According to the Washington Post, several leading players in the US crypto market, including Coinbase and Circle, have teamed up to launch an advocacy campaign for the interests of cryptocurrency and blockchain companies.
The city of Midland in the province of Ontario has decided to pay hackers a ransom, which they demand for decryption keys from malware that blocked the city's computer network.
The BitConnect project, which ceased operations in January of this year, and its open-source cryptocurrency BCC with an investment program accused of being a Ponzi scheme, have lost their last supporting platform.
For the first time, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken retaliatory action against a cryptocurrency hedge fund for violating securities laws.
The founder of the world's second largest crypto exchange was arrested by the Shanghai police - such headlines appeared yesterday on social networks and local media. In fact, the CEO and founder of the OKCoin and OKEx cryptocurrency exchanges, Star Xu, was spotted at the local Shanghai police station. On the evening of the next day, Star Xu left the police station, which means that he was not charged within 24 hours, according to the law.
Prices for altcoins from the second three capitalizations of CoinMarketCap were declining. Only EOS managed to stay on the sideways
Representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have officially stated that the government of the Marshall Islands should “seriously reconsider” its idea of adopting digital currency as a second legal tender. At the moment, the only means of payment in the country is the US dollar.
China continues to create its own crypto history, implementing a policy of banning cryptocurrencies and supporting blockchain technology. Last week, the Supreme Court of the Middle Kingdom recognized records on the blockchain as reliable evidence.
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