Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned about romance scams using cryptocurrency. Scammers use romance as a hook to lure people into bogus investments, especially crypto, the federal agency explained. “2021 numbers are nearly fi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Spanish parliament has introduced an amendment to the tax model 720 used to declare cryptocurrency and other holdings abroad, softening some of the penalties associated with it. The modification, which has not yet been approved, changes some of t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Seven executives of the collapsed South Korean scam cryptocurrency exchange, V Global, were recently handed lengthy jail sentences as punishment for their role in running one of the country’s biggest crypto frauds.
Verdict Sets New Benchmark...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
On February 10, the well-known developer of Cydia and iOS Jailbreak, Jay Freeman, otherwise known as Saurik, published a Twitter thread about a bug he found in the Layer-2 (L2) scaling protocol known as Optimism. According to Freeman, the vulnerabili...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The governor of Hungary’s central bank has called for a ban on cryptocurrency trading and mining in the European Union. “It is clear-cut that cryptocurrencies could service illegal activities and tend to build up financial pyramids,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Financial services firm Wells Fargo says that cryptocurrencies are viable investments that have entered the “hyper-adoption” phase. “Cryptocurrencies have been following an adoption pattern similar to other new advanc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Netflix has ordered a documentary series about the couple who allegedly laundered billions of dollars from the 2016 Bitfinex hack. Aspiring rapper Heather Morgan and her husband, Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, were arrested in New Y...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
With the rise in popularity and value, many people turn to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. So it’s no wonder that Intel has announced a new chip for blockchain applications like NFT’s minting and Bitcoin mining. The blockchain chip will make it easie...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
PRESS RELEASE. InsurAce.io has announced that its proposal for a NEAR protocol development grant has now been granted, and that its deployment on NEAR shall take place very soon.
InsurAce.io is constantly on the search for new ecosystems and technolo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The truckers Freedom Convoy in Canada continues even after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has warned the truckers the government is ready to “respond with whatever it takes.” Furthermore, an Ontario judge on Friday order...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The internet content subscription service Onlyfans has announced the launch of a feature that leverages non-fungible token (NFT) technology. The newly-added feature, introduced on Thursday, gives Onlyfans members the ability to display authenticated...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The California-based technology company and the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, Intel, has revealed the company will “contribute to the development of blockchain technologies” by offering &...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Law enforcement in Russia has blocked major sites on the dark web, including a carding market leader. The platforms have been seized amid ongoing investigations into hacking groups, with Russian authorities ramping up efforts to dismantle the cybercr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Friday’s big gainer IOTX fell lower on Saturday, as a red wave continued to submerge crypto markets to start the weekend. Overall, cryptocurrencies were down around 5% as of writing.
Biggest Gainers
On a day where the majority of the crypto ma...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Feb. 12, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, listed Crypton (CRP) on February 11, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the CRP/USDT trading pair officially became available for...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Ethereum dropped below $3,000 to start the weekend, as cryptocurrency prices fell for a second consecutive day. Bitcoin was also lower, giving up some of this week’s gains in the process.
Bitcoin
Following a surge to a high above $45,000 to s...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Stack Exchange - 2 years ago
I am trying to create a .psbt using BitcoinCore on mainnet. The use-case is that I want to be able to export the unsigned transaction, import it into my cold-storage wallet (using BitcoinCore) and sign it, to then broadcast it. I ha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Stack Exchange - 2 years ago
To my knowledge, there is no theoretical limit to the size of a blockchain block - you can design it to be as large as you would like it to be as long as there is enough storage space on the network's devices.
The advantage of large blocks would be...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Kenya’s central bank has acknowledged in a recently released document that a central bank digital currency could potentially benefit the country’s financial system. The bank, however, warned that rolling out a CBDC could also pose risks...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Stack Exchange - 2 years ago
blockchain.info - Restore blockchain.com wallet(s) in case the company goes away? - Bitcoin Stack Exchange
Bitcoin Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for Bitcoin crypto...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Bandai Namco, a game development and publishing company, has announced its intention of creating its own metaverse to increase the engagement fans have with the brand. The strategy was announced during the reveal of its new mid-term plan, which outli...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Mr. Chawalit Rugsasri – better known as Tor – is the CEO of Nakamoto Games. Nakamoto Games is quickly establishing itself as the platform of choice for decentralized games by making it easy for developers to release highly engaging and interactive ga...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Valentine’s Day is a significant day for many people worldwide.
In the run-up to “heart’s day,” many will take on the role of Mr. Cupid – the chubby winged angel – except his arrows of love will not only break your heart, but...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The infamous Infrastructure Bill put the IRS in a difficult situation. The bill gave the organization incredible fund tracking superpowers. The thing is, the measurements were impossible to enforce. Now, Bloomberg informs us about a letter that a gro...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Bank of Zambia has said it expects to complete its study seeking to determine the feasibility of launching a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), before the end of the last quarter of 2022.
Narrowing the Financial Exclusion Gap
The Z...