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Most residents of McLouth, Kansas, reportedly criticized the potential construction of a cryptocurrency data center about a mile and a half north of the town.  Their main concerns are that the facility will harm the local environment and be very loud.  Not a Warm Welcome According to recent coverage, many residents of the small town of McLouth have frowned upon the possible construction of a cryptocurrency data processing center on top of a nearby natural gas field. Paul...

Ray Dalio – the founder of Bridgewater Associates – says the financial system so many people have become familiar with is in dire straits and in danger of collapsing. He’s now pushing his interest in bitcoin aside and supporting a new inflation-linked crypto he thinks would be much safer to use. Ray Dalio On BTC: It’s Not Reliable In a recent interview, he stated bitcoin cannot be tied to anything, and that the idea that it works as a hedge against inflation is a joke....

According to recent Bulgarian sources, Ruja Ignatova, a.k.a the “Cryptoqueen,” might have been killed in November 2018.  She is the founder of the fraudulent scheme OneCoin and was last spotted in Greece in 2017. More Evidence About her Possible Death Secret police documents seen by Bulgarian media outlets revealed that the notorious Ruja Ignatova might have been brutally murdered over four years ago. The hitman, acting on behalf of the local drug lord Hristoforos Amanatidis...

Kathy Roberts is the CEO of Switch Reward Card, a blockchain-enabled financial program that provides debit card solutions for both crypto and traditional finance platforms. Kathy Roberts on What Makes the Switch Reward Card Unique In a recent interview, Roberts talked about herself and what makes the card unique. She said that while she’s always worked in banking, she took time away to raise children and is now entering the blockchain arena. She commented: The switch is...

Randall Crater – the founder of defunct crypto business My Big Coin – was sentenced to eight years in prison for defrauding both customers and investors out of millions of dollars. Randall Crater Is Heading to Prison U.S. District Judge Denise Casper in Boston oversaw the case involving Crater and his now failed company. Initially, prosecutors sought as many as 13 years in jail for the former crypto executive. The goal was to make an example of him and make any other...

Nadeam Nahas – a 39-year-old former US state of Massachusetts employee – reportedly faces charges of placing a cryptocurrency mining operation in a remote space at a local school.  Court documents claim he stole nearly $17,500 worth of electricity to power his supercomputers. Revealing the Crime According to recent coverage, Nahas set up his crypto miner in the basement of Cohasset High School. Prosecutors insisted that he vandalized the facility and stole over $17,000 worth...

After falling by roughly $1,000 and marking a multi-week low beneath $23,000, bitcoin has calmed and sits at just over that line amid low trading volumes. The altcoins are also quiet today, given the trading volumes, aside from the likes of Stacks and Lido Dao, both of which are up by impressive percentages. Bitcoin Flat at $23K Bitcoin tried its hand at taking down $25,000 three times in the past 10 days or so, with the most notable surge coming in the middle of last week as...

Blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs revealed that some major Russian-linked ransomware syndicates rebranded their activities in 2022 to avoid sanctions from Western countries. According to a new report published recently, the rebranding and other significant activities showed notable changes in the cybercrime space and darknet markets (DNMs) after Russia invaded Ukraine. Ransomware Operators Rebranded to Evade Sanctions In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,...

Crypto mining saw severe losses last year as prices went south. Several notable players in the space slid into bankruptcy, while others had to take cost-cut measures and shut down branches. This was also reflected in the Canadian cryptocurrency miner Hive Blockchain’s revenue, which halved to $14.3 million in Q3 as compared $29.6 million total it made in the previous three-month period. Hive Blockchain’s Q3 Result According to the official report, Hive said hedging its energy...

Bitcoin’s price has been struggling to break above a significant resistance level and is currently experiencing a pullback, following the recent red days on Wall Street. Is it just a short-term correction or a beginning of a new bearish leg? Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, the price dropped shortly after getting rejected from the critical $25K level. The 50-day moving average around the $22K level would be the first likely support level,...