Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev denied bail while preparing appeal
Pertsev will now spend the next year in prison while his lawyers prepare an appeal for money laundering charges.
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SWIFT, Capgemini team up to test using the international network for CBDC transfers
The bank messaging service, which dates back to the 1970s, is looking to connect CBDCs to each other and to traditional currencies as it tries to stay up to date. 409 Total views 24 Total shares The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or SWIFT, the Belgian financial messaging network used by banks in international…

Bitcoin Trading Scam Claims to Involve Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
A Bitcoin (BTC) trading scam has claimed the involvement of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex Prince Harry Charles Albert David and his wife Meghan Markle.According to an April 9 report by the Mirror, the royal couple was featured in a fake BBC article where they praised a Bitcoin trading scheme.The fake news piece claimed…

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire: Crypto Space Needs Regulatory Certainty
The cryptocurrency space needs regulatory certainty and the current definition of cryptocurrency is too broad, said the CEO of crypto finance startup CIrcle, Jeremy Allaire, in a blog post on May 20.Allaire’s statement comes in the wake of the “geofencing” of nine different coins for United States-based clients of digital currency exchange Poloniex, which is…

SEC Chairman: Investors Should Consider Lack of ‘Safeguards’ Before Investing in Crypto
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton reiterated his wary view of the crypto markets during an interview. His discussion with New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin took place at the The Times Center in New York City Nov. 29.Mid-way through the interview, Clayton told Sorkin that the securities regulator had worked…

Florida Appeals Court Reinstates Felony Charges for Unregistered Bitcoin Sale
A United States appellate court in the state of Florida has reinstated charges against a man who sold Bitcoin (BTC) to an undercover police officer, local media Miami Herald reports on Jan. 30.According to the report, the Third District Court of Appeal ruled that a judge who dismissed charges against the defendant, Michell Espinoza, was…

IPFS lead explains how malicious files are eliminated from its network
The InterPlanetary File System, or IPFS, helps decentralize the internet by making files available across multiple locations instead of through a single centralized point of failure. What happens if someone reports a problematic IPFS file, however? Dietrich Ayala, ecosystem lead for IPFS, explained the process:"Let's say there's a URL, or an IPFS content ID as we call them…

First Republic Bank dives another 20% with Bitcoin ‘ready for $40K’
Bitcoin (BTC) tagged $30,000 into the April 26 Wall Street open as bulls gained further momentum from United States banking woes.BTC/USD 1-day candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewHayes: "Uncertainty" driving BTC price, goldData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed as it briefly reclaimed the psychological line in the sand, capping 11% gains versus its local…

Polkadot ‘cup and handle’ setup sees DOT price 50% higher by September
Polkadot (DOT) looks ready to extend its ongoing price recovery due to a classic bullish pattern forming on its daily chart.DOT paints "cup and handle" patternNotably, DOT has been forming a "cup and handle" pattern since mid-June, confirmed by its price crashing and recovering in a rounding, U-shaped trajectory (cup), followed by the development of…