magic Leap Looking for Blockchain Engineers

It looks like Florida-based augmented reality (AR) startup Magic Leap is looking to explore the incorporation of blockchain into its services. Job listing portal Greenhouse has openings for a senior...

| Apr 17, 2019 04:15

Tim Draper Planning to Meet Facebook about its Crypto Project

Billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper says he is planning to meet Facebook to talk about investing in the social network’s cryptocurrency project. In an email to Bloomberg, Draper said, “I am...

| Apr 17, 2019 04:05