USA | ForkLog - Part 188

ForkLog 26 10.09.2020

IRS spends $250,000 on crypto-tracking tool

The Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation division signed a contract for $249,900 with the little-known analytics firm Blockchain Analytics and Tax Software, Cointelegraph reports.

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ForkLog 13 02.09.2020

Layer1 mining company earns 700% profit from reselling electricity

The American mining company Layer1 resold electricity at a markup eight times the purchase price. Bloomberg reports on the interaction of a major user with the power grid.

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ForkLog 9 29.08.2020

SEC uncovers $27m crypto pyramid targeting African immigrants

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused two companies and their executives of running a Ponzi scheme. Preliminary estimates put the pyramid's victims at about 1,200 investors who lost more than $27 million.

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ForkLog 37 29.08.2020

Equinor Energy to channel associated gas from the Bakken oil field to Bitcoin mining

Norwegian energy company Equinor Energy will channel the associated gas produced at the Bakken field in the United States to generate electricity and power Bitcoin mining. The arrangement is provided by Crusoe Energy Solutions, according to Arcane Research.

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ForkLog 10 28.08.2020

Grayscale pulls Fox News ad over Tucker Carlson’s remarks

The digital asset manager Grayscale Investments pulled an advertisement for cryptocurrency trusts from Fox News after Tucker Carlson’s controversial remarks about the shootings at Black Lives Matter protests in the United States.

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ForkLog 18 28.08.2020

US DOJ: Russian offered $1 million in bitcoins to a Nevada company employee for a cyberattack

The U.S. Department of Justice charged Russian citizen Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov with conspiring to commit cybercrime. He allegedly attempted to bribe an employee of a Nevada company with $1 million in bitcoins to install malware on the organization’s computer system.

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ForkLog 70 27.08.2020

Digital Currency Group’s Barry Silbert enters Bitcoin mining

The American mining company Foundry became 100% a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG), whose founder and CEO is Barry Silbert.

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ForkLog 18 27.08.2020

Riot Blockchain to buy another 5,100 Bitcoin miners from Bitmain for $11.2 million

Nasdaq-listed American mining company Riot Blockchain announced a new contract with Bitmain to purchase 5,100 Antminer S19 Pro devices for $11.2 million.

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ForkLog 29 25.08.2020

Texas-based Layer1 accused of misleading investors

The Texas-based mining company Layer1 misled investors about the amount raised and the composition of its founding team, according to Twitter industry insider BTCK555.

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ForkLog 14 25.08.2020

Rapper Akon Becomes Chief Strategist for Brock Pierce’s Presidential Campaign

American rapper and entrepreneur Akon has joined Brock Pierce's presidential campaign team. The Grammy-nominated artist and crypto enthusiast will become Pierce's campaign chief strategist. Cheddar reported this.

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ForkLog 15 24.08.2020

US residents to report cryptocurrency investments on the first page of the tax return

US citizens who have engaged in any transactions with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies will report them immediately after filling out the identification details on the first page of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 1040. This follows from the 2020 draft.

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ForkLog 18 23.08.2020

Ripple co-founder: US losing the financial battle of the tech cold war to China

Ripple co-founder and executive chairman Chris Larsen believes the United States is losing the race for the global financial system to China, whose aim is to replace the dollar with a digital yuan. He laid out his views in an article for The Hill.

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