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‘Totally Irresponsible’ — Bitcoin Proponents Express Discontent Over Twitter’s Doge Logo Change
4.4.2023
After the Twitter logo was changed from the original blue bird to a cartoon image of the famous Shiba Inu Doge, the cryptocurrency dogecoin rose significantly in value and is now up 27% more than 12 hours later. However, a number of bitcoin proponents expressed distaste for the logo change, and...
Controversial ‘Tiktok Ban Bill’ Sparks Concerns Among Cryptocurrency and Technology Advocates
29.3.2023
Cryptocurrency and technology proponents have recently been discussing a new bipartisan bill called the “Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT)” Act. In addition to targeting firms such as Kaspersky, Huawei,...
Operation Chokepoint: Bitcoin Advocates Discuss US Government’s Alleged Mission to Eliminate Crypto Access
23.3.2023
Since the collapse of three American banks friendly to cryptocurrency businesses and the U.S. government’s insistence that crypto assets are “risky investments,” many speculators believe bureaucrats are purposely closing access to cryptocurrencies. Some refer to the U.S. government’s recent...
USDC Stablecoin Depegging Causes Concern Among Crypto Advocates, 5 Other Stablecoins Slip Below Parity
11.3.2023
On Saturday, March 11, 2023, crypto advocates are concerned as a few stablecoin assets have depegged from their $1 parity. The second-largest stablecoin USDC, issued by Circle Financial, fell below $0.90, reaching a low of $0.877 per coin. Additionally, around five other stablecoins have dropped...
Russian crypto advocates urge Putin to stop regulatory hostility
8.3.2023
Russia’s existing regulatory stance on the cryptocurrency industry would potentially lead the country to “direct financial losses,” the RACIB argued
Most blockchain advocates haven't even used Bitcoin
2.3.2023
Bitcoin, the original blockchain, struggles to gain traction among blockchain advocates; an opinion from one of Europe's largest blockchain conferences
Oman Capital Markets Regulator Plans to Establish a Virtual Assets Regulatory Framework
16.2.2023
The Oman Capital Market Authority (CMA) has said it plans to establish a regulatory regime to govern as well as develop the country’s virtual assets market. The regulator said the envisaged regulatory regime enables it to avail an “alternative financing and investment platform...
On-chain Digital Art Advocates Hope This Latest Major Donation Can Take The Space Forward
15.2.2023
Pseudonymous digital art collector and writer behind popular digital art newsletter the Medici Minutes who goes by the Twitter handle @CozomoMedici recently announced a major on-chain donation to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. According to a tweet by @CozomoMedici, whose full name on Twitter...
Ordinal Inscriptions Take the NFT World by Storm: Over 50,000 Added to the Bitcoin Blockchain in 2023
11.2.2023
As of Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, the Bitcoin blockchain had seen the addition of more than 50,000 Ordinal inscriptions as the trend has continued to increase daily. People are inscribing text, images, videos, audio, and software applications onto the blockchain, with some inscriptions fetching high...
‘Midnight Massacre:’ SEC Crackdown on Crypto Staking Services Prompts Speculation of Further Enforcement Actions
10.2.2023
On Feb. 9, 2023, the cryptocurrency community learned of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) crackdown on staking services. The SEC fined Kraken, a cryptocurrency exchange, $30 million for offering an “unregistered offering” related to its U.S. staking service....
Reddit User Discovers 7zip File Possibly Linked to Julian Assange Hidden in Bitcoin Blockchain
7.2.2023
According to a post on the Reddit community r/bitcoin, an old file was discovered that may be linked to Julian Assange, the whistleblower and founder of Wikileaks. The encrypted 7zip file is in the output script from a transaction that took place on Jan. 5, 2017, and was mined at block height...
Makerdao Co-Founder Proposes $14 Million Fund to Combat Climate Change; Crypto Supporters Mock Idea
7.2.2023
Cryptocurrency advocates have been discussing a proposal by the founder of Makerdao, Rune Christensen, to fund a Scientific Sustainability Fund. An idea that aims to combat climate change and misinformation about energy solutions. Christensen is asking for 20,000 MKR tokens to move forward with...
US Senator’s Resolution Encourages Capitol Gift Shops to Accept Cryptocurrency
30.1.2023
A U.S. lawmaker has introduced a resolution that encourages Capitol gift shops to accept cryptocurrency payments. He stressed that lawmakers “should increase accessibility and signal our support for the burgeoning cryptocurrency industry to those who visit Capitol Hill.” US Senator...
After Mocking the Price Model, Crypto Advocates Discuss Bitcoin’s Rainbow Chart Reintegration
26.1.2023
On a few occasions last year, crypto advocates discussed how a number of price models, leveraged to help predict the future value of bitcoin, ended up failing. However, since bitcoin’s value has increased by 36% over the last month, the price has entered the darkest band of the rainbow chart...
Singapore Regulator Advocates ‘One Regulatory System’ for Crypto and Traditional Finance
24.1.2023
Singapore’s senior minister and the chairman of the central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), says there should be just “one regulatory system” for both crypto and traditional finance. In addition, he stressed that regulators should provide “ultra clarity...
US Senators Unveil New Crypto Bill — Experts Call It the ‘Most Direct Attack’ on Personal Freedom and Privacy of Crypto Users
16.12.2022
Two U.S. senators, including Elizabeth Warren, have introduced a bipartisan bill for the regulation of cryptocurrency. The bill, titled “Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act,” is “the most direct attack on the personal freedom and privacy of cryptocurrency users and developers...
Bitcoin Core’s Version 24.0 Full-RBF Proposal Sparks Controversy, Synonym CEO Calls ‘Pet Agenda’ an ‘Attack’
4.11.2022
During the last few weeks, a number of individuals have been discussing the upcoming release of Bitcoin Core version 24.0 and how the codebase will include full-replace-by-fee (RBF) logic. The discussion has become controversial as a few Lightning Network and zero confirmation advocates have...
How Crypto Advocates Are Defending Ooki DAO
19.10.2022
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) had what looked like an easy case against Ooki DAO. The allegations weren’t really in dispute and the decentralized autonomous organization itself didn’t seem able to put together a response in time for a court-mandated deadline. However,...
US Judge Allows Crypto Advocates to Join Ooki Defense Against CFTC
13.10.2022
A federal judge ruled late Wednesday that LeXpunK Army and the DeFi Education Fund could file friends of the court motions. The crypto advocates want to convince him that the CFTC should identify individual Ooki DAO members, rather than serve them all at once through a website portal
Federal Energy Agencies’ Unwillingness to Act on White House’s Crypto Mining Recommendations Miffs US Lawmaker
5.10.2022
Jared Huffman, a United States lawmaker who advocates for increased scrutiny of crypto-mining entities, has reportedly chastised U.S. energy agencies that he accuses of failing to act on the White House’s call on them to do “reliability assessments of current and projected...