[ad_2][ad_1] Remember Virgil Griffith, the Ethereum developer arrested a year ago for violating sanctions after attending a conference in North Korea? US government prosecutors have opposed his defense’s attempts to dismiss the case, saying he knowingly and intentionally broke the law with his actions. Griffith was released on $ 1 …
Read More »Engineer uses Bitcoin to defraud Microsoft of $ 10 million, evade taxes
[ad_2][ad_1] Bitcoin is routinely bombed by regulators and the IRS for its use in illegal crimes such as money laundering or tax evasion. Unfortunately, a story involving a former Microsoft engineer who used cryptocurrency to mix over $ 10 million he had scammed the company with doesn’t help this case. …
Read More »Cryptojacking malware The improvements of KingMiner help evade the detection of mines on Monero
[ad_1] The United Nations charity arm, UNICEF, continues its excellent work to help children around the world. The body is trying to use blockchain technology to solve some of the problems faced around the world. UNICEF announced yesterday to invest $ 100,000 in six blockchain startups. The startups would use …
Read More »The Crimea will establish Blockchain University to help countries evade US sanctions
[ad_2][ad_1] Crimea, a disputed territory between Ukraine and Russia, is heading towards the creation of an international center for blockchain technology. The authorities of the Crimean peninsula consider blockchain technology a solution for states subject to international sanctions. The Crimea was annexed by the Russian Federation in 2014 following a …
Read More »Iran prepares to launch a state-controlled cryptocurrency to evade sanctions
[ad_2][ad_1] Iran has announced plans to launch a state-controlled cryptocurrency that will be supported by the rollout and developed on the open source Hyperledger Fabric technology led by the Linux Foundation. The Iranian cryptocurrency – which is referred to as the digital rial – will be set up so that …
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