New York State Police Receives FinCEN Award For Bitcoin And Dark Web Investigation
May 16, 2016 09:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) last week presented its second annual Law Enforcement Awards in a ceremony at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. FinCENs aims to safeguard the financial system from...
Cryptocurrency exchange CCEDK Announces Major Overhaul, To Relaunch As Decentralized Conglomerate
May 16, 2016 06:46 am UTC| Digital Currency
Danish cryptocurrency exchange platform CCEDK has announced its plans to relaunch as a decentralized conglomerate on 1 July, which is being accomplished via several partnerships and new initiatives, in hopes to benefit...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Gatecoin Lost $2 Mln In Hot Wallet Breach
May 16, 2016 04:37 am UTC| Digital Currency
Gatecoin, the Hong Kong-based regulated and secure financial institution for blockchain assets, has lost ETH 185,000 and BTC 250(which is equivalent to USD 2 million), representing 15% of its crypto-asset deposits, in the...
Mist Wallet Hacked, Complains Ethereum User
May 13, 2016 12:20 pm UTC| Digital Currency
An Ethereum User has reported loss of 7,182 ETH through Mist wallet after it was hacked. The person has complained to Daohub that all his ETH has gone to wrong eth address. The Ethereum enthusiasts complaint has drawn...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Poloniex Announces Support For The DAO Token Sale
May 13, 2016 12:12 pm UTC| Digital Currency
US-based cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has announced its support of The DAO token sale, enabling users to trade Ether for The DAO Tokens. The Merkle noted that the move seems to have been made in the anticipation of...
Unocoin Partners With Indian Mobile Wallet Giant MobiKwik To Boost Bitcoin Use
May 13, 2016 09:33 am UTC| Digital Currency
Indian bitcoin startup Unocoin has announced its partnership with mobile wallet giant MobiKwik. Starting this week, Unocoin users will be able to use bitcoin to load theirMobiKwik.comwallet. MobiKwik is a semi closed...
Bitcoin And Blockchain Startups Make It To Top 70 At Pioneers Festival 2016
May 13, 2016 09:17 am UTC| Digital Currency
Bitwala, a Netherlands-based digital currency payments solutions firm, and Ledger, a French blockchain startup, have been selected among the top 70 startups at the Pioneers Festival 2016, a major event for future...
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