Bitcoin (BTC) briefly lost $20,000 support overnight into Sep. 14 after hot United States inflation sent risk assets crashing lower. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Markets lose big in bid to “fight the Fed” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it hit lows of $19,870 on Bitstamp — its worst since Sep. 9. The…
Abu Dhabi Global Market’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), recently unveiled six principles that will guide its “approach to virtual asset regulation and supervision.” Though not legally binding, the principles, according to the FSRA, must be “viewed as a complement to the comprehensive detail of our published framework.” A ‘Basis for Regulatory Cohesion Across Jurisdictions’ Abu Dhabi…
The year is 2142 AD. A dystopian future controlled by corporations is rocked as the last Bitcoin (BTC) is mined, and Satoshi Nakamoto’s long-dormant wallet is awakened and used to dismantle their control. The physical, virtual and astral realms are all disrupted as entheogen spirits, angels and demons battle it out while artificial intelligence (AI) fights AI to liberate conscious…
The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1260: “They’re using debit and credit card purchases to make lists.” Sign up for the newsletter here. Jewish population in Europe – note prepared for the Wannsee conference. (Source) via Reuters Nothing highlights the need for bitcoin more poignantly than attacks on transactional privacy. Last week, a global standards body…
While the Bitcoin network isn’t programmable, it serves as an excellent settlement layer to build robust applications on top of, says Hiro CEO Alex Miller. Hiro provides Bitcoin development tools for developers to build on the Stacks blockchain. Miller said Stacks inherits the Bitcoin network’s security through a consensus mechanism called proof-of-transfer (although this is a controversial statement for some).…
The long awaited Ethereum Merge is just around the corner, but not everyone is excited about the major upgrade. A group calling themselves ETHW Core have voiced its opposition to the change and are set to conduct a hard fork within 24 hours after the Merge. Under the project name, ETHPoW and with the token ETHW, ETHW Core plans to…
A crypto company working with the central bank of Norway has published the source code for the sandbox created to trial the digital version of the Nordic nation’s fiat currency. The prototype digital krone is being built on the Ethereum network and the regulator wants to test various technologies and evaluate the potential impact on financial stability. Norges Bank, Nahmii…
Scammers are likely to use excitement around the Ethereum Merge to launch new scams aimed at newbie crypto users, PolySwam CEO Steve Bassi has warned The Ethereum Merge is expected to take place within the next 24 hours. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Steve Bassi, founder, and CEO of PolySwarm said these scams could come in the form of fake ETH 2.0…
This is a transcribed excerpt of the “Bitcoin Magazine Podcast,” hosted by P and Q. In this episode, they are joined by Adam Meister to talk about politics and the future of bitcoin. Watch This Episode On YouTube Or Rumble Listen To The Episode Here: Adam Meister: I take it to a whole new extreme. I think it’s great that…
The brother of a former Coinbase product manager has pleaded guilty in a cryptocurrency insider trading case. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), he is facing up to 20 years in federal prison. DOJ’s First Crypto Insider Trading Case The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that Nikhil Wahi, the brother of a former product manager at…
