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Bitcoin Daily: Lloyd’s Now Covers Crypto In eWallets; U.S. Treasury Adds Hacker Bitcoin Addresses To Blacklist

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Lloyd’s of London , the insurance firm, is supporting a new policy that protects digital currency held in digital wallets from hackers, Coindesk reported on Monday (March 2). The policy is reportedly a new insurance type that has a limit that changes with the price fluctuations of covered digital currency assets.

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Soft Space Launches the First and Only JCB Payment Gateway in Malaysia

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Soft Space Sdn. This is a significant milestone in the strategic partnership between Soft Space and JCB, which was signed in January 2022, and follows their successful central bank digital currency (CBDC) trial in December 2023, as well as the recent agreement to enable JCB acceptance for all HLB merchants.

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Thanks To Ransomware, Bitcoin Leaves A Bad Taste In Corporates’ Mouths

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As a result, the DOJ, for the first time , placed information about digital currency wallets on its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons list. Department of Justice’s indictment last year of two Iranian men using ransomware to steal $30 million from a range of targets in the U.S.

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Can Crypto Power Tourist Cities, Block By Blockchain?

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SWT International Sdn Bhd, an investment network, and China Wuyi, a construction and engineering firm, jointly rolled out the government-supported effort. China is hardly the only player looking to create so-called crypto cities: In Nevada, a digital currency millionaire is aiming to build a blockchain-based community.

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Treasury To Add Certain Cryptocurrency Addresses To Sanctions List

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“[The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)] may add digital currency addresses to the SDN [specially designated nationals] List to alert the public of specific digital currency identifiers associated with a blocked person,” the government agency said in the guidance notice.