Tag: btc-e
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BTC-e’s Vinnik Rejects US Judgment, Offers to Help Putin with Expertise
Assumed BTC-e CEO Alexander Vinnik has publicly stated his innocence and even offered to help Vladimir Putin as a digital technology specialist. Speaking to Russia Today in his first official interview since police arrested him in Greece in July, Vinnik said he did not understand “what right” the US had to judge him as a Russian citizen. When asked…
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Troubled BTC-e Exchange Claims Control of Databases and Bitcoin Wallets
A forum account tied to the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e has issued a new statement, claiming to be in control of databases and bitcoin wallets days after the site’s domain was seized by law enforcement agencies. As CoinDesk reported, BTC-e – one of the longest-running and most secretive of the world’s bitcoin exchanges – was targeted in a broad…
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Blockchain Will Revolutionize Agriculture and Food Supply Chain
Mr Kimani Mbugua, CEO of Greenspec, a Kenya Agro-Processing company has stated that the blockchain technology has the potential to transform agriculture tremendously. Speaking at the launch of Belfrics Kenya’s Bitcoin Exchange on Saturday at the Villa Rosa Kempinski, in Nairobi, Kenya, he explained that even though there has been little talk of blockchain in agriculture, the…
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Change.org Petition Urges Authorities to Give BTC-E Users Their Money Back
As was widely reported in cryptocurrency news, a 38-year-old Russian man was recently arrested in Greece. The man, Alexander Vinnik, is accused of laundering $4 billion worth of ill-gotten bitcoins, and was allegedly running “one of the most important websites of electronic crime in the world.” Alexander Vinnik was also found to be a suspect in the…