Day: March 23, 2023

Ethics of Web3 Discussed at Paris Blockchain Week

Web3 technology is becoming increasingly pervasive in mainstream industries, raising important questions about the ethics needed to operate in the space. During the second day of Paris Blockchain Week 2023, a panel of professionals from the Web3 ecosystem took to the Venus de Milo stage to discuss the “Ethics of Web3.” The panel was moderated by Moojan Ashghari, co-founder of Thousand Faces Web3 investment club. Ashghari opened the discussion by stating that the ethical framework or standard of technology will always lag behind the introduction of the technology. He emphasized…

Bitcoin erases Fed losses as traders eye $40K BTC price target

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Bitcoin (BTC) returned to near $29,000 on March 23 as bulls ignored news of a fresh United States regulatory crackdown. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin shrugs off Coinbase, Do Kwon arrest Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD gaining almost 8% versus its overnight lows to challenge nine-month highs on Bitstamp. The pair kept the volatility coming as the dust settled on the prior day’s interest rate decision and associated commentary from the Federal Reserve. Despite Fed Chair Jerome Powell giving mixed signals over how and…

Coinbase and Algorand give divergent reasons for staking reward suspension

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Algorand Foundation CEO Stacy Waden took to Twitter to confirm rumors about Coinbase’s decision to discontinue Algorand (ALGO) staking rewards for retail customers. Coinbase and Algorand, however, cite different reasons for the move. According to Waden’s tweet, Coinbase informed Algorand about the sudden termination of rewards for ALGO tokens on March 22, as the crypto exchange evaluates its portfolio of products and services following a Wells Notice issued by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) the same day. Hi #algofam, woke up this a.m, like many of you,…

Terra Founder Do Kwon Reportedly Arrested in Montenegro

The news has already stirred the crypto ecosystem with many of the affected holders of LUNA yet to recover their losses. Do Kwon, the co-founder of Terraform Labs has been reportedly arrested in Montenegro, months after he vanished after the implosion of Terra (LUNA) and its algorithmic stablecoin UST. The arrest of Do Kwon was shared through a Tweet from Filip Adzic, the country’s minister of interior. At a time over the past year, Do Kwon was declared one of the most wanted men in the world with the Interpol…

Ukrainian Startup Promin Aerospace to Send Historical NFTs Into Space – Interview Bitcoin News

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Promin Aerospace is a Ukrainian rocketry startup with backing from Google among others. The company is working with the Meta History Museum to launch into space a collection of artworks about the war with Russia in the form of NFTs (non-fungible tokens). The team recently joined the Bitcoin.com News Podcast to talk about the historical initiative, the ground breaking technology behind it and even what would it take to store the entire bitcoin blockchain in space. Promin Aerospace is the world’s primary developer and manufacturer of advanced autophagic rocket propulsion.…

Just Saying No to Digital Dollars Means Cementing the Surveillance Status Quo – CoinDesk

Whether the U.S. participates or not, the rest of the world is exploring and deploying CBDCs. According to the Atlantic Council, 114 countries, representing more than 95% of global gross domestic product, are exploring CBDCs. Actively engaged in this digital gold rush are 19 of the G-20 countries, including India, Japan, Russia and South Korea, each of which has made significant recent progress. The European Central Bank is expected to introduce a prototype for a “digital euro” by the end of 2023, becoming more widely available by 2025. The central…

Hindenburg Research reports Block short position, claiming fraud facilitation and inflated metrics

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A report following a two-year investigation from Hindenburg Research claimed digital payments company Block had “systematically taken advantage of the demographics it claims to be helping,” alleging the firm inflated its user metrics and facilitated fraud. According to the March 23 report, Hindenburg Research said Block’s practices allowed users to set up fraudulent accounts, catering to many criminals who used the platform to steal funds. The report suggested that Block insiders, including co-founders Jack Dorsey and James McKelvey, chief financial officer Amrita Ahuja, and Cash App manager Brian Grassadonia, had…

Terraform Labs Co-Founder Do Kwon Arrested in Montenegro, Says Interior Minister – Bitcoin News

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According to Montenegro’s interior minister Filip Adzic, Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon was apprehended at Podgorica airport allegedly bearing falsified documentation. Adzic added that investigators are “waiting for official confirmation of his identity” after Montenegrin police detained the accused suspect. Terra Co-Founder Reportedly Arrested in Montenegro at Podgorica Airport With False Documents Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon has reportedly been arrested in Montenegro, according to the country’s interior minister Filip Adzic. The Montenegrin official shared two tweets on Thursday just before 9 a.m. Eastern Time. “In Podgorica, one of the…