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Former Paxful CEO Says He Cannot ‘Vouch for Anything Happening There Now’ — Platform Tells Users It Is Back Online

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The former CEO of Paxful, Ray Youssef, has told users of the peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace that he is no longer in control and therefore cannot vouch for “anything that is happening there now.” Youssef also told a user who claimed to…

A ‘Tremendous Variety of Possible Transaction Types’ — A Look at the Conversation Between Nakamoto and Andresen

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The Bitcoin mempool, otherwise known as the network’s transaction backlog, is still clogged with over 390,000 transactions waiting to be processed by miners. To clear the mempool, mer än 190 blocks need to be mined. As the scaling issues continue to…

Former SEC Enforcement Chief: Coinbase’s Arguments ‘a Surefire Loser’ and Possibly Criminal

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According to John Reed Stark, crypto exchange Coinbase’s assertions that its business activities were endorsed by the U.S. säkerhet och utbytesprovision (SEC) when it approved its initial public offering are “a surefire loser.” According to Stark, the SEC’s approval of…

Jack Dorsey-Backed Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund Supports Open Source Developers in Lawsuit With Craig Wright

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Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund (BLDF) recently delivered on its promise to fund the legal costs of 11 Bitcoin developers that are the target of the self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright’s lawsuit. According to Alex Morcos, de “mission [of BLDF] is to…

Bitcoin Network Hits 75% Progress Towards Next Reward Halving

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At 11:06 a.m. Östlig tid (ET) i april 29, 2023, på blockhöjd 787,500, the number of blocks left to discover until the next Bitcoin blockchain halving is now fewer than 52,500 block. This means the network has progressed 75% genom…

The Elusive Satoshi Nakamoto: Last Emails Reveal Bitcoin Creator’s Thoughts Before Disappearing Over a Decade Ago

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Twelve years ago, on this very day of April 23, 2011, a cryptic individual, known only as Satoshi Nakamoto, penned one of the final correspondences to software developer Mike Hearn. The elusive mastermind behind Bitcoin conveyed in the message that he,…

CATO Institute: CBDC the ‘Single Largest Assault to Financial Privacy Since Creation of Bank Secrecy Act’

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A central bank digital currency (CBDC) may turn out to be the “single largest assault to financial privacy since the creation of the Bank Secrecy Act,” a policy analysis document released by CATO Institute has said. To stop the U.S. Federal…

South African Professor Accuses US Regulators of Attempting to ‘Assassinate Crypto’

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The United States’ attempts to “assassinate crypto” are illegal and unlikely to succeed because “crypto is global,” Steven Boykey Sidley, a South African professor and author, has argued. According to Sidley, many formerly U.S.-based companies and innovators have fled the country…

Matt Damon delar historien bakom sin kryptoreklam

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Den berömda Hollywood-skådespelaren Matt Damon har avslöjat historien om hur han blev involverad i att skapa en kryptovaluta-reklam som heter “Lycka står den modiga bi” med Crypto.com. Efter lanseringen av kryptoannonsen, Damon fick global kritik för sitt engagemang i…

Number of Irretrievably Lost BTC Now 6 Million — Cane Island Manager

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The number of irretrievably lost bitcoins has now reached 6 miljon, which leaves 13.3 million as coins that remain in circulation, Timothy Peterson of Cane Island Alternative Advisors has said. Peterson added that out of the 1.7 million bitcoins that will…