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BIS Chief Blasts Bitcoin’s Viability, Prompting Blowback From Advocates
27.1.2021
Bitcoin maximalists cried foul at the central banker's prognostications
Crypto Advocates Think Joe Biden’s $3 Trillion Stimulus Plan Will Bolster Bitcoin
11.1.2021
According to various reports, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is planning to create another $3 trillion for Covid-19 relief and infrastructure. The massive stimulus plan and the backers behind the Biden administration have made crypto proponents believe that bitcoin will prosper greatly. Biden...
Snowden Reacts to Bitcoin’s New Price Milestone — Whistleblower Tweets ‘One word: Bitcoin’
16.12.2020
The price of bitcoin has just hit a historic milestone in a turbulent year, crossing the $20,000 threshold, refreshing its all-time high, and well-known crypto advocates such as Edward Snowden have been reacting to the news on social media. Snowden Reacts to Bitcoin All-Time Highs The famous...
Snowden and human rights advocates talk internet surveillance in the era of BLM
11.12.2020
Challenges to internet freedom are threats to grassroots protests, panelists agreed
Privacy Coin Advocates Persevere Amid Multiple Crypto Exchange Delistings
11.12.2020
As delisting for privacy coins spreads, advocates argue that not only should regulators want them on exchanges but they should tell exchanges what they need to do to be compliant
Mike Novogratz has 50% of net worth in crypto, advocates up to 5% for investors
8.12.2020
“I think a new investor could put 5% into Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s not going back to zero.”
Bolivia Essentially Banned Crypto but Blockchain Advocates Are Pushing Back
4.12.2020
Bolivia is one of the rare countries that has essentially banned cryptocurrency, but the nation's blockchain advocates aren't giving up
XRP Price Climbed 123% in 30 Days, Spark Token Airdrop Pushes Value Higher
24.11.2020
During the course of the week digital currency markets have seen colossal gains and one crypto asset, in particular, XRP, has jumped significantly in value over the last seven days. The distributed ledger token XRP climbed 25% upwards on Tuesday alone, and seven-day price stats show the coin...
BTC Rainbow Proponent Wants to Bet USD 1m that S2F Advocates Are Wrong
12.11.2020
When it comes to crypto, investors often talk about putting your money where your mouth is. And it looks like one outspoken critic is prepared to do exactly that – offering a bet of USD 1m that the bitcoin (BTC) stock-to-flow (S2F) price model will flop in the next half-decade.
The audacious move...
‘Digital Mercenaries’: Why Blockchain Analytics Firms Have Privacy Advocates Worried
4.11.2020
Blockchain surveillance highlights the tension between further crypto transparency that encourages wider adoption and its cypherpunk roots
‘You Are Not Anonymous on Tor’ – Study Shows Privacy Network Offers Superficial Anonymity
17.9.2020
Privacy advocates are growing leery of the Tor network these days, as recently published research has shown a great number of network’s exit relays are compromised. Furthermore, on September 15, the Hacker Factor Blog published a new Tor report that shows IP addresses being uncovered....
Re-Mining Simulation Shows Satoshi Used a Single High-End PC to Mine 1.1M Bitcoin
23.8.2020
Cryptocurrency advocates have been recently discussing the mysterious Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto as RSK’s chief scientist, Sergio Dermain Lerner, published a paper called “The Patoshi Mining Machine.” Essentially, Lerner simulated Satoshi’s mining experience....
Digital Dollar? Get Real, Financial Inclusion Advocates Tell Congress
12.6.2020
Currently just a flashy idea, the digital dollar is competing with duller but proven methods for the job of getting stimulus funds to every U.S. resident
Minnesota Official Alarms Privacy Advocates With Contact Tracing Comments
3.6.2020
Comments from a Minnesota official comparing law enforcement to contact tracing alerted privacy activists to the dangers of misusing COVID-19 health data
Trump's Fed Nominee Advocates a Gold-Backed Currency, Even a Crypto One
21.5.2020
Judy Shelton, President Trump's nominee for the Federal Reserve board of governors, has advocated for getting back to a gold standard, possible "in a very cryptocurrency way."
No, Donald Trump, Negative Rates Aren't a 'Gift' Bitcoin Advocates Warn
13.5.2020
What seems to be a fresh attempt to sway the Fed to take rates negative saw immediate backlash from sound-money supporters
Bitcoin Advocates Cry Foul as US Fed Buying ETFs for the First Time
12.5.2020
Yet another unprecedented move from the U.S. central bank to shore up the fiat economy means that it is violating its own charter, critics warn
Data Shows the US Economy Was Collapsing 5 Months Before the Coronavirus Outbreak
3.5.2020
During the last two months, the global economy has shuddered and a great number of people still attribute the financial meltdown to the Covid-19 outbreak. However, during the last two weeks, the blame has shifted, as many citizens are now blaming the government lockdowns, overly-predictive models...
Purse.io Returns: Company Reveals Crypto Marketplace ‘Is Here to Stay’
27.4.2020
On April 17, new.Bitcoin.com reported on the crypto marketplace Purse.io announcing the company would dissolve. Six days later, Purse revealed that the team is reconsidering the decision and explained that well known bitcoin advocates reached out with interest in acquisition. More than a week...
Liquidity Crisis: The Fed Is Sending Billions of Emergency Dollars to USD-Dependent Nations
24.4.2020
Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. Federal Reserve has created trillions of dollars in order to keep the central bank’s private partners’ liquidity strong during the economic downturn. These moves have caused a number of sound money advocates and economists to explain...