While many experts believe that Telegram has not compromised the security of its customers, some users have reported certain anomalies. In a sudden turn of events, Russia’s communications watchdog — Roskomnadzor — issued a public statement on June 18, announcing that it has lifted its ban on the popular messaging app Telegram. This decision comes […]
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A former senior official of the People’s Bank of China said that the country has completed the backend architecture development of its digital currency. The former vice-chair of the People’s Bank of China’s National Council for Social Security Fund, Wang Zhongmin, announced that China has completed the backend architecture development of China’s central bank digital […]
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John McAfee’s controversial Ghost distributed exchange, which promises anonymity, is now live. John McAfee’s controversial Ghost distributed exchange is now live, the cryptocurrency advocate announced on Twitter over the weekend. The Ghost distributed exchange is related to McAfee’s privacy project Ghost, a Proof of Stake privacy coin intended for more anonymous transactions. McAfee clarified on […]
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The world’s leading technological and economic country is significantly outdated on two major levels requiring dramatic changes: government and politicians. As with most of the globetrotting crypto and blockchain set, I find myself grounded. Me, in my Manhattan apartment for the past several months, watching the COVID-19 pandemic grow out of control while systems break […]
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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said he still sees Bitcoin the same as he did in 2017. Barstool Sports’ millionaire founder, Dave Portnoy, recently re-tweeted his 2017 video on Bitcoin, saying his view on the asset has not changed. “For everybody trying to get me in the Bitcoin game, I made this video in 2017,” […]
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast. An eventful week for Bitcoin this week. It ended down nearly 5 percent but at one point, things were looking much worse. A collapse to $8,900 sparked talk of a three-month correction—which could be exacerbated by the expiration of more than 100,000 Bitcoin options next Friday. So far […]
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A deeper dive into the story involving a potential scam operation paying millions in ETH transaction fees twice in a row. The hottest Ethereum topic in June so far has been mysterious transactions that involved millions of dollars being paid to transfer small-to-medium amounts of Ether (ETH) — an activity which normally doesn’t cost more […]
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Bitcoin trader Tone Vays has come under criticism for using the recent suicide of a Robinhood user to promote a $3K trading course on his website. Crypto influencer Tone Vays has come under fire on Crypto Twitter following a mix-up over a tweet that appeared to show him ‘getting a laugh’ out of the suicide […]
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The US’s top legal authority is looking to dismantle online protections for content publishers following Trump’s spat with Twitter weeks ago. On June 17, the United States Department of Justice issued new recommendations to roll back decades-old protections for online platforms publishing third-party content. Section 230 and internet censorship Section 230 of the Communications Decency […]
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A former Steem witness received death threats from a Hive user, is DPoS to blame for the Steem/Hive drama? A former Steem witness, who is also a prominent member of Korea’s crypto community, spoke to Cointelegraph and shared proof that he received death threats from a Hive user ahead of Steem’s 0.23 hard fork. The […]
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