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China bans cryptocurrency activities

The Bank of the People's Republic of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, issued a statement in which it effectively prohibits any activity related to cryptocurrencies, including payments, "trading" and advertising activities, alluding…

NFT scam leaves losses of $ 450,000

The collection of NFT, a recent format in which digital works of art have been sold to the original code of the World Wide Web, began to suffer the first scams, with a case in which cybercriminals have stolen close to 450,000 dollars,…

Twitter will allow paying with Bitcoin

Twitter will have a new bitcoin tipping feature that will make it easier for users to execute financial transactions without leaving the app. The social network is already testing the new function and it is estimated that it may be…

Singapore selects companies for CBDC development

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the pre-selection of 15 participants for the "Global CBDC Challenge", from which a team for the development of an internal retail cryptocurrency will result. The announcement reflects the…

FBI joins investigation of biggest crypto scam of 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States (FBI) is helping South African authorities in the investigation of the company Mirror Trading International (MTI), which could be considered the largest cryptocurrency scam of 2020.…

Coca Cola enters the NFT market

The Coca Cola brand announced its inclusion in the world of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) in order to collect funds to support Special Olympics. In a matter of days, the OpenSea market will hold an auction of several NFT inspired by the loot…

Cryptocurrency scam platform dismantled in Japan

Four people were captured for being allegedly linked to a scam that has been called "a fictitious investment story", which was carried out through a platform that offered "supposed returns on investment with supposed crypto assets, based on…