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Norwegian Mining Company Receives Bomb Threat in Escalating Noise Complaint

Norwegian Mining Company Receives Bomb Threat in Escalating Noise ComplaintKryptovault, a Norwegian company specializing in “large-scale cryptocurrency mining and data center operations,” has recently received a bomb threat amid escalating noise complaints pertaining to its virtual currency mining. Also Read: Funds Frozen, Account Closed: UK Banks Target Cryptocurrency Owners Norwegian Cloud Mining Company Receives Bomb Threat Norwegian mining and data center company, Kryptovault, has reportedly […]

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August 17, 2018 0

New York Approves New Electricity Rates for Crypto Miners

New York Approves New Electricity Rates for Crypto MinersNew York is seeking to foster growth in its cryptocurrency mining sector, with the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) approving new electricity rates for Massena Electric Department. The new provisions will facilitate “high-density load customers, as such cryptocurrency companies” accessing “individual services agreement tariff[s],” including “protect[ion] […] from increased supply costs.” Also Read: Cash […]

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July 14, 2018 0

Xapo Estimated to be Housing 6.25% of Total BTC Supply

Xapo Estimated to be Housing 6.25% of Total BTC SupplyIt has been estimated that approximately 6.25% of the total bitcoin supply has been deposited with Xapo – a Hong-Kong Based company providing bitcoin wallet, cold storage, and bitcoin-based debit card services. Xapo claims that BTC deposited with company are held in underground vaults located across five continents. Also Read: Ethereum Founder Responds to Charges of […]

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May 10, 2018 0

Unicef Australia Launches Crypto Mining Donation Platform

Unicef Australia Launches Crypto Mining Donation PlatformUnicef Australia has launched a platform through which third-party donations are made in the form of in-browser computing power which is used for cryptocurrency mining. The website, The Hopepage, allows donors to designate a set percentage of computing power to divert to mining Monero on behalf of Unicef. Also Read: Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund Thinks Institutional […]

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May 2, 2018 0

Capitalization of Cryptocurrency Markets Loses 59% in Q1 2018

Capitalization of Cryptocurrency Markets Loses 59% in Q1 2018The first quarter of 2018 dealt heavy losses to the cryptocurrency markets, with Coinmarketcap data indicating that the capitalization of the combined crypto markets has dropped by 59% since the start of January. Q1 2018 has also been among the bloodiest quarters in recent memory for the bitcoin markets – with BTC suffering an approximately […]

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April 2, 2018 0

Coinbase Reveals Partnership With Barclays Bank

Coinbase Reveals Partnership With Barclays BankCoinbase has revealed that it has obtained a bank account with major U.K-based multinational financial services company, Barclays. The partnership comprises the first agreement reached between a leading U.K bank and a cryptocurrency exchange. Also Read: Secretive High-Tech Wall Street Trading Firm is Now Trading Bitcoin Coinbase Opens Account With Barclays The opening of an account […]

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March 19, 2018 0

Hacker Returns 20,000 ETH to Coindash

Hacker Returns 20,000 ETH to CoindashCoindash has announced that 20,000 ETH have been sent to the company’s wallet from the address associated with the hacker that stole approximately 37,000 ETH during the company’s ICO last year. The transaction constitutes the second instance in which the hacker has returned funds to Coindash. Also Read:Japanese Police Reveal 669 Money Laundering Cases Tied […]

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February 25, 2018 0

Nuclear Engineers Arrested for Mining Cryptocurrency Using Government Supercomputer

Russian Nuclear Engineers Arrested for Secrectly Mining CryptocurrenciesRussian nuclear scientists working at a top-secret nuclear center have been arrested for allegedly using the center’s computer facilities for the purpose of mining cryptocurrencies. Also Read: Russia’s Largest Bank Caught Employees Mining For Crypto   Russian Nuclear Engineers Arrested for Secrectly Mining Cryptocurrencies Engineers working for the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics at the Federal […]

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February 10, 2018 0

Leading Australian Banks Allow Customers to Purchase Cryptocurrencies

Three of Australia’s ‘big four’ banks have issued comments regarding their respective policy positions with regards to their customers’ ability to purchase cryptocurrency using accounts issued by said banks. The statements come weeks after reports surfaced detailing an apparent banking embargo on the part of Australian banks targeting cryptocurrency businesses. Also Read: Australian Freeze: Big Aussie […]

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February 7, 2018 0

Markets Update: Long-Term Signals Suggest Bullish Bounce Imminent for BTC

Markets Update: Long-Term Signals Suggest Bullish Bounce Imminent for BTCMany technical signals are indicating that the BTC markets may experience a bullish move in coming days following several weeks of heavy selling. Despite longer-term price action and stochastic RSI suggesting an oncoming move up, the immediate price action tells a more tenuous story – with BTC currently testing a critical area. Also Read:Dead again? […]

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February 4, 2018 0