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China's crypto-miners look abroad as regulators tighten noose
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» BEIJING - When a prefecture in northwestern China's Xinjiang region ordered a halt on cryptocurrency mining projects this month, Chris Zhu scrambled to move clients' machines southward, spending over a week to reassemble in Sichuan.
Meatpacking giant JBS pays $11m to ransomware hackers
AFP, Published on 10/06/2021
» WASHINGTON: JBS, one of the world's biggest meat processors, has paid bitcoin worth $11 million in ransom to hackers to prevent any further disruption after a paralysing cyberattack believed to have originated in Russia.
China arrests 1,100 over cryptocurrency money laundering
AFP, Published on 10/06/2021
» China has arrested more than a thousand people for using the profits from crime to buy cryptocurrencies, security officials said, as part of a growing crackdown on the industry.
El Salvador approves bitcoin as legal tender, delights cryptocurrency fans
AFP, Published on 10/06/2021
» LONDON: El Salvador's approval of bitcoin as legal tender, making it the first country in the world to do so, has delighted cryptocurrency fans but left markets unconvinced.
El Salvador approves law to make bitcoin legal tender
AFP, Published on 09/06/2021
» SAN SALVADOR: The Congress of El Salvador has approved a law that will classify Bitcoin as legal tender in the Central American country, its president said, making it the world's first nation to adopt a cryptocurrency.
Miami, looking to be next crypto hotspot, hosts huge bitcoin event
AFP, Published on 05/06/2021
» MIAMI - Thousands of people have descended on Miami for a massive two-day bitcoin conference that opened Friday -- a sign that the US city, in the midst of a tech boom, is hoping to become the next cryptocurrency hub.
US recovers much of crypto ransom paid to pipeline hackers
AFP, Published on 08/06/2021
» WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department announced Monday that it had recovered more than half of the $4.4 million paid by Colonial Pipeline to Russia-based ransomware extortionists Darkside, who had forced the shutdown of a major fuel network.
'World's leading bank robbers': North Korea's hacker army
AFP, Published on 26/05/2021
» SEOUL: Nuclear-armed North Korea is advancing on the front lines of cyberwarfare, analysts say, stealing billions of dollars and presenting a clearer and more present danger than its banned weapons programmes.
Bitcoin tumbles below $39,000 after China issues warning
AFP, Published on 19/05/2021
» BEIJING - Bitcoin plunged below $39,000 for the first time in more than three months Wednesday after China said cryptocurrencies would not be allowed in transactions and warned investors against speculative trading in them, despite the country powering most of the world's mining.
Bitcoin tumbles below $40,000 after China issues warning
AFP, Published on 19/05/2021
» BEIJING - Bitcoin plunged below $40,000 for the first time in more than three months Wednesday after China said cryptocurrencies would not be allowed in transactions and warned investors against speculative trading in them.