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  • Crypto exchange Coinbase is forced to throttle traffic after its viral QR-code Super Bowl ad briefly crashes its website

    • February 15, 2022
    • Posted by: MasterAdmin
    • Category: Cryptocurrency
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    Coinbase listed on the Nasdaq in 2021.

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    Crypto exchange Coinbase said it was back up and running after its Super Bowl ad giveaway crashed its website.
    The Super Bowl LVI ad featured a QR code bouncing around a screen, offering $15 in free bitcoin for new signups.
    Coinbase’s website couldn’t handle the huge amounts of visitors the ad prompted, forcing it to throttle traffic.…

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  • FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried calls for tougher regulations to tackle crypto scams, following arrests linked to $4.5 billion bitcoin hack

    • February 10, 2022
    • Posted by: MasterAdmin
    • Category: Cryptocurrency
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    Sam Bankman-Fried co-founded the crypto exchange FTX in 2019.

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    Sam Bankman-Fried has called for more federal oversight of the crypto industry, after a number of high-profile hacks and scams. He said those launching coins or projects should have to follow tougher disclosure and anti-fraud rules. His comments came after a couple were arrested for alleged money laundering in connection to a $4.5 billion hack on the Bitfinex exchange in 2016.…

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