MicroStrategy has already built an application on “MicroStrategy Orange” — Orange For Outlook — which integrates digital signatures into emails to verify the identity of the sender. MicroStrategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin , has announced it will launch a decentralized identity solution on the Bitcoin network that uses Ordinal-based inscriptions to store and retrieve…
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U.S. prosecutors are reportedly investigating the fintech firm after a whistleblower claimed it processed thousands of transactions for users from sanctioned countries and terrorist groups. United States federal prosecutors are reportedly probing Jack Dorsey’s fintech company Block, Inc. after a whistleblower surfaced documents alleging ongoing and widespread compliance violations at the firm’s payment arms Square…
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Bitcoin short-term holders are currently holding a 3% unrealized loss but it “isn’t the end of the world,” according to a crypto analyst. Bitcoin is now trading below the average purchase price paid by short-term holders, potentially causing “panic” due to unrealized losses, according to an on-chain analyst. “These recent buyers are statistically the most…
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Jay Ricky Villarante, the CEO of Moneybees, said that the decision to ban Binance reflects the importance of regulatory compliance and oversight in the industry. With Binance ousted from the Philippines, traders based in the country now have to deal with higher trading fees and fewer crypto tokens to choose from, according to an executive…
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Veteran trader Peter Brandt sparked debate after suggesting BTC may have already hit its peak this cycle, but even he didn’t put much stock in the theory. There’s a very slight chance that Bitcoin has already reached its peak this cycle at the $70,000 mark, according to the “exponential decay” pattern floated by veteran trader…
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Changpeng Zhao, the former CEO of crypto exchange Binance, has been sentenced to four months in prison. Ahead of his sentencing on April 30, Changpeng Zhao, the former CEO of Binance, made a heartfelt plea for forgiveness and a second chance. In a letter submitted to the court on April 24, Zhao expressed profound regret for his actions, acknowledging…
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Hong Kong already has a clear definition of Ethereum and it is not a security, said OSL Digital Securities head Wayne Huang. Exchange-traded fund issuers in Hong Kong are not concerned about the crypto crackdown in the United States which could result in regulators classifying Ether as a security. Speaking at a press conference on…
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Bitcoin and altcoins are projected to reenter bullish upside on longer timeframes, with the signs becoming clear despite consolidatory BTC price action. Bitcoin bounced past $64,000 ahead of the April 28 weekly close as altcoins sought a recovery. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Altcoins set for boost on waning Tether dominance Data and TradingView tracked stronger BTC…
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The solo miner netted around $200,000 in rewards for validating block 841,286. A single Bitcoin miner has defied the odds by solving a Bitcoin block alone, netting them the full 3.125 Bitcoin block reward. On April 28, software engineer and administrator from the solo mining pool ckpool, Con Kolivas, posted to X that a miner had…
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Google Cloud recently launched a Web3 portal with testnet tools, blockchain datasets, and learning resources for developers, receiving mixed reactions from the crypto industry. Google Cloud has introduced a new Web3 portal with resources for blockchain developers, including datasets and tutorials on creating non-fungible tokens (NFT). However, the reception within the cryptocurrency industry has been…
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