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HM Revenue & Customs, the British tax authority, is pressuring cryptocurrency exchanges to reveal customers’ names and transaction histories, in a bid to claw back unpaid taxes, industry sources said. British Authorities Seek Data from Crypto Exchanges in Search of Tax Evaders. Letters requesting lists of customers and transaction data have landed on the doorsteps…
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Blockstream launches bitcoin mining facility and pool. Blockstream, the Canadian Bitcoin technologies company, is launching a bitcoin mining facility and mining pool, the firm announced in a blog post Thursday. Blockstream’s mining data center will host its clients’ mining activities in addition to Blockstream’s own mining operations. The mining facility counts Fidelity Center for Applied…
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Commerzbank Tests a Blockchain-Based Payment Solution. Commerzbank, the second-largest bank in Germany, is exploring a blockchain-based payments solution that won’t require human intervention, according to an announcement Thursday. The bank has already completed testing the first use case of the solution, where it issued euros on a blockchain and provided automobile giant Daimler Trucks, the…