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Bitcoin Daily: India Pushes Blockchain Digitalization Of Trade Documents; Bitcoin IRA Debuts Saver IRA
June 11, 2020

CargoX’s Platform for Blockchain Document Transfer (BDT) was connected with the Port Community System (PCS) of India amid a push in the country for trade documents, including of bills of lading, to be digitized, WorldCargo News reported. Portall Infosystems of India created the PCS technology...

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Bitcoin Daily: China Freezes Thousands Of Crypto Accounts Amid Criminal Probe
June 08, 2020

Authorities in China have reportedly frozen bank accounts due to digital currency and fiat assets allegedly contaminated by illicit actions, CoinDesk reported. Select Chinese digital currency sellers and buyers along with over-the-counter (OTC) market makers have had accounts frozen as money laundering actions involving digital...

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Bitcoin Daily: SEC Freezes Crypto Firm’s Assets, Alleging It Stole $12M From Investors; Hong Kong:...
June 08, 2020

The Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has moved to freeze the assets of a $12 million cryptocurrency mining and multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme, Coindesk reports. The defendant in the case is Utah resident Daniel F. Putnam, whose businesses — MMT Distributions and R&D Global —...

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Bitcoin Daily: P2P Bitcoin Trading Up In India After Court Eases Crypto Ban
June 04, 2020

Paxful, a peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplace, registered substantial rises in Indian trade volume amid a regulatory environment in the nation that is becoming more friendly to digital currency, Cointelgraph reported. Ray Youssef, the company’s CEO, told the outlet that monthly new user sign-ups have jumped...

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Bitcoin Daily: Japan’s Coincheck Victim Of Data Hack; Binance Korea Teams With Blockchain Startup On...
June 04, 2020

Japanese crypto firm Coincheck has become the victim of a data breach, with attackers utilizing private information to impersonate the firm. Coincheck came under attack by an unknown third party, which was able to gain access to an account it held with Onamae.com, and then...

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How To Reopen The Workplace: Digital Test Results And Blockchain
June 04, 2020

Daily life has been upended by the coronavirus. And where there is uncertainty there is fear. Fear of who’s got the dreaded virus and who may look completely asymptomatic — and who, unwittingly, may be putting countless other people at risk. Shane Bigelow, CEO of...

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Bitcoin Daily: Nike Offers Crypto Rewards For Online Purchases; BlockFi Teams With Bitcoin Mining Pool...
June 02, 2020

Plutus, a British FinTech startup, is providing rewards via its credit card to customers who buy from the eCommerce store of Nike, Cointelegraph reported. The rewards are made with Pluton, the native digital currency of the company. Users can receive additional rewards by staking their...

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Bitcoin Stock Crests $10K But Not For Long
June 02, 2020

It took just four minutes for Bitcoin’s price to take a dramatic dive of more than $800 Tuesday (June 2) as the cryptocurrency market saw red, CoinDesk reported. The drama commenced at 14:45 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) or 10:45 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) when the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Chase Bank Agrees To Repay Crypto Fees; Digital Currency Platform Travala.com Sees Spike...
June 01, 2020

J.P. Morgan Chase will pay $2.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit regarding its decision in 2018 to start considering digital currency buys as cash advances, which brought about increased fees, Reuters reported. As part of the arrangement, the company is not admitting wrongdoing,...