Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Speaks Publicly for the First Time Since 2013
At the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, attendees listened to the first phone interview with the Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht...
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Cuba’s Central Bank Suspends US Dollar Deposits Nationwide – Officials Cite Embargo ‘Obstacles’
The Republic of Cuba is suspending the use of U.S. dollars due to embargo restrictions with U.S. and foreign banks....
US Senator Urges Treasury Secretary to ‘Make Significant Revisions’ to FinCEN’s Crypto Proposal
U.S. Senator Pat Toomey has urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to “make significant revisions” to the proposed crypto regulation by...
UK Police Lobbying for New Laws Allowing Them to Freeze Cryptocurrencies
UK police are lobbying the government to change the laws to allow them to freeze cryptocurrencies. Scotland Yard detectives say...
Pensioners Pay Scottish Roofing Company in Cryptocurrency
With bitcoin’s popularity rising, a growing number of businesses in Scotland have been introducing cryptocurrency payments. A roofing company from...
Jack Dorsey Hints at Lightning Network Integration on Twitter
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, hinted at the possibility of integrating Lightning Network into Twitter yesterday. Dorsey answered a Tweet...
Bitcoin Mining Council Goes Live, Elon Musk Gets Sidelined
The Bitcoin Mining Council has gone live, launching its own website detailing its members and the mission statement of the...
South Africa Working Group Releases New Position Paper Calling for Regulation of Crypto Asset Providers
South Africa’s Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) has a released new position paper that calls for the regulation of the...
Indian Government May Regulate Crypto as Asset Class: Report
India may be regulating crypto as an asset class under the purview of the Securities and Exchange Board of India...
Bitcoinization: JPMorgan Notes ‘Similarly Situated’ Countries Could Make Bitcoin Legal Tender Like El Salvador
JPMorgan struggles to “see any tangible economic benefits associated with adopting bitcoin as a second form of legal tender.” Commenting...
SEC and CFTC Caution Investors About Funds Trading in Bitcoin Futures
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have warned investors of the risks...
Stock-to-Flow Creator Says ‘$288K Still in Play,’ Mike McGlone Sees an ‘Ace up Bitcoin’s Sleeve’
The popular Twitter account and creator of the bitcoin stock-to-flow (S2F) price model explained that “$288K still in play.” Meanwhile,...
Taproot Lock-in Achieved — Bitcoin Network Set to Activate Biggest Upgrade in Four Years
The ‘Speedy Trial’ lock-in period for the Bitcoin network upgrade Taproot is now complete. Data from taproot.watch details the lock-in...
FBI Seizes 800 Beverly Hills Safety Deposit Boxes With $86M, Attorneys Claim Fed’s Raid ‘Unconstitutional’
The Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) is under fire for an alleged unconstitutional seizure of 800 safety deposit boxes in Beverly...
Basel Committee Proposes Differentiating Regulation of Crypto Assets Based on Risks to Banks
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has proposed dividing crypto assets into two groups and regulating them based on their...
