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Canadian Police Seize Bitcoin Worth $28 Million From Former Government Employee in Ransomware Case
12.3.2022
Canada’s police have seized bitcoin worth more than $28 million from a former government employee who has been extradited to the U.S. to “face charges for dozens of ransomware attacks resulting in the payment of tens of millions of dollars in ransoms.” Canadian Authority Seizes...
This Tiny Blockchain Startup’s Tangle With SEC Could End Up as Landmark Case
10.3.2022
LBRY says its token sales, dating back to 2016, "do not resemble securities," but the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's claim that they do provides a test case that might set a bigger precedent than even Ripple's
Eight More Women Accuse PlayStation Of 'Systemic Sexism'
10.3.2022
In November 2021 a class-action lawsuit was filed against PlayStation alleging “pay disparity, wrongful termination, and other instances of gender-based discrimination” at the company’s California offices. Sony has since sought to have the case thrown out, but now, more women have come forward with...
Bitcoin Pushes Higher Again with Ukraine War Turning into ‘Great Test Case’ for BTC
1.3.2022
Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader crypto market continued to rise strongly today, as more analysts drew a parallel between the current market action and bitcoin’s role as sovereign money in a world heavily impacted by war and sanctions. According to the crypto exchange Bitfinex, the war in Ukraine...
SEC unable to locate BitConnect founder convicted in $2.4B fraud case
1.3.2022
BitConnect founder is being sued for illegally raising funds and defrauding American investors of over $2 billion
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Shows No Signs of Panic Even as Worst Case Scenario Looms
28.2.2022
Bitcoin was trading flat to negative even as the European stocks and the S&P 500 futures got a slight tailwind
My white whale: A use case for will-change
24.2.2022
 Nic Chan:
[…] the will-change property landed in major browsers in August 2015, and I’ve been on the lookout for when to use it ever since. It might seem self-evident to apply it to commonly animated properties such
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My white whale: A use case for will-change...
The Case for Taxing Proof-of-Work
24.2.2022
Most bitcoiner owners aren't cypherpunks and don't require an energy-intensive consensus mechanism. A tax would shift them on to sensible alternatives
Trudeau revokes emergencies act powers but the case for crypto grows
24.2.2022
The Canadian PM has also begun to unfreeze many of the bank accounts of protestors and donors to the Freedom Convoy who are turning to Bitcoin to protect them from future interference
Former SEC official predicts regulator 'will lose on the merits' of case against Ripple
23.2.2022
Joseph Hall believes that the SEC is not yet equipped to handle litigation in cases concerning cryptocurrencies as securities yet, making it hard to win the case against Ripple
35 let od supernovy 1987A. Účet na Twitteru připomíná v reálném čase nejbližší supernovu naší doby
22.2.2022
Před 35 lety vybouchla ve Velkém Magellanově mračnu supernova 1987A • Šlo o první supernovu viditelnou pouhým okem od dob Keplera • Celou událost připomíná v reálném čase účet na Twitteru
Cardano to Reach $58 by 2030 According to Finder’s Poll
19.2.2022
The case of Cardano and its price potential has been examined by Finder in its latest panel poll. According to the opinion of the analysts consulted, cardano’s price will reach $58 by 2030. The panel also predicted that the smart contracts-enabled, peer-reviewed currency will finish this...
SEC v. Ripple: Here’s how two 2012 memos can turn the tide in the milestone crypto case
16.2.2022
We will soon know if Ripple’s executives were warned of the possibility of an SEC lawsuit ahead of XRP’s launch
UK Seizes First NFTs in $2 Million Fraud Crackdown — Arrests 3 People
15.2.2022
The U.K.’s. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has made its first non-fungible token (NFT) seizure. British authorities also seized some crypto and arrested three people in a fraud case involving 250 allegedly fake companies. “Our first seizure of a non-fungible token serves as...
UK Tax Authority Confiscates 3 NFTs in Fraud Case as a First
14.2.2022
As part of its probe into a potential value-added tax (VAT) fraud, UK tax authority Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HRMC) has confiscated three non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in what represents the first seizure of such assets by a British government institution.
On HMRC’s initiative, three...
UK tax authority makes first NFT seizure in VAT fraud case
14.2.2022
The tax authority made three arrests in connection with a suspected tax evasion using shell companies and false identification
Postsovětský Biškek: Město zamrzlé v čase
12.2.2022
Biškek bude většina lidí na mapě nejspíš chvilku hledat. Málo známá metropole středoasijského Kyrgyzstánu přitom rozhodně stojí za vidění: Ve stínu zasněžených vrcholků snadno získáte dojem, že jste se vrátili o několik desítek let do minulosti
Turkey (Unintentionally) Builds Case for Bitcoin as It Plans to Convert Citizens' Gold to Lira
11.2.2022
The Turkish government is working on plans to get its citizens to hand in ‘under the mattress’ gold in its latest scheme to prop up the value of its national currency, the lira. But according to some, the country would have been much better off had it just embraced bitcoin (BTC)....
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XRP Rallies as New Court Orders Offers Hope that Ripple Case May Soon End
8.2.2022
XRP, the coin affiliated with the US-based fintech firm Ripple, extended a week-long rally in the market today that started after a judge in an ongoing court battle between Ripple and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued orders that were seen as positive for Ripple....
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A DAO Created to Free Julian Assange Has Raised $7.5 Million in Ethereum
5.2.2022
A group of cypherpunks recently initiated a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) in order to try and free the incarcerated Wikileaks founder and activist Julian Assange. So far, the DAO has raised $7.5 million in ether and the funds will be used to help with Assange’s legal fees...