Nigeria arrests nearly 800 in raid on crypto pig butchering hub
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency arrested 792 suspected to be involved in a crypto romance scam scheme based out of the country’s largest city.
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EY, the Big Four accounting firm appointed to work on the QuadrigaCX crypto exchange bankruptcy case, wants to move the proceedings from Halifax to Toronto.Local news outlet The Star reports on Aug. 28 that EY has asked a Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge to move the case to Toronto. The firm states that the involvement…

Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z to set up 500 BTC blind Bitcoin trust in India, Africa
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US Senators Warn Three Libra Backers of Membership Risks
Three backers thought to be reconsidering their involvement in Facebook’s digital currency Libra have received warnings from the United States politicians over their participation.Senate letter: Facebook’s problems are your problemsAccording to a Bloomberg article published on Oct. 9, a letter to Visa, Mastercard and Stripe was sent by two U.S. senators. In it, they are reportedly pressuring the…

UK Legislators urge caution in retail digital pound rollout
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Vitalik Buterin expects lots of ways to exchange CBDCs for crypto
Ethereum co-founder believes that CBDCs are good for macroeconomics, but there are also certain challenges. 2462 Total views 4 Total shares Central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, will be fairly easy to convert into cryptocurrencies in the future, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes.Speaking at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2020 on Dec. 9, Buterin said that…

Thai Bank Launches App For Instant Cross-Border Payments Powered By Ripple
Thailand’s oldest bank Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) has partnered with Ripple to create a mobile application powered by blockchain to deliver instant, low-cost cross-border payments. Per a Jan. 8 blog post from Ripple, the app — known as SCB Easy — was demoed in December during Ripple’s annual customer event, Swell. The demo reportedly demonstrated its…

‘A flood of money and credit’ — Ray Dalio new Bitcoin praise echoes MicroStrategy
Bitcoin (BTC) can offer protection against the "depreciating value of money," newly-bullish investor Ray Dalio says.In a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" session on Dec. 8, Dalio, who last month abandoned his skepticism of Bitcoin, said that the cryptocurrency could complement gold as an investment.Dalio: Bitcoin "could be diversifier to gold""I think that bitcoin (and some…