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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Asks Twitter Followers if Their BofA Accounts Were Closed Because of Crypto Transactions
13.7.2023
The Coinbase CEO created a Twitter poll posing the question, and a whopping 9% of respondents said “yes.”
BIS Report Cites ‘Inherent Limitations’ of Cryptocurrencies; Questions Their Role in Global Economy
13.7.2023
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has published a report on cryptocurrencies and explains that the technology has serious “flaws.” BIS researchers insist that permissionless blockchains have “inherent limitations” that lead to network congestion and high fees. BIS Report: ‘Crypto Has...
Layer-2 Blockchain Starknet's ‘Quantum Leap’ Upgrade Goes Live, for Speedier Transactions
12.7.2023
The upgrade went live following a community vote that overwhelmingly agreed to deploy it to mainnet
Bots Sending BTC — Lightning Labs Releases New Tools for AI-Bitcoin Integration
11.7.2023
On July 6, Lightning Labs released new developer tools to enhance the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and Bitcoin. The layer two (L2) startup introduced a new specification known as L402 and tools that enable AI systems to conduct transactions over the Lightning Network. The Fusion...
Revoke adds new feature after users complain of fake approvals scam
10.7.2023
Scammers have found a new way to make crypto by luring users into revoking fake approval transactions
Treasury Secretary Yellen: BRICS Currency Won’t Threaten US Dollar Dominance
10.7.2023
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has stated that she does not see the U.S. dollar’s dominance being threatened by any development, including the proposed BRICS currency. Yellen stressed that all the data of which she is aware shows that the dollar is overwhelmingly used in international...
Crypto.com petitions US court to uphold arbitration decision for mistakenly sent $50K
7.7.2023
The exchange said it “erroneously deposited” $50,000 into a user's account in June 2022, receiving no response to requests to return the funds
Privacy is not the core feature of Bitcoin, KuCoin CEO says
7.7.2023
KYC is an important measure for crypto exchanges to protect and recover user funds in the case of theft or hacking, KuCoin CEO Johnny Lyu said
Bitcoin Blockchain Clears Over 187,000 Unconfirmed Transactions Since Last Week
5.7.2023
Throughout the past week, the Bitcoin blockchain has successfully confirmed over 187,000 unconfirmed transactions, as shown by recent statistics. This has not only reduced a significant portion of the congestion but also led to a decrease in onchain fees within the same period. Bitcoin Fees...
Bitcoin Emerges as NFT Contender With $463 Million in Sales in 4 Months
5.7.2023
In just four months, starting from February 7, 2023, non-fungible token (NFT) sales on the Bitcoin blockchain have soared to $463.68 million. This growth has propelled the network to secure the second-highest number of monthly NFT sales consistently since then. However, despite this impressive...
Current CBDC Models Aren't Viable for Everyday Transactions: Copper's Research Head
5.7.2023
In an interview with The Block, Fadi Aboualfa, the head of research at crypto brokerage Copper, expressed that the existing Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) models are "not a viable cash equivalent that people could use in daily transactions."
Aboualfa raised doubts about CBDCs despite...
Belarus Looks to Ban Peer-to-Peer Crypto Transactions to Reduce Fraud
3.7.2023
The east European country is working on legislation to make it harder for fraudsters to get their hands on the proceeds of crime
Belarus wants to ban P2P cryptocurrency transactions
3.7.2023
Belarus’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs cited a high crypto crime rate for banning all citizens from exchanging Bitcoin between each other
Crypto mass adoption is coming, but how fast?
30.6.2023
The latest Cointelegraph Report assesses the current growth rate of global cryptocurrency usage and tries to predict when crypto will reach mass adoption
Alleged Admin of Darknet Marketplace Monopoly Market Extradited to US
29.6.2023
The suspected administrator of the Monopoly Market darknet marketplace has been extradited from Austria to face charges in the U.S. The man, a citizen of Serbia and Croatia who was arrested in Vienna last November, has been accused of facilitating $18 million in illegal drug transactions using...
Shanghai Clearing House Introduces Support for Digital Yuan Settlements
28.6.2023
The Shanghai Clearing House, Asia’s first counterparty clearing institution, announced support for payments made with the digital yuan Monday. According to reports, the move will allow companies to settle transactions for commodities in bulk, promoting the digital yuan, the Chinese central...
Optimism network transactions surged 67% following Bedrock upgrade — Nansen
26.6.2023
The Optimism layer-2 network saw less than 300,000 transactions per day around the time of the upgrade, but this number increased to over 500,000 afterward
Dormant Bitcoin Wallets From 2010 Resurface: 100 Bitcoins Transferred After More Than 12 Years
26.6.2023
Following the spending of 50 bitcoins from 2010 on June 15, after more than 12 years of dormancy, approximately 11 days later, another group of dormant wallets created in 2010 transferred 100 bitcoins worth just over $3 million for the first time in well over a decade. 2023 Records 8 Block Rewards...
JavaScript: Reverse Arrays
26.6.2023
Manipulating data is core to any programming language. JavaScript is no exception, especially as JSON has token over as a prime data delivery format. One such data manipulation is reversing arrays. You may want to reverse an array to show most recent transactions, or simple alphabetic sorting....
Crypto travel rule implementation ‘remains relatively poor,’ says FATF
26.6.2023
The United Nations body called on all member states to implement the Travel Rule “without delay” to close “loopholes” not currently protected by regulation