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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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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Anthropic Finds “Emotion Vectors” Inside Claude 4.5 AI

Anthropic researchers found internal "emotion vectors" in Claude Sonnet 4.5 that influence its decision-making.Increasing a "desperation" vector made the...

Dorsey’s Block Launches Bitcoin Faucet for Free Distributions

Block, led by Jack Dorsey, will revive the historic Bitcoin ‘faucet’ distribution model starting Monday.The concept was pioneered in...

Tether Sets Two-Week Deadline for $500B Fundraise

Tether is reportedly giving investors a two-week deadline to commit to a $500 billion valuation round, or risk postponement.The...

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