As the China Ministry of Public Security said, the police have arrested more than 1,100 suspects of using cryptocurrencies for illegal activities, like laundering money and telecom frauds. The Chinese authorities stated they have crackdown more than 170 gangs responsible for using crypto for criminal purposes. The arrests follow China has stepped up efforts to…
The Bitcoin Mining Council announced on Thursday as debates over the energy wasted in crypto mining are growing. The energy consumed to mine cryptocurrencies matches a developed country’s usage and is comparable to big CO2 emitters such as airlines and fossil-fuel companies. “The Bitcoin Mining Council is a voluntary and open forum of Bitcoin miners…
The publicly traded company MicroStrategy, a big enterprise software developer, announced Tuesday that it raised its corporate bond sale from $400 million to $500 million to satisfy investor demand. The revenue will be transferred to purchase funds in Bitcoin above the 92,079 BTC the firm accumulated before. Unnamed sources said to Bloomberg, the sale was…
Bitcoin and most top cryptocurrencies continued their fall on Sunday amid investor concerns over Chinese regulatory risks. As China has blocked several cryptocurrency-related accounts on Weibo, a popular Twitter-like platform, this weekend, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s report warns that institutional adoption of the crypto industry may be a long process. The world’s largest cryptocurrency declined…
Anonymous, a decentralized international ‘hacktivism’ movement known for cyber attacks against several governments since 2003, posted a video on Friday addressed to Tesla CEO Elon Musk. In the video, they called Musk “nothing more than another narcissistic rich dude who is desperate for attention” and accused him of “destroying crypto holders’ lives” and attempting to…
The co-creator of DOGE coin defended Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla Inc.), but despite this he believes that there should be no war between cryptocurrencies (bitcoin and meme crypto) and they can peacefully coexist What Happened: Marcus took to Twitter to say that the apex cryptocurrency and the meme cryptocurrency can help each other as…