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Matt Furie Adds to 2016 NFT Card Collection — ‘Rare Pepe Directory Is Complete,’ Says NFT Wallet Creator
7.10.2021
About five years ago, Bitcoin.com News reported on the notorious Pepe the frog getting added to the blockchain collectible world after the non-fungible token (NFT) cards were minted on the Counterparty protocol in 2016. Now the creator of Pepe the frog, Matt Furie, has added his flare to the...
October’s Historical Bitcoin Price Trend Extends Hope for a Renewed Bull Run to End the Year
2.10.2021
Bitcoin logged price losses once again for the crypto asset’s fifth consecutive September in its lifetime, but as soon as the month ended, billions of dollars came back into the crypto economy. Metrics show that while September has consistently been a bad month for bitcoin, October, on...
Web Streams Everywhere (and Fetch for Node.js)
29.9.2021
Chrome developer advocate Jake Archibald called 2016 “the year of web streams.” Clearly, his prediction was somewhat premature. The Streams Standard was announced back in 2014. It’s taken a while, but there’s now a consistent streaming API implemented …
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US Government Seizes Trezor Wallet With $6.3 Million in Bitcoin From Gift Card Fraud Case
27.9.2021
On September 22, 2021, a U.S. district judge from San Antonio, Texas, granted a summary judgment on the civil forfeiture of 147 bitcoin worth $6.3 million held on a Trezor hardware wallet. According to the court filing, the crypto assets stemmed from a Target gift card fraud incident that started...
Senator Warren’s office confuses MakerDAO for failed 2016 project The DAO
21.9.2021
Elizabeth Warren’s office has allegedly confused top 10 DeFi protocol MakerDAO with an early experiment in decentralized autonomous organizations that failed in 2016
Solana Restarts Mainnet, SOL Users Complain, Dev Says Network Stall Not Similar to ETH in 2016
15.9.2021
The blockchain network Solana had issues processing blocks on September 14 and according to a status report on September 15 at 2:01 a.m. (EST), the Solana validator community “successfully completed a restart of Mainnet Beta.” Solana Validators Restart Mainnet Beta Solana is now...
Mysterious New Radio Signals Infiltrate 2016's Oxenfree
13.9.2021
As Night School Studio builds up toward next year’s release of Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, it’s added some new spooky goings-on to 2016's Oxenfree. Returning to the Steam version of that game today (when patched) will allow you to discover some new radio broadcasts that hint at the storyline...
Can Bitcoin Break Historical September Price Trends? Spike Above $51K Suggests 2021’s 9th Month Is Different
6.9.2021
The price of bitcoin has risen above the $51K zone on Sunday and traders and speculators are curious as to where the price is headed next. Historically, in September, bitcoin prices don’t fare so well and usually get better in October. For this reason, skeptics are not sure...
Evan Luthra Joins Soldex as Lead Investor
3.9.2021
Evan Luthra is a prolific angel investor having been in crypto since 2014 and early discoverer in Eaze.com (Fastest growing on-demand Tech company in 2016) and Wheelys Cafe (over 1000+ coffee shops in 40 countries), more recently investing in the seed round of Hashgraph.com (The billion dollar...
Unido – Leading the Race at Bridging Institutional Investors to Crypto Markets
9.8.2021
To demonstrate the use case and commercial viability of Unido Enterprise Platform (EP), it is helpful to compare with an established digital asset management platform which has built in DeFi options. Enzyme (MLN) has been selected for competitor comparison and analysis, given it launched in July...
Selling Lord Kek Dust — 2016 Rare Pepe NFTs See Fresh Demand Going for Thousands on Opensea
3.8.2021
During the first half of the year, non-fungible token (NFT) sales surged to $2.5 billion in 2021, and trade volume shows the trend hasn’t slowed down. For instance, July saw a record $363 million spent on approximately 157,801 NFT sales. Meanwhile, as new NFTs enter the space every day, older...
Japanese Fans Accidently Thought That Olympians Were 'Pikachu' And 'Raichu'
28.7.2021
When Phillip and Ryan Chew played against Japan in the badminton men’s doubles tournament, their names were shortened for the country’s TV broadcast.Read more
Gold outshines Bitcoin in Q2 even after posting its worst month since 2016
30.6.2021
Safe-haven rivals move inversely to one another in a quarter mired by mixed inflation reports, Elon Musk FUD, and a suddenly hawkish Federal Reserve
Oracle Vinny Lingham Still Envisions $100K This Year if Bitcoin ‘Continues to Hold $30K’
28.6.2021
The former CEO of Gyft and the cofounder of the project Civic, Vinny Lingham has been called an ‘oracle’ at times for correctly predicting the future price of bitcoin. On various occasions all the way back to 2016, Lingham has made correct bitcoin price calls over the years. Even though...
Taproot Lock-in Achieved — Bitcoin Network Set to Activate Biggest Upgrade in Four Years
12.6.2021
The ‘Speedy Trial’ lock-in period for the Bitcoin network upgrade Taproot is now complete. Data from taproot.watch details the lock-in has been achieved and it was locked in at block height 687,285 and mined by the mining pool Slushpool. Bitcoin Taproot Lock-in Complete at Block Height...
Speedy Trial Success — Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Set to Lock-in This Weekend
12.6.2021
On Friday, June 11, 2021, data shows that Taproot could get locked-in this coming weekend, as the signal ratio is 98.3% and a touch more than 100 additional signaling blocks are needed to lock in the upcoming soft fork. Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Inches Toward Lock-in, Success Means Activation...
Pepe the Frog Creator Launches NFTs Featuring the Infamous Internet Meme
2.6.2021
The infamous Internet meme “Pepe the Frog” will be immortalized in non-fungible token (NFT) collectible form by the frog’s original creator Matt Furie. Of course, Pepe has been featured in blockchain art before and a series of cards were created via Counterparty in 2016. However...
Chinese Investors File Lawsuit Against US-Based Alleged Crypto Fraudster Who Promised $200,000 Profits per Day
15.5.2021
A group of Chinese investors has filed a lawsuit against an alleged crypto fraudster based in New York, United States, who ran a Wechat group where he handled the scheme. The scammer reportedly promoted the bogus investment opportunity by promising earnings of “$200,000 in one day.”...
Court Authorizes IRS to Summon User Records From Kraken Cryptocurrency Exchange
6.5.2021
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has obtained court authorization to serve a John Doe summons on cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. The tax agency is seeking data of users with $20,000 or more in cryptocurrency transactions during the years 2016 to 2020. IRS Wants User Information From Crypto...
Taxman Comes Calling at Kraken – IRS Gets Hands on Data from 2016-2020
6.5.2021
A branch of the California District Court has granted the American tax collecting body, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), permission to issue a John Doe summons on the crypto exchange giant Kraken – in a bid to discover the identities of United States residents and citizens who have conducted...