300 Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Resources

A CRYPTOCURRENCY (or crypto currency) is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange using cryptography to secure the transactions, to control the creation of additional units, and to verify the transfer of assets. Cryptocurrencies are classified as a subset of digital currencies and are also classified as a subset of alternative currencies and virtual currencies.

Bitcoin, created in 2009, was the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Since then, numerous cryptocurrencies have been created. These are frequently called altcoins, as a blend of bitcoin alternative. Bitcoin and its derivatives use decentralized control as opposed to centralized electronic money/centralized banking systems. The decentralized control is related to the use of bitcoin's blockchain transaction database in the role of a distributed ledger.

BITCOIN is a worldwide cryptocurrency and digital payment system called the first decentralized digital currency, as the system works without a central repository or single administrator. It was invented by an unknown person or group of people under the name Satoshi Nakamoto and released as open-source software in 2009. The system is peer-to-peer, and transactions take place between users directly, without an intermediary. These transactions are verified by network nodes and recorded in a public distributed ledger called a blockchain.

Bitcoins are created as a reward for a process known as mining. They can be exchanged for other currencies, products, and services. As of February 2015, over 100,000 merchants and vendors accepted bitcoin as payment. Bitcoin can also be held as an investment. According to research produced by Cambridge University in 2017, there are 2.9 to 5.8 million unique users using a cryptocurrency wallet, most of them using bitcoin.

A BLOCKCHAIN – originally block chain – is a continuously growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked and secured using cryptography. Each block typically contains a hash pointer as a link to a previous block, a timestamp and transaction data. By design, blockchains are inherently resistant to modification of the data. A blockchain can serve as "an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way." For use as a distributed ledger, a blockchain is typically managed by a peer-to-peer network collectively adhering to a protocol for validating new blocks. Once recorded, the data in any given block cannot be altered retroactively without the alteration of all subsequent blocks, which requires collusion of the network majority.

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• 1st death from Bitcoin mining - "Cryptocurrency hunter is electrocuted while trying to power up faulty computer in Thailand."
• 1st U.S. bitcoin futures available now - Chicago Board Options Echange (CBOE).
• $3.6 billion in stolen cryptocurrency seized as feds arrest New York couple - "A New York couple has been arrested and charged with conspiring to launder $4.5 billion in stolen cryptocurrency funds. Law enforcement officials have seized $3.6 billion of those funds in what US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco called 'the department's largest financial seizure ever.'"
• 5 Biggest Blockchain Trends In 2022 - "Blockchain is one of the most exciting tech trends at the moment. It is a distributed, encrypted database model that has the potential to solve many problems around online trust and security. Many people know it as the technology that underpins Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general. However, its potential uses are far broader, encompassing digital 'smart' contracts, logistics and supply chain provenance and security, and protection against identity theft. There are countless others - blockchain evangelists say it can potentially be used to improve security and integrity in any system that involves multiple parties sharing access to a database."
• 6 Biggest Blockchain Trends Everyone Should Know About In 2021 - "Blockchain has been one of the most talked-about tech trends of the last few years. As with many other trends that were important before the pandemic hit, it didn't make as many headlines in 2021 as it has done previously. But development has been ongoing and the year saw continued adoption of the technology throughout many industries and sectors."
• 9 Best Bitcoin Wallet Hardware & Cryptocurrency Apps 2019 - Buy Bitcoin Worldwide.
• 10 Things You Should Know About EOS - Steemit.
• 50 Cent accidentally made $8 million in bitcoin - The Verge.
• 187 THINGS THE BLOCKCHAIN IS SUPPOSED TO FIX - Wired.
• $365 billion wiped off cryptocurrency market after Tesla stops car purchases with bitcoin - "Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the electric vehicle maker would suspend car purchases using bitcoin, citing environmental concerns. As much as $365.85 billion was wiped off the entire cryptocurrency market though it did pare some losses. Bitcoin, ether and XRP were all sharply lower. Musk said Tesla will not be selling any bitcoin and intends to use it for transactions 'as soon as mining transitions to more sustainable energy.'"
• $400 Billion Crypto Price Rout Sees Bitcoin Crash Under $60,000 As Ethereum, BNB, Solana, Cardano & XRP Plummet - "Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have fallen sharply over the last 24 hours, with the bitcoin price crashing under $60,000 per bitcoin. Other major cryptocurrencies, including ethereum, Binance's BNB, solana, cardano and Ripple's XRP, have also fallen back—all losing between 7% and 10% of their value. The sudden crypto price crash has wiped around $400 billion from the combined crypto market, which last week touched a record high of around $3 trillion."
• 2017's biggest cryptoassets ranked by performance - Atlas.
• 2018: THE YEAR OF THE CRYPTOCURRENCY CRAZE - Wired.
• $280M WORTH OF ETHEREUM IS TRAPPED THANKS TO A DUMB BUG - Wired.
• A Beverly Hills Estate Is Asking $65 Million, or The Bitcoin Equivalent, To Take It Off The Market - "Purchasing real estate with cryptocurrency is on the rise, and America’s largest-known cryptocurrency deal happened in Miami in June with the sale of the city’s most expensive penthouse, valued at $22.5 million. While purchasing real estate with cryptocurrency dates as far back as 2014, it hasn’t quite infiltrated the mainstream."
• A CLASSIC SCAM FINDS NEW LIFE STEALING BITCOIN ON TWITTER - Wired.
• A DEBATE ABOUT BITCOIN THAT WAS A DEBATE ABOUT NOTHING - Wired.
• Addicted to crypto? There's rehab for it - "Luxury rehab centres now offer therapy for 'crypto addiction'."
• Aegis Bitcoin Wallet - open source bitcoin wallet for Android developed using the highest standards in the fields of cryptography and information security.
• After the Bitcoin Boom: Hard Lessons for Cryptocurrency Investors - The New York Times.
• After the Bust, Are Bitcoins More Like Tulip Mania or the Internet? - The New York Times.
• Akon wants to build 'real-life Wakanda' using a currency called AKoin - BBC News.
• Another court case fails to unlock the mystery of bitcoin’s Satoshi Nakamoto - "As Craig Wright’s legal tussles pile up, the world is no closer to knowing who the currency’s inventor really is."
• Apple has hidden a bitcoin manifesto in every Mac since 2018, says a tech blogger who discovered it by accident - "Technologist Andy Baio wrote in an April 5 blog post that he found a PDF of the original bitcoin white paper on his Macbook."
• Apple hiding a bitcoin manifesto in Macs is fueling theories that Steve Jobs was Satoshi Nakamoto, the crypto's mysterious inventor - "In an April 5 blog post, technologist Andy Baio said he accidentally stumbled upon a copy of Satoshi Nakamoto's bitcoin white paper on his Mac computer, with the revelation fueling wild theories across the internet that the mysterious creator of the world's biggest cryptocurrency was Apple co-founder Steve Jobs."
• Are NFTs really art? - "Collectible and cartoonish, these digital multiples, traded in cryptocurrency, confer membership of an exclusive club - sometimes literally. But do they have any aesthetic value? A critic weighs in."
• Armed robbers steal $1.8 million worth of cryptocurrency - engadget.
• ART GRAILS$ - since 2021. "ArtGrails is a highly anticipated standalone NFT (Non-Fungible Tokens) Platform founded by Celebrity Art Dealer and Manager, Avery Andon, in partnership with his brother / longtime client, Street Artist Alec Monopoly and veteran web developer Seth Lowell. Each release on ArtGrails is curated, with a focus on unique and iconic NFT 'grails'."
• As Bitcoin Scrapes $10,000, an Investment Boom Like No Other - The New York Times.
• As Coca-Cola Auctions Its First NFT, More Brands Are Entering The Metaverse - "The Atlanta-based beverage giant is selling a series of four NFTs - known as non-fungible tokens - that will be sold as a single asset with proceeds benefiting Special Olympics International. NFTs are digital assets backed by blockchain technology and have seen quick adoption this year by artists and cryptocurrency enthusiasts alike. Interest in the sector has prompted companies ranging from Pringles to the entertainment brand Superplastic to create NFTs with the hope of tapping into the crypto-cultural zeitgeist."
• As online ads fail, sites mine cryptocurrency - engadget.
• Australian who says he invented bitcoin ordered to hand over up to $5bn - "US court orders Craig Wright to share cryptocurrency haul with the estate of American programmer David Kleiman."

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• Best Performing Crypto Is the One That's the Biggest Joke - Bloomberg.
• Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble - The New York Times.
• 'Big bitcoin heist' suspect escapes prison and flees Iceland 'on PM's plane' - The Guardian.
• Bill Gates blasts Bitcoin as ‘not a great climate thing’ in stark environmental warning - "Bill Gates has voiced his concerns over the environmental impact created by cryptocurrency Bitcoin."
• Bill Gates: cryptocurrencies have 'caused deaths in a fairly direct way' - The Guardian.
• Bill Gates says crypto & NFTs are a sham - "Those digital asset trends are '100% based on greater fool theory,' the Microsoft co-founder said Tuesday at a TechCrunch conference, referencing the notion that investors can make money on worthless or overvalued assets as long as people are willing to bid them higher. Gates added that he's 'not long or short' crypto. And he mocked Bored Apes NFTs, joking that 'expensive digital images of monkeys' will 'improve the world immensely.'"
• Bitcoin - Wikipedia.
• Bitcoin & cryptocurrencies – what digital money really means for our future - The Guardian.
• Bitcoin and the wealthy - "The very rich are adding fuel to the bitcoin boom but many are wary of a bubble."
• Bitcoin Babushkas: Cryptocurrency mining in Siberia - "Siberia may be the last place you’d expect to find cutting-edge cryptocurrency mining, but conditions in the remote Russian region are said to be ideal."
• Bitcoin Beats Gold But Doge Beats Everything As Crypto Takes Over - Forbes.
• Bitcoin becomes official currency in Central African Republic - "The Central African Republic (CAR) has approved Bitcoin as legal tender - just the second country to do so. CAR is one of the world's poorest countries, but is rich in diamonds, gold and uranium."
• 'Bitcoin billionaires': Winklevoss twins may work with Facebook again - "The Winklevoss twins may work with Facebook again."
• Bitcoin Cash - Wikipedia.
• Bitcoin consumes 'more electricity than Argentina' - "Bitcoin uses more electricity annually than the whole of Argentina, analysis by Cambridge University suggests."
• Bitcoin Consumes More Electricity Than Most Countries in The World. Here's Why - "The bitcoin market now exceeds $1 trillion with its price rising tenfold in a year, but focus is shifting towards the massive power requirements needed to sustain the online currency."
• Bitcoin could derail China's climate change targets - "Bitcoin mining in China is so carbon intensive that it could threaten the country's emissions reduction targets, according to new research. China accounts for more than 75% of bitcoin mining around the world, researchers said. Bitcoin emissions in China exceed the total emissions of the Czech Republic and Qatar, study says."
• Bitcoin drops 50 percent from its peak value as it falls below $10,000 - The Verge.
• Bitcoin Center NYC - based in the financial district of New York City, next to the NYSE. It was founded in 2013, by Nick Spanos, with the purpose of educating people about bitcoin and encouraging the trade of cryptocurrency. It has goals to become the first regulated exchange in the world.
• Bitcoin Easter Egg Fuels Wild Satoshi Nakamoto Identity Theory - "Satoshi Nakamoto's identity is one of the internet's most tantalizing secrets, with huge interest surrounding the author of the bitcoin white paper, who's potentially one of the world's wealthiest people and could be about to get a whole lot richer. Now, the discovery of the bitcoin white paper hidden on almost all new Apple Mac computers has sparked wild theories over the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto."
• Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index - Digiconomist.
• Bitcoin exchange chief kidnapped as he leaves work - The Telegraph.
• Bitcoin Forum - dedicated to the discussion of bitcoin, blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. The forum was initially created by Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin in November 2009.
• Bitcoin Has Climbed Above $40,000 Again - What's Next? - "As the cryptocurrency trades close to the all-time high of more than $42,000 it reached earlier this month on CoinDesk, several market observers weighed in where it will likely go next."
• Bitcoin has soared 60% this year. Meet the new buy-and-hold investment - "Remember bitcoin? It's back. In a big way."
• Bitcoin hits an all-time high of just under $20,000 - "Bitcoin just hit another milestone in its impressive 2020 run. The cryptocurrency surged 9% to a new all-time high of about $19,860 on Monday, topping the previous peak of $19,783 from December 2017."
• Bitcoin hits record high as US dollar slides - "Bitcoin bursts through $28,500."
• Bitcoin hits record high on 12th anniversary of its creation - "Bitcoin has surged to a record high amid rising interest from investors and claims that the volatile cryptocurrency is on the way to becoming a mainstream payment method. On Sunday, it hit a new high of more than $34,800, on the 12th anniversary of the bitcoin network being created."
• 'Bitcoin inventor' Craig Wright sued for $10bn by family of man associated with the cryptocurrency's creation - The Telegraph.
• Bitcoin investors hoping to make billions may end up with a sack of fool’s gold - The Guardian.
• Bitcoin is a vehicle for fraudsters, warns Goldman Sachs boss - The Guardian.
• Bitcoin Is At A Critical Juncture - "After peaking at $63,503 on April 13 this year bitcoin has fallen just over 50% to approximately $30,700 today. It is still up 6% for the year but has been in a steady downward trend since it tried to rally in the late April to mid-May timeframe and failed to make a new high. There are two technical patterns that show bitcoin is at a critical juncture."
• Bitcoin is based on the blockchain pipe dream - The Guardian.
• Bitcoin is failing as a currency - "Instead, it's evolved into an asset."
• Bitcoin is gold 2.0: Cameron Winklevoss - Fox Business.
• BITCOIN IS SOARING. HERE'S WHY IT'S NOT READY FOR THE BIG TIME - Wired.
• bitcoin is surging again - "Bitcoin is rocketing higher, topping $35,000 for the first time since May 2022. It’s up 20% over the past five days." Updated 10:50 PM EDT, Tue October 24, 2023.
• Bitcoin is tumbling at the end of its worst month in nearly 10 years - "Bitcoin prices (XBT) fell 8% Friday and have plunged about 36% in May - their worst monthly performance since September 2011."
• Bitcoin mania is hurting PC gamers by pushing up GPU prices - The Verge.
• Bitcoin Miners Flock to New York’s Remote Corners, but Get Chilly Reception - "A region that once attracted heavy industry is coping with an influx of Bitcoin speculators, lured by an abundance of cheap electricity."
• Bitcoin miners revived a dying coal plant - then CO2 emissions soared - "Critics say the enormous electricity consumption needed to sustain cryptocurrency is fueling the climate crisis and now threatens a partial resurrection of coal in the US."
• Bitcoin miners turn Quebec's cheap energy into cold cash - engadget.
• BITCOIN MINING GUZZLES ENERGY - AND ITS CARBON FOOTPRINT JUST KEEPS GROWING - Wired.
• Bitcoin nears $10,000 mark as hedge funds plough in
• Bitcoin passes $11,000 on news of Facebook's cryptocurrency plan - "The original cryptocurrency hits 15-month high as traders bet move will legitimise sector."
• Bitcoin plunges below $40,000 as China widens its crypto crackdown - "The world's most heavily traded cryptocurrency plunged as low as $30,202 per coin early Wednesday after starting the day around the $40,000 mark, according to data from Coindesk."
• Bitcoin price back above $40,000 after Elon Musk comments - "Tesla CEO says transactions made in digital currency will resume once crypto mining is greener."
• Bitcoin price drops below $4,000 after wave of record highs - but what next? - The Telegraph.
• Bitcoin price falls after Russia attacks Ukraine - "The price of bitcoin fell below $35,000 early Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in the Donbas region of Ukraine. Bitcoin was trading at $34,969 as of 1:22 a.m. ET, according to CoinMarketCap. That's a decline of more than 8% compared to a day earlier."
• Bitcoin Price Prediction 2021: Where Is The Top? - Forbes.
• Bitcoin price slides amid EU call to make transfers traceable & rise of ‘stablecoins’ - "European regulator want banks to hold personal details of cryptocurrency clients, while US wants swift work to establish less volatile ‘stablecoins’."
• Bitcoin price surges as futures trading begins, despite bubble warnings – business live - The Guardian.
• Bitcoin prices have been manipulated, study says - CNN Money.
• Bitcoin rockets past $18,000. The all-time high is in sight - "Bitcoin prices continue to skyrocket and the cryptocurrency is now within striking distance of its all-time high from December 2017. The record high for bitcoin is just below $20,000. The total value of all the bitcoins in circulation is now more than $300 billion -- also near an all-time high."
• Bitcoin soars past $50,000 for the first time - "Bitcoin topped $50,000 Tuesday, continuing a stunning rise that has sent it soaring about $20,000 this year. Bitcoin passed $20,000 for the first time in December, and it has more than doubled in value in three months."
• Bitcoin-style Blockchain initiative backed by 9 large investment banks - R3.
• Bitcoin Surges, Emerging From a Lull in Interest - The New York Times.
• Bitcoin surges past $13,000 then sheds about 13% - CNN Business.
• Bitcoin Talk - Bitcoin Forum.
• Bitcoin surges past $60,000 for first time - "Cryptocurrency Bitcoin has risen for the first time above $60,000, continuing its record-breaking run. Bitcoin - which has more than tripled in value since the end of last year - has been powered on by well-known companies adopting it as a method of payment."
• Bitcoin price surges to record high of more than $68,000 - "Other cryptocurrencies such as ethereum also reach records as investors hedge against inflation."
• Bitcoin Surpasses $15,000 To Reach Fresh 2020 High - "Bitcoin prices extended their recent gains today, continuing to rally and breaking through the $15,000 level to hit a new high for this year."
• Bitcoin Technology Piques Interest on Wall St. - The New York Times.
• Bitcoin, titcoin, ponzicoin: jokes & scams fuel a cryptocurrency gold rush - The Guardian.
• >Bitcoin tops $20,000 milestone & continues to surge to record highs - "After topping the symbolic benchmark Wednesday, bitcoin continued to surge late into the evening. It was last trading at roughly $21,851, according to data provider Refinitiv. Bitcoin (XBT) has been on a tear this year, having tripled in value. It and other cryptocurrencies have been attractive to investors as the US dollar has weakened."
• Bitcoin tumbles after reports Joe Biden will raise taxes on rich - "Cryptocurrency falls below $50,000 as White House looks to bring levy on investment gains into line with income taxes."
• Bitcoin tumbles below $9,000 as Facebook bans cryptocurrency adverts - The Telegraph.
• Bitcoin (USD) Price, Market Cap, Charts, News - since 2013. "The CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index provides the latest and most accurate ... has crunched the data to decide the Top 10 Analysts and Token Traders of 2017."
• Bitcoin value surges past $30,000 for first time - "The virtual cryptocurrency hit $30,823.30 at 13:13 GMT on Saturday, just weeks after soaring above $20,000 for the first time. In the past year Bitcoin has almost quadrupled in value thanks to interest from large investors looking for rapid profits.
• Bitcoin value tumbles almost 50% since record November - "And it's not just Bitcoin, as cryptocurrencies in general have had a dismal start to the year. Bitcoin has fallen over 8% in the last 24 hours, and was trading at $35,479 as of 9:30 am ET, according to CoinDesk. The world's most valuable cryptocurrency has plummeted over 20% since the beginning of the year. In November it was trading at a record high of $68,990."
• BITCOIN WILL BURN THE PLANET DOWN. THE QUESTION: HOW FAST? - Wired.
• Bitcoin's big code upgrade improves privacy & security - "Bitcoin just received a significant upgrade. As The Block notes, the Bitcoin network rolled out a long-in-the-making 'Taproot' code upgrade early today (November 14th). The update improves both privacy and security for complicated transactions through new signatures that make them look like any other exchange. Would-be thieves or snoops should have a harder time recognizing when an unusual transfer is taking place."
• Bitcoin’s Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius - Wired.
• Bitcoin's energy consumption 'equals that of Switzerland' - "Bitcoin uses as much energy as the whole of Switzerland, a new online tool from the University of Cambridge shows."
• Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption Is A Highly Charged Debate - Who’s Right? - "How much power does bitcoin consume? It is a question that has been debated for years, especially when the price rises. The recent surge to a new high of $58,354 has certainly reinvigorated the debate. The question usually arrives with a slurry of other perennial criticisms: it’s a scam, it’s too volatile for a store of value, it’s failed as a payment vehicle, it’s used for illicit activity, it’s not backed by anything, the dog ate my bitcoin wallet..."
• Bitcoin’s energy usage is huge - we can't afford to ignore it - The Guardian.
• Bitcoin’s Guardian Angel: Inside Coinbase Billionaire Brian Armstrong’s Plan To Make Crypto Safe For All - "Near the foot of San Francisco’s California Street stand the august stone pillars of a bank dating to the 19th century. A few paces away sit the offices of Coinbase, the largest American exchange for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. It’s a beehive of software engineers and young marketing executives. There, the worlds of by-the-books banking and crypto-anarchism collide."
• Bitcoin’s mysterious inventor is now one of the world’s 50 richest people - Quartz.
• Bitcoin’s Price Has Soared. What Comes Next? - The New York Times.
• Bitcoin's price rises above $50,000 for first time since May - It's the first time bitcoin has reached that milestone since May 15. Bitcoin's peers also advanced: Ethereum was up more than 3%, while dogecoin rose nearly 2%.
• Bitcoin's terrible 2018 doesn't bode well for the future of crypto - "Regulation, factionalism -- has the bubble burst?"
• BitPay - since 2011. "Get started with bitcoin payments." Accept bitcoin, store and spend bitcoin securely, or turn bitcoin into dollars with the BitPay Card.
• Bitstamp - "Go for the digital currency stars." Start trading Bitcoin (BTC), XRP, Litecoin (LTC) & Ether (ETH).
• Block chain (database) - is a distributed database that maintains a continuously growing list of data records that are hardened against tampering and revision, even by operators of the data store's nodes.
• Blockchain 50 2021 - "No longer dismissed as a haven for criminals and drug dealers, Bitcoin and blockchain have gone mainstream. Our third annual Blockchain 50 features companies that lead in employing distributed ledger technology and have revenue or a valuation of at least $1 billion." Forbes.
• ‘BLOCKCHAIN’ IS MEANINGLESS - The Verge.
• Blockchains, What Are They Good For? - "Growing evidence says: absolutely nothing. A year ago Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were selling at record prices, with a combined market value of around $3 trillion; glossy ads featuring celebrities - most infamously Matt Damon’s 'Fortune Favors the Brave' - filled the airwaves. Politicians, including, alas, the mayor of New York, raced to align themselves with what seemed to be the coming thing. Skeptics like yours truly were told that we just didn’t get it." The New York Times.
• BTCnews App - "Bitcoin & Cryptocoin News & Charts." BTCnews brings you all the very latest news, analysis, and opinions about the world of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, from all the very best sources, updated throughout the day. In addition, financial information and charts are now included for numerous cryptos.
• Bubble, Bubble, Fraud and Trouble - The New York Times.

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• Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index - "Bitcoin network power. Updated every 30 seconds."
• Can bitcoin be sustainable? Inside the Norwegian mine that also dries wood - "Kryptovault’s operation is part of a fightback against criticism of the famously energy-intensive industry."
• Can NFTs work for luxury jewellery? - "The NFT debate is now running through the market for diamonds and luxury jewellery. Royal jeweller Asprey plans to issue NFTs, but others are staying away - for now."
• Cardano (cryptocurrency) - considered a 3rd generation cryptocurrency, and ranks as of January 10 2018, at Coinmarketcap.com among the top 10 traded values, with a market cap of $19,726,196,786. The BitMex, Bittrex, Upbit, Binance and Coinnest currency exchanges list Cardano ADA futures. Cardano was launched by blockchain development firm Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), lead by Charles Hoskinson, former CEO of Ethereum.
• Caribbean island hideaway can only be bought using bitcoin - The Telegraph.
• Central Banks Consider Bitcoin’s Technology, if Not Bitcoin - The New York Times.
• China wants to ban Bitcoin mining because it 'seriously wasted resources' - "The state planner has lumped it in with coal and other polluting industries."
• China’s Digital Currency Is About To Disrupt Money - "A lengthy article in The Wall Street Journal, China creates its own digital currency, a first for major economy, outlines the likely impact of Beijing’s initiative and the strategic possibilities it offers in terms of avoiding US blockades of its companies, how this will boost its role in international transactions, while allowing it to monitor its economy in real time."
• Chinese bitcoin mining company may have made as much money as Nvidia last year - CNBC.
• coinbase - since 2012. "Buy and sell cryptocurrency. Coinbase is the easiest place to buy and sell cryptocurrency." Digital currency exchange headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. They broker exchanges of Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, Tezos, and many other cryptocurrencies, with fiat currencies in approximately 32 countries, and bitcoin transactions and storage in 190 countries worldwide. It is currently the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States by trading volume.
• Coinbase trading is down after Bitcoin price plunges - The Verge.
• CoinMarketCap - "Cryptocurrency Market Capitalizations." Cryptocurrency market cap rankings, charts, and more.
• Could the creator of Bitcoin become the world's first trillionaire? - Mashable.
• CRACKING A $2 MILLION CRYPTO WALLET - "First, he forgot his PIN - then he started looking for hackers."
• CRACKING THE CRYPTO WAR - Wired.
• Cracking your half-forgotten crypto password - "Consensual phishing: How to crack your half-forgotten crypto password."
• Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity - BBC News.
• CREATOR OF SIGNAL HAS A PLAN TO FIX CRYPTOCURRENCY - Wired.
• CRYPTO CAN’T FIX CARBON OFFSETS - BUT CRYPTO FANS ARE TRYING ANYWAY - "There’sThere’s a wonky new attempt to use controversial technology to tackle climate change: turning carbon offset credits into crypto tokens. Both carbon offsets and crypto are hot-button topics in the sustainability game."
• Crypto CEO becomes one of the world's richest billionaires - "Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao, who runs the crypto exchange Binance, has joined the ranks of the world's top billionaires, with an estimated net worth of at least $96 billion, according to new calculations from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index published Monday. Zhao's projected fortune now rivals that of Oracle (ORCL) founder Larry Ellison and surpasses that of Mukesh Ambani, the Indian tycoon whose fortune has also soared over the last two years."
• Crypto crash & gold sell-off show there’s no place for investors to hide - "The spectacular implosion of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, a so-called unicorn startup that was recently valued at $32 billion, is just the latest bit of bad news for investors in bitcoin, ethereum and other digital assets. But 2022 was already an awful year for crypto before the FTX-Binance soap opera. Bitcoin prices are currently hovering around $16,500, down from a level of $20,000 just a week ago. Still, even at $20,000, that was a far cry from the price of just north of $46,000 that bitcoin was trading at on the last day of 2021."
• Crypto exchange FTX expects to have more than 1m creditors - "Bankruptcy filing says ‘questions arose’ about founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s leadership."
• Crypto is coming: get ready to spend Facebook’s money - "The social network is likely to release details of its cryptocurrency this week: and it won’t be much like Bitcoin."
• Crypto is making a comeback - "Is the crypto winter finally over? (And in the scorching heat of summer no less?) Bitcoin prices have stabilized around the $23,000 to $24,000 level after plunging below $20,000 in June."
• Crypto is making a big comeback. Will it last? - "There are hopes that the worst for crypto might be over. Bitcoin has gained more than 15% in the past week, and two other top cryptos have surged even more."
• Crypto is making it easier than ever for Russians to evade sanctions - "Financial sanctions are easier than ever for Russians to evade. Thank Bitcoin. The US Treasury is well aware of this problem. In an October report, officials warned that digital currencies 'potentially reduce the efficacy of American sanctions' by allowing bad actors to hold and transfer funds outside the traditional financial system. 'We are mindful of the risk that, if left unchecked, these digital assets and payments systems could harm the efficacy of our sanctions.'"
• Crypto king or conman: is Sam Bankman-Fried about to be sent down for a century? - "His company managed billions in assets and made him one of the world’s richest people. Then, almost overnight, it collapsed. With a fraud trial beginning next week, a documentary asks how he bewitched so many."
• Crypto Meltdown Claims Rolex & Patek Philippe as Victims - "Prices for the most popular secondhand luxury watches have peaked. It’s the latest sign that the bling boom might not last."
• Crypto’s 80% Plunge Is Now Worse Than the Dot-Com Crash - "The Great Crypto Crash of 2018 looks more and more like one for the record books."
• Cryptocoins News - "Providing breaking cryptocurrency news - focusing on Bitcoin, Ethereum, NEO, ICOs, prices, blockchain technology, and smart contracts."
• Cryptoconvert: Why A 168-Year-Old Banknote Printer Will Soon Be Churning Out Digital Drachmas For Central Banks - "When printing paper money is your core business, hyperinflation is your best friend and digital transactions are your worst enemy. How Germany’s Giesecke & Devrient has learned to thrive in a low inflation, electronic payments world."
• Cryptocurrency - digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange using cryptography to secure the transactions and to control the creation of additional units of the currency. Bitcoin became the first decentralized cryptocurrency in 2009.
• Cryptocurrency Crime Is Booming. Here’s How to Invest Safely - TIME Magazine.
• Cryptocurrency diamond sale sets new auction record - "Mystery buyer spends $12.3M on a 101-carat diamond -- and pays in cryptocurrency."
• Cryptocurrency faces a quantum computing problem - "Two cutting-edge technologies that promise to revolutionize entire fields may be on a collision course."
• Cryptocurrency investors should be prepared to lose all their money, Bank of England governor says - "Cryptocurrencies 'have no intrinsic value' and people who invest in them should be prepared to lose all their money, Bank of England (BOE) Governor Andrew Bailey said Thursday."
• Cryptocurrency Market Capitalizations - CoinMarketCap.
• Cryptocurrency mining in Kazakhstan is leading to power shortages - "China's crypto mining ban may be partly to blame."
• Cryptocurrency mining is hampering the search for alien life - "Miners are buying up GPUs that SETI needs to expand its monitoring stations."
• Cryptocurrency mining rigs are just PCs - so why won’t Stripe let you sell them? - "Mining rigs are just souped up desktops, though."
• CRYPTOCURRENCY RUSH TRANSFORMING OLD SWISS GOLD MINES - Wired.
• CRYPTOCURRENCY SCAMS ARE JUST STRAIGHT-UP TROLLING AT THIS POINT - Wired.
• Cryptocurrency wallet - Wikipedia.
• Cryptocurrency’s big Super Bowl ads sold FOMO, not the future - "Crypto was everywhere at the Super Bowl; what happens next?"
• Cryptographic protocol - Wikipedia.
• CRYPTOJACKING - "Cryptojacking is defined as the secret use of your computing device to mine cryptocurrency."
• CRYPTOJACKING HAS GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL - Wired.
• CryptoKitties - since 2017. "Collect and breed furrever friends!" Blockchain game on Ethereum developed by Canadian studio Dapper Labs that allows players to purchase, collect, breed and sell virtual cats. It is one of the earliest attempts to deploy blockchain technology for recreation and leisure.
• Cryptoqueen: Is Dr Ruja Ignatova the biggest Bitcoin holder? - "The scammer disappeared in 2017 as her cryptocurrency OneCoin was at its height - attracting billions from investors. Fraud and money-laundering charges in the US have led to her becoming one of the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives."
• Currency & control: why China wants to undermine bitcoin - "Beijing’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies has captured headlines, while behind the scenes its reserve bank set up its own digital currency."

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• Dash (cryptocurrency) - Wikipedia.
• DID SATOSHI NAKAMOTO WRITE THIS BOOK EXCERPT? A WIRED INVESTIGATION - Wired.
• Digital asset - Wikipedia.
• Digital currency could finally break US dollar's stranglehold - "China wants to weaponize its currency. A digital version could help."
• Digital wallet - electronic device that allows an individual to make electronic transactions. This can include purchasing items on-line with a computer or using a smartphone to purchase something at a store. An individual's bank account can also be linked to the digital wallet. They might also have their driver’s license, health card, loyalty card(s) and other ID documents stored on the phone.
• Dogecoin is no joke - "Dogecoin is on a run, has escaped the yard, and is headed to the moon."
• DOGECOIN PRICE SKY ROCKETS AFTER ELON MUSK CALLS HIMSELF ‘THE DOGEFATHER’ - "SpaceX and Tesla boss hinted he would speak about cryptocurrency during his upcoming SNL appearance."
• Dogecoin takes off after tip by Elon Musk - "Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency which started off as a joke, has jumped in value by 50% after inventor Elon Musk dubbed it 'the people's crypto'."
• Dogecoin’s value tumbles after Elon Musk calls the virtual currency a ‘hustle’ - "Price falls by as much as a third after billionaire’s comments on US comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live."
• Donald Trump bans Venezuelan cryptocurrency in the US - engadget.

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• El Salvador plans to make cryptocurrency legal tender - "El Salvador's president says he will make the Bitcoin cryptocurrency legal tender in the country."
• Elon Musk tweeted about a bitcoin rival. It soared 20% - "The tweet sent shares of Dogecoin up nearly 20% and landed it on the list of trending Twitter topics."
• Envisioning Bitcoin’s Technology at the Heart of Global Finance
• Ether - "The crypto-fuel for the Ethereum network." Ether is a necessary element -- a fuel -- for operating the distributed application platform Ethereum. It is a form of payment made by the clients of the platform to the machines executing the requested operations.
• Ethereum - Wikipedia.
• Ethereum, a Virtual Currency, Enables Transactions That Rival Bitcoin’s - The New York Times.
• Ethereum just completed The Merge - "Here’s how much energy it’s saving. ‘A step into a more sustainable future for cryptocurrencies.’"
• Ethereum’s 27-Year-Old Co-Creator Is Now The World’s Youngest Crypto Billionaire - "Vitalik Buterin, who spearheaded the launch of the Ethereum blockchain in 2015, has become the world’s youngest crypto billionaire at age 27. Ethereum’s cryptocurrency, ether, surged past $3,000 for the first time early Monday morning, marking a 325% rise since the beginning of this year."
• EU agrees rules to tame 'Wild West' crypto market - "The European Union has agreed on ground-breaking rules for regulating crypto assets, EU lawmakers said on Thursday, as the rout in bitcoin piles pressure on authorities to rein in the sector. Globally, crypto assets are largely unregulated, with national operators in the EU only required to show controls for combating money laundering."

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• Facebook is reportedly considering its own cryptocurrency - engadget.
• Facebook Officially Launches Libra, Its Digital Currency - TIME Magazine.
• Facebook Plans Global Financial System Based on Cryptocurrency - "The effort, with partner like Mastercard and Uber, will use a cryptocurrency called Libra that Facebook has worked on secretly for over a year."
• Facebook plans to launch 'GlobalCoin' cryptocurrency in 2020 - "Mark Zuckerberg met governor of Bank of England last month to discuss decision."
• Facebook's cryptocurrency project rebrands as Diem - "The Libra Association is dead, long live the Diem Association."
• Facebook’s embattled cryptocurrency project is likely coming to an end - "More than two years after it was first announced, the Facebook-sponsored cryptocurrency formerly known as Libra appears to be coming to an end. The Diem Association set up by Facebook to manage the digital token is exploring a sale of its assets after meeting resistance by regulators who opposed the initiative, according to a new report by Bloomberg."
• Fixed exchange-rate system - sometimes called a pegged exchange rate, is a type of exchange rate regime where a currency's value is fixed against either the value of another single currency, to a basket of other currencies, or to another measure of value, such as gold.
• Forbes blockchain 50 2021 - "No longer dismissed as a haven for criminals and drug dealers, Bitcoin and blockchain have gone mainstream."
• France to block Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency in Europe - "Finance minister says governments’ monetary sovereignty could be at risk."
• FTX crypto exchange owes biggest creditors $3.1bn - "Cryptocurrency exchange FTX owes its 50 largest creditors almost $3.1bn, according to a court filing."
• FTX implosion could affect 'more than one million' investors - The SEC and 'dozens of federal, state and international regulators' are getting involved.

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• Goldman Sachs to Open a Bitcoin Trading Operation - The New York Times.
• GOOGLE BANS ALL CRYPTOMINING EXTENSIONS FROM THE CHROME STORE - Wired.
• Google will ban all cryptocurrency-related advertising - CNBC Tech.
• ‘Green Bitcoin Mining’: The Big Profits In Clean Crypto - "Bitcoin is infamous for wasting enough electricity to add 40 million tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere a year - but now, a growing cadre of U.S. miners are developing green, and lucrative, new strategies worth a fortune all their own."
• GUIDE TO BITCOIN - Wired.
• GUIDE TO THE BLOCKCHAIN - Wired.

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• Hacking bitcoin wallets with quantum computers could happen - but cryptographers are racing to build a workaround - "Within a decade, quantum computing is expected to be able to hack into cell phones, bank accounts, email addresses and bitcoin wallets."
• Hard fork - change of rules that allows to create new blocks not considered valid by the older software.
• Has Bitcoin Just Gone Mainstream? - "The US Securities and Exchange Commission reports that Tesla has invested $1.5 billion in bitcoin, citing the interest for greater flexibility in diversifying and maximizing returns on its cash reserves, has prompted many people to rethink their relationship with the cryptocurrency, its potential and its future prospects."
• Have a Cryptocurrency Company? Bermuda, Malta or Gibraltar Wants You - The New York Times.
• Hawk or dove? Bitcoin is forcing central banks to take sides - The Guardian.
• Here Are the World’s Virtual Currency Billionaires (or at Least They Were) - The New York Times.
• Here’s Some Cryptocurrency. Now Please Use It - The New York Times.
• Here’s what happened to the cryptocurrencies that celebrities vouched for - "A retrospective on how many innovative beacons of potential have actually been scams."
• History of bitcoin - Wikipedia.
• how a generation of amateurs got hooked on high-risk trading - "Online trading apps are drawing in novice investors willing to risk everything on volatile stocks. Do they really know what they’re doing?"
• HOW BITCOIN GREW UP & BECAME BIG MONEY - "Ten years after the genesis block, bitcoin’s been captured by the system it was supposed to replace."
• How do we solve bitcoin’s carbon problem? - "The cryptocurrency consumes more energy than Norway. As countries consider copying China’s ban, experts disagree on whether a greener version is possible."
• How does ethereum’s ‘merge’ make the cryptocurrency greener? - "The second biggest blockchain has changed the way it validates transactions on its decentralised ledger."
• How Libra, Facebook’s Cryptocurrency, Would Work for You - "We break down the new cryptocurrency and what the company hopes you will be able to do with it, even though it hasn’t quite arrived."
• HOW ONE COMPANY TOOK OVER THE NFT TRADE - "The NFT gold rush made OpenSea into a $13 billion company - but can it stay on top?"
• How the Winklevoss Twins Found Vindication in a Bitcoin Fortune - The New York Times.
• How This Billionaire-Backed Crypto Startup Gets Paid To Not Mine Bitcoin - "It’s everyone’s dream to get paid to do nothing. Bitcoin miner Layer1 is turning that dream into reality - having figured out how to make money even when its machines are turned off."
• HOW TO BE A BITCOIN THOUGHT LEADER - Wired.
• How to File Taxes If You Used Cryptocurrency in 2021 - "What if I mined crypto or got paid for goods or services via crypto? Each of those is considered taxable income, which should be reported on your tax return on Schedule 1, as 'Other Income.' The value you must report is from the day and time you earned the cryptocurrency (as opposed to the day you filed the taxes)."
• How to file your income taxes on bitcoin in 2018 - The Verge.
• How To Get Rich In Crypto: Four Tether Executives Are Now Billionaires - "Members of the secretive management team behind the $83 billion Tether stablecoin have literally minted their own fortunes."
• How to Live Like a Bitcoin Millionaire - ValueWalk.
• How to Prove You’re Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto - Wired.
• How Will Cryptocurrencies be Used in the Future? - The Merkle.

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• ‘I put my life savings in crypto’: how a generation of amateurs got hooked on high-risk trading - "Online trading apps are drawing in novice investors willing to risk everything on volatile stocks. Do they really know what they’re doing?"
• I Was Wrong About Bitcoin. Here’s Why - The New York Times.
• IBM is using blockchain to confirm the origins of jewelry - engadget.
• Icecap diamonds - "The Hardest Asset Is Now Liquid." Non-fungible Token Hard Asset Diamond Investment. Safely add diamonds to your investment portfolio via blockchain technology.
• India rejects cryptocurrency, but it isn't giving up on blockchain - engadget.
• INSIDE THE CRYPTO WORLD'S BIGGEST SCANDAL - Wired.
• Intruders 'borrowed' Tesla's public cloud for cryptocurrency mining (updated) - engadget.
• Is bitcoin a scam? - podcast - "In 2013 James Howells threw out a computer hard drive containing bitcoin. Last week he again asked his local council for permission to dig for it at his local dump as he believes it is now worth about £200m. The Guardian’s UK technology editor, Alex Hern, looks at the rise of bitcoin and whether it should be banned." 26:16.
• It won't be easy to hide the Bitcoin stolen through Twitter - "Bitcoin is not as anonymous as its boosters would have you believe."
• Italian cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail loses $170 million - engadget.

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• Jacob & Co. Launches NFT Collection Of Digital & Physical Watches Inspired By The Metaverse - "Jacob & Co. is reentering the digital space with the launch of a new NFT and physical watch collection that takes full advantage of the metaverse. The collection, 'Astronomia Metaverso,' was created in partnership with UNXD, an NFT marketplace for luxury and culture. Appropriately, the collection builds upon Jacob & Co.’s storied Astronomia line, with its myriad depictions of the universe, while extending it into a digital, crypto-native future."
• Jay-Z’s bitcoin school met with skepticism in his former housing project: ‘I don’t have money to be losing’ - "The hip-hop mogul loves to rap about his roots in Brooklyn’s Marcy housing projects. But classes in cryptocurrency show the billionaire is out of touch, residents say."
• John McAfee Vows to Unmask Crypto’s Satoshi Nakamoto, Then Backs Off - Bloomberg.

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• Kazakhstan is huge for crypto mining. Political upheaval could jeopardize that - "The Central Asian nation plunged into chaos as violent protests sparked by rising fuel prices left dozens killed and hundreds injured. As part of the mayhem, internet and telecommunications cuts have been reported nationwide - and that's having an impact on local cryptocurrency mining operations, which are among the largest in the world."

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• Largest Bitcoin exchange temporarily halts buying & selling amid price mini-crash - The Telegraph.
• Libra: will Facebook's new currency be stopped in its tracks? - "Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and eBay have withdrawn as sponsors - and it may face regulatory problems."
• LIGHTNING NETWORK COULD MAKE BITCOIN FASTER & CHEAPER - Wired.
• Lisk - public blockchain platform that provides decentralized blockchain apps.
• List of all cryptocurrency exchanges - CryptoCoinCharts.
• List of cryptocurrencies - the number of cryptocurrencies available over the internet as of 6 November 2017 was over 1172 and growing. A new cryptocurrency can be created at any time. By market capitalization, Bitcoin is currently (2017-08-19) the largest blockchain network, followed by Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple and Litecoin.
• Litecoin - Wikipedia.
• Lost Passwords Lock Millionaires Out of Their Bitcoin Fortunes - "Bitcoin owners are getting rich because the cryptocurrency has soared. But what happens when you can’t tap that wealth because you forgot the password to your digital wallet?"

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• Magacoin: pro-Trump cryptocurrency attracts over 1,000 people to sign up - "Magacoin bills itself as the ‘digital currency for the MAGA community’ but data from the site shows most of the cryptocurrency is allocated to its self-style creator."
• MaidSafeCoin - "MaidSafeCoin is a proxy token that was released during MaidSafe's crowd sale and will be swapped for Safecoin on a 1:1 basis when Safecoin is released."
• Major US Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam - "Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam."
• Make a fast million from bitcoin? I don’t want any more damage to my soul - The Guardian.
• Making a Crypto Utopia in Puerto Rico - The New York Times.
• Malta wants to become 'Blockchain Island' - CNN tech.
• man has made more money trading cryptokitties than investing in his IRA - The Verge.
• Man offers Newport council £50m if it helps find bitcoins in landfill - "James Howells offers to share 25% of the £200m he claims is on hard drive he accidentally threw out in 2013."
• Man who threw away £150m in bitcoin hopes AI and robot dogs will get it back - "Computer engineer who accidentally discarded hard drive consults Newport council over scheme."
• Man who 'threw away' bitcoin haul now worth over $800m wants to dig up landfill site - The Independent.
• Manny Pacquiao launches own cryptocurrency at concert debut - The Guardian.
• Market capitalization of cryptocurrencies from 2013 to 2020 - "The cumulative market capitalization of cryptocurrencies grew around 300 percent in 2020, as the digital coins became an increasingly investment tool. This was even above the market cap reached in 2017 - for many consumers, the break-out year for Bitcoin and its fellow-currencies. Bitcoin's market cap made up the majority of the overall market capitalization."
• Marshall Islands replaces the US dollar with its own cryptocurrency - The Verge.
• Marshall Islands to be first to issue own sovereign cryptocurrency - The Telegraph.
• Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies - essential reading for everyone interested in learning about bitcoin basics, the technical operation of bitcoin, or if you're building the next great bitcoin killer app or business. From using a bitcoin wallet to buy a cup of coffee, to running a bitcoin marketplace with hundreds of thousands of transactions.
• Meet Erik Finman, the teenage bitcoin millionaire - The Guardian.
• Mellon Banking Heir's New Crypto Fortune: Almost $1B In Ripple's XRP - Fortune.
• Millibit - the SI unit of 0.001 bitcoins (BTCs). A milli is the International System of Units (SI) prefix representing one thousandth (1/1000th).
• Millions in Bitcoin pouring into Ukraine from donors - "Cryptocurrency analysts say at least $13.7m has so far been donated to the Ukrainian war effort through anonymous Bitcoin donations."
• Mining - is a record-keeping service done through the use of computer processing power. Miners keep the blockchain consistent, complete, and unalterable by repeatedly verifying and collecting newly broadcast transactions into a new group of transactions called a block.
• Monero (cryptocurrency) - Wikipedia.
• More than $90 million in cryptocurrency stolen after a top Japanese exchange is hacked - "Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid said Thursday it has been hit by a cyberattack that saw hackers make off with a reported $97 million worth of digital coins."
• Museums Are Cashing In on NFTs - "There’s money to be made, though most institutions are wary of getting involved."
• My $200,000 bitcoin odyssey - "How I recovered cryptocurrency from a broken laptop."

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• NEM (cryptocurrency) - Wikipedia.
• New cryptocurrency Chia blamed for hard drive shortages - "Speculators buy up vital components as demand surges for rival to bitcoin that requires huge storage space."
• New to the Crypto World? Here Are the Terms to Know - "When people talk about crypto, they may be referring to one of many different ideas and companies. The industry is booming and spawning an abundance of projects and new terms to go with them. The topic can be confusing, but the concept has also become ubiquitous. Learning the right terminology can help."
• New York lawmakers pass a moratorium on Bitcoin mining - "It was down to the wire. The Bitcoin mining boom in New York state hit a roadblock as the State Senate passed a bill that will halt new permits for certain fossil fuel power plants to be used in Bitcoin mining. The measure, which also initiates a study on the environmental impact mining facilities are having in the state, passed in the State Assembly earlier this year."
• New York state approves two dollar-based cryptocurrencies - "It's a sign that digital currencies may be maturing."
• New York town just placed a moratorium on crypto mining - engadget.
• NFT, explained - The Verge.
• NFT News - "NFTs are seemingly everywhere - and now they're all right here."
• NFTs Are Shaking Up the Art World - But They Could Change So Much More - "NFTs are having their big-bang moment: collectors and speculators have spent more than $200 million on an array of NFT-based artwork, memes and GIFs in the past month alone, according to market tracker NonFungible.com, compared with $250 million throughout all of 2020. And that was before the digital artist Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, sold a piece for a record-setting $69 million at famed auction house Christie’s on March 11 - the third highest price ever fetched by any currently living artist, after Jeff Koons and David Hockney."
• NFTs are suddenly everywhere, but they have some big problems - "In the simplest terms, NFTs transform digital works of art and other collectibles into one-of-a-kind, verifiable assets that can be traded on the blockchain."
• NFTs market hits $22bn as craze turns digital images into assets - "Critics of non-fungible tokens say they are symptomatic of unsustainable digital gold rush."
• non-fungible token (NFT) - special type of cryptographic token which represents something unique; NFTs are thus not mutually interchangeable.This is in contrast to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, and many network or utility tokens, that are fungible in nature. Non-fungible tokens are used to create verifiable artificial scarcity in the digital domain, as well as digital ownership, and the possibility of asset interoperability across multiple platforms. NFTs are used in several specific applications that require unique digital items like crypto art, digital collectibles, and online gaming. Art was an early use case for NFTs, and blockchain in general, because of the ability of NFTs to provide proof of authenticity and ownership of digital art, a medium that designed for ease of mass reproduction, and unauthorized distribution through the Internet.
• North Korea hackers stole $400m of cryptocurrency in 2021, report says - North Korean hackers stole almost $400m worth of digital assets in at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms last year, a report claims. Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis said it was one of most successful years on record for cyber-criminals in the closed east Asian state.
• North Korean Hackers Accused Of ‘Biggest Cryptocurrency Theft Of 2020’ - Their Heists Are Now Worth $1.75 Billion - Forbes.
• Norton 360 antivirus will soon mine cryptocurrency - "It'll initially be available to select early adopters."

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• 'Omicron' cryptocurrency soars on new variant - "As global markets fell last week on news of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, one cryptocurrency with the same name soared after the Greek letter entered the investor lexicon. The price of the hitherto-obscure digital token, whose Twitter (TWTR) feed has little more than 1,000 followers, rose almost ten-fold from Friday to Monday morning when it hit $688, before tumbling as much as 75%, crypto tracker CoinGecko said."

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• Paypal founder launches tirade against ‘gerontocracy’ over bitcoin - "Peter Thiel, the libertarian tech investor, says figures such as Warren Buffett are hindering cryptocurrency."
• PayPal withdraws support for Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency - "The company is pulling out of the nonprofit Libra Association."
• Prada & Louis Vuitton are using blockchain to stop fakes - "Crypto is crashing but the tech behind it could save luxury brands billions. Counterfeits are a huge problem for high-end designers around the globe: luxury brands lost $98 billion worth of sales to counterfeits in 2017 alone."
• Peer-to-peer - Wikipedia.
• People are mortgaging their houses to buy Bitcoin - engadget.
• Polyamory, penthouses & plenty of loans: inside the crazy world of FTX - "After the crypto firm collapsed, the executive who handled the Enron debacle was brought in - and said he’d never seen anything like it."
• Putin signs law prohibiting crypto payments in Russia - "Russians will no longer be able to use cryptocurrencies and NFTs to pay for goods and services."

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• Record numbers of Bitcoin wallet openings & transactions ahead of 'futures' contract launch - The Telegraph.
• Revenge Of The Winklevii - "After losing an epic battle with Mark Zuckerberg over ownership of Facebook and being shunned in Silicon Valley, CAMERON and TYLER WINKLEVOSS are back - this time as budding Bitcoin billionaires at the center of the future of money, the creative economy and quite possibly a new operating model for Big Tech itself."
• Ripple: cryptocurrency enjoys end-of-year surge - but will it endure? - The Guardian.
• Ripple (payment protocol) - Wikipedia.
• Rise of Bitcoin Competitor Ripple Creates Wealth to Rival Zuckerberg - The New York Times.
• Rise Of Stablecoins - CoinJournal.
• Russia considers accepting Bitcoin for oil & gas - "Russia is considering accepting Bitcoin as payment for its oil and gas exports, according to a high-ranking lawmaker. Pavel Zavalny says 'friendly' countries could be allowed to pay in the crypto-currency or in their local currencies. Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he wanted 'unfriendly' countries to buy its gas with roubles."

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• Sam Bankman-Fried about to be sent down for a century? - "His company managed billions in assets and made him one of the world’s richest people. Then, almost overnight, it collapsed. With a fraud trial beginning next week, a documentary asks how he bewitched so many."
• Sam Bankman-Fried: FTX founder arrested in Bahamas - "Police said Mr Bankman-Fried, 30, was arrested for 'financial offences' against laws in the US and The Bahamas."
• Satoshi (unit) - currently the smallest unit of the bitcoin currency recorded on the block chain. It is a one hundred millionth of a single bitcoin (0.00000001 BTC). The unit has been named in collective homage to the original creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto.
• Satoshi Nakamoto - the pseudonym of a person or group of people who created the bitcoin protocol and reference software.
• Should Paraguay invest its energy wealth in bitcoin ‘mining’ or fighting poverty? - "The Itaipú dam is already enriching some, and they believe the country should invest more in cryptocurrency, while others argue it should spread Itaipú’s bounty more widely."
• Silk Road bitcoins worth $1bn change hands after seven years - "Funds have lain dormant since darknet site founder Ross Ulbricht was jailed in 2013."
• So you're thinking about investing in bitcoin? Don't - The Guardian.
• Someone in 2010 bought 2 pizzas with 10,000 bitcoins - which today would be worth $100 million - Business Insider.
• SOTHEBY’S LAUNCHES ITS FIRST EVER NFT AUCTION WITH ANONYMOUS ARTIST PAK - "Last month, Sotheby’s announced plans to collaborate with the anonymous digital artist Pak for its first NFT sale. ‘The Fungible’ collection will go live on Nifty Gateway at 12pm EST today until April 14."
• Sotheby’s To Accept Crypto For 101-Carat D-Flawless Diamond - "The gem in question is 'The Key 101.38,' a pear-shaped diamond of 101.38 carats with flawless clarity and D-color, the highest color and clarity grades for a colorless diamond. Along with fiat, the auction house will also accept bitcoin and ethereum as payment for the gem."
• South Korea will regulate, not ban, cryptocurrency trading - engadget.
• Square tests buying & selling bitcoin inside its payment app - engadget.
• Stablecoin - any cryptocurrency pegged to a stable asset, such as gold or fiat currencies. NuBits, for example, is a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. Often times stablecoins are linked to a DAO which controls issuance and pricing.
• Stephen Bannon Buys Into Bitcoin - The New York Times.
• Steve Jobs’ 1973 job application is up for auction as an NFT - "The one-page-long application was created by Jobs after he dropped out of Reed College and three years before he founded Apple. It doesn’t list a position or the company but says he was interested in electronics tech or design engineer positions. His skills included computer and calculator experience."

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• Tales from the crypto: lira crisis fuels Bitcoin boom in Turkey - "Lack of trust in official currency has led to surging interest in cryptocurrencies - despite their volatility and government opposition."
• Terrorists Turn to Bitcoin for Funding, and They’re Learning Fast - The New York Times.
• Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin - "Expects to begin accepting it as a form of payment."
• Tesla now accepts Bitcoin in the US - "It will take the cryptocurrency outside the US 'later this year,' Elon Musk tweeted."
• Tesla sold 75 percent of its Bitcoin - "The automaker reported $2.26 billion in profit this quarter."
• Tesla will no longer accept Bitcoin over climate concerns, says Musk - "Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin due to climate change concerns, its CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet. Bitcoin fell by more than 10% after the tweet, while Tesla shares also dipped."
• Tesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase clashes with its environmental aspirations - "Tesla’s banking on a cryptocurrency that’s inherently inefficient."
• Tether - (USDT) is a cryptocurrency with reference to fiat currencies that is issued by Tether Limited Company. Using the technology of Blockchain, Tether allows the users to keep, send and receive digital tokens pegged to dollars, euros & yens.
• The best times people used company resources to mine cryptocurrency - "One researcher cost the government $150,000."
• The Bitcoin Believer Who Gave Up - The New York Times.
• The crypto-future is female: bitcoin innovators push for inclusion - The Guardian.
• THE CRYPTOCURRENCY INDUSTRY MIGHT ACTUALLY BENEFIT FROM AN AD BAN - Wired.
• THE DARK SIDE OF THE CRYPTO REVOLUTION - Wired.
• THE DARK WEB’S FAVORITE CURRENCY IS LESS UNTRACEABLE THAN IT SEEMS - Wired.
• The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship - "Last year, three cryptocurrency enthusiasts bought a cruise ship. They named it the Satoshi, and dreamed of starting a floating libertarian utopia. It didn’t work out."
• The fall of the FTX ‘King of Crypto’ Sam Bankman-Fried - "It took fewer than eight days for Sam Bankman-Fried to go from being nicknamed the 'King Of Crypto' to his company filing for bankruptcy and him stepping down as chief executive, facing federal investigations into how he handled the company's finances."
• THE FERVOR AROUND BLOCKCHAINS EXPLAINED IN 2 MINUTES - Wired.
• THE HARD MATH BEHIND BITCOIN'S GLOBAL WARMING PROBLEM - Wired.
• The Heart of the Bitcoin Frenzy - The New York Times.
• The Missing Cryptoqueen: the hunt for a multi-billion-dollar scam artist - "What made normally sensible people invest all they had in a bogus currency with a cult-like recruitment programme? As it reaches its finale, we find out from the makers of the hit podcast."
• The Official Bitcoin Billionaire's Handbook - "How to speak, act, and shop like a cryptocrat - even if you have no idea what a blockchain is."
• THE ONE TRUE BITCOIN - Inside the struggle between Bitcoin & Bitcoin Cash.
• The password guess worth $240m in bitcoin - "Man has two guesses to unlock bitcoin worth $240m. We've all been there - brain fog makes us forget our password and after eight frantic attempts, we have just two left. That's the situation for programmer Stefan Thomas but the stakes are higher than most - the forgotten password will let him unlock a hard drive containing $240m worth of Bitcoin."
• THE PROBLEM WITH CRYPTOJACKING - Wired.
• THE RISE OF CARDANO. WILL IT CONTINUE GROWING? - "The turmoil of market fluctuations in May had affected every cryptocurrency. Bitcoin prices started plummeting with Etherum following its trail. However, did you know Cardano was standing strong against the turmoil? On May 13th, Cardano reached a high of US$2.10 whereas the front runners - Bitcoin and Ether dropped down to US$46,800 and US$3500 respectively. Overall, since 2019, Cardano is up over 1,700%."
• The Ultimate Cryptocurrency Tax Guide - "This guide covers crypto taxes for US citizens. We will go over what exactly has to be reported, how the taxes are calculated and how you can minimize your taxable gains. We will also look at how you should generate and file your crypto tax reports."
• The Untold Story Behind Emax, The Cryptocurrency Kim Kardashian Got Busted For Hyping - "An exclusive Forbes investigation unmasks the pair of slick promoters who appear to have made millions pumping and dumping EthereumMax and other now virtually worthless crypto tokens."
• The virtual land selling for millions - "Investors are spending real money to buy land in a new city that only exists in virtual reality. Buyers can build whatever they want on their plots in Decentraland. Many hope to make a profit trading goods and services in the virtual world's own crypto currency. But will Decentraland be an online utopia or a cyber slum?"
• The Wolf of Crypto - "Jordan Belfort, the inspiration for 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' is marketing himself as a cryptocurrency guru."
• These are the most promising cryptocurrencies right now - Mashable.
• This could make bitcoin bigger than ever - "After plunging this spring, bitcoin is now trading above $60,000 - not far off the all-time high of more than $64,800 achieved in April. It's jumped more than 40% so far this month. Driving the gains: Investors are excited about the anticipated launch of the first bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund. The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF will go live on Tuesday."
• This Visa card lets you spend bitcoin anywhere - The Telegraph.
• Tiffany's sells out custom Cryptopunk 'NFTiff' pendants for $50,000 each - "On Friday, Tiffany & Co debuted and quickly sold out a limited collection of 250 custom jewel-encrusted pendants for holders of CryptoPunks, a popular early non-fungible token collection."
• Tim Berners-Lee is selling the original code for the World Wide Web as an NFT - "The World Wide Web's inventor is selling its original code as an NFT. Comprising over 9.500 lines of code, the files contain the basis of the languages and protocols underpinning the internet as we know it: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Universal Document Identified (URI)."
• Tim Berners-Lee’s NFT of world wide web source code sold for $5.4m - "Crypto asset represents ownership of various digital items from when Berners-Lee invented the web in 1989."
• Today’s Crypto Fanatics Could Learn a Lot From Isaac Newton’s Money Mishaps - "Since January, U.S. financial markets have been on a tear, a wild ride that began as the Biden administration completed its first full week in power. Five months later, the benchmark Dow and the wider S&P indexes have reached record highs, while individual assets have behaved…well, exuberantly, most spectacularly in the sudden 1,200 percent rise and 40% drop in the price of Dogecoin, a cybercurrency initially launched as a joke."
• Today's Cryptocurrency Prices by Market Cap - CoinMarketCap.
• Top 5 Bitcoin Brokers 2017 - "Fastest Way To Buy Bitcoin."
• Top 25 Cryptocurrencies By Market Cap - Tom's Hardware.

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• U.S. Government Owns Way More Bitcoin Than Any Other Country - So Why Aren’t They Selling It? - "Washington owns more than $5 billion worth of seized bitcoin and has been reluctant to part with it. That may represent inertia more than strategy."
• U.S. Launches Criminal Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation - Bloomberg.
• US Treasury issues first-ever sanctions against a cryptocurrency mixer - "North Korea allegedly uses Blender to launder stolen crypto."

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• Valuing Bitcoin Using Metcalfe's Law - ZeroHedge.
• Venezuela’s own oil-backed cryptocurrency is available for presale today - The Verge.
• Visa locks down Bitcoin payment cards in crackdown on card issuer - The Telegraph.

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• Warning Signs About Another Giant Bitcoin Exchange - The New York Times.
• Waste from one bitcoin transaction ‘like binning two iPhones’ - "Study highlights vast churn in computer hardware that the cryptocurrency incentivises."
• Watch John Oliver explain Bitcoin using $15,000 Beanie Babies and rap videos - "Everything you don’t understand about money combined with everything you don’t understand about computers."
• What Crypto Taxpayers Need To Know About FIFO, LIFO, HIFO & Specific ID - "How much you paid for your cryptocurrency (the cost basis) has a major impact on the taxes you pay when you eventually sell them. Understanding how Specific ID, First in, first out (FIFO) & Highest in, first out (HIFO) affect your cost basis could unlock straight forward, easy to implement tax saving opportunities for crypto users."
• What is a blockchain developer & how do you become one? - "You can master blockchain development with this comprehensive training bundle, now just $29."
• What is bitcoin & why are so many people looking to buy it? - "Cryptocurrency is attracting attention from investors and financial regulators alike."
• What is Bitcoin? An eight-step guide to the cryptocurrency - "Bitcoin is back in the news. Hackers tried to scam Twitter users to send them money via Bitcoin using high-profile social media accounts."
• What is cryptocurrency? - The Telegraph.
• What Is Happening to the People Falling for Crypto & NFTs - "What Is Happening to the People Falling for Crypto and NFTs. Web3, billed as the future of the internet, might create more problems than it solves. To understand the latest incarnation of the colossal crypto grifts that continue to engulf the internet, I suppose we should start with all those bored apes, because how could we not?"
• What is Libra? All you need to know about Facebook's new cryptocurrency - "Facebook claims it wants to reach people without access to a bank account, and that Libra is the best way."
• What's a non-custodial wallet? - "With the advent of blockchain-supported decentralized systems - of which Bitcoin is the primary example - it became possible, for the first time, to provide non-custodial financial services at a large scale. In the non-custodial model, the customer retains full custody (possession) of their assets at all times, using the service provider merely as an interface for conveniently managing their assets."
• When Cryptocurrencies Fluctuate, He Uses These Tech Tools to Keep Track - The New York Times.
• When Thousands Filled a Hilton Ballroom to Ponder the Future of Bitcoin - The New York Times.
• When Trading in Bitcoin, Keep the Tax Man in Mind - The New York Times.
• When will we see the world's first trillionaire? - The Guardian.
• Where some of the weirdest cryptocurrencies of the early 2010s are now - The Verge.
• Whodunit? The $1 Billion Bitcoin Election Day ‘Heist’ Mystery Solved - "A long-dormant Bitcoin wallet was emptied of more than 69,000 BTC on election day, leading to claims that hackers had just got away with a heist worth nearly $1 billion. So whodunit?"
• Why are cryptocurrency adverts taking over the Super Bowl? - "This Sunday the Los Angeles Rams will meet the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI. But the game is about more than just sports - it’s also about the adverts. With an estimated TV audience of more than 100 million, it's the biggest single opportunity for advertisers to try to stand out and build buzz. This year several cryptocurrency companies have entered the fray."
• Why Argentina is embracing cryptocurrency - "In Argentina, there are traces everywhere of distrust and even trauma related to the economy."
• why bitcoin has Nigeria’s government in a panic - "As leaders around the world grapple with cryptocurrencies, what happened when the African country tried to ban them?"
• Why bitcoin is worse than a Madoff-style Ponzi scheme - "A Ponzi scheme is a zero-sum enterprise. But bitcoin is a negative-sum phenomenon that you can’t even pursue a claim against, argues Robert McCauley."
• Why China's bitcoin miners are moving to Texas - "China's ban on cryptocurrency mining has forced bitcoin entrepreneurs to flee overseas. Many are heading to Texas, which is quickly becoming the next global cryptocurrency capital."
• Why one of world's poorest countries adopted Bitcoin - "The Central African Republic's decision to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender came as a surprise to many, but the government argues that it will secure an independent financial future for the country, as the BBC's Damian Zane and Guy Bandolo report."
• Why the Bitcoin Boom Is Good News for Professors - The New York Times.
• WHY YOU NEED A PHYSICAL VAULT TO SECURE A VIRTUAL CURRENCY - Wired.
• WikiLeaks loses access to a key cryptocurrency account - "Coinbase says the leak site was violating its terms of service."
• Wikimedia Foundation has stopped accepting cryptocurrency donations - "The WMF received around $130,000 (0.08 percent) in crypto donations last year. After a lengthy discussion with almost 400 members of the WMF community, the majority voted to do away with crypto contributions 234 to 94. Some of the main arguments concerned the environmental implications of Bitcoin."
• Winklevoss twins are now Bitcoin billionaires - The Verge.
• Winkelvoss twins' crypto exchange faces lawsuit over $36 million theft (updated) - "An investment firm says Gemini didn't have enough security in place."
• WORLD'S BIGGEST PORN SITE NOW ACCEPTS CRYPTOCURRENCY - Wired.

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• XBT-Cboe Bitcoin Futures - Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).

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• You Can Buy More Things Than Ever With Crypto. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t - "You can buy more things than ever with cryptocurrency these days, from video games to new furniture. But should you?"
• You Have Cryptocurrency Questions. We Have Answers - "Cryptocurrency is going mainstream -and becoming increasingly difficult for investors to ignore. Here’s our guide to crypto, and why so many people are talking about it these days." TIME Magazine.
• YOUR SLOPPY BITCOIN DRUG DEALS WILL HAUNT YOU FOR YEARS - Wired.

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• Zuckerberg claims it’s not about the money, while explaining how Libra will make money - "‘You may not believe this, but that’s actually not the first thing that we talk about at the company’."