My Bank Account Was Frozen for Bitcoin – And It Only Made Me Love Crypto More

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El Salvador moved more than 5,000 BTC into a cold wallet this week.The disclosure by President Nayib Bukele nearly doubles the country's known stash of the digital asset.Bitcoin-forward Central American nation El Salvador this week moved $400 million worth of bitcoin (BTC) – "a big chunk" – into a cold wallet, according to its President

A reminder, dear reader: If you're accused of committing massive fraud and risk facing the rest of your life in prison, you should probably turn down that interview with "Good Morning America."Such advice might've served Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced crypto founder who couldn't keep quiet last year following the collapse of his FTX crypto empire

Apr 23, 2020 at 11:55 UTCUpdated Apr 23, 2020 at 12:36 UTCFirst Mover: Bitcoin Catches Almighty Dollar Even During 2020’s Dash for CashAfter swinging wildly for most of this year, the price of bitcoin is now back to roughly where it started 2020 – around $7,100. And since bitcoin is priced in dollars, the flat year-to-date…

Feb 25, 2020 at 21:25 UTCUpdated Feb 25, 2020 at 21:28 UTCTANGLED WEB: The 12-day shutdown of IOTA hasn't hurt the token's price.The IOTA coordinator node responsible for confirming all transactions has been offline for more than 12 days, yet the token remains listed as one of the top 30 cryptocurrencies by market cap, according…

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest Prices(CoinDesk)Top StoriesBitcoin (BTC) rose to past $66,000 early Friday, reversing Thursday's pullback below $65,000. At the time of writing, it was priced around $66,440, 0.4% higher than

Jul 12, 2020 at 12:00 UTCUpdated Jul 12, 2020 at 12:13 UTCEuros (Imelda/Unsplash, modified using Photomosh)Hyper-Stablecoinization: From Eurodollars to Crypto-DollarsTribal fighting between Bitcoiners and Ethereans is unabated. Bitcoin is understood as “money crypto,” while Ethereum is labeled “tech crypto.” Bitcoin is sound money that will make all other monies obsolete. Ethereum, on the other hand,…

Some 600,000 wallets have conducted over 700,000 transactions on the Shibarium network a week after a botched launch was solved, showing signs of resilience among the platform’s loyal supporters.Token withdrawals out of the Shibarium bridge are now live and available to users, weeks after a much-hyped launch quickly fizzled out after being riddled with software

Jul 3, 2020 at 22:16 UTCUpdated Jul 3, 2020 at 22:23 UTCRavencoin attack (Sara Kurfeß/Unsplash)Bad Ravencoin Code Allows Attackers to Generate Coins Without MiningUnidentified attackers exploited a Ravencoin vulnerability to mint extra RVN “beyond the coinbase of 5000 RVN per block,” Ravencoin lead developer Tron Black wrote in a Medium post on Thursday. According to…