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Month: July 2020
Money Reimagined: This Isn’t Good for Bitcoin – CoinDesk
No, blockchain does not fix this. By “this” I don’t mean centrally controlled databases that are vulnerable to attack, the problem highlighted by this week’s massive Twitter hack. I…
Malaysia Crackdown Unlikely to Affect Binance, eToro – CoinDesk
Malaysia’s financial watchdog says Binance and eToro don’t comply with the country’s securities law; it’s unlikely to make much of a difference to their local operations, however. Disclosure The…
The DOJ Wants to Hire a Crypto Crime Attorney Adviser – CoinDesk
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is looking to hire a dark web, cryptocurrency and computer hacking attorney adviser to assist in its crackdown on international cybercrime. Disclosure The…
Blockchain Bites: Binance’s Bitcoin Mining, ConsenSys’ Legal Trouble and Why Politicians Blame Twitter, Not Bitcoin – CoinDesk
In the aftermath of the Twitter hack, lawmakers are targeting lax cybersecurity, not Bitcoin. Binance is looking to consolidate bitcoin mining in Russia, ConsenSys is being accused of stealing…
US Agency Says Chinese Drug Traffickers Used Bitcoin to Launder Proceeds – CoinDesk
The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a division of the Treasury Department, sanctioned four Chinese nationals for allegedly using cryptocurrency to launder proceeds from illicit drug transactions….
The First Bitcoin Trade: 20 BTC for $0.04951 per whole bitcoin Recalled
On this day in 2010, the first Bitcoin trade took place on the now-defunct bitcoin exchange, Mt Gox, with the transacting parties exchanging 20 BTC for $0.04951 per whole…
IRS Seeks Elliptic’s Crypto Tracing Software in Response to COVID-19 – CoinDesk
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is trying to license Elliptic’s cryptocurrency tracing software as an emergency response to COVID-19. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a…
Preston Byrne: Twitter Doesn’t Need Web 3.0 For Its Identity Problem – CoinDesk
Preston Byrne, a columnist for CoinDesk’s Opinion section, is a partner in Anderson Kill’s Technology, Media and Distributed Systems Group. He advises software, internet and fintech companies. His biweekly…
Bitcoin News Roundup for July 17, 2020 – CoinDesk
With Binance expanding its miner ambitions and Thailand’s CBDC seeing early use, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup. Bitcoin barely moved on this week’s Twitter…