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US Sanctions Bitriver, Targets Russia’s Crypto Mining Potential
21.4.2022
In an attempt to deny Russia opportunities to evade sanctions through cryptocurrencies, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned leading Russian mining firm Bitriver. The move comes amid concerns that Moscow may use the minting of digital coins to monetize its energy resources. Zug-Based...
Belarus Adopts Legal Procedure for Seizure of Illicit Cryptocurrency
21.4.2022
Implementing a recently signed presidential decree, the government of Belarus has introduced a procedure allowing the state to seize digital currency holdings. The move will grant law enforcement authorities in Minsk powers to seize crypto assets linked to illegal activities. Justice Ministry...
Privacy-Centric Monero Plans for July Hard Fork, Plans Include Ring Signature, Bulletproof Upgrade
19.4.2022
According to a recent update on Monero’s Github repository, the privacy-centric crypto network plans to hard fork in July, at block height 2,668,888. Monero is the largest privacy crypto asset in terms of market capitalization and during the last seven days, monero climbed 13.4% against...
Rebase Token Carnage: OHM, TIME, KLIMA Down More Than 98% From All-Time Highs
16.4.2022
About four months ago, four of the top rebase tokens by market valuation were worth close to $8 billion in USD value and today, the entire lot of rebase tokens collectively are valued at $1.14 billion. The largest rebase crypto by market capitalization, olympus (OHM), had a $4.3 billion market...
Super Mario Bros.' Iconic Blocks Hold More Coins Than You Think
16.4.2022
Without thinking too hard about it, what’s the maximum number of coins you can knock out of multi-coin blocks in the original Super Mario Bros.? Did you say 10? Well, you’re wrong, but it’s not your fault. You just haven’t done a deep dive into the almost 37-year-old game’s code like a complete...
Iran Will Not Allow Crypto Payments, Prepares to Pilot Digital Rial
12.4.2022
Iran will not recognize cryptocurrencies as a means of payment, a high-ranking government official has indicated. His statement came as the Central Bank of Iran announced rules for the issuance of digital coins in the country. These are meant, however, for its own “crypto rial,”...
Meme Coins, Gambling and Crypto Regulation
8.4.2022
As the Biden administration develops a crypto regulation framework, one type of token could be due for particularly close scrutiny
250 Bitcoin From 2009 Moved After 12.4 Years — Rare BTC Mined Over a 2-Day Span
8.4.2022
On April 7th and 8th, 2022, approximately five bitcoin block rewards mined in 2009 were spent in a concession of transfers. The last time a 2009 block was spent was 1.10 years ago on May 20, 2020. The 250 bitcoin from the latest 2009 spends sat idle for 12.4 years, and the coins were worth […]
Exchange coins utility, explained
7.4.2022
Exchange coins allow traders to have a say in projects they participate in while simultaneously providing use cases in contest funding and payment
Close to 250 Casascius Physical Bitcoins Were Redeemed in 6 Months, $1.9B in BTC Remain Active
5.4.2022
Since September 18, 2021, close to 250 Casascius physical bitcoins were redeemed over the last 198 days. On that day six months ago, there were 19,920 Casascius physical bitcoins left active and today, there are approximately 19,676 left to peel. 19,676 Casascius Physical Bitcoins Left to Peel...
Former Binance CFO Wei Zhou Buys Coins.ph Exchange: Report
4.4.2022
Zhou bought Coins.ph, a mobile wallet and digital currency exchange, from Indonesia's Gojek, according to a report
Tracker Shows Close to 3,000 Crypto ATMs Were Installed in 2022’s First Quarter
2.4.2022
During the last 12 months, there’s been an exponential number of cryptocurrency automated teller machines (ATMs) installed as data shows that 20,000 crypto ATMs were installed last year. This year machines are still being installed in great numbers and since December 30, there have been...
19 Million Bitcoin Have Been Mined Into Circulation, 2 Million Left to Be Found
2.4.2022
On April 1, 2022, records show that 19 million bitcoin have been mined into circulation. With the max supply set at 21 million, there’s only two million bitcoins left to be found by mining participants. Satoshi’s Mathematical and Predictable Design — 19 Million Bitcoins Have...
$540 Million Worth of ‘Sleeping Bitcoins’ From 2014 Move — BTC Possibly Linked to Cryptsy Theft
30.3.2022
On March 29, blockchain parsers caught a sequence of 11 transactions totaling 11,325 bitcoin moving from unknown wallets created in 2014, to a great number of recipient addresses. Furthermore, the stash of bitcoin worth $540 million today is possibly linked to the Cryptsy theft, according...
Global Crypto Economy Holds Above the $2 Trillion Zone for 5 Consecutive Days
28.3.2022
The crypto economy has managed to remain above the $2 trillion mark during the last five days since March 22. Currently, the global cryptocurrency market capitalization is 1.3% higher during the last 24 hours, as the valuation stands at $2.1 trillion today. Furthermore, the price of bitcoin jumped...
Privacy coins are surging. Will regulatory pressure stall their stellar run?
27.3.2022
Many privacy coin developers are convinced that all the necessary mechanisms to regulate AECs are already in place
Top coins to buy in a bear market | Find out now on The Market Report live
22.3.2022
On this week’s episode of “The Market Report,” Cointelegraph’s resident experts discuss which coins you should consider buying in a bear market
Grayscale Investments Launches Smart Contract-Focused Diversified Fund
22.3.2022
The largest digital currency asset manager in terms of assets under management (AUM), Grayscale Investments, has announced the launch of a smart contract fund that is compiled of ethereum competitors. The fund called “GSCPxE” holds seven different smart contract coins and it’s...
The Number of SHIB Holders Shudders in 3 Days, Shiba Inu Slid 17% in Value Last Month
20.3.2022
While most digital currencies have seen gains during the last month, the meme token called shiba inu has lost more than 17% during the last 30 days. Despite the fact that shiba inu is down 72% from the crypto asset’s all-time high, shiba inu is still up 37,130% against the U.S. dollar over...
Bank of Russia Allows Sberbank to Issue Digital Financial Assets
18.3.2022
Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, has been authorized by the country’s monetary policy regulator to issue digital financial assets. The move comes amid tightening Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, including limiting Moscow’s access to the global financial market....