Nov. 4: Rapper T.I., Charlie Shrem Sued Over Alleged Pump-and-Dump, BTC Theft Respectively

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The Winklevii Sue Charlie Shrem for Alleged Theft of 5,000 BTC in 2012.Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have claimed in a new lawsuit that Bitcoin Foundation founder Charlie Shrem has "Stolen" 5,000 Bitcoin from them in 2012.

Bitcoin "Patient Zero" Wences Casares, the founder of BTC wallet startup Xapo, said that Bitcoin may take years to become successful.

Climate Change Report Finds Bitcoin Usage Could Raise Global Temperature by 2 C.A new reported published by climate change scientists has raised warnings about the effects of Bitcoin's carbon footprint on global environment.

According to their research, which is based on the existing data for BTC's electricity consumption in conjunction with different projections for the crypto's future adoption, the cumulative emissions of BTC usages would "Cross the 2 C threshold within 22 years." Even if Bitcoin follows a faster adoption path, it could cross that threshold in just "11 years." The report notes that while more efficient hardware could reduce BTC's carbon footprint, one can't relay on "Yet-to-be-developed hardware."

The regulatory approval means that New Yorkers can use cash to buy or sell Bitcoin using Coinsource's "Bitcoin Teller Machines," of which there are 40 machines currently deployed across the state in three counties.

Major U.S. crypto exchange and wallet Coinbase may offer as many as 300 more coins in the future, according to an interview with the company's president and COO. Speaking to Bloomberg, Asiff Hirji said that Coinbase planned on avoiding complex U.S. regulations on crypto tokens by offering more assets to non-residents, noting that the number could jump from its current seven to "200-300" over the next year.

FUD of the WeekCryptoTrader Host Ran NeuNer Rescinds Claim That BTC Will Hit $50K in 2018.Ran NeuNer, the host of CNBC's CryptoTrader, has retracted his earlier prediction that Bitcoin will reach $50,000 by the end of 2018.

NeuNer had originally tweeted in February of this year that Bitcoin will finish 2018 at $50,000, and has updated it with a new pinned tweet that Bitcoin "Will not" finish 2018 at $50,000.

Jacob Burrell Campos allegedly admitted selling "Hundreds of thousands of dollars" in BTC to more than 1,000 customers from January 2015 to April 2017, meaning that he operated an unregistered "Bitcoin exchange." According to the court, it is illegal in that Burrell did not register his business operation with the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of Treasury, and failed to apply AML regulations on the sources of his clients' funds.

Best Cointelegraph FeaturesBitcoin White Paper - 10 Years Since Satoshi's Vision Was Brought to Life.Cointelegraph celebrates the 10 year anniversary of Satoshi Nakamoto's release of the Bitcoin white paper with an overview of the white paper's influence, a brief history of the cryptocurrency, and an interactive quiz to find out how "Expert" our readers' knowledge of Bitcoin is.

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