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Policy

Nigeria's Central Bank Orders Banks to Close Accounts of All Crypto Users

Any breaches of the order would face "severe regulatory sanctions," the central bank warned.

Lagos, Nigeria

Finance

Gaming Company The9 Is Buying 5,000 More Bitcoin Miners

The firm announced its pivot to mining in January.

Bitcoin mining equipment

Policy

Hacker Refuses to Hand Police Password for Seized Wallet With $6.5M in Bitcoin

Throughout a two-year prison term, the man repeatedly refused to give wallet access to German authorities.

security

Tech

DeFi Project ArmorFi Awards $1.5M Bounty for Bug Alert That Potentially Saved Its Reserves

ArmorFi's CTO has also offered to get a tattoo chosen by the ethical hacker who found the bug.

software bug

Tech

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Has Set up His Own Bitcoin Node

Dorsey will now have a hand in keeping the bitcoin network running.

Jack Dorsey speaks at Oslo Freedom Forum 2020

Policy

Discord Scammers Lure Users to Fake Exchange With Promise of Free Bitcoin

The scammers may be trying to collect a database of crypto users for sale on the dark web, said Kaspersky.

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Policy

South Africa's Tax Agency Is Clamping Down on Crypto Users: Report

The South African Revenue Service is likely "ensnaring" non-compliant taxpayers, a tax consultancy said in a news report.

Cape Town, South Africa

Finance

Japan’s SBI Adds XRP to Cryptocurrency Lending Service

Users of SBI's cryptocurrency exchange can lend XRP for a return of 0.1% per annum.

SBI Holdings

Finance

Crypto Banking Company BCB Group Hires Former Coinbase UK CEO

Feroz will bring experience "built across the global payments and fintech industry," BCB Group said.

Zeeshan Feroz

Markets

Guggenheim CIO Says Bitcoin Could Eventually Climb to $600,000

Bitcoin has potential to support a huge long-term valuation but there isn't enough institutional involvement now, said Scott Minerd.

Scott Minerd