Author: Donald Munn
Bitcoin can be a very profitable investment and one can put a foot in this asset in several ways (buying, mining, trading, etc.) while mutual funds, can be purchased from a mutual fund company, a lending institution, or other brokerage firms. The main differences between the products and how to invest in Bitcoin The goal of every investor is certainly capital protection and an earning on this, depending on the phase of the economic cycle we are experiencing there are tendentially more or less profitable actions to take and more or less safe investments, Bitcoin and mutual funds embody both…
Ethereum has quadrupled “bug bounties,” increasing the rewards from $250,000 to $1 million for those who discover code bugs before the Merge update, scheduled for Sept. 15. Ethereum Merge and the $1 million rewards for those who discover code bugs In anticipation of the much-discussed Merge update, Ethereum wants to be increasingly sure that the code is clean of bugs. To move this forward, with the support of friendly hackers, the Ethereum Foundation has decided to increase by 4x the “bug bounties,” namely the rewards for those who discover bugs in the code. The non-profit foundation behind the Ethereum blockchain…
It has been talked about for a long time that digital currencies could be used by the Russians, as well as North Korea or Iran, to circumvent tough sanctions imposed by the international community. Getting around sanctions: The Ukraine strategy A few weeks after the outbreak of war, the Ukrainian government had expressly requested many exchanges to ban Russian users from using cryptocurrencies precisely to avoid the possibility of circumventing sanctions. Now sounding the alarm in this regard comes a British body specifically dedicated to the suppression of property crimes and in particular to counter money laundering and tax evasion.…
The Law Society of England and Wales is the professional association for lawyers in England and Wales. Law Society of England and Wales has its say on Bitcoin It is an association that has been in existence since as early as 1825 and is often consulted by Parliament or the British government in making important legal decisions. Its opinion on Bitcoin therefore cannot be ignored, because it could prompt British regulators to act accordingly. It recently posted on its website a response to a specific question regarding the use of Bitcoin as payment to purchase real estate. The question came…
Heather Morgan, also known by the pseudonym Razzlekhan, has denied that she is currently involved in any cryptocurrency or NFT-related projects. I am not involved in any crypto project. Any crypto or NFT project bearing my name or likeness is a scam that I do not endorse. — Heather "Razzlekhan" Morgan (@HeatherReyhan) August 23, 2022 Rather, she warns that any crypto project using her name is a scam. The billion-dollar theft from Bitfinex Morgan is known to have been arrested some time ago for being accused of playing a role in the 2016 mega heist of 119,754 BTC from the…
This week’s guest on the Cardano SPO Column is a stake pool that is operated by two brothers from the US and they’re members of the xSPO Alliance: Earn Coin Pool [ECP]. Last week’s guest was a stake pool that supports education and diversity in the Cardano Community for the Portuguese speaking people. This initiative is a point of reference for everything Cardano and every week or two we will invite a Stake Pool Operator (SPO) to answer some questions and give us an update directly from within the Cardano community. Considering that many of our readers are new to…
Today, the Plan ₿ Forum, hosted by Tether Operations Limited (Tether), the technology company supporting the blockchain-enabled platform that powers the largest stablecoin by market capitalization (USD₮) and the City of Lugano, announced new headlining expert speakers for its upcoming conference. The Forum will feature blockchain industry leaders along with influential experts in global financial markets and the Bitcoin ecosystem at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Lugano on October 28th and 29th. The Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano, speakers and panels Joining the already stellar list of speakers to discuss how Bitcoin is disrupting the world on both social and…
A WSJ report explains how traditional banks, despite not yet embracing cryptocurrencies, are nonetheless using blockchain technology for their operations. Banks and Blockchain, between traditional finance and DeFi In September 2017, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, derided Bitcoin: “It’s worse than tulip bulbs. It’s not going to end well. Someone is going to get killed.” The statement refers to the 17th-century Dutch tulip market bubble. Lloyd Blankfein, Senior Chairman of Goldman Sachs, had, in turn, echoed him, saying: “Something that moves 20% [overnight] does not look like a currency. It is a vehicle for perpetrating fraud.” This represents well…
This week’s guest on the Cardano NFT Column is a pixel art project that is among the first 10k NFT collections: CardanoBits. Last week’s guest was a project that is building the book ecosystem of the future. This initiative is a point of reference for NFTs on Cardano and every week or two we will invite someone to answer some questions and give us an update directly from within the Cardano community. Considering that many of our readers are new to the crypto space, we will have a mix of simple and technical questions. Cardano NFT project: CardanoBits Cardano NFT…
Those who use a non-custodial wallet, such as Electrum, are accustomed to being able to see in the appropriate list all transactions made to and from their wallet, viewable and recorded on the blockchain. However, not all transactions in Bitcoin are actually visible at all times. Transactions that are not visible on the blockchain In fact, only those transactions that are recorded on Bitcoin’s blockchain are public and visible to all. There are, however, transactions that are not recorded on the blockchain, resulting in them not being visible. For example, transactions made through Lightning Network (LN), Bitcoin’s layer 2 which…