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Iran Returns Seized Crypto Mining Equipment to Miners

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A government body responsible for state property in Iran has released some of the hardware seized from illegal crypto mining farms. Its top executive explained the agency was obliged to do that by courts in the Islamic Republic, where unlicensed miners…

Bahamian Government Officials Allegedly Asked SBF to Mint Millions of Dollars in New Tokens Amid the FTX Collapse

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En Lundi, court documents from lawyers involved with the FTX Trading LTD Chapter 11 bankruptcy case allege that the government of The Bahamas asked the disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) to mint new crypto tokens. The lawyers detailed that it…

Research Shows Centralized Exchanges Saw the Most Visits This Year From Americans, Koreans, Russians

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Residents of the United States, South Korea and the Russian Federation have been the most frequent users of centralized exchanges this year, according to a new study. The finding comes after the spectacular crash of FTX, one of the largest such…

Binance and Crypto.com Publish Proof-of-Reserve Audits Conducted by Global Auditor Mazars Group

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This week two cryptocurrency exchanges provided proof-of-reserves in order to highlight that the trading platforms are backing customer assets 1:1. Binance published its report on Dec. 7, 2022, and detailed the global auditor Mazars Group conducted the audit. En décembre. 9,…

Un milliardaire russe et homme d'affaires en crypto décède dans un accident d'hélicoptère en France

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Le financier russe et entrepreneur en crypto-monnaie Vyacheslav Taran a été tué dans un accident d'hélicoptère sur le territoire français. The accident marks the latest in a series of deaths of crypto executives and adds another name to a list of Russian billionaires who…

FTX Execs Gave $70 Million to Both Democrats and Republicans Heading Into the 2022 US Midterms

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After the collapse of FTX, a number of journalists reported on the fact that FTX executives deployed significant donations to political leaders in the United States. During the most recent election cycle leading up to the U.S. midterms in 2022, rapports…

Russian IT Firms Lobby for Crypto Payments in Software Exports

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Companies developing software solutions for foreign customers are urging Russian authorities to allow them to accept crypto payments. The proposal is part of a package of measures aimed at supporting IT exports suggested by an industry organization to the executive power…

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Files Amicus Brief to Support Ripple in SEC Lawsuit Over XRP

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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has filed an amicus brief in support of Ripple Labs in the U.S. Commission de Sécurité et d'Echanges (SECONDE) lawsuit over xrp. Capital BECO’s support is seen as a significant step in the case given that the crypto exchange was…

Mastercard se concentre sur 5 Domaines clés pour transformer la crypto en «un moyen de paiement quotidien»

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Mastercard has outlined five key crypto areas it is working on in order to “turn cryptocurrencies into an everyday way to pay.” A Mastercard executive opined: “Someday soon, the ability to own and spend a digital currency could be as seamless…

Bitcoin Miner Cleanspark finalise l'acquisition de l'installation de Sandersville, Hashrate de l'entreprise maintenant 4.7 Exahash

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En octobre 11, the publicly-listed bitcoin miner Cleanspark announced that it has completed the acquisition of Mawson Infrastructure Group’s Georgia-based bitcoin mining facility. Following the acquisition, Cleanspark says it now manages 220 mégawatts (MW) of bitcoin miners with a hashrate of…