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Vice President Kamala Harris is now calling for a regulatory framework that would “protect” American crypto holders.
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Vice President Kamala Harris is now calling for a regulatory framework that would “protect” American crypto holders.
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The FBI created a cryptocurrency as part of an investigation into price manipulation in crypto markets, the government revealed on Wednesday. From a report: > The FBI's Ethereum-based token, NexFundAI, was created with the help of "cooperating witnesses." As a result of the investigation, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged three "market makers" and nine people for allegedly engaging in schemes to boost the prices of certain crypto assets. The Department of Justice charged 18 people and entities for "widespread fraud and manipulation" in crypto markets. > The defendants allegedly made false claims about their tokens and executed so-called "wash trades" to create the impression of an active trading market, prosecutors claim. The three market makers -- ZMQuant, CLS Global, and MyTrade -- allegedly wash traded or conspired to wash trade on behalf of NexFundAI, an Ethereum-based token they didn't realize was created by the FBI. > "What the FBI uncovered in this case is essentially a new twist to old-school financial crime," Jodi Cohen, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Boston division, said in a statement. "What we uncovered has resulted in charges against the leadership of four cryptocurrency companies, and four crypto 'market makers' and their employees who are accused of spearheading a sophisticated trading scheme that allegedly bilked honest investors out of millions of dollars." Abstract credit: https://slashdot.org/story/434115
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> The U.S. government now appears free to sell 69,370 Bitcoin that it seized from a Silk Road-affiliated wallet.
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> "Unlike most governments, Bhutan's BTC does not come from law enforcement asset seizures, but from bitcoin mining operations, which have ramped up dramatically since early 2023," the crypto intelligence firm explained. Crypto intelligence firm Arkham highlighted the Kingdom of Bhutan's bitcoin holdings on social media platform X last week. Bhutan is a small, landlocked kingdom located in the eastern Himalayas, bordered by China to the north and India to the south. The country currently has a population of less than 800,000 people. We learned last year that Bhutan had been [secretly mining bitcoin using its abundant hydroelectric resources since around 2019](https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2023/04/30/bhutan-bitcoin-mining-crypto/). The operation, which began when bitcoin was priced at approximately $5,000, aims to harness the country's vast renewable energy reserves to power mining rigs. Hydroelectricity already accounts for 30% of Bhutan's GDP and powers nearly all of its 800,000 residents. The government claimed last year that mining profits are used to subsidize power and hardware costs. This revelation makes Bhutan one of the few countries globally to run a state-owned bitcoin mine, alongside El Salvador. At over $800 million in Bitcoin holdings, the reserve accounts for nearly a third of Bhutan's 2022-calculated GDP. Abstract credit: https://slashdot.org/story/433433
I wonder if there can be made a cryptocurrency that locksdown mining during winter and summer months in order to put less stress on grids around the world as well as be more climate friendly?
cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/17752039 > The making of the Hydra Doom experience. > > I find it fascinating that Doom’s “determinism” (identical inputs will produce identical results in the gameplay) makes it possible to encode entire playstreams on-chain and have each of them compete against each other. Detractors of Cardano may accuse it of being relatively slow due to its high security on layer 1 compared to Solana, but layer 2’s like Hydra make that decision to prioritize determinism and statelessness look visionary when the roadmap is unfolded. Extended UTXO is paying off when it comes to parallelism. > > Hats off to the Hydra team! > > Ps. Yes. Technically I know it is not **running** Doom. Nonetheless this is a great demonstration of the power of the Hydra zk roll up tech.
cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/17544659 > > In this keynote from Rooted in Research: Pushing the Boundaries of Blockchain Technology in Tokyo, Charles Hoskinson reflects on 10 years of groundbreaking research in blockchain and distributed systems. He discusses key achievements, ongoing challenges, and the future direction of research in the industry. After his keynote, Charles answers questions from the audience.
cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/16334087 > Charles and company made a PGP-encrypted paper wallet. He is calling it the most secure paper wallet in the entire crypto space. > > To put his money where his mouth is, anyone who hacks it can keep keep the cash ($1 million dollars worth of USDM) if you can hack it. > > Good luck everyone!
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Hi guys What open source non-custodial lightening wallet would you recommend?
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Black Friday sale. If you're still using a Virtual machine or TailsOS, today might be the day for a needed upgrade. $10 off thereabouts.
Hi all! Does anybody know if bitcoin core (bitcoin-qt) is also vulnerable to keybleed / randstorm? Thank you
God I love privacy token such as monero or oxen. They are a leading effort in making us use cash again. Where your government doesn't need to know that you're buying something embarrassing off the internet. But it did got me thinking. Surely, government and tracking isn't pure evil. They must've used paper trails of transactions around the world to track criminals. But how would they, if monero became mainstream, track these bad actors? What kind of "paper" can they really "trail"?
Is there an iOS/Android app that supports multisig wallets for LTC. The only one I’ve found is bitpay but it is broken and I’ve been emailing support for the last 3 months. Many claim to have multisig but don’t actually support LTC. Please help.
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Hi, I made trading bot using binance api. Is there any platform that has api, but doesnt require kyc?