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The Downside of Tracking Bitcoin on the Blockchain

Tracking funds on the blockchain may help catch crooks, but such snooping undermines one of the most important characteristics of money: Fungibility.

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Finance

Sanctions Showdown Looms for US and Cryptocurrency

If OFAC turns its eye toward cryptocurrencies, it could be only a matter of time before it makes an example of one or more entities to send a message.

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Markets

South Korea: North Korea Stole Millions From Crypto Exchanges Last Year

The South Korean National Intelligence Service claimed North Korea stole "billions of won" in cryptocurrencies last year.

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Markets

Texas Hits Another Crypto Lending Platform with Cease-and-Desist

Texas' securities agency has issued another emergency cease-and-desist order, this time against crypto lending scheme DavorCoin.

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Markets

7 Tough Legal Lessons for Crypto Entrepreneurs

Just because you haven’t gotten a subpoena from The Man in the month since your decentralized cheese token went live, it doesn’t mean you won’t.

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Markets

Crypto Rich and Paranoid: Threats Prompt Radical Security in Bitcoin Land

Cryptocurrency users who got rich in the run-up are now targets for robbers and kidnappers, not just hackers. That’s prompting a security overhaul.

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Markets

Botnet Infects Half a Million Servers to Mine Thousands of Monero

A cryptocurrency miner botnet has infected more than half a million machines, hijacking them to mine as much as $3.6 million worth of monero.

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Markets

Copycat Twitter Accounts Seek to Scam Crypto Users

A new type of scam sees Twitter users copying cryptocurrency developers and companies and asking the public to send "donations."

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Markets

Philippines Investigates Crypto Firm over Use of Politician's Name

The Philippines' Department of Justice has ordered an investigation over the alleged misrepresentation of the senate president by a crypto firm.

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Markets

Bee Token ICO Stung by $1 Million Phishing Scam

Due to a phishing scam, investors in the Bee Token ICO have actually sent nearly $1 million to malicious actors instead.

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