Bitcoin Is a Way to Repair Economic Injustice: Author Isaiah Jackson

Last week, Minneapolis police officers killed a 46-year-old black man accused of buying cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill. Ongoing protests have erupted across the country, condemning police brutality and systemic racism.  Part of this conversation – taking place on the streets, over the airwaves and in people’s homes – is that economic inequality is what separates black Americans from the rest of the nation. In Minneapolis, for example, the median income for black households is $38,200, less than half of their white counterparts.  Like everywhere else, the protests are…

Bitcoin hit $10,000 this week, but could it have already been $200,000?

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Watch the latest Bitcoin.com Weekly News Show with Roger Ver: New daily $10,000 buying limit in the Bitcoin.com Wallet and at buy.bitcoin.com; Cryptopia; Fundraising projects raised over $500,000; and much more! Timestamps: 0:12 – The truth behind why Steam has stopped accepting Bitcoin 1:06 – Opinion on censoring discussion of Bitcoin on the biggest platforms 2:07 – Thoughts on Brave browser 3:38 – Bitcoin hit $10,000 this week, but what would it have been if…? 4:45 – Flipstarter: 6 projects have raised…

New Head of US Regulator and Former Coinbase Lawyer Invites Banks and Crypto to Collaborate

In a June 4 announcement, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is looking for banks and crypto firms to weigh in on how the two can interact.  Crypto meets banks The Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking asks banks and industry leaders to respond to a number of questions — notably: “What activities related to cryptocurrencies or cryptoassets are financial services companies or bank customers engaged in and what are the barriers or obstacles to further adoption of crypto-related activities in the banking industry?” Speaking to Cointelegraph, Acting…

The Stock Market May Have Just Found Its Rocket Fuel

The last ADP report shows an employment drop of just 2.8 million in May, against 9 million expected. This encouraging reading will fuel further the stock market rally. Investors’ optimism might fade if the economic recovery isn’t as strong as expected. The stock market may have just found its rocket fuel. According to the May ADP National Employment Report released Wednesday, private sector employment decreased by 2.76 million from April to May, a much smaller drop than feared. The consensus was 8.75 million. Michael McKee, Chief International Economist for Bloomberg…

Bitcoin Privacy Wallet Wasabi Making Cops’ Jobs Harder: Europol Briefing

Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, has its eyes on the popular bitcoin privacy tool Wasabi Wallet, documents verified by CoinDesk show.  Marked for “law enforcement only,” a two-part report by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) analyzed the privacy tool’s impact on using the Bitcoin blockchain to investigate crimes.  “Things are not looking good” for law enforcement thanks to this relatively new software, the EC3 warned, citing data from leading blockchain analysis company Chainalysis estimating how much money is filtering through Wasabi for criminal purposes.  “According to [Chainalysis], over…

Lawsuit Accuses Xapo, Indodax of Negligently Holding Stolen Bitcoin

A crypto trader is trying to seize nearly 500 bitcoin from Xapo and Indodax through a new lawsuit that accuses the two crypto exchanges of harboring his stolen funds. Plaintiff Dennis Nowak, a German resident, and his counsel, longtime crypto lawyer David Silver, filed their demand for jury trial Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. They alleged the exchanges aided and abetted an unnamed thief who they claimed stole 500 bitcoin from Nowak and the exchanges remain in possession of the funds.  The suit…

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PS5 Patent ‘Leak’ Teases Glimpse of Sony’s Plans for Mysterious Showcase

A newly-published patent details the cooling solution underpinning the PS5 devkit. It features six fans, a hefty heat-sink, and a vapor chamber design. Reports suggest the final PS5 retail design will feature a “unique cooling solution” that Sony plans to weave into its marketing. Today, we were supposed to marvel for the first time at the PS5 in action – and possibly steal a peek at the console itself – during Sony’s showcase. The gaming giant appropriately opted to postpone the event, citing the need to give space to “more…

‘Satoshi won’t use his coins ever’

The researcher who identified 1.1 million Bitcoins (BTC) that Satoshi Nakamoto mined, said that his research makes him believe that Satoshi was altruistic and will never spend his coins. Sergio Demian Lerner, the designer of the second layer Bitcoin protocol RSK and renowned crypto researchers in the Reddit AMA said that it took him three years to discover privacy flaws in the Bitcoin code that led to the discovery of the Patoshi pattern.  Respects Satoshi’s privacy The Patoshi pattern describes a miner who used a slightly different mining algorithm and…

Revolut Reportedly Fires Dozens of Employees for Coronavirus Cost-Saving Reasons

In an effort to trim expenses, European fintech outfit Revolut has allegedly urged employees to leave, according to staff interviewed by Wired. “Some of the employees allegedly pressured to leave have been left stranded in a foreign country without a job or health insurance in the middle of a pandemic,” describes author Emiliano Mellino, collecting stories from multiple Revolut employees. The company reportedly staffed a great number of employees at multiple locations around the world — Krakow, Poland in particular. The Wired report also notes: “While the Polish government has…