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Silk Road Bitcoin for sale? US government-linked addresses transfer $1B in BTC
8.3.2023
US law enforcement agencies have confiscated thousands of BTC from Silk Road over the years and a significant chunk of it has been auctioned from time to time
Jack Dorsey’s TBD launches ‘C=’ to improve Bitcoin Lightning Network
4.3.2023
C= (pronounced C equals) aims to further the reach of the Bitcoin Lightning Network through added liquidity and routing services
Coinkite Launches ‘Higher-End’ Coldcard Bitcoin Wallet With QR Code Scanner
10.2.2023
The bitcoin hardware wallet manufacturer Coinkite has announced the launch of a new product, the Coldcard Q1, which features a QWERTY keyboard and QR code scanner. Coinkite details that the battery-powered device utilizes the same security model as the Coldcard Mk4. Coinkite Introduces the Coldcard...
US Treasury lists BTC, ETH addresses tied to Russian sanctions evasion group
1.2.2023
The government department said it would impose “full blocking sanctions” on Jonatan Zimenkov and his crypto addresses due to his connections with a sanctions evasion network
Wasabi Wallet Will Pay You to 'Crack' a Bitcoin Wallet
24.1.2023
The challenge is part of a week-long educational game that has received support from 12 major partners, including Blockstream, Trezor, BTCPay and others
Multi-party computation could offer increased protection for crypto wallets
11.1.2023
Multi-party computation can help users to protect their private keys and seed phrases when used in wallets
How to keep your crypto safe in 2023: a few tips from an analyst
9.1.2023
Lead on-chain analyst at Glassnode, James Check, explains why taking self-custody of your private keys has become more important than ever and how to do it in a few simple steps
Machankura’s Bitcoin Wallet Targets Africans With Old-School Phones and No Internet
20.12.2022
The service lets users in nine African countries tap into the Bitcoin Lightning network using basic feature phones. “Anyone who's interested in using bitcoin and living on bitcoin should be able to do so easily,” founder Kgothatso Ngako said
How do crypto hardware wallet firms make money?
8.12.2022
All the companies that are involved in producing hardware crypto wallets have multiple revenue streams, either directly or indirectly
Bitcoin’s Third Largest Wallet Changed Hands, but Onchain Data Shows It’s Likely the Same Owner
4.12.2022
Last year and during the first half of 2022, speculators assumed the third-largest bitcoin address was a ‘mysterious whale,’ even though the wallet had shown strong characteristics of being a cryptocurrency exchange. The address known as “1P5ZED” has since been replaced...
TON Telegram integration highlights synergy of blockchain community
27.11.2022
Independent developers from The Open Network community developed a Telegram bot for trading and transferring cryptocurrency
10,000 Bitcoin Withdrawn From Wallet of Defunct Crypto Exchange Wex, Former BTC-e
26.11.2022
A large amount of cryptocurrency kept in a wallet associated with crypto exchange Wex, successor of the infamous trading platform run by alleged money launderer Alexander Vinnik, has moved for the first time since 2017. The 10,000 bitcoins in question, worth over $165 million, have been transferred...
Bitcoin Wallet of the Failed BTC-e Exchange Wakes Up
23.11.2022
A wallet linked to the failed crypto exchange transferred 10,000 bitcoin even as the alleged operator sat in jail
Trust Wallet launches browser extension, integrates with Binance Pay
17.11.2022
The new browser extension lets users store, send and receive crypto across all EVM chains and Solana
Crypto News Summary: UK Santander to Block Payments to Exchanges, BTC 50K Silk Road Guilty Plea, Ledger Live & Solana Mobile Stack Integration
7.11.2022
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Bitcoin, not blockchain: Synonym launches mobile BTC wallet
31.10.2022
The new mobile wallet, called Bitkit, was unveiled at the PlanB Forum conference in Lugano, Switzerland on Oct. 29
A Look at the First Phone-to-Phone Bitcoin Transfer Using a Nokia N900 Smartphone
23.10.2022
When Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin, the full node client came with a wallet often referred to as Bitcoin-Qt. Nakamoto’s simplified payment verification (SPV) concept was not available until two years later, after the former Bitcoin Core developer Mike Hearn published BitcoinJ in 2011....
El Salvador focused on bringing investment to Bitcoin City, says ambassador
14.10.2022
The El Salvador official noted that the government is looking to attract more investments to its Bitcoin City with special incentives for businesses investing early
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele Takes Aim at Bitcoin Detractors, Says the Ones Who Are Afraid ‘Are the World’s Powerful Elites’
9.10.2022
It’s been over a year since El Salvador codified bitcoin as legal tender in the Latin American country, and by popping the ‘orange pill,’ the country was propelled into the international spotlight. At the end of September, the 41-year-old Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele...
Bitcoin-Embracing El Salvador President’s Re-Election Declaration Slammed
20.9.2022
Just over a year after overseeing El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin, the Central American country’s 41-year-old president, Nayib Bukele, recently declared his intention serve another five-year term. The announcement has been criticized by some who have been quick to remind Bukele that...