Crypto community reacts to Windows-CrowdStrike outage as blockchains unaffected

Bitcoin (BTC) has been profitable as an investment 98.2% of the days since its creation, data from holdcalc.com as of July 1 indicates.Counting 3830 days back — to January 4, 2009, one day after the coin’s Genesis Block was hashed  — holdcalc’s data suggests that on 3671 of these, it was profitable to buy bitcoin…

The national tax authority of New Zealand, the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), has recently published binding rulings and guidance for salaries and bonuses paid in crypto, made under s 91D of the country's Tax Administration Act of 1994. This ruling applies only to salary and wage earners and not to self-employed individuals, and only for services…

The casting director specifically asks crypto users if they’re willing to use all remaining attempts to access their funds in front of the camera. 303 Total views 1 Total shares A casting call for a cable network series may offer crypto users at the end of their rope a way to access tokens locked away…

The United States' move to sanction the open-source code that makes up the Tornado Cash privacy protocol may be shocking, but it’s not surprising. America has been tightening its grip over the global financial system for decades, ostensibly to cut down on bad behavior, but also to project power abroad.Economic sanctions, like the ones enforced…

After selling off all of his Overstock shares, former CEO Patrick Byrne is reportedly still holding a major stake in tZero, Overstock’s crypto token platform.Byrne still owns 63,775 shares in tZeroOverstock’s 2019 notice of special meeting and proxy statement, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Nov. 22, shows that the…

Japanese financial regulators have reportedly introduced new regulations for cryptocurrency margin trading, local news agency Nikkei reported on March 18.The Cabinet of Japan, the executive branch of the country’s government, has reportedly approved draft amendments to Japan’s financial instruments and payment services laws, limiting leverage in cryptocurrency margin trading at two to four times the…

The Malaysian authority that oversees compliance with Islamic law in finance has permitted digital asset trading. 2480 Total views 25 Total shares In a landmark announcement, Securities Commission Malaysia’s Shariah Advisory Council declared that digital assets trading was permissible.The Malaysian Shariah Advisory Council is the authority that oversees the implementation of Islamic laws in the…

Argentinian state public transport card SUBE (Sistema Único de Boleto Electrónico) can now be topped up using Bitcoin (BTC), Cointelegraph in Spanish reported Friday, Feb. 8.Alto Viaje, a platform for adding money to SUBE cards, has partnered with Bitex, which provides blockchain-driven financial services to businesses. As a result of the partnership, the SUBE card…

Altcoin traders and investors should look for cover if Bitcoin (BTC) undergoes major price declines.So believes Filbfilb, an independent market analyst and co-founder of Decentrader trading suite. In a tweet published late Friday, the pseudonymous entity said a 30% crash in the Bitcoin market could prompt altcoins to drop twice as harder.When Bitcoin consolidated between…