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Two men were recently arrested in Tokyo, Japan on suspicion of stealing as much as $700,000 in bitcoin funds.Bitcoin Theft Is a Little Too CommonThe culprits are named Yuto Onitsuka and Takuma Sasaki. Both men are in their 20s. They have been charged with computer fraud and “siphoning-off” digital funds from a financial firm that Onitsuka was previously employed with. The firm allegedly delved in bitcoin investment strategies and both accessed the money using Onitsuka’s login credentials....

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey has always been friendly towards bitcoin. In a recent interview, he says that he thinks the currency will soon be as “common as cash.”Dorsey Believes BTC Is the Future of FinanceThis rings in with a statement he made in the year 2018. The entrepreneur stated to CNBC that bitcoin, within a period of ten years, was likely to become the world’s “single” currency, meaning all other forms of crypto and fiat would become obsolete. This is an ambitious notion for a...

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Well, here’s some good news for all the bitcoin hodlers. It looks like the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap is back on track and is trading at $8,500.Bitcoin Is Coming BackThis is a $200 price increase over the past 24 hours. After several spells of the old gloom and doom meandering through the space (what with Lunar New Year in China and what have you), it seems like all the soothsayers are licking their wounds a bit and hiding out in a cave somewhere before they say anything...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 799. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: Französische Zentralbank lehnt private Kryptowährungen ab, Litecoin 1% Miner Abgabe für Entwicklung & Dubai plant eigenes Crypto Valley. 1.) Französische Zentralbank lehnt private Kryptowährungen abhttps://coincierge.de/2020/franzoesische-zentralbank-lehnt-private-kryptowaehrungen-ab/ 2.) Litecoin Creator Proposes Miners Voluntarily Donate 1% for...

Popular bitcoin exchange Local Bitcoin has been suspending users’ accounts.Local Bitcoin Is Acting UpMany have taken to social media to express their frustrations, while news outlets in the Middle East, Africa and Asia have also reported on the situation. It appears that these accounts belong to longtime users; people who have been serviced by the exchange for many years, and the closures are happening without any prior warnings.Have these customers violated the rules somehow? What could be...

Alexander Vinnik has been charged with money laundering and extortion by French authorities.Vinnik Will Spend More Time Behind BarsVinnik is believed to have laundered as much as $4 billion worth of bitcoin through a now defunct cryptocurrency exchange known as e-BTC. He was later arrested in 2017 while vacationing in Greece with his family per the requests of legislators in the United States. At that time, Vinnik was facing charges in both the U.S. and Russia.At 39 years of age, Vinnik has...

Analysts are warning bitcoin traders that volatility may strike this coming week.Is Bitcoin About to Drop Further?The weekend marks the Lunar New Year in China, and celebrations are likely to occur amongst the nation’s people. Typically, this marks a period of heavy bitcoin and cryptocurrency use amongst people returning home for the holiday, but this year is a little different.China has been marred by a coronavirus outbreak for the past several days. Allegedly passed on from snakes, the...

A new kind of bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) is available for enthusiasts and hardcore traders to enjoy. Switzerland-based venture Amun AG has unveiled its new 21Shares Short Bitcoin ETP set to be traded on the Swiss SIX Stock Exchange.Amun Has Set Its Sights on Predicting Bitcoin’s Next MoveThe Short Bitcoin ETP is a tracker that claims to monitor the “opposite performance” of bitcoin. In other words, wherever bitcoin is going at press time – either up or down – the product will...

Elon Musk is weighing in on cryptocurrency and bitcoin, and while he sees promise in the space, he doesn’t think it’s all it’s cracked up to be.Musk Is Split Down the MiddleThis is an attitude most enthusiasts and Twitter followers could likely expect from someone like Musk. While the man has played a role in the community, that role hasn’t been particularly significant, and his contributions have been more speculative than straight-up valuable at best.In a recent interview, he states that...