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The Irish Independent reports that one of the suspects arrested in the Irish contribution to Operation Onymous is related to Dublin Footballer Paul Mannion. Neil Mannion along with Richard O'Connor, who is not known to have a sibling of great athletic merit, are charged with possession of ecstasy with intent to sell or supply. Continue reading
A number of interesting tidbits come out of the Bulgarian State Agency for National Security press release on Operation Onymous.
There are reports that the National Bank of Ukraine has issued a directive on its Facebook page banning not recognizing the use of Bitcoin for payments within the country. It remains to be seen if other States will begin following Ukraine's lead and begin issuing missives via Facebook post, as well as to what extent the National Bank of Ukraine can actually prevent Bitcoin payments from happening within their borders during a time where Ukrainian borders seem to be undergoing revision.
Justcoin is shutting their doors. The announcement on their blog simply reads:
Justcoin is shutting down. Affected users, check your email
But the email reportedly sent to users goes into a bit more detail. Continue reading
An article from VPN Creative reports that some municipal councils across Italy have fallen victim to a variant of CryptoLocker called TorrentLocker. The ransomware demands a bitcoin payment equivalent to 400 Euros, which doubles in three days if payment is not received. Continue reading
Large purchases including those of housing and real estate in the United Kingdom have stalled today as the Bank of England's Real Time Gross Settlement Payment System is down. As a result banks in the UK can not settle large transactions between each other, though small transactions are processed with a different system. Continue reading
With Spain's Gaming industry facing declining fortunes, regulators seek to issue more online gambling licenses. Spain notably has the highest tax on Gross Gaming Revenue in Europe and a number of established online betting operations in Spain have been relinquishing their licenses due to cost. El Ministerio de Hacienda y Administraciones Publicas has ruled in that past that they suppose online gambling operations in Bitcoin ought to apply for licenses when they operate in Spain.
After the other events of this week rocking Dogecoin, a contributor to the official Dogecoin Facebook page will be going to jail for financial crimes he admits to committing between 2008 and 2011. His post announcing this news is below: Continue reading
The Internet Watch Foundation, a charity based in the UK which aims to remove child pornography from the Internet claims it has seen an up tick in child pornography websites that accept Bitcoin as payment. Continue reading
Mirakl, the French software company which provides a SaaS based online marketplace solution, is now enabling its retail customers to accept bitcoin as a payment option to customers on their websites. Continue reading