Better Know a Crypto Candidate: Kari Lake
As part of its coverage of the 2024 US Elections, Cointelegraph asked several congressional candidates for their positions on cryptocurrency and blockchain.
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The crypto industry advocacy group has placed its support behind Coin Center and its lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury over its Tornado Cash sanctions. 446 Total views 2 Total shares The Blockchain Association and the DeFi Education Fund have become the latest industry advocates to file their support of Coin Center’s lawsuit against the United…

BlockShow Panelists Argue About Bitcoin’s Decentralization, Blockchain Pros and Cons
Today, August 21, at BlockShow Americas 2018, speakers at a blockchain-related panel debated the question of the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain’s decentralization and the benefits of its applications to the global community. At the discussion panel titled “The Great Controversy: Blockchain as Seen From Major Institutions' Perspective,” participants argued about the actual need for blockchain applications…

Tether has 'redistributed' $108.8M USDT from illicit activity since 2014
The most recent seizure of $5 million USDT from pig-butchering scams marks a "significant victory" in the ongoing fight against cyber fraud, according to Tether.

Liechtenstein-Based Startup to Issue Tokens Pegged to Value of Collectible Cars
Investment platform CurioInvest and Seychelles-based digital asset exchange MERJ Exchange Ltd. will jointly begin offering a token backed by collector luxury cars.The so-called Car Token (CT1) token is set to be pegged to the value of collectible cars giving more people a chance to have a fraction of an asset, BNN Bloomberg reported on Jan.…

China Tracks Victims of Coronavirus with WeChat and Alipay
The government of Hubei, the Chinese province at the epicenter of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak, issued a report on Feb. 18 detailing measures taken against the disease. The officials revealed that they tracked both offline and online purchases of fever medicine to organize relief efforts.As the emergency situation shows no signs of slowing down, provincial…

BREAKING: The Bitcoin network welcomes Taproot soft fork upgrade
The Bitcoin (BTC) network successfully activated the Taproot soft fork following a 90% lock-in consensus from miners and mining pools between blocks 709,488 and 709,632. The milestone signifies the first major upgrade for Bitcoin since August 2017, which saw the launch of Bitcoin’s leading layer-two solution, the Lightning Network and Segregated Witness (SegWit).The Taproot upgrade…

Infinex NFTs top $40M sales in first four days, despite NFT bear market
The Framework Ventures-backed platform has surpassed $150 million in TVL, despite a wider downtrend in the NFT market.

What is chain reorganization in blockchain technology?
A reorganization, abbreviated as reorg, occurs when a block is deleted from the blockchain to make room for a longer chain. Despite its potential, blockchain is beset by obstacles. For example, block conflict is now the most common type of blockchain flaw, which indicates that if two blocks are published nearly simultaneously, a fork in…