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Estonian Crypto Purge; BitPay Card; Three Arrows Hit Grayscale + More News
11.6.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Estonian regulators worried that crypto-related firms are using their local credentials to help commit fraud...
Tone Vays’ Channel Banned as YouTube Continues Crypto Purge
16.4.2020
Tone Vays saw one of his YouTube videos banned, followed by his channel's termination shortly thereafter
Silver Lining for Bitcoin Amid Global Market Panic, Altcoins Purge Estimated
9.3.2020
As global stock markets saw massive sell-offs overnight, cryptoassets also fell sharply, with both bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) recording double-digit losses over the past 24 hours of trading. However, some industry observers claim that crypto’s mainstream moment as a utility may finally...
Is YouTube’s Crypto Purge Back?
24.2.2020
Yesterday, YouTube banned a series of cryptocurrency-related educational videos in what many are referring to as a ‘Crypto Purge.’ International blockchain speaker and educator, Ivan on Tech, tweeted that a live feed on his YouTube channel was removed for “harmful or dangerous content.” YOUTUBE...
Is YouTube’s Crypto Purge Back?
24.2.2020
Yesterday, YouTube banned a series of cryptocurrency-related educational videos in what many are referring to as a ‘Crypto Purge.’ International blockchain speaker and educator, Ivan on Tech, tweeted that a live feed on his YouTube channel was removed for “harmful or dangerous content.” YOUTUBE...
Crypto Researcher Hasu Flags Attack That Could Bring ‘Purge’-Style Mayhem to Bitcoin
6.2.2020
Like the dystopia of the "Purge" movies, a newly uncovered potential attack on bitcoin would permit users to rob each other for a short period of time
Was Youtube’s Christmas Crypto Purge Illegal?
2.1.2020
This article considers the legal implications of Youtube’s notorious purge of crypto channels on Christmas Eve. What legal context induces Youtube and other social media giants to operate as they do? The article does not explore whether it is morally proper to terminate a contract without...
Google Bans Crypto App Metamask From Play Store
29.12.2019
Soon after Google-owned Youtube has swung the strikes hammer against video content creators that talked about cryptocurrency-related topics, another arm of the search monopoly has taken down a popular ethereum dapps client. Also Read: Youtube ‘Christmas Purge’ Has Content Creators...
YouTube’s Crypto-purge Opens Discussions for a Decentralized Alternative
27.12.2019
Google has been known as an open admirer of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. Its former CEO, Eric Schmidt, has recently praised Bitcoin and termed it as amazing advancement while the current CEO of Alphabet Inc. Sundar Pichai said in a recent interview that he regularly mined Ethereum....
YouTube Calls Crypto Purge a Mistake But Many Videos Still Missing
26.12.2019
YouTube shut down dozens of crypto videos in a move that it admits was a mistake
Youtube ‘Christmas Purge’ Has Content Creators Pointing to These Alternate Platforms
26.12.2019
Recent widespread video removals have crypto Youtubers searching for greener and more dependable pastures for content production. While reports have since emerged of Youtube claiming the incident was an accident, and that videos are now being restored, the “Christmas Crypto purge”...
OKEx Korea Axes Privacy Coins as South Korean Purge Intensifies
16.9.2019
The South Korean branch of cryptocurrency exchange OKEx says it will delist five privacy coins as of October this year, saying they “violate regulatory laws.”
The exchange announced that it will delist Monero, Dash, ZCash, Horizen and Super Bitcoin as of October 10, and has set a December...
Are South Korean Exchanges Preparing a Delistings Purge?
26.8.2019
South Korea’s biggest exchanges are looking to slim down their listings – with a slew of delistings possibly on the cards at the country’s “big four” platforms.
Per a report from Fn News, Upbit is set to delist the Sphere (SPHR), Edgeless (EDG) and Guppy (GUP) cryptocurrencies, and will likely...
The Next Big Financial Meltdown Is Around the Corner, Many Voices Warn
25.7.2019
“The economy is looking great,” how many times have they told you that? And why do you usually hear it when you are late on a mortgage payment or during a downsizing purge at your company? Relying on your senses is always a safer bet than trusting the wishful thinking of those...
How to Delete Untracked Files in a Mercurial Repository
29.5.2018
Working around Firefox at Mozilla means that you need to get acquainted with mercurial, the version control system that rivals git and svn. Like any tool, hg (mercurial) can be difficult until you’re well versed with it. And if you hg import a URL that doesn’t match up with...