Tag:russia

“Thousands” of Bomb Threats in Russia After BBC Links Businessman and FSB with $450 Million Bitcoin Theft

Guest post by Cali Haan. Includes WEX, Alexander Vinnik and BTC-e.
[Read more …]

SEC blocks the Telegram ICO — what this means, and what happens now

Telegram’s whole scheme was to skin precisely the retail buyers who securities registration is meant to protect from being ripped off.
[Read more …]

News: Craig Wright loses big to Kleiman, tokens from SAFTs are securities, Patrick Byrne, IOTA again

BITCOIN IS IMMUNE TO GOVERNMENT CONFISCATION! Except if you’re in real life.
[Read more …]

News: The crypto price crashes further, Tether, nodejs/NPM coin-stealing exploit, North Korea blockchain conference

bullish on USD. it is clear that USD is increasingly popular with past hodlers of the deprecated bit-Coin. USD has gone up hugely in just the past day against the b.t.C!! in conclusion you should be getting into currency
[Read more …]

News: Petro and Russia, illegal porn on the blockchain, Tether, Mt. Gox, Twitter bans crypto ads, NSA scans Bitcoin, Kodak earnings call, Sierra Leone election not on the blockchain

Is it illegal to download a copy of the Bitcoin blockchain? Possibly.
[Read more …]

News: me at Financial Times, SEC vs ICOs, Russia vs ICOs, ICO buyers vs ICOs, crypto scammers on Twitter, IOTA replay attacks, Stolfi vs NIST

If you’re in London, come and see me discuss the future of Bitcoin and blockchains at the Financial Times on Tuesday!
[Read more …]

News: Nvidia blockchain, new US crypto tax rules, the cryptoruble returns, Bitcoin vs Islamic law, advertising on the blockchain, the Ripple pump

Ripple: “who, us? Anything to do with the XRP pump? Ahahaha nonono!”
[Read more …]

News: Bitcoin Diamond, 4m BTC lost, Russia vs Bitcoin, automated hack attacks

Another free money fork. And remember to secure your Ethereum wallet!
[Read more …]

The Russian “cryptoruble” story: what’s actually happening here

The latest “крипторубль” proposal. This time, it’s supported by Putin.
[Read more …]

News: Garza/GAW fine; Russia vs Bitcoin; ICOs in Australia; Tether non-audit; FaunaDB

And blockchain use in the Catalan independence referendum.
[Read more …]