These week’s news highlighted how governments test new regimes for cryptocurrency, which can be slow but are certainly some kind of progress. A line from immortal comic strip Calvin & Hobbes goes “a good compromise leaves everybody mad.” When it comes to laws governing crypto, authorities are usually asking for pretty major compromises because they […]
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“Blockchain doesn’t go mainstream until things in the real world break.” Some attention has been devoted in recent years to the matter of blockchain adoption more specifically, when will blockchain technology go mainstream and when it does, how will we even know? The question is somewhat problematic because blockchain is an infrastructure, operating in the […]
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A new indictment came down in the case involving three Canadians behind the alleged PlexCoin ICO scam which raised $8M in 2017. Three Canadian citizens involved with an alleged initial coin offering scam from crypto project PlexCorps have been charged with fraud over conning investors out of $8 million. According to a July 24 statement […]
Continue ReadingThe FBI is seeking individuals who held crypto assets on CoinGather who appeared to conduct an exit scam in November 2017. The United States Department of Justice is seeking the owners of crypto funds that were held by CoinGather — a small crypto exchange that was seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, or FBI, […]
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New research suggests Tether Treasury is not pumping Bitcoin’s price, contrary to popular belief. Stablecoins are not driving up the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, according to a new study from the Centre for Economic Policy Research. Academics Richard K Lyons from UC Berkeley and Ganesh Viswanath-Natraj from the Warwick Business School looked at […]
Continue ReadingSamourai Wallet’s Bitcoin mixing CoinJoin service saw its monthly volume triple to over $10 million during March. Volume for Samourai Wallet’s non-custodial Bitcoin mixer, Whirlpool, tripled last month, with the service processing more than $10 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC). According to data published to Twitter by Whirlpoolstats’ Matt Odell, March activity comprised 40% of […]
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USDT remains the largest stablecoin by far and is listed on all the major exchanges and wallets. Sogani: “Any [court] decision will impact the industry directly.” The iFinex–Tether market manipulation lawsuit continues. Last week, Judge Katherine Failla of the Southern District of New York selected Roche Cyrulnik Freedman as interim lead plaintiff counsel, and four […]
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After pioneering the use of blockchain-based voting platform Voatz in 2018, West Virginia has abandoned the app in favor of paper and traditional online voting. On Feb. 27, West Virginia decided against using blockchain-based platform Voatz for residents with disabilities and citizens residing abroad to cast their votes in the state’s upcoming primary election. Instead, […]
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Partnerships, deanonymization and transaction pattern analysis: What else do international police use to detect crypto cybercriminals? 2019 demonstrated that cyber-attacks are getting more numerous in the cryptocurrency industry, while hardware remains vulnerable and high-profile data leaks are becoming more common. Even worse, the trend is a continuing one. Way back in June 2018, Kaspersky Lab […]
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Bitcoin rejected at $10,500 twice in one week, and pro-crypto candidate Andrew Yang pulls out of the race to be the next U.S. President. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and […]
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