Cryptocurrency Hedge Funds Experience Poor Performance and Shutterings
Apr04

Cryptocurrency Hedge Funds Experience Poor Performance and Shutterings

The violent crypto bear trend of 2018 has proved too much for many cryptocurrency hedge funds. The average performance of crypto funds has been a loss of over 20% so far this year, with at least nine crypto hedge funds having been reported to have ceased operations. Also Read: Markets Update: Cryptocurrency Prices See Some Slight Recovery At Least 9 Cryptocurrency Hedge Funds Have Already Shut This Year Reports are indicating...

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Australian Regulations for Cryptocurrency Exchanges Introduced
Apr04

Australian Regulations for Cryptocurrency Exchanges Introduced

Australia’s new legislative guidelines for the operation of cryptocurrency exchanges were introduced on the 3rd of April 2018. From now on, Australian digital currency exchange businesses will be required to register and comply with anti-money laundering/counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws. Also Read: Companies Outsource Marketing to India Amid Ban on Crypto Ads  Australia Introduces AML/CTF Requirements for...

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Police Assisted By MPAA Shut Down Pirate TV Box Sellers
Apr04

Police Assisted By MPAA Shut Down Pirate TV Box Sellers

Piracy configured set-top boxes are the next big thing, today. Millions have been sold around the world and anti-piracy groups are scrambling to rein them in. Many strategies are being tested, from pressurizing developers of allegedly infringing addons to filing aggressive lawsuits against sites such as TVAddons, a Kodi addon repository now facing civil action in both the United States and Canada. Also under fire are companies that...

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Hosting Provider Steadfast is Not Liable for ‘Pirate’ Site
Apr04

Hosting Provider Steadfast is Not Liable for ‘Pirate’ Site

In 2016, adult entertainment publisher ALS Scan dragged several third-party Internet services to court. The company targeted companies including CDN provider CloudFlare and the Chicago-based hosting company Steadfast, accusing them of copyright infringement because they offered services to pirate sites. ALS argued that Steadfast refused to shut down the servers of the image sharing platform Imagebam.com, which was operated by its...

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Canadian BitTorrent Traffic Tanked, But Video Piracy is Still Hot
Apr04

Canadian BitTorrent Traffic Tanked, But Video Piracy is Still Hot

Piracy has become a hot topic in Canada now that there are calls to implement the first website blocking scheme in North America. One outfit that’s kept a close eye on piracy-related developments in recent years is Ontario-based broadband management company Sandvine. For years, Sandvine has monitored Internet traffic trends throughout the world. Some of these developments are, at least partially, linked to piracy. This includes...

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