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DECEMBER 26, 2019

BestChange supports 12 digital currencies as of today, with the inclusion of Ethereum, bitcoin, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Monero, and Ripple, among others. The brands also reportedly claim an affiliation with Bdswiss Holding Plc, which has its CIF License and is already regulated in the country.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

When PayPal announced recently that its 350 million users can deposit bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in their accounts and spend it at 26 million merchants next year, it was characterized as the inevitable advance of digital currency. Bitcoin is like a [crypto] 101 version. or European central bankers and regulators. “I

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APRIL 22, 2020

An alleged new digital currency Ponzi scheme out of China, Antimatter Kingdom (AK), has seemingly brought in bitcoin valued at $11 million in under a single month of operation, Cointelegraph reported. It maintains that it has taken in 180,000 bitcoins, but it seems that the effort brought a figure nearer to $11 million in bitcoin.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

Blockchain industry stocks are on the rise as bitcoin reaches new heights, Seeking Alpha reported. Bitcoin reached higher than the $13,600 level intraday. The price of bitcoin was $13,750.90 UNICAS will begin operations this December, according to the post. 27) afternoon Eastern Time. as of 7:19 p.m.

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APRIL 9, 2019

China could move to ban mining for bitcoins if a draft list of activities the country’s state planner wants to ban becomes law. China has been cracking down on it since 2017 when regulators first banned initial coin offerings and shuttered exchanges. The list was first made back in 2011, noted the report.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Malaysia’s initial coin offering (ICO) regulations are said to take effect on Tuesday (January 15) per a notice from the Securities Commission (SC) in the country, Coindesk reported. At the same time, it was said that those who engage in digital asset dealing will have to follow rules for anti-money laundering (AML), among other regulations.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

As other stocks rebounded at the news of a breakthrough in Pfizer and BioNTech’s joint COVID-19 vaccine, bitcoin fell sharply to nearly $14,815, according to CoinDesk. Nellie Pou introduced new cryptocurrency regulations in a bill titled “Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology act,” on Thursday, Nov. Meanwhile, New Jersey Sen.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Active bitcoin accounts are approaching the record high reached in December 2017, before the previous bitcoin peak crashed. And as of Monday, active accounts — accounts in use in the last six months — held 82 percent of all bitcoin. Account users remain confident as well, according to Bloomberg. More than 2.1

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JULY 22, 2020

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has proposed new regulations on cryptocurrency that will include those engaging in overseas activity, in an expansion on rules for the sector, according to a press release.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Singapore is aiming to boost cryptocurrency firms by offering them a chance to apply for operating licenses. The move, called the Payment Services Act, will allow global cryptocurrency firms the chance to expand their operations. Both already operate in Singapore. After the Payment Services Act goes into effect on Thursday (Jan.

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MAY 7, 2018

Bitcoin may be the marquee name in cryptocurrencies, but regulation may loom for its digital dollar brethren. Recent inquiries from regulators in the federal securities and commodities realms have centered on Ethereum. Outside the U.S. The goal is to reduce the risk of digital currency theft. PHH and the Supremes.

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AUGUST 18, 2019

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced that it has granted a charter under New York Banking Law to Bakkt Trust to operate as a limited liability trust company. Bakkt is now authorized to provide custody services for bitcoin along with the launch of physically delivered bitcoin futures contracts.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Crypto exchange ShapeShift is suing former engineer Azamat Mukhiddinov for allegedly stealing $900,000 in bitcoin via programs he installed on their servers, CoinDesk reported. On another note, Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecom regulator, blocked Russia's top crypto exchange aggregator, BestChange.ru, on Wednesday (Aug.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer wants to bridge the trading gap between two of the world’s largest bitcoin markets. Japan is the largest bitcoin trading market in the world, about 50% of it happens in there; the U.S. is the second biggest market,” Bartek Ringwelski, chief operating officer […].

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Compliance with market standards and regulations allows us to provide our clients with legal security and convenience of using the exchange, with the participation of a friendly banking system and the availability of payment operators,” BitBay said. Bitcoin is the perfect gift for family and friends this holiday season.

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JULY 11, 2019

House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Thursday (July 11), and his comments caused a slide in bitcoin value, which fell 7.7 Bitcoin was last down 4.5 When Facebook announced Libra on June 18, bitcoin jumped 55 percent in value in nine days, reaching almost $14,000 in value. percent, to $11,164.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Bitcoin jumped to a one-month high as it hit $3,727 this weekend — it’s highest level since Jan. To break above the upper edge of the triangle, bitcoin must make it past $3,760, which is expected to happen sometime this week. Its 24-hour trading volume also rose to above $8 billion for the first time since Dec.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Russian telecom regulator Roskomnadzor looks to be targeting Binance , the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, as a platform "disseminating prohibited information," according to Cointelegraph. The regulator said Binance had been put on a list due to distributing data related to the acquisition of digital coins like Bitcoin.

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APRIL 14, 2019

Bitcoin exchange Bakkt has hired PayPal and Google alum Mike Blandina as its chief product officer. He joins former Worldpay exec Balaji Devarasetty, as well as former Coinbase executive Adam White, who was recently hired as the exchange’s chief operating officer. However, customers will not be paying for their coffees in bitcoin.

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AUGUST 30, 2019

In other bitcoin news, Korean startup Artbloc is selling two works by David Hockney in September and will issue 8,500 tokens for “Focus Moving” and 5,000 tokens for “Pictured Gathering with Mirror,” Coindesk reported on Friday (Aug. Nevada currently has 110 bitcoin ATMs. Artbloc will sell high-end art to the public,” Kim said.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Bitcoin has been riding a bit of a rollercoaster in the past few weeks since hitting an all-time high of more than $4,800 per digital coin on Aug. To continue the rollercoaster analogy, the cryptocurrency’s value has been on a steep climb all year, and it stands to reason that bitcoin’s skyrocketing value must eventually slow and reverse.

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APRIL 10, 2019

Bitcoin is up as much as 25 percent since the news came during the past week that China might look to ban bitcoin mining. The move may seem like a bit of a head-scratcher: China is ground zero for bitcoin production, as estimated in a paper penned in part by PhD students from Princeton and Florida International.

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ATM Marketplace

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

If you are planning to operate a bitcoin ATM business in the U.S., there's a lot more to consider than simply buying a kiosk and setting up shop. You need to stay compliant, both on the federal level and the state level.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The days of bitcoin at $20,000 seem long ago and far away. The pair had said in the past, as detailed via Bloomberg , that analyzing transactions across the blockchain show that the whale would have been able to send bitcoin prices higher if and when they slipped below certain levels. Hook, line and sinker, amid bulls and whales.

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APRIL 7, 2017

A beacon of hope has emerged for bitcoin just in time for spring — and it’s brought up prices with it. In a major move toward bitcoin legitimacy, Japan recognized bitcoin as a legal payment method on April 1. At the time of writing, one bitcoin was worth $1,176.70, up $42.82 And no, it wasn’t an April Fool’s joke.).

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MARCH 19, 2018

More bad news for bitcoin: The cryptocurrecy fell below $8,000 this past weekend, dropping about 25 percent so far this month. According to The Street , bitcoin has now fallen about 60 percent from the all-time high of more than $19,000 the crypto hit in December. By 2022, Lee believed bitcoin prices could get to $125,000. “It

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MAY 1, 2018

Regulators in the U.S. are considering the regulation of digital tokens outside bitcoin. The Wall Street Journal reported that the inquiry is focused on the cryptocurrency Ethereum, which hasn’t been in the crosshairs of regulators as of yet.

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JULY 28, 2019

Although regulators cracking down on ICOs have tended to focus on issuers, the big lesson here is that securities laws can apply to activities beyond issuing tokens, including activities that don’t involve buying or selling tokens,” said commercial litigator and former programer Evan Thomas, according to Cointelegraph.

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JUNE 20, 2019

Powell also said that regulators have jurisdiction to enforce anti-money laundering regulations on business that operate within the digital sphere. “We Powell said Facebook has been in contact with the Fed about Libra, as well as other regulators across the globe. It’s something we’re looking at,” he said.

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TheGuardian

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Raids target machines hosted around Leeds believed to be offering to buy or convert traditional currencies Authorities have raided several sites around Leeds as part of what is believed to be the UK’s first crackdown on illegally operated crypto ATMs. Continue reading.

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APRIL 3, 2019

In the wake of the crash in bitcoin last year, institutional players that had big plans for the cryptocurrency market are reigning in those efforts. A person familiar with its bitcoin trading operations told The New York Times that a year after launching the business, interest on the part of customers is weak.

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MAY 28, 2020

Bitcoin transaction fees are simmering back down to ordinary levels after a heavy wave of them in early May, reports suggest. Halving also doubled the cost of mining, which saw inefficient miners ceasing operation. The transaction fees are now around 80 BTC paid to miners on Tuesday (May 26).

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JUNE 25, 2020

It will be easier for New York cryptocurrency businesses to launch in New York, thanks to a plan by regulators that would ease licensing rules. The existing licensee would provide the startup with the operational, staffing, and other support until it can obtain a full DFS virtual currency license.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Dutch billionaire John de Mol, who created the reality TV program “Big Brother,” is suing Facebook for allowing fake ads which used his name and image to commit bitcoin-related fraud that swindled 1.7 In other news, Vancouver’s mayor is suggesting the ban of bitcoin ATMs, as the city’s police called them an “ideal money laundering vehicle.”.

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MAY 13, 2016

Promoting bitcoin. Which is why Obama and his team probably aren’t enthusiastic about an op-ed for CNBC from a former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner suggesting that the White House should “heed the call” on bitcoin. One thing that’s probably not higher on that rapidly growing list?

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APRIL 16, 2018

Coinsecure, a cryptocurrency exchange based in India, said Monday (April 16) that roughly $3 million worth of bitcoin were stolen from the company’s bitcoin wallet. The number of bitcoins stolen, the company said, comes to about 438. The cryptocurrency exchange currently has 200,000 users trading on a daily basis.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Following the theft of $530 million in NEM tokens from Coincheck last week, governments will likely call for more cryptocurrency regulation and investors may turn to peer-to-peer (P2P) methods of trading instead of centralized exchanges, Bloomberg reported. Gox, the now-defunct bitcoin exchange that shuttered in Feb.

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