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Bitcoin Investor Lost Life Savings When QuadrigaCX Didn’t Issue $422,000 Withdrawal

In a matter of weeks, the demise of QuadrigaCX, once Canada’s largest Bitcoin exchange, has reached the front pages of mainstream media outlets worldwide. Bloomberg, Reuters, and Fox Business are among the mass of notable outlets that have covered this debacle. While their coverage of this situation...

Venture Capitalist Loses Bitcoin Bet, But Doubles Down on Crypto

Crypto investors everywhere are betting big on Bitcoin and the like eventually becoming adopted by the mainstream public and put into everyday use. The first-ever cryptocurrency and the technology underpinning it has the potential to disrupt a number of industries, and could eventually become...

ConsenSys is Partnering With Harvard: a Big Milestone For Ethereum in the US?

Blockchain tech firm and startup incubator ConsenSys will be collaborating with the likes of Harvard University, self-proclaimed “think tank” New America, and iconic denim brand Levi Strauss & Co. on a new initiative to bring Ethereum-based blockchain technology into the workplace in an effort...

After UK Denies Maduro $1.2B Gold Withdrawal, Kraken CEO Cites Importance of Crypto

The Bank of England denied a bid by Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s dictatorial ruler, to withdraw $1.2 billion worth of Gold, reported Bloomberg. The move came after top US officials requested their UK counterparts to disconnect the Maduro’s regime from its assets abroad. The UK accepted the...

How Hackers Stole $1.7 Billion in Crypto in 2018 Using Complex Strategies

While 2017 was the year of crypto gains, 2018 was the year of crypto theft, according to new data. Crypto-related thefts increased roughly 260% from 2017 to 2018, largely fueled by a number of high-profile cryptocurrency exchange hacks. Blockchain analysis also shows that the hackers...

Analyst Predicted Countries to Create Pro Crypto Economic Zones in 2018, Rapid Progress

Nine months ago, prominent crypto analyst Nic Carter made a bold prediction that in less than a year, at least one “nation state” would announce the creation of a Special Crypto-Economic Zone. Today, Carter’s prediction rings true with a number of countries such as the...