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* the first bitcoin hardware available for purchase at a major retailer with cash * the ability to purchase devices locally with cash helps mitigate the privacy risks inherent with ordering devices online and having them shipped to an address associated with the user * ledger and other manufacturers have been hit with
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* The decision by the Geneva-based nonprofit was long sought by advocates of tighter gun regulation, such as U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats including New York City Mayor Eric Adams. * It clears the way for banks that process gun retailers' payments to decide whether to assign the
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* Tornado Cash is an open source piece of software running on the Ethereum blockchain that preserves privacy by allowing users to deposit assets from one crypto address and withdraw them using a different crypto address. * The problem here is twofold: (1) there are legitimate applications for this type of technology
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* Insider profiled Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin Academy at the conclusion of its program for Marcy Houses in Brooklyn. * At the end of the courses on Wednesday, Marcy residents who enrolled in the Academy and opted into a grant each received around $1,000 in bitcoin. https://www.
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* On September 5, Hopkins announced via his Twitter account that he would be reporting to the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institute “for the crime of selling #Bitcoin a few years ago.” * In 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a federal bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, published
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* Michael Peterson, the founder of Bitcoin Beach, the circular Bitcoin economy that inspired El Salvador President Nayib Bukele to adopt bitcoin nationally, told Bitcoin Magazine that this is “all about perspective.” * “Most negative stories claim [Bitcoin payments adoption] is about 20% and paint that as failure. If a country outside
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* Largest contribution of $100,000 goes to BTCPay Server, an open-source bitcoin payments processor. * Two donations of $50,000 each will be allocated to Jon Atak and Josh Kitman. Atak is a core developer continuously reviewing and working to improve Bitcoin, while Kitman is working on Fedimint, a Chaumian e-cash
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* Poolin' operators have announced zero fees for all users from September 8th to December 7th and a change from FPPS to PPLNS for bitcoin payout calculation. * They also plan to extend the zero fee period to a full year for miners who choose to hold a larger balance (more
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* “It’s targeting assets, but it’s also providing that valuable, investigative tracing capability and lens for all of our commands across all of our businesses, whether they’re national security-related, child protection, cyber – or the ability to trace cryptocurrency transactions across the relevant blockchains is really, really important.” * AFP
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* The Bank of Russia and the country’s Ministry of Finance have reconsidered their positions toward cryptocurrency, acknowledging it to be necessary to legalize the use of cryptocurrencies in cross-border settlements, per a report by local news outlet TASS. * The move comes as Russia dabbles on how to best regulate
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* disclosures included names, contact information and financial information about income https://www.marketwatch.com/story/irs-says-it-exposed-some-confidential-taxpayer-data-on-website-11662148381 archive: https://archive.ph/v4B1X
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* The Indian agency overseeing computer security will soon require VPN operators in India to collect information such as customer’s names, email addresses and the IP addresses they use to connect to the internet. Providers must maintain the data for at least five years and furnish the information to authorities
