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Peacocks matter
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24 November, 2020

Peacocks matter

With nothing but a peacock, Attila Aros let the world know that Matterpool had won the beauty contest occurring at...
IRS weighing trade-offs as it drafts digital currency tax rules
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24 November, 2020

IRS weighing trade-offs as it drafts digital currency tax rules

The Internal Revenue Service has been considering different approaches to digital currency taxation, a federal official has revealed.
Texas orders 15 alleged digital currency scams to cease operations
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24 November, 2020

Texas orders 15 alleged digital currency scams to cease operations

The state regulator claimed the 15 firms have been using the Internet to “advertise, hype and sell fraudulent digital currency...
Irish SIM swap hacker sentenced to 3 years in prison
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24 November, 2020

Irish SIM swap hacker sentenced to 3 years in prison

Conor Freeman, 21, was handed the sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, which will see him jailed for 2 years...
CipherTrace files two Monero-tracing patents
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23 November, 2020

CipherTrace files two Monero-tracing patents

CipherTrace, the blockchain analytic company, has filed two Monero tracing patent applications. The two patents– (1) Systems and Methods for

DeFi project Pickle Finance exploited for $20 million
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23 November, 2020

DeFi project Pickle Finance exploited for $20 million

Another day, another DeFi exploit. On Saturday, November 21st, the DeFi project ‘Pickle Finance’ was exploited for $19.7 million. This