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China's Top Regulators Ban Crypto Trading and Mining, Sending Bitcoin Tumbling
China's most powerful regulators on Friday intensified a crackdown on cryptocurrencies with a blanket ban on all crypto transactions and mining, hitting bitcoin and other major coins and pressuring crypto and blockchain-related stocks.
Bitcoin Site Goes Dark After Apparent Hacking
Bitcoin.org, the website that was once the main landing portal for all things Bitcoin, today suffered an embarrassing hack that has already cost naive BTC users money.
Bitcoin, Ether Slump as Market Selloff Widens
Cryptocurrency prices sank on Monday as concerns over the spillover risk to the global economy from Chinese property group Evergrande's (3333.HK) troubles spread across financial markets.
Kleiman v. Wright Trial Crypto Odds Up at Bovada
Bovada has Dr. Wright winning the case at -130. The Kleiman Estate winning and being rewarded $1 billion pays out $350 for every $100 odds.
Man Linked to $1.3B North Korean BTC Hacks Gets 11 Years in Prison
Plus CoinGeek sits down with Bryan Cryderman of Handcash, a leading wallet provider for the Bitcoin SV ecosystem.
Fake News: Litecoin Foundation Says No Deal With Walmart
Walmart had earlier disputed the claims after a number of outlets reported on the fake story.
Bitcoin is Barter, Not Money, Mexico Central Bank Chief Says
Bitcoin is more like a means of barter than "evolved" fiat money, Mexico's central back chief said on Thursday, calling it a high-risk investment and a poor store of value.
El Salvador's World-First Adoption of Bitcoin Endures Bumpy First Day
El Salvador's historic adoption of bitcoin as legal tender on Tuesday was beset by teething problems, as an angry protest by mistrustful citizens, technological glitches and a dip in the cryptocurrency clouded the rollout.
Tether Trading Barred in Canada
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) this past week is prohibiting the country’s first registered digital currency exchanges, Wealthsimple and Coinberry, from trading Tether (USDT).
BSV Blockchain Conference Miami - What We Learned
Gambling911.com will be covering today's BSV Blockchain Conference Miami at the SLS Brickell.
Bitcoin Fever Reaches Honduras With First Crypto ATM
The first cryptocurrency ATM in Honduras opened this week as Bitcoin backers sought to spur demand for virtual assets after neighbouring El Salvador became the first country to establish bitcoin as legal tender.
A Personal Invite to Elon Musk to Attend CoinGeek NYC
Dr. Craig Wright has reached out to Elon Musk to join him for the upcoming CoinGeek New York City conference "to discuss and learn how #BSV resolves concerns regarding environmental sustainability, scaling, transaction throughput, and energy efficiency."
Calvin Ayre: 'Binance is Organized Crime'
In doing so via his Twitter account, Ayre tweeted out a piece from the Times of London that declares "Binance is ‘not capable’ of proper supervision". The damning report was published on Thursday. Plus: Come Join Gambling911 at the BSV Blockchain Conference in Miami September 1
DraftKings NFTs: Fix Them or Drop Them
DraftKings recently introduced NFTs or Non-Fungible Tokens to its platform. This has been in cooperation with Tom Brady's Autograph platform. The concept went live two weeks ago.
BTC Mixer Helix Founder Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering, Could Spend 20 Years Behind Bars
The founder of Helix, a Bitcoin mixing service, is accused of assisting criminals with the movement of around 350,000 BTC. Larry Dean Harmon plead guilty this week to laundering more than $300,000 million worth of BTC from 2014 to 2017.
BSV Blockchain Conference to Take Place at the SLS Brickell Hotel in Miami
The BSV blockchain is capturing global attention with its massive scaling, rapid growth and powerful technical capabilities. BSV enables efficient micropayments, high transaction volume, greater data capacity, and diverse business uses.
Crypto Gaming Casino Suspends Operations Due to ETH Network Congestion
Blockchain gaming firm FunFair’s online crypto platform KingTiger Casino has involuntarily suspended its operations because of the Ethereum (ETH) network’s congestion that made fees soar to as high as $29 per transaction last August 12. Users of KingTiger Casino may still access their non-custodial digital wallets, having the option to keep them there or transfer them to a different ERC-20 address.
Messi Joins Crypto Craze as He Receives Part of PSG Fee in Fan Tokens
Soccer star Lionel Messi's signing on fee at Paris St Germain includes some of the French club's cryptocurrency fan tokens, in the latest big name endorsement of new digital assets.
Nasdaq Wants to Disrupt Blockchain
In interview with Fortune Magazine, CEO Adena Friedman set out her views on blockchain, and her plans for the technology at Nasdaq in the coming years.
Bitcoin Moves Past $46K Again as Rebound Continues
After falling from a May high of $49,770.33 down into the low and mid-30,000 range, Bitcoin investors can breathe a sigh of relief for the moment.
Multi-Million Dollar CoinGeek Crime Bounty Program Launches
Plus a new digital asset bill introduced in US would require regulators to define DeFi rules, Saudi Aramco— Saudi's biggest oil exporter, denied its alleged involvement in #BTC mining activities in an official statement and BSV blockchain has set a new world record for the largest daily average block size on a Bitcoin network.
Ethereum Software Upgrade Activated; Ether Reverses Losses, Trades Up
Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain network, went through a major software upgrade on Thursday, which is expected to stabilize transaction fees and reduce supply of the ether token.
California Fintech, Founders Settle SEC Crypto Fraud Claims
The SEC said in filings in Los Angeles federal court on Wednesday that Uulala Inc and founders Oscar Garcia and Matthew Loughran raised $9 million from investors between 2017 and 2019 through an unregistered initial coin offering.
Bitcoin Ecosystem Rallies to Repel Doomed Re-Org Attacks
The attacks work like this: a miner accumulates hash power and creates a chain of competing BSV blocks in secret, which contain transactions written to benefit the attacker, such as by double-spending BSV by appearing to deposit it into an exchange wallet.
CoinGeek is Coming to the Big Apple
The eighth installment of the CoinGeek Conference series will take place at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, October 5-7.
What Do Broken Down McDonald's Milkshake Machines Have to Do With a Bitcoin Mastercard Conspiracy?
If franchisees want to switch solutions, the only option that the parent corporation allows is to switch to a software “upgrade” called “Powerhouse Dynamics,” which is owned by the parent company of Taylor, so you can't really escape the system. Enter Mastercard's similar setup with Bitcoin.
The Crypto Beat - July 28, 2021: Bitcoin Crosses Over $40K Again
Plus EU’s ban on anonymous digital currency transfers—a deep dive....cryptocurrency won't be so anonymous any more.
BlockFi Ordered to Cease and Desist in NJ
The New Jersey Bureau of Securities has ordered financial services platform BlockFi to stop accepting and offering customers of interest-bearing accounts.
Tether Execs Bat Away CNBC Questions on USDT’s Lack of Transparency
CNBC TechCheck’s Deirdre Bosa chatted with Tether’s CTO Paolo Ardoino and General Counsel Stuart Hoegner about the company role in crypto and the future of stablecoins. It didn't exactly go over very well, as noted by Steven Stradbrooke of CoinGeek.com.
CoinGeek New York Will Take Place at The Sheraton, Times Square (October 5-7, 2021)
The eighth installment of the CoinGeek Conference series will take place at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, October 5-7. The conference will allow over 2,000 people to the Times Square event!
