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2022-11-28 13:29:28 Putin Calls For Blockchain-based Payment System
President Putin said the new system would be independent of banks and third-party interference. He suggested creating a system based on digital currency and blockchain technology. The President made this statement at a Sberbank-organized artificial intelligence conference. In his speech, Putin disclosed that international settlements are now threatened following the tense relations between Russia and the Western superpowers. Read more Open / Comment

2022-11-27 13:06:20 This Week In Crypto (47)
1. Biden calls for increased regulation
2. Mt. Gox Bitcoin Awakened
3. CMC launches PoR Tracker
4. Grayscale concerns still unclear
5. New York bans proof-of-work mining
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2022-11-26 17:27:44 MetaMask Admits They Temporarily Store IP Addresses
“We are not using IP addresses even if they are being temporarily stored, which they don’t need to be, as we’re not using them for anything” said Dan Finlay, MetaMask’s co-founder. That follows GDPR related revelations by ConsenSys, MetaMask’s parent company, that Infura will collect your IP address and ethereum address, which in effect links one to the other. Infura is a node infrastructure provider and acts as the default node of MetaMask. When those defaults are used therefore, MetaMask too will store your IP. Read more Open / Comment

2022-11-25 12:16:59 SBF Will Speak at Conference Alongside Ukraine President Zelensky & US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will speak during the New York Times' annual DealBook Summit alongside Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg despite the ongoing investigation against his failed venture FTX. The full-day event, which will take place on November 30, will be hosted by Emmy Award-winning Andrew Ross Sorkin, the Times columnist and DealBook founder. Read more Open / Comment

2022-11-24 10:58:34 Mt. Gox Bitcoin Awakened
Seven-year-old Bitcoin has been reawakened as a crypto wallet linked to the infamous Mt. Gox hack started moving currency. Around 10,000 BTC, worth an estimated $167 million, was moved to two unidentified recipients. 65 BTC were sent to HitBTC a few hours ago, so it doesn't seem to be a government auction or anything. Read more Open / Comment

2022-11-23 15:23:07 CoinMarketCap launches Proof-of-Reserve Tracker
CoinMarketCap, a leading market researcher and tracker in the crypto industry, announced the launch of a new feature on its platform that gives users updated financial insights on exchanges. The proof of reserves (PoR) tracker audits active cryptocurrency exchanges in the industry for transparency on liquidity at a given moment. According to the announcement, the tracker details the total assets of the company, and its affiliated public wallet addresses, along with the balances, current price and values of the wallets. Read more Open / Comment

2022-11-22 11:27:54 JPMorgan Chase Crypto Wallet Trademark Is Approved
JP Morgan has registered a trademark for a digital wallet and related cryptocurrency processing services. The trademark does not exclusively apply to crypto but can also be applied to other financial services. Currently, the company is using the trademark with a service that provides business subledgers. Read more Open / Comment

2022-11-20 20:12:22 This Week In Crypto (46)
1. CR7 NFT Collection
2. FTX hacker is 35th largest ETH Holder
3. SBF received $1B in personal loans from Alameda
4. Binance launches Industry Recovery Fund
5. Grayscale Refuses to Post Proof-of-Reserves
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2022-11-18 11:45:59 Bitcoin Realized Price Drawdown
What is the average price people bought at and how far below can we go? Insights in chart. Source Open / Comment

2022-11-17 13:01:19 El Salvador to Start Buying 1 BTC / Day
El Salvador’s president took it to Twitter to announce that the country will resume its BTC buying spree as of tomorrow. Although 2022 has been a rough year for the crypto market, El Salvador seems determined to continue with its pro-bitcoin strategy. The country, which recently celebrated one year of adopting BTC as a legal tender, will begin purchasing one bitcoin per day as of tomorrow, said Nayib Bukele. Read more Open / Comment