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Bitcoin Network Reaches New Transaction All-Time High As Fees Surge Due To BRC-20 Tokens
BRC-20 token hype is flooding into Bitcoin.
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Balaji Forfeits $1M BTC Bet, Donates Additional $500k to Support Bitcoin Development
The entrepreneur took to Twitter to share the update, recorded a video and wrote a lengthy blog post about central banking and "the trillions."
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Coinbase Sued for Harvesting Customer Face and Fingerprint Data
"The company’s collection and storage of this data exposes users to “serious and irreversible privacy risks,” such as identity theft, in the event of a data breach, the suit says."
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Samara Asset Group Donates $150,000 To Bitcoin Development, Commits For 3 Consecutive Years
Samara Asset Group is a "deep-tech powered alternative asset manager with a hyperfocus on alpha-generating strategies and Bitcoin," co-founded by Christian Angermayer’s family office, Apeiron Investment Group, Mike Novogratz, and led by Patrick Lowry.
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Ongoing Attack On I2P Network: Bitcoin Nodes Using i2pd Affected
I2P (the Invisible Internet Project) is an end-to-end encrypted anonymizing network for identity-sensitive applications that can also be used with a Bitcoin Core node for improved network connectivity.
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'DM Reporter Bot' Serves A Reminder About The Current State of Nostr DMs
The contents of private messages on Nostr are encrypted, but when and who you are talking to is currently 100% public information.
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BlueWallet Postpones Lightning Node Sunset Date to May 31
BlueWallet extended the deadline for users to move their funds out of its custodial service. The wallet will offer only self custody products moving forward.
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Venmo Is Rolling Out Bitcoin Transfers to External Wallets
Users who purchase bitcoin through the app will now be able to take ownership of their coins.
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First Republic Bank Seized, Sold to JPMorgan In Second-Largest U.S. Bank Failure
The First Republic Bank has become the third major bank to go under since March.
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The Kingdom Of Bhutan Confirms It Has Been Mining Bitcoin For Several Years
The Himalayan kingdom's investment arm Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) revealed that it has been running a bitcoin mining operation in the country.
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Ohio Man Gets 4 Years For Sweeping Brother's 712 BTC Subject To Forfeiture
"An Ohio man was sentenced today to four years and three months in prison for stealing over 712 bitcoin that were the proceeds of the darknet bitcoin mixer Helix and subject to forfeiture in a then-pending criminal case."
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Hamas to Stop Accepting Bitcoin Donations Due to Privacy Risk for Donors
Hamas, which is listed as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and U.K., has been accepting bitcoin donations for some time, apparently using platforms like Binance to realize proceeds until the wallet was frozen.
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