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Brazil's Bitcoin Banco Group and Leader Arrested for Alleged Embezzlement of $300M in Crypto

The operation was carried out on intelligence gathered over a three-year investigation into alleged fraud and and embezzlement scams.

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Bitcoin.org Hit With DDoS Attack, Bitcoin Demanded as Ransom

Bitcoin.org is being hit with an "absolutely massive" distributed denial of service attack, according to the site's pseudonymous operator.

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Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow Model, Rooted in ‘Hard Money’ Narrative, Goes Off Course

"PlanB" said the next six months will “make or break'' the stock-to-flow model.

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Bitcoin Holds Support; Faces Resistance at $36K

Bitcoin is maintaining a series of higher lows from the June 22 shakeout around $29,000.

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Bitcoin's Weekend Price Bounce Fades Even as Exchange Balances Drop

The number of coins held on exchanges has fallen by more 25,000 in two weeks.

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Ransomware Group REvil Strikes Again, Demands $70M in Bitcoin From 200 US Firms

The Russian-based ransomware group is now demanding bitcoin in exchange for a decrypter for the infected machines.

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Bitcoin Supply Held by 'Whale Entities' Hits Two-Month High in Bullish Sign

Blockchain data shows wealthy investors are coming back to the bitcoin market.

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Policy

Reinvent Money to Reward Virtue

Bitcoin wrested control of money from the state. Ethereum and other technologies will return it to the heterogeneous communities that dot the globe, write Matthew Prewitt and Steven McKie.

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Marathon Digital Reports 17% Increase in Bitcoin Production for June

The publicly traded mining company generated 654.3 bitcoins in Q2, more than triple its Q1 haul.

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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Records Largest Drop in History, Price Jumps

Miners who remain operational are likely to become even more profitable over the coming weeks.

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