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The U.S. government has concluded a deep investigation into what Wells Fargo has been doing in the last 15 years. The bank is paying billions to the state now because their cheatings were hurting the clients.Wells Fargo, SEC, and the DOJ are driving in another financial drama. Wells Fargo went ahead to forging the client’s signatures on a contract, putting the client’s money to unauthorized accounts, and lying to the investors. They also performed personal data theft, making the clients...

Layer1 Technologies – a bitcoin mining startup operating in West Texas – has opened its doors for business.Layer1: We Want to Compete with ChinaThe company has specifically mentioned that it’s looking to counter bitcoin and crypto mining activity in China, which up until this point, has long been considered the world’s number one bitcoin and digital currency haven. At the time of writing, Layer1 has unveiled several 2.5-megawatt containers and is extracting several new coins.The history of...

Randal Quarles – the chair of the Financial Stability Board and U.S. Federal Reserve governor – believes that nobody is taking bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies seriously enough, which could potentially bear harsh consequences for the world’s many banks.Randal Quarles – People Need to Wake Up When It Comes to CryptoQuarles points to things like Libra and says that this cryptocurrency and others like it are signs that the financial space has changed extraordinarily over the past year alone....

Proof of Keys was a concept first introduced by Satoshi Nakamoto, the legendary figure behind the birth of bitcoin, but it’s now being promoted further by the likes of Trace Mayer, the host of the “Bitcoin Knowledge” podcast.Mayer: Proof of Keys Is What Keeps BTC in the Hands of the PeopleFirst discussed when bitcoin was released to the public over ten years ago, the concept behind proof of keys involves getting rid of all the trust issues in the monetary space by having people interested in...

Square is utilizing the new video-sharing app Tik Tok to spread the word to young people about bitcoin and cryptocurrency.Square and Tik Tok Work to Make BTC MainstreamSquare is run by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who has always been a huge advocate of BTC. In the past, Dorsey has stated that bitcoin could become the world’s “single” cryptocurrency, and in 2018, stated that this was likely to be the case within a period of ten years.He has also commented that bitcoin is on the verge of becoming...

Imagine you run an illegal business in which people pay for your marijuana with bitcoin and other forms of crypto. Where would you hide all that money? Where would you put it?Marijuana and Bitcoin Don’t Always Go TogetherClifton Collins in Ireland recently found himself facing this dilemma. Collins garnered as much as 55 million pounds in bitcoin units from an illegal cannabis business he had been running for as long as 15 years. All these bitcoins came with specific codes that would allow...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is going to raise an impressive sum of $250 million. It will help to add around $3 billion to the company’s valuation and bring it to the level of $36 billion.SpaceX is seeking to raise $250 million. The new funds sought reportedly will be valued at $220 per share. Sources indicate that this new valuation after raising funds would be at $36 billion. This will be an increase from $33.3 billion. The funding round is expected to close in the second week of the next month....

Dow drops 280 points, stocks down thanks to coronavirus panic in the U.S. investors pour cash into treasuries and gold. Market analysts predict corporate and personal income fall in the next months. Favipiravir needs tests to cure coronavirus.Chinese people are fighting the virus in a closed source model and many people keep their concerns regarding the coronavirus spreading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls, and experts claim that stagnation is coming.COVID-19 is not as deadly as some...

On February 21, the Malta Financial Service Authority made an official post about the Binance exchange office address. The cryptocurrency market received a hit.A bunch of news media was referring to Binance as to ‘Malta-based exchange’. The fact is that nobody saw that office of Binance situated in Malta. Some crypto journalists like Cryptomedication were asking people in Telegram chats for months: Where is Binance’s office? So far, cryptocurrency enthusiasts had nothing to answer.Despite the...

Bitcoin has been experiencing heightened volatility over the past few weeks, and it’s likely due to the reemergence of whales according to one source.The Whales Are Back in the PictureBitcoin whales are individuals who house several million dollars-worth of cryptocurrencies in their digital wallets. Often, they possess so much in a single account that the slightest maneuver of money could potentially cause the entire industry to suffer a shift of some kind. Usually, the cryptocurrency...