The Spanish bitcoin ATM company (BTC ATM), BitBase, officially enters the Latin American market with the inauguration of its first ATM on July 18 in Asunción, Paraguay in front of the CC Shopping Mariscal, with which users will be able to acquire or sell Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies.…
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US financial regulatory agency investigates crypto fraud
The US financial regulatory Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has requested an investigation into a South African speculative platform and is demanding that it restore $1.7 billion deposited in crypto by its clients.
The Mirror…
The use of the Telegram bot to exchange Bitcoins grows
The Telegram bot Lnp2pBot, which allows you to buy and sell satoshis, the smallest measure of Bitcoin, (BTC) immediately, without identification and using the Lightning network, is growing in use and has managed to exchange more than 3 BTC…
Venezuelan authorities detain alleged cryptocurrency scammers
Four people were recently detained by the Venezuelan authorities, in Carabobo state, for being allegedly linked to cryptocurrency scams. It was indicated by the director of the Scientific, Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC), Douglas Rico…
Big crypto companies leave China
Large cryptocurrency companies began their withdrawal from China "from where around 60 % of bitcoin was extracted until June", due in the first place, to the forceful regulations imposed by the country on the digital asset market and…
Funds stolen from Bitfinex are used on current trading
It is estimated that at least 119,756 bitcoins that were stolen from the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange in 2016 are on the move again.
Several alerts issued through Twitter, dated July 27 and 28, indicate that certain wallet addresses…
Finland decides over US$ 15 million confiscated in bitcoin
After the rescue operation called Tulli where about 1,666 BTC were seized in 2016, Finnish authorities have been developing a plan to auction digital currencies that currently amount to about US$ 15 million in bitcoin. However, they fear…
New email extortion scam targets Google’s AdSens users
According to the recent security report by Krebs Security, a new scam mode has emerged that requires Google AdSense users to pay with bitcoins, a measure that puts websites at risk due to the huge influx of bot traffic that released with…
New Bank in Puerto Rico joins the crypto ecosystem
The news portal specialized in bitcoins and digital currencies Coindesk reported this Thursday that the new bank called Medici Bank, based in Puerto Rico will test the digital incorporation procedures, the application programming interface…
The New York Stock Exchange offers investment opportunities in bitcoin
It is the first time contracts paid in cryptocurrency are traded in a federally regulated house in the United States. The initiative implies “an important step to give a trust infrastructure to digital assets”, as indicated by the CEO of…
Russian website BTC-e faces US embargo
Alex Vinnik, a former operator and owner of multiple accounts of the Russian crypto exchange BTC-e, was arrested last week, according to the investigations, for operating an international scheme where he allegedly received more than $ 4…
Police arrest bitcoin scammers in Venezuela
The Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigation Body (Cicpc) arrested three men who carried out a scam valued at 2 million 800 thousand dollars in bitcoins.
This was reported by the director of Cicpc of Venezuela, Douglas Rico, who said…