TechCrunch Gets It Wrong - There Are No Bitcoin Police
Leah Goodman. TechCrunch and Newsweek. TechCrunch's East Coast Editor, John Biggs, recently published an editorial in response to a story which ran on CryptoCoinsNews, “Leah McGrath Goodman Insults Bitcoin Community, Still Defends Her Article.” The original story by our popular writer and Bitcoin enthusiast, Neil Sardesai, dealt with the reporter who turned the reclusive Dorian Nakomoto’s life into a worldwide media frenzy. The crux of the story was that Leah Goodman, the reporter in question, took a blatantly antagonistic tone in defence of her factually-dubious article. As Neil....
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U.K. police have revealed how much cryptocurrency they have seized in the past five years in response to Freedom of Information requests. The London Metropolitan Police seized more bitcoins than other police boroughs.
UK Police Reveal Information About Seized Crypto
Twelve of the U.K.’s 43 police forces have seized cryptocurrency worth approximately £322 million ($435 million) in criminal investigations in the last five years, New Scientist reported Thursday, citing Freedom of Information (FOI) requests it submitted.
Bitcoin made up 99.9% of the....