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France has joined the US and Russia in seeking the extradition of a Russian held in Greece for allegedly laundering $4 billion using the bitcoin digital currency, a court source said Wednesday. The French warrant says Alexander Vinnik, who headed bitcoin exchange BTC-e, had defrauded over 100 people in six …

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Alexander Vinnik, the Russian who was arrested last summer following a US arrest warrant has reportedly submitted an asylum application on Monday. According to local media, the 38-year-old visited the office of the Asylum Service in Thessaloniki earlier today. Vinnik is currently in custody in Diavata awaiting for the crucial …

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Bitcoin’s unprecedented rally has boosted the cryptocurrency’s market cap to almost $200 billion. That is more than the annual output of entire economies such as Greece and New Zealand. Views on bitcoin are broadly divided with some investors worried over the bubble nature of the phenomena, while others see it …

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Moscow has requested the extradition of a Russian national also wanted in the United States for laundering billions of dollars through a Bitcoin exchange he operated, a judicial source said Tuesday. Alexander Vinnik, who headed BTC-e, an exchange he operated for the Bitcoin crypto-currency, was indicted by a US court …

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Greek authorities have arrested a 38-year-old Russian man wanted in the United States on suspicion of masterminding a money laundering operation involving at least $4 billion through  transactions in bitcoins. Police said Wednesday they arrested the Russian man in Chalkidiki, Northern Greece, where he was allegedly spending summer vacations. The …

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Have you lost trust to Greek banks? Do you hate the Euro? Do you feel the capital controls restrict your business and private activities?No problem. There are alternatives. The Bitcoins, for example, the web-based digital currency. In order to facilitate business activities free of capital controls and the €uro and …

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