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More Mainstream Use Cases Needed to Secure Bitcoin’s Legitimacy

Blockchain technologies like the one that underpins Bitcoin are gaining wide acceptance across industry sectors from finance to healthcare to real estate. Bitcoin itself,...

Danish Police Can Now Catch Criminals Who Used Bitcoin

Bitcoin was never really anonymous, and it seems the Danish police have caught on to that fact. According to reports by Danish newspaper Berlingske,...

Sandia National Laboratories Joins the War on Bitcoin Anonymity

The Sandia National Laboratories, a major United States Department of Energy research and development facility, with campuses in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Livermore, California,...

Bruce Fenton: Blockchain Alliance is a Profoundly Bad Idea

It was announced earlier this week that a significant group of prominent Bitcoin companies, individuals and institutions have united in a “Blockchain Alliance.” This...

The Future of Smart Contracts: Positive Social Innovation or Criminal Activity?

Smart contracts, a feature of “Bitcoin 2.0” technologies such as Ethereum, could empower criminals with sophisticated trustless collaboration means, the prestigious MIT Technology Reviewreports.Cornell University...

The Future of Smart Contracts: Positive Social Innovation or Criminal Activity?

Smart contracts, a feature of “Bitcoin 2.0” technologies such as Ethereum, could empower criminals with sophisticated trustless collaboration means, the prestigious MIT Technology Reviewreports.Cornell University...

Five Recommendations for Bitcoin Companies to Ensure Compliance with the Department of Justice

This is a guest post by Eugene Illovsky, a partner at Morrison & Foerster in Palo Alto. He advises on corporate compliance and represents companies...

17 Arrested and $80,000 Worth of Bitcoin Seized in Dark Web Sting Operation

As a result of a six-month joint investigation between the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Customs...

Hong Kong Banks Targeted By DDOS Attacks, Bitcoin Payout Demanded

On May 9, an international group of hackers launched distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on two of the largest financial institutions in Hong...

Ripple Labs Fined $700,000 by FinCEN, Will Institute Transaction Monitoring Across Ripple Protocol

Earlier today, Ripple Labs Inc. was fined $700,000 for “willfully violating several requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).” The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...
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