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Malaysian authorities are investigating several crimes involving cryptocurrencies and sending police officers on educational courses to improve their crime-fighting skills. Malaysian authorities  are looking  into five cases involving cryptocurrencies while local police are honing their skills to combat cybercrimes and digital currency scams and frauds. Malaysian police inspector-general Mohamad Fuzi Harun said: "The Commercial Crime Department director Amar Singh Ishar Singh [is] sending his men on courses to enhance their skills in investigating cyber crimes." However, Harun would not divulge details of the investigation or the identities of the people involved, including the amount lost by the victims. Amar Singh said Bank Negara was helping with the investigation, adding: "We [are] also going on courses with Bank Negara to understand better how the crime works and to deal with it. It is a new type of crime.” There are at least four cryptocurrency e

Биткойнът се провали като валута и не е нито начин за съхраняване на стойността, нито удобен начин да се купуват неща, коментира ръководителят на Английската Централна Банка – Марк Карни. „Може да се каже, че до голяма степен биткойнът се проваля до сега... по отношение на традиционните аспекти на парите. Той не средство за съхраняване на стойност, заради изключителната му волатилност. Никой не го използва и като посредник на размяна“, коментира Карни пред студенти, в лондонски университет. Въпреки това, технологията зад криптовалутите, все още може да се окаже полезна, като начин за верифициране на финансови транзакции, заяви още Карни, отговаряйки на въпрос. Ръководителят на британската централна банка, заяви още, че за да се премине максимално „плавно“, към напускане на ЕС през март на 2019-та година, британските регулатори възнамеряват да дадат на финансовите институции „ползата от съмнението до последната минута“. Движенията на британската лира, до голяма степен се пр

You've probably heard about DEX or decentralized exchanges, and this article explains how they work and discusses some of the best projects. Are you tired of paying high fees to centralized exchanges like Bitfinex, OKEx, and Coinbase/GDAX? Are you looking for a safer way to trade cryptocurrencies without the risk of potential exchange hacks? Do you want to control your own private keys instead of giving access to centralized exchanges which can be hacked, going down with all your funds? The solution: Decentralized Exchanges (DEX).   Remember the word ‘DEX’. This will become a buzzword all throughout 2018, especially in the second half of the year. A Decentralized exchange (DEX) enables peer-to-peer (p2p) trading of cryptocurrencies without the need for any middle man or intermediary. It is completely open source with no one party in control. Decentralized exchanges promote trustless transactions, meaning you don’t need to entrust your cryptocurrencies to a third

The market data is provided by the  HitBTC  exchange. After failing to stem the rising popularity of cryptocurrencies through their warnings, the central banks have stooped down to funding  anti-crypto campaigns . This move will only reduce the confidence in the central banks and encourage new investors to enter the crypto world. At the same time, the Venezuelan government is planning to launch a new cryptocurrency called the  petro . Each new coin will supposedly be backed by one barrel of oil. However, there is a big question on the central bank’s credibility that is issuing the petro. Analysts  believe  that the petro is most likely to end up not bringing the expected results. On the other hand, Bitcoin continues to attract big-ticket investments. After the recent fall, there are reports of a trader buying about  $400 million  worth of Bitcoin between Feb. 09 to Feb. 12. People are gradually turning positive on Bitcoin once again. Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec believes tha

The LSK market price has stalled around $30 due to a drop against BTC. The long-awaited Lisk (LSK)  relaunch event  will finally reveal the new project vision this Tuesday. For now, the news has not registered with the market price, which hovers just above $30, but investors are very bullish on the project. The Lisk team will reveal a new logo and graphic identity, which have not been leaked until now. The LSK market price has been pushed down by the recent rise in Bitcoin, but volumes are picking up and the asset has shown its ability to rebounce from recent lows of $12. The official event will be broadcast to all investors, just before Western trading starts, at 7:30 GMT. Lisk ✔ @LiskHQ For our followers in # Asia , the # LiskRelaunch livestream will start at 4:30am February 21st Tokyo time. Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel: http:// youtube.com/liskhq?sub_con firmation=1  … https:// twitter.com/coin_post/stat us/965526739852996610  …