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December 17, 2015

Shkreli Indictment Portrays Small-Time FraudBitcoin Business

Shkreli Indictment Portrays Small-Time Fraud

Photo Martin Shkreli, known for ratcheting up drug prices, was arrested before dawn Thursday. Credit Craig Ruttle/Associated Press Martin Shkreli told investors that his hedge fund had an auditor, that it had posted a 36 percent return since its inception and that it had $35…
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December 17, 2015
NewsBTC Partners with ascribeBitcoin Business

NewsBTC Partners with ascribe

One of our favorite topics at NewsBTC is proof of existence, whereby a single hash value can be used to authenticate any data in existence. We’ve written extensively about how this will revolutionize real estate and healthcare, its applications for blockchain systems, and how it…
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December 17, 2015
France to press U.S. on 'low-cost' terror financingBitcoin Business

France to press U.S. on ‘low-cost’ terror financing

French Finance Minister Michel Sapin leaves after a ministerial meeting on financing terrorism at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, December 3, 2015. France's finance minister will discuss with his U.S. counterpart on Thursday how to standardize rules across countries to prevent small, anonymous money…
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December 17, 2015
Martin Shkreli Arrested on Fraud ChargesBitcoin Business

Martin Shkreli Arrested on Fraud Charges

Photo Martin Shkreli is chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals and a former hedge fund manager. Credit Richard Perry/The New York Times Martin Shkreli, a pharmaceutical entrepreneur and former hedge fund manager who has been widely criticized for drug price gouging, was arrested Thursday morning by…
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December 17, 2015
Japanese Bitcoin Exchanges May Get RegisteredBitcoin Business

Japanese Bitcoin Exchanges May Get Registered

Singapore Exchange Quoine Expects Japan to Foster Bitcoin Economy - Quoine Exchange Japan Illustration If a report from Nikkei Asian Review is to be believed, bitcoin exchanges operating in Japan may soon have to get registered with the government, be open to external audits, and…
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December 17, 2015

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