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Pavlos Giorkas
Pavlos Giorkas is a blogger and content creator with a passion for crypto, health, consumer tech and money management. He's been dealing with cryptocurrency since 2013 but didn't take action until 3 years later on 2016. On Bitnewsbot he covers the latest news in the crypto space.
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UK’s FCA Issues Guidance To Banks Detailing Cryptocurrency Dangers
In an open letter on June 11, 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued guidance to banks on “good practice” for handling the...
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FATF To Consider Binding Rules For Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Later this month, the Financial Action Task Force will review whether its June 2015 guidelines for cryptocurrency exchanges remain sufficient. FATF may opt for...
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An Old Crime in New Clothes: Hackers Demanding Bitcoin Ransom
The threat of blackmail never really goes away. It’s just now the bad guys want their anonymous payments in bitcoin (BTC).
In a Distributed Denial...
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Lithuania Issues ICO Guidelines, Deems Tokens To Be Securities
On Friday, the Ministry of Finance for Lithuania released guidelines covering initial coin offerings (ICOs). The report outlines the characteristics of ICOs and tokens,...
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Wells Fargo Says No To Credit Card Crypto Procurement
Wells Fargo bans customers from buying crypto with their Wells Fargo credit cards over fears of non-payment due to price volatility.In yet another example...
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Ripple $50 Million Grant Puts Universities to Work on Blockchain
Others, however, are focused more broadly on putting the technology to work. At the University of Pennsylvania, for instance, the engineering school and the...
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CFTC Subpoenas Cryptocurrency Exchanges In Bitcoin Futures Investigation
Bitstamp, Coinbase, itBit, and Kraken were targeted. The future’s looking a bit dim.Due to suspicions of market manipulation that may impact the final settlement...
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Acquisition Is Keystone of Coinbase’s Expansion Plans
Coinbase is aiming high and expanding aggressively as the popularity of blockchain and crypto assets soars.
The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange said last week...
