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Seiko Noda, Minister for Internal Affairs of Japan, gainsaid having any interest in a cryptic firm that is still under investigation hence interfering with the ongoing investigation and making the work of police difficult.

The United Kingdom has almost everything needed to be the world's leader in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies, according to a newly released report.

The number of world organizations affected by cryptocurrency mining malware nearly tripled from the second half of last year to the first half of 2018, as per the latest data from Check Point.

South Korea has been swamped reviewing its cryptocurrency regulations. The regulators hope to loosen the rules on cryptocurrency assets in line with G20 famous policies. Another government agency is managing an in-situ inspection of cryptocurrency firms following several hacks and this has attempted the Bank of Korea to issue out a report with its major focus on using cryptocurrency as an alternative means of payment.

The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is taking crypto tax compliance to the international stage, joining other major tax authorities from four nations to create a strong coalition tasked with fighting crypto-related tax crimes.

Stealing of Cryptocurrencies from crypto exchanges highly increased in the first six months of this year to triple the level experienced the whole of last year.

A report revealed that Dogecoin transactions overtook Bitcoin Cash transactions by 3:1. Dogecoin network made 38,400 transactions as Bitcoin Cash just made 12,700. Bitcoin Cash processed 13,433 and 40,441 transactions by Dogecoin by 10:40 GMT Tuesday 19th June.

A report submitted by the researchers of Palo Alto Networks has shown that over 5% of all Monero digital currency currently in circulation has been mined with the elp of malware. More than 2% of the total hash rate per day is created by the devices infected with cryptocurrency mining hardware.

According to a report on the Hanoi Times, Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) wants to suspend the importation of digital currency mining hardware. The reason for the ban is allegedly a large scam where more than 32,000 investors lost almost $660 million.