VanEck launches Bitcoin futures ETF, spot unlikely
SEC denied VanEck's application for a proposed rule change since it hadn't met its "burden" to prevent fraud, manipulative acts and practices, and protect investors and the public's interest.
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‘Women of BSV’ Ruth Heasman: BSV is non-authoritarian, BTC an absolute Ponzi
Diddy Wheldon and Casey Hamilton talk to Women of BSV co-founder Ruth Heasman to talk about her background, journey with Bitcoin, and her thoughts on the future of the technology.
Marathon shares plummet after SEC subpoena
Shares of Nasdaq-listed Marathon Digital Holdings Inc. dropped by 27% after receiving a subpoena from the U.S. securities regulator regarding its endeavors related to a Hardin, Montana Data Center.
‘BTC is not Bitcoin’ and the reasons for this are pretty simple
Even before BSV existed as a separate entity to BTC, Ryan X. Charles described how BTC's deliberately limited "small block" dogma was destroying business models based on Bitcoin's ability to process tiny payment transactions at large volumes.
Could Taproot’s ‘privacy’ features make BTC illegal?
The Taproot “upgrade” moves BTC even further away from the original 2009 Bitcoin protocol and enables participants in a contract to hide not only their identities, but their public keys as well.
Zimbabwe weighing BTC as legal tender—here’s why it shouldn’t
The Zimbabwe government is reportedly in consultation with the private sector on possibly making BTC legal tender like in El Salvador, but this would be a mistake.
Banking old wine in new bottles, as explained by Craig Wright
In a blog post, Dr. Craig Wright explores how companies like Coinbase and Square attempt to hijack Bitcoin and create a new banking system for personal profit.
UK man behind infamous Twitter hack charged with $784,000 BTC theft
Joseph O’Connor is facing charges of aggravated identity theft and wire fraud in connection with a series of SIM-swap attacks in which he allegedly stole BTC, ETH and LTC.
Ukraine and US authorities bust BTC-stealing and laundering ring
The Security Service of Ukraine busted the ring which they said laundered tens of millions of dollars for hackers and other criminals via the darknet.
Core maintainer Jonas Schnelli quits, highlighting BTC’s total lack of decentralization
The recent "resignation" of BTC Core code maintainer Jonas Schnelli from his role has once again shone a light on how few people have the power to alter BTC's software.
US overtakes China in terms of digital currency hash power
According to Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance’s BTC mining map, US overtook China as the country with the majority of the hash power supporting the BTC network.
Remember the 5th of November
We are about to have a potentially explosive early November event coming in Bitcoin, and it involves the oft worshipped anthropomorphized anti-hero of Bitcoin himself, Satoshi Nakamoto, Jerry Chan writes.