Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 years ago
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The Freedom Convoy, a sweeping protest prompted by COVID-19 vaccine mandates for Canadian truckers, saw authorities work outside of...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Taiwan’s central bank is yet to conclude work on its central bank digital currency (CBDC) and according to the bank’s governor, the institution may need two more years to finish its work, a report has said. Some of the bank’s nex...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Bitcoin fell toward $19,000 during Asian afternoon hours after central bankers renewed inflation warnings at the European Central Bankâs annual forum on Wednesday.
The asset dropped 5.5% in the past 24 hours, and is on track for a record 40% mont...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Oslo Freedom Forum offers another way to measure the bitcoin networkâs worth. Price action is fine, but, what about real-life impact? The event is not about bitcoin per se. However, The Human Rights Foundationâs Chief Strategy Officer, Alex Glads...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 years ago
In the last article, I broke down what a spacechain is and how they work, but didn't go into any of the things you can do with them. Ultimately, the lack of a two-way peg mechanism severely limits the functionality it can provide to Bitcoin users.
A...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The crypto industry has been wobbling under severe volatility, India out of all the countries has been affected considerably. With rigorous clamping down of the digital asset space, which also includes action by enforcement agencies the industry has...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Stack Exchange - 2 years ago
BIP39 mnemonics are restricted to encode 128 to 256 bits of entropy corresponding to 12 to 24 words. Since 128 bits of security already appears to be quite enough (see this answer on Information Security StackExchange), a better question might be wh...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
E-commerce giant Ebay has filed two trademark applications covering a wide range of products and services relating to the metaverse and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Ebay’s NFT, Metaverse Trademark Applications
Ebay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) filed tw...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
The top U.S. commodities watchdog charged South Africa-based bitcoin pool operator Mirror Trading International with $1.7 billion fraud on Thursday, alleging the global, multilevel marketing scheme âmisappropriatedâ all of the bitcoin it amassed....
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
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Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
It shouldnât be controversial to say that bitcoin (BTC) benefited from the huge money prints the U.S. and other governments made during the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. monetary supply ballooned in the first two years of the third decade of the 2...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Bitcoin briefly sank below $19,000 on Thursday, hitting a fresh low for the year as investors digested the collapse of cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows and the rising risk of an economic recession.
The leading cryptocurrency was down 4.4% a...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
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Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Bitcoin (BTC) drifted further downhill into the June 30 Wall Street open as United States equities opened with a whimper.
BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView
U.S. dollar returns to multi-decade highs
Data from Cointelegraph...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Everyone expects another Bitcoin (BTC) capitulation event, but data suggests that mass buying has already started.
In a Twitter thread on June 29, Checkmate, lead on-chain analyst at data firm Glassnode, drew attention to who in Bitcoin is really st...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Whenever bitcoin moves into a bear market, the victory laps commence.
My personal favorites are those who have been âanti-bitcoinâ for years, often academic types who told you when the BTC price was under $100 that it was a scam. Then they state...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Conventional banks should have a cap on their holdings of unbacked crypto assets to safeguard financial stability, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said Thursday.
The international standard setter is having another go at setting out how...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
If you have been keeping tabs on Bitcoin [BTC] and the crypto market at large for the last few months, chances are you are feeling a bit bitter. Unless you happen to be one of the Bitcoin critics and doom-mongers, in which case, you may be gleaming...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Warren Buffett-backed Nubank, one of the world’s largest digital banking platforms, is now offering cryptocurrency trading to all of its 54 million customers. Nubank also holds bitcoin on its balance sheet.
Nubank’s Crypto Service Now...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Russia has approved a draft bill that exempts cryptocurrency issuers from Value Added Tax (VAT). This move is to further strengthen its pro-crypto stance through its legislation. The lower house of Russian legislature, The State Duma has passed this...