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Bikerumor
4 weeks ago
Bicycling

Get Paid to Ride Bikes. Earn Imatra Coin as you Pedal, Redeemable For Real Gear & Discounts

Earn Imatra Coins by logging bike rides for discounts and gear
Imatra app converts kilometers biked into virtual currency for real cycling products [ more ]
news.bitcoin.com
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Texas Lawmaker Launches Resolution to Protect Bitcoin Investors, Support BTC Economy Regulation Bitcoin News

Regulation by Kevin Helms A legislative proposal has been introduced to support the bitcoin economy in the U.S. state of Texas.The individuals who own bitcoin should be protected under the Texas Constitution, the proposal describes.No citizen of Texas shall ever be deprived of their right to own bitcoin and that all bitcoin owners will be protected as they enjoy all the privileges associated with the cryptocurrency.
news.bitcoin.com
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Avalanche Sees Surge in BTC Bridged to Its Network With Over $44 Million in Bitcoin Ported on Thursday Bitcoin News

According to statistics, the number of bitcoin bridged to the Avalanche blockchain saw a significant inflow on March 2, as more than 2,000 bitcoin were bridged on that day.Data further shows that as of Friday, March 3, a total of 8,504 bitcoin worth $190.9 million was bridged over to the Avalanche network.
news.bitcoin.com
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Binance Increases USDC Holdings as BUSD's Market Cap Slides Lower Bitcoin News

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 Nansen has discovered that Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trade volume, has increased its usd coin holdings by $1.5 billion over the last seven days.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Lose big on crypto? Here's how to reduce the sting

Editor's Note: This is an updated version of an article that first published on August 17, 2022.Even before the crypto exchange FTX imploded this week, shaking the foundation of the digital asset world, crypto investors had been having a volatile, loss-inducing year.They watched the price of their digital assets plummet, then recover somewhat, then fall again.
TechRepublic
1 year ago
Information security

Open-source repository SourceHut to remove all cryptocurrency-related projects

Also including blockchain-related projects in the ban, SourceHut's creator said the technology is associated with fraudulent activities and high-risk investments.More about Innovation Open-source repository SourceHut is pulling the plug on software projects that tap into cryptocurrency and blockchain.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Tech industry

Investors Sue Treasury Department for Blacklisting a Crypto Platform

A group of cryptocurrency investors sued the Treasury Department on Thursday to block government sanctions that bar Americans from Tornado Cash, a popular crypto platform that criminals have used to launder virtual currencies.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Bad news for thousands of crytpo investors: they don't own their accounts

Former Celsius Network chief executive Alex Mashinsky on January 5, 2021.On Thursday the New York Attorney General brought a suit against him.Reuters TV via REUTERS/File Photo (Reuters Tv/Reuters)More than half a million people who deposited money with collapsed crypto lender Celsius Network have been dealt a major blow to their hopes of recovering their funds, with the judge in the company's bankruptcy case ruling that the money belongs to Celsius and not to the depositors.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Tech industry

Inside the Frantic Texts Exchanged by Crypto Executives as FTX Collapsed

The day before the embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy, Changpeng Zhao, the chief executive of the rival exchange Binance, sent an alarmed text to Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX's founder.Mr. Zhao was concerned that Mr. Bankman-Fried was orchestrating crypto trades that could send the industry into a meltdown.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

New Hampshire man goes to trial on charges he ran unlicensed bitcoin biz

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire man accused of running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange business catered to romance and imposter scammers who conned their victims into wiring him money that he shared as virtual currency with the criminals after taking his cut, a prosecutor alleged during opening statements in his trial Tuesday.
www.aljazeera.com
2 years ago
Europe news

Fresh US sanctions hit Russian bank, oligarchs, crypto miner

The United States has imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow since its February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Business

Lose big on crypto? Here's how to reduce the sting

It's been a tough year for crypto investors as they've watched the price of their digital assets plummet.
Bitcoin
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Chinese State-Run Media Warns About Bitcoin's Price Falling to Zero as Regulators Issue Fresh Crypto Warning

State-Run Newspaper Warns About Bitcoin Becoming Worthless
China's state-run newspaper Economic Daily published an article warning about bitcoin Wednesday, according to SCMP.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Don't accidentally hire a North Korean hacker, FBI warns

US officials have warned businesses against inadvertently hiring IT staff from North Korea, saying that rogue freelancers were taking advantage of remote work opportunities to hide their true identities and earn money for Pyongyang.
Theregister
1 year ago
Europe news

Putin reaches for nuclear option: Zuckerberg banned

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky are among the latest US citizens to be added to the increasingly bizarre Russian sanctions list.
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