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U.S. Senators Demand Answers From People Behind Crypto Stablecoin Tether
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban sent a letter to so-called “stablecoin” issuer Tether on Tuesday, asking for an explanation of how the company operates and “mints” tethers that can be exchanged for various forms of cryptocurrency like bitcoin. Why does it matter? Because some people believe that not only is Tether…
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Scammers Score $3 Million from the WallStreetBets Crowd With Fictional Crypto Launch
A cryptocurrency scam recently pilfered at least $US2 ($3) million from WallStreetBets enthusiasts, convincing them that they were buying into a new crypto coin connected to the popular memestock, according to a report from Bloomberg News.
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Researchers Reach Obvious Conclusion That Bitcoin’s Price Was Artificially Inflated
Bitcoin now hovers around $US6300 ($8320), but not long ago it had spiked to nearly $US20,000 ($26,413) per coin. Sceptics have wondered how such a rise was even possible, and a paper authored at the University of Texas suggests a fairly reasonable answer: Price manipulation!
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Our Favourite Android, iOS And Windows Phone Apps Of The Week
Welcome to another week and another roundup of apps. Android adds apps to get the most out of your smartphone, iOS plays a little catch-up and nabs some super great apps from other operating systems, and Windows Phone chimes in with two neat additions. They’re all here and they’re all free. Check ’em out.