Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele tweeted that he saw the crypto market crash as an opportunity to “buy the dip.”
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UK Bans World’s Largest Crypto Exchange In Crackdown On Potential Money Laundering
This action extends a UK regulatory crackdown on the cryptocurrency sector as a result of concerns for its potential involvement in money laundering and fraud.
El Salvador Plans To Use Volcanoes To Generate Electricity For Bitcoin Mining
The president of El Salvador announced that the country’s state-run geothermal energy utility would begin using power derived from volcanoes for Bitcoin mining.
Trump Says The Way To Stop Cyberattacks Is To Get Rid Of Computers And Just Go Back To “Paper”
“The currency of this world should be the dollar. And I don’t think we should have all of the Bitcoins of the world out there. I think they should regulate them very, very high.”
Man Uses Thousands In Bitcoin To Hire Hitman On Dark Web To Kill Woman He was Stalking Online
“I’d like it to look like an accident, but robbery gone wrong may work better. So long as she is dead. I’d also like for her phone to be retrieved and destroyed irreparably in the process.”
Bitcoin Price Tumbles After Musk Tweets Concerns Over Fossil Fuel Use In Crypto Mining
Ether and Dogecoin also slid and the rush to sell caused brief outages at some cryptocurrency exchanges.
Did Elon Musk Allegedly “Pump And Dump” Bitcoin To Manipulate Tesla’s Stock?
“Tesla sold 10% of its holdings essentially to prove liquidity of Bitcoin as an alternative to holding cash on balance sheet.” -Elon Musk
China Launches Its Own Digital Currency Not Linked To A Dollar-Dominated Global Financial System
It will give China’s government vast new tools to monitor both its economy and its people.
PayPal Now Allows The Use Of Cryptocurrency To Make Online Purchases In USA
“The introduction of Checkout with Crypto continues our focus on driving mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies.”
UN Report: North Korea Stole $316 Million In Cryptocurrencies For Banned Nuclear Programs
The vast majority of the proceeds came from two thefts late last year.
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