All Bitcoin transactions are public, anyone can look at them. There is nothing special required to view every Bitcoin transaction that has ever occured — they are all publicly available on the blockchain. You don’t need a node, just a simple block explorer website will do, such as Mempool.space, KYCP.org or Blockstream Explorer. You can assume that your adversaries are…
Month: March 2022
the Bitcoin Lightning party in Portland
There is “grassroots evidence” that “America is adopting Bitcoin,” according to Clay Graham, founder of Rapaygo and a Bitcoin Lightning Network (LN) enthusiast. At a Bitcoin Lightning festival held in Portland, United States over the weekend, the Bitcoin LN clocked more than $200 (four million Sats) in just three hours. Hailed as “Puddle Town on Lightning Rails,” Portland’s Bitcoin Party…
FCA Extends Deadline for Crypto Firms to Meet Regulatory Requirements in UK — 33 Firms Licensed so Far – Regulation Bitcoin News
The U.K. financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has extended its April 1 registration deadline for a number of crypto firms to meet its regulatory requirements. The British regulator has registered 33 crypto firms so far and 12 firms are holding temporary registration. FCA Extends Deadline for Crypto Firms The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated information on the…
Investment tracker Delta expands its Web3 offering with an NFT explorer
Delta, an investment tracker app that allows users to keep tabs on their stock and crypto portfolios, is now entering the nonfungible token realm with its NFT explorer services. The newly announced NFT tracker would allow users to track their NFT collections alongside their stocks and crypto holdings. With the new update, Delta users will be able to link their…
Game Developer Faces User Backlash Following FTX Acquisition
Last week, crypto exchange FTX purchased Good Luck Games, the developer behind the free-to-play title Storybook Brawl. Storybook Brawl players are now demanding the title be delisted from Steam, the popular gaming platform where users can buy, play, create and discuss PC games, per PC Gamer. “Good Luck Games was acquired by FTX, a cryptocurrency company, as a way to…
Metaverse Cryptocurrencies Enjoy Bullish Week Despite Axie Infinity’s Ronin Hack
Though “play-to-earn” game Axie Infinity’s Ronin sidechain suffered one of crypto’s largest-ever hacks this week, investors are still pouring money into gaming, NFT and metaverse cryptocurrencies. This interest can be seen in the steady rise of cryptos like Enjin Coin (ENJ), Flow (FLOW), Gala (GALA), The Sandbox (SAND), and Decentraland (MANA), all five of which have mounted hefty increases in the…
30% crypto tax becomes law in India following Finance Bill approval
The Indian Finance Bill 2022 with new 30% crypto tax rules was approved by the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, to make it a law today that will come into effect starting on April 1. The approval of the bill by the upper house of the parliament comes within a week of the lower house (Lok Sabha)…
UAE-Based Crypto Exchange Bitoasis Obtains Provisional Approval From Dubai’s New Regulator – Bitcoin News
A major cryptocurrency exchange in the UAE, Bitoasis, has obtained provisional approval from Dubai’s new cryptocurrency regulator. Binance and FTX have also been green-lighted by the regulator. Bitoasis Pursuing License From Dubai’s New Crypto Regulator Bitoasis, a major crypto exchange founded and headquartered in Dubai, announced Wednesday that it has received “provisional approval” from Dubai’s new crypto regulator, the Virtual…
‘Hold my beer’ — Terra already up $165M from buying Bitcoin as BTC stash nears Tesla
Bitcoin (BTC) has already netted its biggest new buyer almost $200 million in profit from price increases, data suggests. Analysis of the wallet related to Blockchain protocol Terra reveals that since it began amassing BTC in Q1 this year, it is up $165 million. Terra co-founder rejects idea LFG moved BTC price The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), a nonprofit organization…
Bitcoin just regained a key price trendline after its longest absence since March 2020
Bitcoin (BTC) may be consolidating at $47,000, but longer timeframes show just how significant this week’s mini bull run has been. According to the Golden Ratio Multiplier (GRM) metric, on March 27, BTC/USD reclaimed an essential support zone for securing further upside. Bitcoin exits trendline slump that beat March 2020 GRM is a long-term observational metric for Bitcoin price action.…