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Former president and 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump stated the importance of Bitcoin and the crypto market in a stream with well-known streamer Adin Ross. He warned the current administration about the ill effects of selling the US’ Bitcoin holdings instead of making the asset part of the country’s reserve. He mentioned how not focusing on Bitcoin at this level will prevent the US from innovating in the digital assets sphere, letting countries like China, a tremendous geopolitical...

This Year’s Theme: “On the Move” Throughout history, people have left their homes for a variety of reasons and have found themselves in faraway places. This has led to encounters with foreign lands, their inhabitants, their customs, their flora and fauna. Cultural heritage collections are full of artifacts resulting from and bearing witness to those people “on the move”: archival records, travel reports, audiovisual documents, object collections, oral histories etc. These...

This Year’s Theme: “On the Move” Throughout history, people have left their homes for a variety of reasons and have found themselves in faraway places. This has led to encounters with foreign lands, their inhabitants, their customs, their flora and fauna. Cultural heritage collections are full of artifacts resulting from and bearing witness to those people “on the move”: archival records, travel reports, audiovisual documents, object collections, oral histories etc. These...

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has opened investigations into approval phishing scams that have stolen funds from about 2,000 wallets linked to Australian users. The information was revealed by a Chainalysis probe called ‘Operation Spincaster’ that studied scams of this nature across six countries spanning from May 2021. Scammers have stolen over $4 billion from users globally over the period the blockchain analysis firm investigated. In a blog published by Chainalysis last month, the...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked a New York court to reject Coinbase’s subpoena, which seeks to compel the agency to produce documents related to crypto assets. The SEC described them as covering “essentially all documents that in any way relate to crypto assets.” SEC Opposes Coinbase’s Subpoena Request The motion filed on Monday represents the latest development in the legal battle between the SEC and Coinbase. The exchange is attempting to...

A hacker who grabbed hundreds of millions from 2022’s Nomad bridge hack capitalized on ETH’s price drop to buy large amounts of the asset at a low price. They exchanged 39.75 million DAI for 16,892 ETH on August 5. ETH had dropped by over 20% in 12 hours, going from $2,760 to $2,172, which the hackers took advantage of. Lookonchain, an analytics firm analyzing on-chain activity, posted about the incident on X, “The #Nomad Bridge Exploiter spent 39.75M $DAI to buy 16,892 $ETH an hour ago and...

The ongoing turmoil in the Japanese and United States stock markets has triggered heightened volatility in the crypto space. This highlights the interconnectedness of global markets and Bitcoin’s growing correlation with traditional finance (TradFi) markets. Analysts at the crypto exchange Bitfinex explained in the latest Alpha report that Bitcoin’s rising correlation with TradFi markets could mean continued downward momentum for the digital asset if stock market declines...

Two U.S. Senators have introduced a bill that proposes to give the Secret Service the ability to prevent money laundering using cryptocurrencies. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada) brought the bill titled “Combatting Money Laundering in Cyber Crime Act of 2024” on August 2. If passed, the bill would allow the Secret Service to go after criminal organizations using crypto to evade money laundering laws and commit fraud against U.S. financial institutions. Senator...

The crypto arm of Jump Trading, Jump Crypto, has unstaked about 120,000 ETH worth over $275 million. Jump Crypto will likely sell these assets as it has been moving them to crypto exchanges Binance, Coinbase, OKX, Bybit, and Gate.io wallets, according to Arkham Intelligence data. On-chain analyst Ember CN mentioned on X, “Jump Trading may be selling ETH: they are currently redeeming a wstETH (120,000 pieces) worth US$410 million in batches into ETH and then transferring it to exchanges such...

[PRESS RELEASE – Austin, USA, August 6th, 2024] Bitcoin Startup Lab has initiated the Bitcoin Olympics along with other Bitcoin industry leaders, the largest online Bitcoin hackathon to date. Running from August 1st to 27th, the event will culminate in an award ceremony at BTCON on September 4th, celebrating the achievements of participants and the collaborative efforts of Bitcoin Olympics Partners and the Bitcoin ecosystem. [embedded content] Event Highlights Bitcoin Startup...