A multi-year investigation into the production of fake ID cards culminated this week with the seizure of $4.7 million in Bitcoin and the arrest of a Toledo man believed to be one of the most prolific manufacturers of fake IDs in the country.

Kyle’s note: This illustrates bitcoin’s intrinsic value, censorship-resistant value storage. This guy was perhaps not speculating on the bitcoin price.

Amir Taaki is notorious in the bitcoin world for his radical political beliefs and technical skills—which is saying something in a culture that has spawned a cast of infamous characters, like the cryptocurrency magnate “Bitcoin Jesus” or the rapper CoinDaddy. Taaki, 29, an influential bitcoin voice and programmer since 2010, could have become a crypto-millionaire…

The man who helped invent the financial embargoes that cut off terrorist funding after 9/11 is concerned that cryptocurrencies could be used to undermine his creations.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service, fresh off its success in uncovering U.S. assets hidden in Swiss banks, has assigned elite criminal agents to investigate whether Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are being used to cheat the taxman.

https://twitter.com/CryptoOfKorea/status/961087459093307393 UpBit’s stance on Tether is announced: “We are aware that there are various…

Kyle’s note: This is interesting because it is an exchange guaranteeing Tether’s 1 to 1 USD peg.

The market and bitcoin are correlated, says analyst. Both took a hit earlier this week and now begin to recover.

For years, the Texas Relays Car Show and Donk Contest in Austin brought a passionate but sometimes misunderstood car culture into the spotlight around one of Texas’ biggest track and field events. But this year, the show’s fate is uncertain after its organizer apparently invested funds in what turned out to be a scam cryptocurrency platform—and then went missing.

Top spot, bafflingly, goes to Chris Larsen, a co-founder of Ripple, at $7.5bn to $8bn. The bafflement comes because the idea there is anyone who would pay Mr Larsen $8bn for his Ripple hoard deserves a raspberry.

Political newbie Brian Forde has dazzled marquee crypto investors, who hope he can be the Washington friend they desperately need.

Binance, one of the busiest cryptocurrency exchanges, has been down since Wednesday evening. 
The Hong Kong company says it wasn’t hacked, and that …

new Abra app design + no fees on all deposits and currency exchanges!

Kyle’s note: This is a continuation of the cryptocurrency pivot to cryptoasset.

After being driven off other platforms, many white supremacists have turned to cryptocurrencies to solicit and store funds.

BitPesa acquires TransferZero, which will continue to operate under the same name and remain in Madrid. The deal boosts BitPesa’s influence across Europe.

The free trading platform has convinced millions of millennials to swap stocks. Can it get them to HODL?

The analysts noted prices for shorter-dated Bitcoin futures on the CME exchange are cheaper than longer-date contracts.

If you want a quick boost to your company’s share price, adding “blockchain” to your name will work – at least for a while.

Brother Tyler Winklevoss hit back at bitcoin critics, saying that any criticism is a ‘failure of the imagination.’

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The number of Dutch investing in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum more than tripled to around 580 thousand over the past six months, according to a study by Kantar TNS. “I can’t remember ever seeing anything like this”, researcher Reg van Steen said, RTL Nieuws reports. In August 2017 a total of 135 thousand Dutch households owned cryptocurrency. Now it is 490 thousand. In some households, more than one person invest in cryptocurrency, bringing the researchers to a total of around 580 thousand Dutch who own cryptocurrency.

Literally.

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I am swapman, co-admin of Whalepool. We are a free and open crypto trading community that was started by full-time traders years ago. Whalepool consists of 23,000 Telegram members, 800 Teamspeak…

“You should buy crypto in amounts you’re not worried about, and sell it whenever you start thinking about it once a day.”

Our engineers have been working hard on keeping costs as low as possible for our customers and are now proud to announce the rollout of full SegWit support and transaction batching, which will…

Coinbase has experienced significant growth over the last few months. As a result, many customers have had a poor experience with identity verification, payments and customer support. This is…

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Crypto, Crypto, Crypto ,this is what most talk about nowadays , the demise of crypto, the revolution of crypto, but in the post we are not going to talk about it but rather do it , use it . I will…

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A new ransomware-as-service scheme offers tools and tutorials for getting started with GandCrab, in return for a cut of the profits – and a promise not to attack Russia.

The trend… heats up.

It may seem like everyone from Grandma to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has piled into Bitcoin in the past year, but there’s at least one group that’s looking for a way out: Criminals.

Antivirus pioneer John McAfee is taking on a new venture: producing white papers for cryptocurrency and blockchain developers without “the time or talent.”

This is our “ban the internet” moment, so let’s choose our path wisely.

The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is pushing for companies that offer cryptocurrency services in the state to beef up their protective measures against fraud and market manipulation.

Digital currency can be used to pay for flights, furniture, music and even pizza. Now, pretty soon in Arizona, you may be able to use bitcoin to pay your taxes.

Peter Van Valkenburgh, Coin Center’s director of research, discusses the regulation of cryptocurrencies with Bloomberg’s Julia Chatterley, Joe Weisenthal and Scarlet Fu on “What’d You Miss?” (Source: Bloomberg)

Japan’s financial watchdog is reportedly planning to conduct more on-site inspections of domestic cryptocurrency exchanges.

Proposed Bill 5001, submitted by Representative Patricia Dillon, proposes “that the general statutes be amended to establish a fee to transfer or trade virtual currency in this state.” However, the text of the proposal does not go into detail on the amount or type of fee it seeks to levy on cryptocurrency transactions, or what such a fee’s benefits might be.

A bitcoin-friendly U.S. lawmaker is hoping to get members of Congress to disclose their holdings of cryptocurrency assets.

There are calls for tighter regulatory controls of the superannuation industry, with reports more and more self-managed super funds are turning to volatile cryptocurrencies.

Anthony Pompliano of Full Tilt Capital is putting 25 million into cryptocurrency start ups. He speaks on the future of cryptocurrencies with Haidi Lun and Betty Liu on “Bloomberg Daybreak Australia.” (Source: Bloomberg)

The European Central Bank has woken up to the risks digital currencies can pose to policy makers’ bread-and-butter business: the economy.

The European Union’s top securities watchdog has indicated that cryptocurrencies will be one of its top priorities in 2018.

Whether that’s a good or bad thing is a matter of opinion. But even for those wary of government oversight, it’s perhaps a less unpleasant thought in light of the previous day's hearing before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, where the chairmen of the SEC and the CFTC expressed a generally open attitude toward crypto.

Qatar’s central bank has warnedfinancial institutions in the country not to trade in bitcoin orother cryptocurrencies, according to financial sources and acircular seen by Reuters.