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Nayib Bukele Reveals El Salvador's Bitcoin Address
The country moved 5689 BTC (~$400 million) into a cold storage held in a physical vault within national territory, the president said.
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US House Passed 'TikTok Ban Bill' for Dealing with 'Foreign-owned Apps Deemed National Security Risk'
The 'Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act' passed by a vote of 352-65, now goes to the Senate, where its prospects are unclear.
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PlebLab Startup Day 2024 Livestream
PlebLab Startup Day, held in partnership with Wolf, is an event dedicated for Bitcoin innovation. It features the Top Builder competition, promoting collaboration and growth among leading Bitcoin innovators in an engaging setting. It's taking place in Austin, Texas at the Bitcoin Commons.
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Judge: Evidence Is Overwhelming, Craig Wright Is Not Satoshi Nakamoto
Craig Wright is NOT Satoshi Nakamoto, the author of the Bitcoin whitepaper, the creator of Bitcoin or author of the Bitcoin software, U.K. Judge James Mellor said after closing arguments in the Crypto Open Patent Alliance trial on Thursday.
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LNbits Demo Server to Disable the Cashu Extension (UPDATED)
"Seems some are using our demo server to run production ecash mints, using someone else's demo server for a service is irresponsible," said the project.
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VanEck Cuts Bitcoin ETF Fee to Zero in a Bid to Attract Inflows
"VanEck will temporarily cut the management fee to zero for its spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), HODL, as its assets are well below some of its competitors," reported CoinDesk.
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Roman Sterlingov Found Guilty on Four Counts, Court Finds Chainalysis 'Reliable'
"Jurors found Sterlingov guilty on all of the four counts, which included conspiring to money launder, money laundering, and two charges tied to failing to register a money transmitting service," reported Bloomberg. The defense is going to appeal the verdict.
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Biden Administration Resurrects 30% Bitcoin Mining Tax in Budget Proposal for 2025
U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled his fiscal year 2025 budget proposal, which includes a bitcoin mining excise tax to 'reduce mining activity.'
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OpenSats Opens Long-term Support Program for Nostr Developers
"As nostr is moving from experimental to substantial - and if our hunch is right, from substantial to essential, eventually - we think it's time to include nostr devs in the group that is load-bearing internet people," announced OpenSats in a blog post.
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MicroStrategy Buys 12000 BTC for $821 Million, Owns 205K BTC
"MicroStrategy has acquired an additional 12,000 BTC for ~$821.7M using proceeds from convertible notes and excess cash for ~$68,477 per bitcoin. As of 3/10/24, MicroStrategy hodls 205,000 BTC acquired for ~$6.91B at average price of $33,706 per bitcoin," announced Michael Saylor.
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Brave Wallet Finally Adds Bitcoin Support But Will Focus on Shitcoins on Bitcoin
"With the latest update of Brave on desktop (1.63), Brave Wallet users can now create Native SegWit Bitcoin accounts, which offer lower transaction fees and better error detection compared to other Bitcoin account types," announced Brave.
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US Department of Commerce Wants to Impose KYC on Cloud Services and AI Training
The Commerce Department is soliciting comment on the proposed rules for 90 days, with submissions due to the agency by April 29, 2024.
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