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Bitcoin traders in Israel fight bank lockouts with petition, lawsuits

Israel‘s Bitcoin fans have formally lodged a petition that demands the nation’s banks disclose internal policies for dealing with proceeds of cryptocurrency trading, Globes reports. The move follows a series of lawsuits filed against financial institutions that refuse to accept money generated by selling digital currency such as Bitcoin. Israel‘s banks have even reportedly blocked cryptocurrency

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Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange CGEX to shut down before its first birthday

{$inline_image}Malta-based CGEX, a cryptocurrency exchange launched by South Korea’s Coinone in October last year, will cease operating in a few weeks. An announcement posted last week specified that the exchange would cease operating on Sept. 18 at 2:50 UTC. Following that cut-off point, users will be unable to access their accounts. Deposits and withdrawals will also

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Stripe will pay $1 million a year to take carbon out of the air — but will it work?

Photo by Salwan Georges / The Washington Post via Getty Images Major online payments platform Stripe announced on Thursday that it’s pointing its sustainability pocketbook toward technologies that aim to capture planet-warming gases from the air and store them in the ground. The company said it already fully offsets its greenhouse gas emissions, investing in

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