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No Backdoor on Human Rights: Why Encryption Cannot Be Compromised
23.2.2020
In April 2019, the UK issued an Online Harms White Paper to announce its campaign to rein in “harmful speech” on social media sites such as Facebook and TikTok. The public consultation period has ended and a full consultation response is expected in Spring 2020. (Initial Consultation...
How the IRS Audits Cryptocurrency Tax Returns – Filing Expert Shares Example, Insights on AML Focus
23.2.2020
Tax season is one of the most dreaded times of the year for many, and when the added confusion of filing crypto returns is thrown into to the mix, things can get even stickier. News.Bitcoin.com recently talked with Clinton Donnelly of Donnelly Tax Law, a service that specializes in crypto returns....
Half of Predictions Are Right Half the Time — BTC’s Halving Divides Opinions
23.2.2020
Does 2020’s halving-related BTC price growth have any real value or is it just FOMO?
Understanding Defi Flash Loans: Complex Attacks, Inflation and Composable Systems
23.2.2020
Two recent flash loans on the defi platform Bzx have started a fierce debate about the subject of using uncollateralized loans in a quick trade. Essentially these flash loans are providing people with the ability to borrow crypto without relinquishing any collateral. The scheme was used to exploit...
Brave Challenges Google’s Advertising Power Before the UK Competition Watchdog
22.2.2020
The company behind the privacy-oriented browser Brave has set out to convince regulators in the U.K. to end Google’s advertising monopoly in the digital space. In a filing with the country’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Brave puts forward recommendations on how...
Are the BZx Flash Loan Attacks Signaling the End of DeFi?
22.2.2020
Recent attacks on the lending platform bZx have left faith in DeFi shattered, but what actually happened? And can the sector bounce back?
Get Ready for the Bitcoin Halving – Here Are 9 Countdown Clocks You Can Monitor
22.2.2020
The anticipation for the block reward halving for BTC, BCH, and BSV has been building. All three cryptocurrencies will see rewards halved from 12.5 to 6.25 coins throughout the months of April and May. The following is a comprehensive list of websites that are counting down each crypto’s...
BTC Crash, Fraud and Anti-Hodling: Bad Crypto News of the Week
22.2.2020
Tired of reading? Listen to the bad crypto news of the past week instead
FCoin Blames Poor Auditing for Shutdown, but Others Suspect Exit Scam
22.2.2020
Is FCoin another exit scam in the cryptocurrency exchange scene or is its insolvency simply due to ineptitude on the part of the company?
Chinese Government-Backed Institute Releases New Ranking of 37 Crypto Projects
22.2.2020
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has published its latest crypto project ranking — the first this year. A total of 37 crypto projects, two more than in the previous ranking, were evaluated and ranked overall this month as well as in three separate categories. Also...
‘Pandora’s Box, but for Freedom’: Author Isaiah Jackson on Bitcoin’s Impact
22.2.2020
Leigh Cuen is joined by author Isaiah Jackson to talk about financial discrimination and the value bitcoin can offer minority communities
Bitcoin Dominance 6-Month Low Doesn’t Mean Price Is ‘Ultra-Bearish’
22.2.2020
Bitcoin can even drop to $8,800 and remain a bullish play, one analyst thinks
"Tron Is Better Than Ethereum!" A Bitcoin Game
22.2.2020
Vitalik Buterin, Co-founder of Ethereum, and Justin Sun, Founder of Tron. Tron (TRX) is a superior platform to Ethereum (ETH), claim multiple Bitcoin (BTC) people.
For several weeks now, certain Bitcoiners have been trolling the Ethereum camp, claiming that Justin Sun and his Tron are coming...
Bitcoin Price Bullrun May Last 1000 Days as 2020 Now Best Average Year
22.2.2020
Bitcoin may still have 570 days of its bull cycle ahead of it, data claims as 2020 claims new record
Bitcoin Cash Faces ‘Slow Death’ After Alleged $30M Hack — Commentator
22.2.2020
Dovey Wan thinks that a reported $30 million hack on a Bitcoin Cash wallet will pile pressure on the altcoin
Major HSBC Layoffs: 35,000 Job Cuts and Massive Restructuring Announced
22.2.2020
Banking giant HSBC has unveiled a major restructuring plan that includes 35,000 job cuts. The move came as the bank’s net profit plunged 53% last year. HSBC is also slashing $100 billion in assets and closing many branches. “This represents one of the deepest restructuring...
BCH Funding Debate: Amaury Séchet Responds to IFP Questions, Noting Contention in the West
22.2.2020
On February 20, Bitcoin Cash engineers held the second 2020 BCH developers’ meeting and the first since the Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) was added to the Bitcoin ABC version 0.21.0 client. Seven developers discussed new features that are coming after the May upgrade, but a majority...
No Bitcoin ETF Yet: A Deep Dive Into the Situation in the US
22.2.2020
While waiting for decisions on their own U.S. crypto ETF proposals, Wilshire Phoenix, Kryptoin and Crescent Crypto provide their thoughts on the SEC’s ETF situation
How to Check the Bitcoin Price, Hashrate, Data – The 21 Best Monitoring Sites
22.2.2020
As bitcoin grows in popularity and recognition worldwide, resources dedicated to providing in-depth and diverse stats on all things crypto have exploded onto the scene and continue to proliferate rapidly. This post lays out 17 of the best sites, and divides them into basic categories such...
New Italian Fintech Startup Bitsa Adds XMR Support to Its Prepaid Card
21.2.2020
Monaco-based financial firm Bitsa has enabled users to top-up their crypto cards with major privacy-focused coin Monero