During a bail hearing on Friday for Roman Valerevich Seleznev, prosecutors revealed that a laptop computer containing 2.1 million stolen credit card numbers was seized from the defendant. Roman Seleznev is the son of a State Duma member representing the Liberal Democratic Party, Valery Seleznev, and is accused of breaching point-of-sale system of US retailers […]
Japans leading Liberal Democratic Party said it decided against regulating bitcoin for the time being, after the collapse of Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox prompted them to consider more scrutiny of the virtual currency. Mt. Gox, once the worlds biggest bitcoin exchange, filed for bankruptcy in February after saying hackers stole 750,000 bitcoins belonging to […]
A senior official of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party said on Wednesday that regulation of the bitcoin is necessary to protect consumers and the party is debating whether the virtual currency should be subjected to asset tax. Earlier, people familiar with the matter said Japan will this week clarity the legal handling of bitcoin, the […]
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