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Bitcoin to Rise to $20K This Year Spurred by Government Money Printing and Covid-19: Bloomberg
5.6.2020
Bloomberg has forecast bitcoin to reach its record high of $20,000, and possibly $28,000, this year. According to the company’s June Crypto Outlook report, “something has to really go wrong for bitcoin not to appreciate in value.” Bloomberg points to quantitative easing and...
Buterin and Winklevosses Address Twitter Censorship Battle
30.5.2020
Twitter's recent fact-checking efforts have caused a stir in the crypto space
Over a Hundred 10-Year-Old Bitcoin Addresses Signed: Message Calls ‘Craig Wright a Fraud’
25.5.2020
Just recently news.Bitcoin.com reported on Craig Wright’s recently submitted bitcoin address list that contained at least three spent blocks. Following the court filing, on May 25 a pastezone dump of 144 addresses, which are also represented in Wright’s list, contained a verified...
Bitcoin Worth $282K from the 2016 Bitfinex Hack on the Move
23.5.2020
The cryptocurrency community has noticed a number of bitcoins from the August 2, 2016, Bitfinex breach has been moved. A small 30 BTC transaction ($282,000) from the stash has moved from the hacker’s address to an unknown bitcoin address. The last time coins from the Bitfinex incident moved...
Wild Satoshi Theories: The Curious Case of Bitcoin Block 3654 from 2009
21.5.2020
On Wednesday, 50 bitcoin mined on February 9, 2009, was moved from the original address to a new address. The movement of coins caused a great commotion throughout the cryptocurrency community, as some individuals assumed it may have been the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto. However, skeptics believe...
Hackers ‘Using Crypto Wallet Address-switching Malware’ + More News
19.5.2020
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South Korea’s market-leading security software provider AhnLabs has warned of a new malware threat that alters crypto...
Many Ether Whales Might Be Leaving for Bitcoin: Data
13.5.2020
The seven-day average of the number of unique addresses holding 10,000 ethers or more fell to 1,050 on Tuesday. That's the lowest level since January 2019
12 Months of Onchain Data Shows Bitcoin Whales Obtained Hundreds of BTC from Small Fish
2.5.2020
According to recent data, crypto participants known as ‘bitcoin whales’ have been steadily accumulating bitcoins, and not selling since the ‘Black Thursday’ market carnage on March 12, 2020. Onchain data and blockchain analysis firms indicate that the number of bitcoin...
Etherscan Launches Fraud Monitoring and Address Blacklisting
15.4.2020
Etherscan has launched a feature allowing users to identify tokens and wallets that have previously been tied to illegal activities
Can Open Source Networks Address Medical Shortages? Feat. Bruce Fenton
18.3.2020
In this episode of The Breakdown, NLW talks open source ventilators, overreactions in monetary policy and the slippery, sticky slope towards helicopter money with Bruce Fenton
Human Readability and Privacy: BCH Can Be Sent by Email With Tips Tool, No Usernames Required
3.3.2020
Tips.Bitcoin.com allows users of crypto to tip BCH to friends and family via email address, arguably cutting out some of the inconvenience associated with standard bitcoin address formats. Unlike Coinbase Wallet’s new username option, which achieves similar ease for transactions, sending keys...
Coinbase Wallet Adds Support for Short and ‘Human-Friendly’ Cryptocurrency Addresses
26.2.2020
One of the scariest features of transacting with cryptocurrency, for many new users, is correctly inputting the long hexadecimal addresses involved. Various individual projects and larger collaborations have tried to tackle this anxiety-inducing issue in different ways, so that bitcoin adoption...
Wikileaks Gathers $37M in BTC Since 2010 – Over $400K Sent After Julian Assange’s Arrest
26.2.2020
The world was shocked when Wikileaks cofounder Julian Assange was arrested in April after being cooped up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012. Following his arrest, the original Wikileaks bitcoin address saw significant support as $32,000 worth of BTC poured into the wallet in two days....
What Have Vladimir Putin, Warren Buffett, and Justin Sun Got in Common? This Bitcoin Address
25.2.2020
Vladimir Putin. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, TASS
Has someone just used the massively popular phrase meant to insult no other than Russian President Vladimir Putin to sent Warren Buffett some Bitcoin (BTC)?
The dinner between Tron's Justin Sun and billionaire crypto-sceptic Warren Buffett...
IOTA Updates Trinity Desktop Wallet to Partly Address Recent Hack
17.2.2020
The IOTA Foundation releases new Trinity wallet as part of its remediation plan, but network coordinator is still on hold
DTCC Calls on Banks and Regulators to Help Address Blockchain Security Issues
13.2.2020
A comprehensive framework shared by all participants will negate any risks associated with blockchain, the derivatives repository giant says
$118 Million of Plustoken BTC on the Move Again – New Dump Incoming?
11.2.2020
Plustoken’s stash of bitcoin is on the move again. The haul of ill-gotten gains, amassed during a long-running Ponzi scheme that accrued 187,000 BTC, has been sporadically liquidated, impacting the market price of bitcoin in the process. At 2:46 a.m. today, a known Plustoken address moved...
UK Financial Watchdog Seeks Cryptocurrency Expert to Address EU Regulations
6.2.2020
The United Kingdom’s financial regulator, the FCA, is looking to hire a cryptocurrency specialist
Jiang Zhuoer Restructures Development Funding Proposal for Bitcoin Cash
1.2.2020
On January 31, Btc.top founder Jiang Zhuoer addressed the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community again after his initial proposal last Wednesday was met with mixed responses. Zhuoer changed a number of specifics within the proposed Infrastructure Funding Plan for Bitcoin Cash and hopes the community will...
BCH Script Meeting Aims to Enhance the Programming Language in Bitcoin Cash
23.1.2020
Bitcoin Cash developers actively participate in video meetings in order to discuss the ongoing development of the BCH ecosystem. BCH software engineers met for the first time in 2020 last Thursday to examine the May upgrade and specification work. Following the meeting, on January 23,...