European Banks Facilitated Large Crypto-Fiat Deals, Probe Finds
Oct06

European Banks Facilitated Large Crypto-Fiat Deals, Probe Finds

Several financial institutions in Europe, like Danske Bank and Swedbank, have been mentioned in a Lithuanian report investigating large-scale crypto-fiat transactions that took place in the past two years. Some of the banks’ clients traded digital coins worth millions of euros and the Baltic nation’s financial crime combating agency wants to know where the first million came from. Many of the speculators are Lithuanian...

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Bitcoin Cash Developers Launch Chrome Extension Badgerwallet.cash
Oct06

Bitcoin Cash Developers Launch Chrome Extension Badgerwallet.cash

A team of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) developers has released a new BCH desktop wallet that resembles the ethereum-light client Metamask. The new beta version Chrome extension wallet called Badgerwallet.cash can be tested in the browser’s developer mode and soon will be able to hold BCH-issued tokens. Also read: Bitpay Phases Out Crypto-Debit Cards for European Cardholders Testing the New Chrome Extension Wallet Badgerwallet.cash...

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123movies Was Shut Down Following a Criminal Investigation
Oct06

123movies Was Shut Down Following a Criminal Investigation

At the start of this year pirate streaming site 123movies was one of the largest pirate streaming sites on the web. The site received millions of visitors per day which prompted none other than the MPAA to label it “the most popular illegal site in the world.” For Hollywood, the blatantly infringing activity was a thorn in their side, so behind the scenes the movie studios did all they could to take the site offline,...

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Facebook User Who Uploaded Pirated ‘Deadpool’ Copy Sentenced to 3 Weeks Prison
Oct06

Facebook User Who Uploaded Pirated ‘Deadpool’ Copy Sentenced to 3 Weeks Prison

With roughly two billion active users per month, Facebook is by far the largest social networking site around. While most of the content posted to the site is relatively harmless, some people use it to share things they are not supposed to. A pirated copy of Deadpool, for example. This is what the now 22-year-old Trevon Franklin from Fresno, California, did early 2016. Just a week after the first installment of the box-office hit...

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