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A far-right party in the United Kingdom has published what it describes as the country's first coherent cryptocurrency policy.On Aug. 24, the National Liberal Party (NLP) wrote a post on its website arguing that the U.K.’s current cryptocurrency policy is non-existent — and alleged the government has failed to take a stance on regulation.Failures of the political mainstreamThe NLP…

The publication explores whether Bitcoin will become the new gold standard. 2998 Total views 10 Total shares Newsweek, one of the largest American weekly news magazines, has taken a positive spin on Bitcoin (BTC) in a recent article that explores whether the digital asset can become the new gold standard. The article, which appeared on Wednesday,…

The executive chairman of MicroStrategy, Michael Saylor, does not like to be called out. He responded to a poll shared by Eric Wall, a crypto researcher, that suggested he had not used Bitcoin’s (BTC) layer-2 Lightning Network more than three times with a Twitter poll of his own.The correct answer is Yes, and I will…

A new report has found almost half of all Bitcoin traded on the P2P exchange Paxful is exchanged for gift cards. 1825 Total views 2 Total shares A report published by Arcane Research has revealed that nearly half of Paxful’s trade volume comes from trade between Bitcoin (BTC) and gift cards.The report found that, “purchasing…

This Friday's weekly Bitcoin (BTC) options expiry currently holds a $330 million open interest. Considering the recent struggle to regain the $32,000 support, this event is an important test of bulls' willingness to display reversion signs.On July 21, Alameda Research announced that the company made Bitcoin purchases below $30,000, and Sam Trabucco, the firm's quantitative…

Backed by a16z and co-founded by Sam Altman, Worldcoin will give free crypto in exchange for an eye scan. 1508 Total views 16 Total shares Funded by crypto heavyweights, new crypto unicorn Worldcoin revealed its plan to let everyone claim free coins to accelerate global crypto adoption.Providing the world population with free cryptocurrency sounds like…

The private legal affairs of dozens of the world's biggest music and movie stars — Lady Gaga, Elton John, Robert DeNiro, and Madonna among them —  are at risk of exposure following a ransomware attack on a high profile New York entertainment law firm.Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks have reportedly been hit by the REvil…

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, is enhancing its Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) offering outside China, the company announced in a press release on Oct. 24.Following the roll out of its BaaS platform in China, Alibaba Cloud will expand its enterprise-level blockchain service to major international markets including Europe, the U.S.,…

Speaking at ELEV8CON in Las Vegas on Dec. 10, founder and CEO of Celsius Network Alex Mashinsky said that there is a war brewing between centralized and decentralized networks."The centralization of the Internet by companies such as Facebook and Google has created a distorted reality where fake news and blatant lies get the same treatment…