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US May Consider Alexander Vinnik for Prisoner Exchange With Russia, Lawyer Says
[Feb 23, 2023 10:30 PM] Crypto exchange BTC-e’s alleged operator Alexander Vinnik may be a candidate for prisoner swap between the United States and Russia. That’s according to a statement by one of his lawyers for Russian media. The latest court hearing in Vinnik’s case
Crypto Exchange Coinbase Launches Ethereum L2 Scaling Network Called Base
[Feb 23, 2023 8:30 PM] The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced the deployment of Base, an Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling network, after developers launched the Base testnet on Thursday. The company said it is incubating Base within Coinbase and that the L2…
Sam Bankman-Fried Charged With New Crimes As Prosecutors Detail Illegal Political Deals
[Feb 23, 2023 5:22 PM] Bankman-Fried’s charges have been expanded in the latest indictment brought forth by federal prosecutors.Federal prosecutors have announced a new indictment of Sam Bankman-Fried with four additional criminal charges.The document alleging these new…
Russian Founders of Defi Platform Forsage Indicted in $340 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme
[Feb 23, 2023 4:30 PM] Four Russians have been charged in the U.S. with operating a crypto pyramid and Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of millions of dollars. If convicted, they would face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for their roles in the purportedly…
Developers Propose Cross-Chain Bridge for XRPL Network to Enhance Blockchain Interoperability
[Feb 23, 2023 2:30 PM] Software engineers and members of the development lab Ripplex want to create a cross-chain bridge for the XRPL network to bolster cross-chain transfers between different blockchain networks. According to a recent Github draft, the proposal outlines…
Former Cohasset High School Employee Accused of Stealing Thousands in Electricity to Mine Bitcoin in School Campus Crawlspace
[Feb 23, 2023 12:30 PM] A former school assistant facilities director in Cohasset, Massachusetts, has been accused of operating a cryptocurrency mining operation inside a crawlspace at Cohasset High School. The Cohasset Police Department alleges that Nadeam Nahas stole…
Blockstream Formalizes Research Team Dedicated To Bitcoin Innovation
[Feb 23, 2023 12:00 PM] The team will continue with projects designed to push the boundaries of what’s possible with Bitcoin.Blockstream, a leading Bitcoin infrastructure company, has announced a formalized Blockstream Research team with a focus on advancing the platforms…
Arbitrum’s Daily Transaction Count Surpasses Ethereum for the First Time Ever
BlueWallet To Sunset Custodial Lightning Wallet Service
[Feb 23, 2023 10:29 AM] On-chain Bitcoin wallets and self-custody Lightning wallets will not be impacted, according to a blog posted by the mobile Bitcoin app company.BlueWallet, a Bitcoin wallet with apps in both the iOS and Android stores, has announced that it will end…
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Faces New Charges in Multi-Billion Dollar Fraud Case
[Feb 23, 2023 9:15 AM] Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the disgraced co-founder of FTX, faces four more charges after a new indictment was unsealed on Wednesday. The charges include operating an unlicensed money transfer business and conspiring to commit bank fraud. SBF Gets 4…
Crypto Groups on Russian Social Media Hit by Bots Discrediting Bitcoin
[Feb 23, 2023 3:30 AM] Social media groups devoted to cryptocurrencies in Russia have been attacked by bots in what looks like a campaign against bitcoin and the like. Their comments on Russia’s largest social media platform are triggered by certain keywords like crypto…
Briton Wanted by US for Advising North Korea on Crypto Arrested in Russia
[Feb 23, 2023 1:30 AM] A British national wanted with a red notice from Interpol for consulting North Korea on cryptocurrencies has been detained in Moscow. U.S. authorities allege that the man helped the regime in Pyongyang to bypass sanctions using digital assets. U.K…
TUSD Leverages Chainlink Proof of Reserve for Real-Time Verification of Stablecoin Minting
[Feb 22, 2023 11:30 PM] On Wednesday, the stablecoin project Trueusd announced that it is leveraging Chainlink Proof of Reserve (POR) technology to provide real-time verification for the minting of trueusd tokens. The trueusd crypto asset has a circulating supply of over…
Federal Judge Rules NBA Top Shot NFTs May Be Considered Unregistered Securities
[Feb 22, 2023 5:30 PM] A federal judge, Victor Marrero, ruled on Wednesday that the NBA Top Shot non-fungible tokens (NFTs) issued by Dapper Labs may meet the requirements to be considered an unregistered security. The case arose in 2021 when an NBA Top Shot collector…
Luxor Technologies Acquires Ordinalhub to Provide Tools for Bitcoin-Based NFTs
[Feb 22, 2023 3:30 PM] With Bitcoin-based digital collectibles becoming a popular trend, the full-stack bitcoin mining services company Luxor Technologies has acquired the platform Ordinalhub, a project that provides tools to buy, sell, and track Bitcoin-issued…
US Federal Trade Commission Investigates Marketing Schemes of Crypto Firm Voyager
[Feb 22, 2023 1:30 PM] According to a court document filed recently in the Voyager Digital bankruptcy case, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating the marketing of the crypto firm. Like the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the FTC has…
U.S. Legislators Introduce Bill That Would Prohibit Creation Of An American CBDC
[Feb 22, 2023 12:05 PM] The bill would effectively put an end to the debate over the creation of a Federal Reserve-issued CBDC.U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer (R-MN) has introduced a bill that would prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC directly to anyone. The bill…
BIS General Manager Casts Doubt on Stablecoins, Claiming Tokens Do Not Benefit From Regulations or Central Planning
Bank of Japan to Launch Digital Yen CBDC Pilot Later This Year
[Feb 22, 2023 3:30 AM] The Bank of Japan is preparing to launch a pilot test for a digital yen, its central bank digital currency (CBDC), later this year. Shinichi Uchida, executive director of the Bank of Japan, explained that the goals of this new pilot are to test the…
Binance Increases USDC Holdings as BUSD’s Market Cap Slides Lower
[Feb 21, 2023 3:30 PM] Eight days ago, Paxos announced that the company would no longer mint the stablecoin BUSD. Since then, the coin’s market capitalization has been sliding lower as redemptions have become more prominent. Meanwhile, a data researcher from…
Most Retail Crypto Investors Lost Money Over the Last 7 Years, According to BIS Analysis
[Feb 21, 2023 1:30 PM] According to data from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published in the latest BIS Bulletin No. 69, researchers assessed that, on average, most users lost money on their investments over the past seven years. Onchain data, metrics…
Bitcoin Core Maintainer Marco Falke Announces His Intent To Step Down
[Feb 21, 2023 1:18 PM] The developer with the most changes to Bitcoin’s code has announced his decision to step down from the Core maintainer role.Bitcoin Core maintainer Marco Falke has announced he will step down from the role. The tweet posted by Falke. The prolific…
Original Bitcoin Wizard Artist Raises Nearly $150,000 in BTC via Lightning, Despite Criticism From Bitcoin Maximalists
[Feb 21, 2023 11:30 AM] On Monday, crypto proponent Udi Wertheimer shared a story on Twitter explaining how he and the Taproot Wizards helped an artist who created the original 2013 bitcoin wizard meme raise nearly $150,000 in bitcoin. While the minting and sale were…
HRF Donates 2 Billion Satoshis To 10 Global Bitcoin Projects
[Feb 21, 2023 9:00 AM] Various projects supporting censorship resistance and Bitcoin education have received funding from the HRF.The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has granted 2 billion satoshis, approximately $475,000, from the Bitcoin Development Fund to 10 global…
Onecoin Cryptoqueen Killed in Greece in 2018, Report Claims
[Feb 21, 2023 8:30 AM] Ruja Ignatova, founder of the crypto pyramid Onecoin, may have been murdered in Greece a year after her disappearance. According to an article, quoting а leaked report from a police informant, the “missing Cryptoqueen” was killed on a yacht in the…
Report: South African Startup Momint Seeks to Boost Electricity Generation Using Blockchain-Based Solution
[Feb 21, 2023 5:30 AM] Using a solution that is based on blockchain technology, the South African startup Momint has said the recently launched Suncash initiative aims to ease the country’s power generation challenges. For about $9, investors can reportedly buy…
BitGeneration Is Bringing Bitcoin Education To Italian High Schools
[Feb 20, 2023 2:55 PM] Starting with 10 meetings, BitGeneration seeks to bring Bitcoin training and education to Italian students.BitPolito, a group of students from Politecnico di Torino University who seek to address training, research and development on Bitcoin in…
Best-selling Author Michael Lewis To Speak At Bitcoin 2023 Conference In Miami
[Feb 20, 2023 8:39 AM] The author of incredible books like “The Big Short,” and “Moneyball,” will speak in a fireside chat at the Miami Conference.Disclaimer: BTC Inc. is the parent company of Bitcoin Magazine and the Bitcoin Conference.Best-selling author of “The Big
Ordinal Inscription Collections on Bitcoin Blockchain Grow as Creators Monetize Art
[Feb 20, 2023 8:30 AM] With more than 150,000 Ordinal inscriptions on the Bitcoin blockchain, there are now numerous collections as creators and artists have found a new way to monetize their artworks via blockchain technology. In the past month, people have launched…