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Moscow’s Blockchain Hackathon Reflects Booming Blockchain Industry in Russia

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed interest in Ethereum at his meeting with Vitalik Buterin at the World Economic Forum held in St. Petersburg,...

AlphaBay Went Down a Week Ago: Customers Looking for Alternatives

AlphaBay, the most popular market on the dark net, has been offline since July 4. Its absence has since resulted in users looking for alternative underground marketplaces.

Get Your Wages in Cryptocurrencies: Bitwage Expands to the U.K.

It’s getting easier all the time to be paid in cryptocurrency. As of Monday, July 3, Bitwage, the Bitcoin payroll and international wage payment...

Meeting the Russians Who Hope to Strike It Rich on ICOs

Our reporter went to a meetup in St. Petersberg. Here are his observations.

Cybersecurity Firm Reports All Fortune 500 Companies Exposed on the Dark Web

Every Fortune 500 company has some level of exposure on the dark web, with technology and telecommunications firms ranking at the top of the...

Operator of Illegal Bitcoin Exchange Coin.mx Sentenced to Prison

Anthony Murgio, 33, of Tampa, Florida, has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for running a Bitcoin exchange connected to...

How a Bitcoin Whitehat Hacker Helped the FBI Catch a Murderer

An ethical hacker breached the database of a phony darknet website offering hitman services and leaked the data. The information from the data dump...

Russia’s Crypto-Winter Shows Signs of a Thaw in Saint Petersburg

Having skipped Russia’s second-biggest city for the past two years, Smile-Expo re-introduced its Eastern European conference tour in Saint Petersburg last Thursday.

FBI: Hackers Extorted $28 Million in Cryptocurrencies Last Year

On June 22, the Federal Bureau of Investigation presented its annual Internet Crime Report for the year of 2016. The FBI analyzed the victim...

Cambodian Central Bank Is Trialing Blockchain Technology

The National Bank of Cambodia has announced plans to launch a blockchain trial at the end of 2017 that aims to improve its ability to monitor and facilitate interbank lending.

More Universities Add Blockchain Courses to Meet Market Demand

Several universities have added blockchain studies to their fields of study to tailor their educational offerings to new developments in the job market.

“Free Ross” Account Glitch Latest Symptom of Coinbase Woes

The “Free Ross” campaign which raises funds for jailed Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht experienced a glitch last week, renewing concerns about the stability...

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