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Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things.

Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days.

Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Bitcoin price plunges as India announces ban on cryptocurrencies

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin plunged Thursday after India announced that it’s implementing a ban on cryptocurrencies — not simply exchanges but all use of cryptocurrencies within its borders. Bitcoin investors had already been on tenterhooks (or Tether hooks in this case) over …

TechCrunch alumni arrested over alleged hacking of car sharing company

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A former TechCrunch employee has been arrested in Australia on allegations that he hacked a car sharing company, charged vehicles to other users and stole confidential customer data. Thirty-seven-year-old Nik Cubrilovic from Penrose, New South Wales, was arrested Wednesday by detectives from the NSW Police …

SEC shuts down initial coin offering scam that had raised $600M

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained a court order to shut down a company that had already raised $600 million in an initial coin offering. Called AriseBank, the company was selling tokens to assist in establishing the “first decentralized bank to offer …

Bitfinex Tether fraud investigation causes bitcoin price to dive

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin plunged in trading Tuesday as news emerged that leading cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and related company Tether are under investigation by authorities on potential fraud allegations. The investigation was launched by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It’s looking into whether …

Facebook bans ads for bitcoin and initial coin offerings

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Hoping to protect its users from scammers, social networking giant Facebook Inc. has banned all advertising related to cryptocurrencies, including anything to do with bitcoin and initial coin offerings. Facebook Product Management Director Rob Leathern said in a blog post that “misleading …

Chinese bitcoin exchange BTCC acquired by Hong Kong investment fund

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Chinese bitcoin exchange BTCC Technology Ltd. has been acquired by an unnamed Hong Kong-based blockchain investment fund. The move will allow the company to expand into international markets following mainland China’s crackdown on all things cryptocurrency. Founded in 2011, BTCC was China’s oldest bitcoin …

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