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AUGUST 29, 2019

A federal grand jury indicted 33-year-old software engineer Paige Thompson, a former employee of Capital One, for the crime. Capital One stored its data with Amazon’s cloud division, called Amazon Web Services , and Thompson accessed the data from there. Thompson’s indictment cites more than 30 victims, which includes Capital One.

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JULY 13, 2020

Proposed amendments to existing bills want to classify cryptocurrencies as goods rather than currencies. ” But Sung Tae-yoon , an economist with Yonsei University, warned that taxing cryptocurrencies could slow the country’s tech markets. And, the U.S. Abra, which works by letting users bet on price movements of listed U.S.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

MovieCoin aims to deploy blockchain, smart contract and cryptocurrency technologies in a wide range of use cases, all geared toward the global movies and entertainment market — one that Grand View Research recently estimated to be worth nearly $1.15 trillion by 2025.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The cryptocurrency market is continuing its descent with the market hitting a new ten-month low after the price of Ether declined and regulators in the U.S. halted trading in two securities that are tied to cryptocurrency. percent at 5:00 p.m.

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JANUARY 27, 2019

Business for bitcoin ATM companies seems to be booming, with Coin ATM Radar estimating that there are now 4,213 cryptocurrency ATM machines around the globe, most only offering bitcoin. In other news, TurboTax has created a solution that allows users to import cryptocurrency transactions from Coinbase to TurboTax.

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APRIL 18, 2019

Cryptocurrency consortium Panxora is rolling out a new solution aimed at helping organizations preserve the funds they have raised through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). ” He added that a focus on hedging strategy can mitigate crypto volatility, and preserve the value of financing secured via ICO. .”

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Ripple , the blockchain startup, is heading up a new cryptocurrency lobbying group called Securing America’s Internet of Value Coalition. The group hired lobbying firm Klein/Johnson Group to push its cause, with the lobbying firm being paid $25,000 a month and 10,000 XRP, Ripple’s cryptocurrency.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Facebook , Telegram and Signal are looking to launch their own cryptocurrencies that will allow users to send money internationally on their messaging systems. It’s pretty much the most fascinating thing happening in crypto right now,” said Eric Meltzer, co-founder of venture capital firm Primitive Ventures.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Community Capital Technologies, Denizen Financial, Diro Inc., Fintel Labs, iGTB, JUDI.AI, KapitalWise, OpenDoor Securities, and Operant.AI The 12 startups demoing to try to win the “best in show” award at Bank Innovation Ignite have been unveiled. The startups are:[link] Avocado Payments, Budgit Inc., Exagens Corp.,

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AUGUST 23, 2019

It’s managed by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ( CBA ), RBC Capital Markets ( RBC ) and TD Securities ( TD ). The tap is an important milestone in demonstrating the full life-cycle management of an issuer’s capital markets needs. Since the coin has no monetary value, it’s not an actual cryptocurrency.

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JULY 24, 2020

has secured $80 million in new funding at a $5.5 Revolut is also backed by Index Ventures, the global venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, and a half dozen others. with an app and debit card, expanded into cryptocurrency trading with Paxos Trust Co., London startup mobile bank Revolut Ltd.

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APRIL 13, 2018

Intense industry hype and alarming cryptocurrency volatility have led regulators the world over to perk up their ears to the growing number of cryptocurrency exchanges. According to analysts, the exchanges are concerned that XRP may be considered an unregistered security , as it is controlled by a single company. A property?

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JUNE 12, 2019

Security researchers have revealed another cryptocurrency mining malware that has already installed itself on Oracle servers. According to The Next Web , the malware attacks Oracle WebLogic Servers to install a Monero cryptocurrency mining bot. If the bill passes, India will become the latest country to completely ban bitcoin.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

Boerse Stuttgart Group , Germany’s second-largest stock exchange, has announced the launch of its own cryptocurrency trading platform in the first half of 2019. “Blockchain Developer is topping the list, following this year’s surge in interest around blockchain and cryptocurrency,” according to the report.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

The hot topics in B2B venture capital these days are often cutting-edge technologies like blockchain and data analytics. Indeed, these spaces secured significant funding in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup. Check out the B2B payments, blockchain, logistics and data analytics firms that secured funding below.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Capital One saw an outage on Friday (Nov. Capital One is experiencing a technical issue impacting customer money movement, including direct deposits, and the ability for some customers to access accounts. Capital One saw an outage on Friday (Nov. We greatly apologize for the inconvenience,” Capital One said in a tweet on Friday.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

Capital markets infrastructure powers the trade of stocks, bonds, and other securities, handling $3000T+ in transactions each year. Currently, complex processes are needed to ensure regulatory compliance and enable secure, trustworthy trades. Other notable projects in this space include Nivaura.

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JUNE 27, 2018

Digital money platform Uphold announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire New York Stock Exchange member JNK Securities Corp. Uphold is the creator of an open, transparent digital money platform that allows users to quickly and safely access traditional currencies, cryptocurrencies and other investments in one place.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

As CoinDesk explained, the cryptocurrency’s boost indicates a bearish-to-bullish trend change, but it is still stuck in a symmetrical triangle. The new regulations state that these futures exchanges and clearing houses need to have paid-up capital of at least 1.5 trillion Indonesian rupiahs.

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AUGUST 17, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission is getting into the bitcoin market, saying it will regulate the popular digital currency and other cryptocurrencies. According to a report in Seeking Alpha , the SEC said the cryptocurrencies are subject to federal securities laws.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, said the bank’s new cryptocurrency, JPM Coin, could one day be used by consumers, according to CNBC. The bank became the first to create its own cryptocurrency earlier this month. The bank became the first to create its own cryptocurrency earlier this month.

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JUNE 16, 2020

Cybercriminals are capitalizing on COVID-19, and they are doing so in tandem with the news cycle,” he said during the virtual hearing. They spoke before the Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy Tuesday. Head of Cybersecurity Strategy Tom Kellermann said, testifying before a U.S.

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AUGUST 23, 2020

Once the approval is finalized, the license will allow it to work in dealing in securities and as an automated trading service (ATS), regulated under Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). SEC filings show that the fund has a total of $300 million in assets overall now.

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DECEMBER 13, 2017

The commentary reflects the surging value of cryptocurrencies and how eager investors are to take part in the industry. The funding, which was led by Valor Equity Partners and DRW, will be used to focus on growth outside the U.S. The firm’s CEO, Mike Belshe, said the VC round was “one of the easiest fundraising processes ever.”

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The Libra Association is petitioning the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority ( FINMA ) for a Swiss payment system license for its planned Libra cryptocurrency, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Sept. Just yesterday , U.S.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Nonetheless, Many FIs are looking to simplify and secure their onboarding procedures while also enabling customers to stay safe during the pandemic, leading them to seek out innovative technologies to do so. Capital Float On Using Video-Based KYC To Boost Onboarding, Satisfy Regulators.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

President Maduro Petro officially rolled out the Petro last week, but the cryptocurrency had been available for pre-sale earlier this year. And Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon unveiled a $108-million plan to make the capital into a blockchain-enabled smart city, Coindesk reported. Obaid Saif al-Zaabi, who is the head of the U.A.E.’s

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Australian supply chain-focused blockchain technology company Security Matters has filed a patent application in the U.S. towards the marking, tracking and managing of the supply chain of cannabis plants, cannabis products and products containing cannabis-based ingredients.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Overstock may be best known as an eCommerce business, but these days its CEO and Founder Patrick Byrne is much more interested in talking about the power of cryptocurrency and blockchain, and how it will be the real future of both the firm and the economy in general. security tokens).

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MARCH 20, 2018

Reports in BlockTribune on Monday (March 19) said Eximchain raised the investment from China-based cryptocurrency hedge fund FBG Capital. INBlockchain and Kenetic Capital also participated, reports said. Eximchain uses blockchain to facilitate supply chain financing via smart contracts and a token system.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

A man in India tricked 12 people out of $250,000 with a scam involving a fake cryptocurrency named after the Indian version of the show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,” according to reports. In June of last year, there was a similar cryptocurrency scam in Mumbai where a coin called the Money Trade Coin tricked buyers out of $75 million.

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MARCH 31, 2020

In a recent interview with PYMNTS, GrainChain Founder and CEO Luis Macias said blockchain promotes the security and privacy traditional banks demand from any solution, while smart contract technology mitigates risk and promotes trust in B2B payment and trade finance transactions. Plastiq Eases Card Rail Friction. In the U.K.,

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Digital Security. This continued to be a hot area with several deals including: TransUnion’ s acquisition of identity analytics provider Neustar Mastercard acquired digital identity provider Ekata Canapi Ventures invested in security/behavior analytics firm Neuro-ID The aforementioned DefenseStorm funding round.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

To get a sense of the new frontiers in cybercrime, and how cryptocurrency helps fraudsters cover their tracks or finance their schemes … look, perhaps, to Latin America. Regulations, said the report, are “extremely lax” especially when it comes to Know Your Customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) efforts.

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APRIL 7, 2022

London (5 April 2022): TS Imagine , the leader in trading, portfolio and risk management solutions for capital markets, today announces that it has successfully integrated with crypto platform Gemini. Gemini is a platform that allows customers to buy, sell, store, and earn cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ether, and DeFi tokens.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

Not to ruin your holiday spirit, but let’s start this story with the cold and brutal truth: One of the largest risks that payments and commerce operators face in 2019 is being called to account by government officials, regulators or media about a failure to secure their organizations from cyberattacks. and other places.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

18) outlined key risks associated with cryptocurrency in general and Facebook’s Libra in particular. At the start of Benoît’s ECB term, bitcoin’s market capitalization was small, and only a handful of cryptocurrencies existed. Federal Reserve Gov. Lael Brainard on Wednesday (Dec. Mobile payments reached $8.2 trillion.

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