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Justice Department Veteran Backs Bitcoin Crime-Fighting Tool

A former U.S. Department of Justice section head has been hired to help drive sales of Bitfury's Crystal, a blockchain tracking product.

The DOJ tied a Latvian national for alleged participation in a cybercrime group.

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Zcash Privacy Weakened by Certain Behaviors, Researchers Say

Patterns in usage have allowed four researchers to link many supposedly private zcash transactions to mining pools and founders. Zcash has responded.

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Zilliqa Becomes Latest Crypto to Break $1 Billion Market Cap

A cryptocurrency that boasts sharding has broken a key threshold.

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Bitcoin Lightning Payments Are Slowly Becoming Less 'Reckless'

With luck, the lightning network will become a part of everyday life no one has to think about. We're not there yet.

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Ex-Trump Advisor Predicts 'Global Cryptocurrency'

The former Goldman Sachs COO, who recently left Trump's National Economic Council, is "not a big believer in bitcoin," but sees promise in blockchain.

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The First Version of Ethereum's Casper Upgrade Has Been Published

Posts on GitHub and Reddit suggest that momentum is building behind he change to ethereum's protocol.

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Crypto Probe 'Continues' Despite New York AG's Resignation

Following Eric Schneiderman's abrupt resignation, the New York Attorney General's Office's "work continues," according to a spokesperson.

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'Cryptojacking' Software Attack Hits Hundreds of Websites

The latest cryptojacking attack affects outdated versions of a major content management system.

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Investor Sues Ripple Alleging 'XRP Is a Security'

An investor is suing Ripple Labs, claiming that XRP is a security pertaining to the startup.

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Virgin's Richard Branson Warns on Bitcoin Scam Sites Using His Name

The British tycoon published a post Thursday warning the public to ignore bitcoin scams promoting themselves using his image.

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