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  • UK Government Pilots Blockchain in Bid to Secure Digital Evidence

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    The U.K. Ministry of Justice is investigating blockchain as a possible tool for securing digital forms of evidence, its deputy director said Thursday. The idea is that the technology can be used to simplify court processes for handling digital evidence, according to Balaji Anbil, who is also the head of digital architecture and cybersecurity at the […]

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  • Rejected Again: SEC [Predictably] Denies 9 Bitcoin ETF Proposals

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    The hopes of Bitcoin bulls ate dust once again as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disapproved nine more Bitcoin ETF applications. The US regulator rejected two ETFs by ProShares that would track Bitcoin future contracts, five inversed and leveraged ETFs from Direxion, and another one from GraniteShares. It continued to hold its stance against […]

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  • Alleged SIM Swapper Teen Purchased Luxury Cars with Stolen Bitcoin

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    Law enforcement officials in California have arrested another hacker accused of stealing cryptocurrency by hijacking phone numbers. 19-year old Xzavyer Narvaez has been charged with seven counts of computer crimes, identity fraud, and grand theft, according to a report on Motherboard. According to the report, Narvaez had spent some of the Bitcoin made on luxury cards. […]

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  • U.S.-China talks on trade war resume as new tariffs kick in

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    BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China escalated their acrimonious trade war on Thursday, implementing punitive 25 percent tariffs on $16 billion worth of each other’s goods, even as mid-level officials from both sides resumed talks in Washington. The world’s two largest economies have now slapped tit-for-tat tariffs on a combined $100 billion of […]

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  • Chrome browser to update to material design ‘across all operating systems’

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    Reportedly, the changes will be most pronounced on iOS. Based on Google Chrome enterprise release notes, The Verge reported that Google’s browser will get a “new design across all operating systems.” That will bring material design aesthetics to all platforms. The design changes reportedly will be most pronounced on iOS, where navigation controls will be moved […]

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  • Trump says ‘everybody would be very poor’ if he’s impeached

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    President Donald Trump said “everybody would be very poor” and questioned how he could be impeached when he’s made strides improving economic conditions in an interview aired Thursday. “If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash, I think everybody would be very poor,” Trump said in response to a question from Fox […]

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  • New ‘Blockchain Law Society’ Will Examine Legal Frameworks in South Korea

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    As South Korean lawmakers discuss regulations and guidelines for the cryptocurrency sector, a group of domestic blockchain experts will establish a new society to study the legal aspects concerning the decentralized technology. Dubbed the ‘Blockchain Law Society’, the new organization will officially launch this Friday, August 24, according to a report from local publication Yonhap. […]

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  • South Korea Lawmakers Discuss ICO, Cryptos During Extraordinary Session: Report

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    South Korea has commenced an extraordinary session in the National Assembly to discuss regulation and measures to promote the cryptocurrency industry alongside ICO guidelines to eventually overturn the ongoing ban. According to a Business Korea report on Monday, the short session – extraordinary sessions cannot exceed 30 days – in South Korea’s National Assembly will […]

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  • NYSE Owner’s Bitcoin Market May Have ‘Hidden Leverage,’ Wall Street Vet Warns

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    When Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), announced that it was launching a bitcoin market, the move was met with enthusiasm by many within the cryptocurrency industry as a vindication of the legitimacy of the asset class. However, others, including some Wall Street veterans, warned that the “financialization” of […]

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  • Venezuela crisis: More migrants cross into Brazil despite attacks

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    The number of Venezuelans entering Brazil is rising, officials say, despite Saturday’s attacks on makeshift migrant border camps. A Brazilian army spokesman said about 900 Venezuelans were expected in the state of Rorarima on Monday, a steep rise in the daily average. The numbers of people trying to flee Venezuela’s economic collapse are stoking regional […]

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