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Bitcoin might be used for counterbalancing a bet against MSTR
2025-5-15 23:43 | |
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Inspired by El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach, a town in Guatemala is focused on cleaning its lake by diverting used cooking oil to bitcoin miners.
2022-9-22 00:48 | |
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I have already mentioned that there are many different types of bitcoin wallets, and I will talk about some of them, including software, mobile and hardware wallets. I will explain why Bitcoin can be used anonymously; for example, it can be used for daily payments and used in a Bitcoin wallet.
2021-2-10 10:05 | |
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Bitcoin has had a slew of crimes related to it in the past few years, that's the price you pay for using a censorship-resistant universal cryptocurrency. But looking at the facets of what makes a crimThe post Sextortion scams: Bitcoin, not Monero, is the most used crypto appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-7-5 20:00 | |
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Cryptocurrencies first came into conception over a decade ago. Of the many cryptocurrencies that are now available in the market, one of the most commonly used is bitcoin. Because of its effectivity and the many other advantages it offers, bitcoins have come a long way.
2019-7-12 08:44 | |
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A new browser extension has just been launched that hopes to make it easier for people to start thinking in Bitcoin prices when they do their online shopping. The aptly titled “Get Used to Bitcoin” automatically converts prices at some of the planet’s biggest internet retailers and elsewhere to Bitcoin and displays a price in.
2019-5-23 00:00 | |
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Bitcoin is the reigning champion of cryptocurrency criminals. That’s the conclusion of blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis, which discovered that bitcoin is used in 95% of crypto crimes. This finding isn’t surprising since bitcoin is by far the most popular and widely used of the 2,000 digital currencies around today.
2019-4-26 19:12 | |
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Lightning Network has stepped up its game and is now allowing users to transact cryptocurrencies on Amazon. Bitcoin [BTC], Ethereum [ETH], Bitcoin Cash [BCH], and Litecoin [LTC], can now be directly used on the biggest e-commerce website in the world.
2019-4-23 09:33 | |
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There are still people out there that believe that bitcoin transactions are anonymous. However, the Bitcoin blockchain can be used to trace cryptocurrency transactions to specific actors and money laundering… The post How the Bitcoin Blockchain Was Used to Track Down DNC Email Hackers appeared first on CoinCentral.
2018-9-21 01:37 | |
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Last week, the Czechs witnessed a very peculiar political debate. The issue of crypto-mining was used as an argument for political attack seeking to discredit a minority party that criticized the inefficiency of the Czech administration.
2018-9-21 15:41 | |
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ConsenSys Social Impact — a program designed to build blockchain-based solutions for global humanitarian issues — is partnering with MakerDAO and optiMize to launch a new Blockchain for Social Impact Incubator at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
2018-9-20 01:55 | |
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On Sunday, Sept. 16, the Dubai Police warned the community that several risks could arise from large-scale unmonitored digital currency transactions. Some of these transactions could expose users to fraud and piracy and could even be used to facilitate money laundering.
2018-9-20 21:29 | |
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The world of cryptocurrencies is now moving from centralized exchanges to decentralized exchanges. Crypto enthusiasts have often criticized the single-point-of-failure architecture used in these platforms as it makes their funds vulnerable to security breaches and coin robberies.
2018-9-20 19:54 | |
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Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited.
2018-9-18 19:50 | |
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More than half of the entire Bitcoin circulating supply is controlled by cryptocurrency whales, and 42 percent of them didn’t sell during peak crypto-mania. Blockchain research unit Diar has put together some interesting data that suggests less than 1 percent of all wallet addresses control $100 billion in Bitcoin.
2018-9-18 14:42 | |
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CoinMarketCap, a top website when it comes to monitoring cryptocurrency data, may make a move to allow users to vote on which projects should be listed on the site. It is now one of the most visited websites in the world, and it recently used a Twitter survey to gauge user interest.
2018-9-18 14:29 | |
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Ripple has found itself in the center of huge controversy, the cryptocurrency regulation debate in the US hit Ripple, with claims that XRP is a security. While the company has consistently argued against it, there seems no denying that the standard Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s definition when used in the crypto market, will hurt […] Ripple Introduces XRP Ledger (rippled) Version 1.
2018-9-18 08:49 | |
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Malware, a persistent thorn in the side of the internet’s wider community, has become an increasing concern for cryptocurrency users. A problem that comes in many forms, malicious software is leveraged by hackers to rob community members of their funds.
2018-9-18 23:37 | |
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If bear markets terrify you, take some advice from an experienced economic researcher and editor at Forbes who bought Bitcoin for $14. Things are far more serious when you’re charged for Bitcoin’s price oscillations.
2018-9-17 01:00 | |
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Bitcoin means an ambitious categorisation effort by regular financial companies resulting in some viewing this alluring new asset class as much as a hybrid of a currency as it is an investment. Bitcoin has been declared as a commodity by the Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC).
2018-9-17 00:30 | |
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This week Dutch authorities revealed to the public that the Netherlands’ largest financial services provider, ING, had violated numerous money laundering laws because they didn’t scrutinize unusual transactions and certain accounts.
2018-9-16 21:28 | |
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As the Tron mainnet is working smoothly across the world, Tron Foundation has burnt yet another set of tokens to facilitate its transition from the Ethereum blockchain. On Thursday, Sept. 13, the Foundation burnt 4,917,487,036.
2018-9-16 18:48 | |
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The fact of the matter is that many of us know more about Bitcoin (BTC) and the rest of our favorite digital assets, than we know about our local fiat currencies. We simply found our local currency being used and went along with the story that it was how the world operated.
2018-9-16 17:38 | |
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Chen Min, the former chief chip maker at Bitcoin mining chip developer Canaan Creative, is turning her attention to Ethereum. Announcing her venture at the Ethereum Classic Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Chen’s new company, Linzhi, will focus on building cryptocurrency mining devices, and its first official products are a series of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners designed specifically for Ethereum and Ethereum Classic.
2018-9-15 01:22 | |
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Can bitcoin be used for social good? If anyone thinks so, it’s Ray Youssef, the CEO of peer-to-peer bitcoin platform Paxful. A successful entrepreneur in the crypto and blockchain space, Youssef comes from humble beginnings and understands the importance of maintaining control over one’s finances.
2018-9-15 21:50 | |
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Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited.
2018-9-15 20:21 | |
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BitGo has received the green light from the South Dakota Division of Banking to act as a qualified custodian for digital assets, according to a Business Wire press release.
2018-9-14 20:01 | |
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University of Berkeley Professor Barry Eichengreen has taken a swipe at the viability of stablecoins in an op-ed published on Project Syndicate. The critique, entitled “The Stable-Coin Myth,” argues stablecoins are not automatically "viable" just because they are pegged to an asset, though Eichengreen does believe they have an advantage over "conventional cryptocurrencies" such as bitcoin which he says "is highly unstable" and "unattractive as units of account.
2018-9-13 18:07 | |
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Terms such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum are no longer unfamiliar ones. The finance & investment world is largely dominated by these cryptocurrencies that help in safe digital transactions for all participating parties.
2018-9-13 11:58 | |
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Stablecoins are a temporary answer for the volatile market of traditional cryptocurrencies. These fiat-backed coins, such as Tether (USDT) or the Winklevoss Twins’ new Gemini Dollar, are generally used to exchange and store value in a safer way than, say, Bitcoin (BTC).
2018-9-13 08:11 | |
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One of the main arguments used by cryptocurrency critics is that digital currencies make it easier to finance terrorism. But, as they say, the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. A defense expert recently told the US Congress that it is actually harder to finance terrorists using cryptos after citing that numerous attempts by terrorist […] Cash, Not Crypto, Still King When It Comes to Funding Terrorists was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-9-12 18:29 | |
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The launch of stablecoins is viewed as a palliative measure to decrease the impact of the recent crisis with Bitcoin, some have even described it as ETFs replacement for a short time. However, Barry Eichengreen, a professor of Economics UC Berkeley has said that stablecoins are not the way to fix the problem.
2018-9-12 13:30 | |
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Artificial intelligence is increasingly popular across a wide variety of technologies used in a wide variety of industries. And the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) are virtually limited — AI can be used to calculate everything from what we’re most likely to buy to who we’re most likely to fall in love with.
2018-9-11 14:29 | |
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Two crypto companies, Gemini Trust and Paxos, got a green light from a New York state regulator to launch their own stablecoins pegged 1:1 to the U. S. dollar. New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) gave an okay to Gemini Trust, the crypto exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, to launch Gemini Dollar (GUSD).
2018-9-11 01:58 | |
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Blockchain has become the hottest tech term used in recent times. Being primarily set up for the trading of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple, blockchain technology holds the potential to deliver significant transformations and finally become a means of solving many modern day problems that exist industry-wide.
2018-9-11 22:39 | |
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Spark is a web-based GUI wallet designed for speed, safety and simplicity that utilizes Blockstream’s Lightning implementation c-lightning as its backend. The platform allows for easy spending and receiving of bitcoins over the Lightning Network, which is renowned for its payment speeds.
2018-9-11 22:32 | |
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Decred (DCR) provides an intriguing governance & network decision-making alternative to the clunky, informal systems used by traditional PoW powerhouses Bitcoin and Ethereum. The network's hashrate and transaction volumes have improved over the last six months, and despite bearish price movements DCR has not fallen as far from its all-time highs as the majority of other alt-coins
2018-9-9 21:33 | |
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Bitcoin side projects could speed up Bitcoin ETF, according to Samson Mow, the CSO of Blockstream. In a recent interview, Samson spoke about the general state of Bitcoin, while also providing price predictions and his thoughts on a potential timeline for Bitcoin ETF approval.
2018-9-9 23:00 | |
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Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology (DLT), is growing faster than a speeding bullet. After a period of ostracization and criminalization, the technology behind Bitcoin is now being used by the Banking industry.
2018-9-9 17:00 | |
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Social media giant Twitter is exploring the uses of blockchain technology. CEO of Twitter Inc. Jack Dorsey testified before a Congressional committee on Wednesday, Sept. 5. The US House Committee on Energy and Commerce asked him questions related to transparency and accountability.
2018-9-8 15:59 | |
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Post Oak Motors Introduces BitPay Integration, Can Accept Bitcoin The words “Lambo” and its equivalents are some of the most commonly used terms in the vernacular of a cryptocurrency trader, as some, whether they are jokesters or high-achieving individuals, claim that the exquisite lifestyle can be achieved via crypto investing.
2018-9-8 10:16 | |
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Bitcoin is “functioning well as a reserve currency” for cryptocurrency investors as its transaction volume looks set to halve in 2018, Placeholder VC partner Chris Burniske said following new analysis released this week.
2018-9-8 04:00 | |
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A growing number of start-ups and larger companies have begun to experiment with blockchain’s utility for solving public health crises — like the opioid epidemic in the United States. Cryptocurrencies have had a testy relationship with some law enforcement figures in the United States, who see popular forms like Bitcoin as a scapegoat for an ongoing opioid crisis.
2018-9-8 23:00 | |
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Analysts are always seeking new ways to assess cryptocurrencies. Different metrics provide insights that can be used to gauge various trends, such as estimating when a particular asset has bottomed out and is due to rise.
2018-9-8 21:35 | |
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When the word “trading” occurs with a term, then “analysis” is also a part of the process apart from buying and selling. Just as forex and stock trading makes use of technical charts and indicators for analyzing the trend, so does the cryptocurrency trading.
2018-9-8 17:10 | |
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Bill Barhydt, the CEO of BTC payment company Abra, believes Bitcoin will receive ETF approval in 2019. While the SEC recently rejected no less than nine Bitcoin ETF applications by GraniteShares, Direxion and ProShares, Bill claims the sole reason these applications were rejected is because they failed to meet the existing expectations of the SEC.
2018-9-7 15:30 | |
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Due to Grant County’s lower power cost that comes from the local hydroelectric plant, many cryptocurrency mining operations have flocked to Washington state. However, their luck is bound to change as the Grant County Public Utility District (PUD) recently announced a rate hike for electricity used by cryptocurrency mining farms by as much as threefold, the International Business Times reported...The post %%POSTLINK%% appeared first on %%BLOGLINK%%.
2018-9-7 15:00 | |
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American stock brokerage firm EF Hutton is initiating coverage of seven cryptocurrencies, each given a rating of one to five stars. New. Bitcoin. com talked to CEO Christopher Daniels who shared his firm’s methodology used to analyze the cryptocurrencies and how they are rated.
2018-9-7 07:10 | |
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Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited.
2018-9-7 00:27 | |
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Международная платежная система Mastercard подписала соглашение с бразильской компанией Mercado Libre об обязательстве повысить безопасность и прозрачность криптоэкосистемы этого онлайн-магазина.
A surge in ransomware in 2021 has also resulted in a surge in Monero usage as the method of payment, as more criminal groups want only XMR.
MasterCard has continued expanding its presence in the cryptocurrency sector, with the latest reports… The post MasterCard acquires crypto intelligence firm CipherTrace appeared first on Coin Journal.
Binance beefs up blockchain analytics amid a surge in DeFi exploits.
The DeFi summer of 2020 witnessed ‘rug-pulls’ left, right, and center. DeFi Landscape Saw Major Crypto Thefts Blockchain technology and cryptocurrency analysis firm CipherTrace recently released the 2020 Cryptocurrency Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Report.
When it comes to island-hopping crypto exchanges with relaxed know-your-customer rules, BitMEX could be just the tip of the iceberg.
Около 74% биткоинов в межбиржевых транзакциях в 2019 году перемещались через границы. Это несет риск отмывания денег в условиях недостаточных мер KYC/AML и ставит под удар банки, считают специалисты аналитической компании CipherTrace.