Unspent transaction outputs distort BTC fungibility — Litecoin founder
Unspent transaction outputs create a long history that is tracked by onchain analysts, blockchain heuristic companies, and law enforcement.
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The lawsuit escalates a months-long dispute between the crypto miner and one of its energy suppliers in Canada. 1022 Total views 13 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTCanada-based Bitcoin (BTC) miner Hut 8 Mining Corporation has ramped up its ongoing fight with its power supplier for one of…

Crypto has a chance to upgrade the legacy financial system
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Uzbekistan has no plans to ease crypto payments ban, says official
One official said that after banning crypto payments in late 2019, Uzbekistan won’t ever reconsider its decision. 534 Total views 57 Total shares The Republic of Uzbekistan will never adopt cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) as a payment method, according to a central bank official.Behzod Khamraev, deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan (CBU), predicted…

If Bitcoin Fails, Crypto Industry in for a Bad Time: Cardano Founder
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder turned Cardano (ADA) creator Charles Hoskinson believes that if Bitcoin (BTC) fails, the entire cryptocurrency industry could fail.Hoskinson made his remarks during an interview for the Off the Chain podcast on Oct. 10, hosted by Morgan Creek Digital Assets co-founder Anthony Pompliano.After multiple projects that included co-founding Ethereum, Hoskinson — a mathematician,…

Hashing It Out: A conversation about spot Bitcoin ETFs and decentralized ETFs
Joel Kuck, CEO of Decentralized ETF, believes that “the big money will come when the institutions come” after the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States. 356 Total views 3 Total shares As expectations grow that a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) will be approved in the United States, it remains one of

Kaspersky: Cryptojacking Increasingly Popular Attack Vector for Botnets
A new bulletin from Russian internet security company Kaspersky Labs published Nov. 28 states that crypto mining malware became increasingly popular among botnets in 2018.Stealth crypto mining attacks – also know as cryptojacking – work by installing malware that uses a computer’s processing power to mine for cryptocurrencies without the owner’s consent or knowledge.According to…

Web3 social media to disrupt a $100B market: Pop Social joins Cointelegraph Accelerator
The growth of social media has made it possible for everyone to become a content creator. And while the creator economy grew, incentives to become part of it continued to diminish. Since the $100 billion market is dominated by a handful of centralized platforms, creators hardly ever see a fair compensation for their efforts. YouTube, for

Bithumb to Get Wall Street-Level Fintech Expertise via New Partnership
As not a day goes by without another cryptocurrency partnership, one of the biggest crypto exchanges in South Korea has begun new cooperation.Major South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has partnered with Singaporean crypto trading platform BitMax to jointly develop new services and products.BitMax’s staff includes former experts from Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and GeminiAccording to…