Crypto founder paid LA cops to extort victim for crypto, FBI alleges
Adam Iza, the founder of the crypto trading platform Zort, allegedly paid Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies for information that he used to blackmail a target he intended to rob.
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United States-based payment platform Square is hiring cryptocurrency engineers and is offering to pay them in digital currency, according to a tweet published by Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey on March 20.In the tweet, Dorsey announces that “Square is hiring 3–4 crypto engineers and one designer to work full-time on open source contributions to…

India reconsiders foreign crypto exchange registrations: Report
India’s Financial Intelligence Unit is studying registration requests from four overseas crypto exchanges that were earlier banned for noncompliance with the country’s AML laws.

Blockchain technology, financial and self-sovereign digital identities
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Bitcoin mining power crunch: Kazakhstan looks toward nuclear solution
The country saw a great influx of miners this year, but it might have to sacrifice the immense tax revenue from Bitcoin miners if power grid issues are not resolved. 251 Total views 26 Total shares The exodus of Bitcoin miners from China into Kazakhstan has contributed to an energy crunch that the central Asian…

Crypto has a regulatory capture problem in Washington — Or does it?
The crypto industry’s sway in Washington DC has made it more likely that the industry will get beneficial legislation, but it’s also creating problems. Concerns of regulatory capture — a situation in which regulators or lawmakers are co-opted to serve the interests of a small constituency — have grown as crypto lobbying gains influence in

Bitcoin Holds $4,000, British Pound Loses to USD as Brexit Anticipation Grows
Monday, March 25 — crypto markets have continued trading sideways, with Bitcoin (BTC) holding the $4,000 threshold at press time, according to data from CoinMarketCap.Most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market cap are in the red today, with Cardano (ADA) dropping by more than 4 percent to press time, while Tezos (XTZ) is up…

British MP Lisa Cameron is ‘not invested personally’ in crypto but advocates for regulation
“I’m an advocate for getting regulation in place that makes the most of the potential of the sector whilst protecting consumers,” said the MP. 154 Total views 4 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTLisa Cameron, a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom since 2015, may not have…

THORChain becomes third largest DEX as Rune surges 50% in a week
THORChain $1.32 billion in trading volume over the last week only trails Uniswap and PancakeSwap among non-centralized exchanges. 53 Total views 1 Total shares Native asset settlement protocol THORChain has recorded the third-largest trading volume among non-centralized exchanges in the last week with users seemingly attracted to the high yield offered adjacent to its native