April 5, 2022, 8:30 p.m. Mostly Bitcoin for April 5, 2022 Mostly Bitcoin Crypto Mortgages Test Home Buyers’ Appetite in Digital-Currency World - 04:18 PM EDT Meta insists it just chose a side in the encryption debate - 04:13 PM EDT Micromobility operator Helbiz misses payroll, blames software ‘update’ - 03:56 PM EDT Germany shuts down servers for Russian darknet marketplace Hydra - 03:47 PM EDT The team that built an AI to dominate poker is now picking stocks - 03:44 PM EDT U.S. imposes sanctions on Russian darknet market and crypto exchange - 02:35 PM EDT Bitcoin: Indonesia Sets Cryptocurrency VAT, Income Tax Coming Into Effect in May - 02:09 PM EDT Lightning Labs raises funding to enable stablecoin transfers through Bitcoin network - 01:50 PM EDT This new Windows 11 security feature will force you to reset your PC - 01:46 PM EDT World’s largest illegal darknet marketplace shutdown in US-German operation - 12:33 PM EDT Boba Networks raises at $1.5B valuation for its take on an ‘optimistic’ Ethereum scali... - 12:20 PM EDT There's a new way to quickly send U.S. dollars around the world with bitcoin - 12:10 PM EDT I know how the world ends, and it’s with a Twitter edit button - 11:50 AM EDT Cooler heads needed in heated E2EE debate, says think tank - 10:48 AM EDT BitMEX lays off a quarter of its global staff amid business revamp - 10:14 AM EDT ‘Flash Boys’ exchange IEX launches crypto play with new investor Sam Bankman-Fried’s... - 10:05 AM EDT Police Shut Down ‘Hydra,’ One of the Largest Dark Web Marketplaces - 09:53 AM EDT August's 4th-gen WiFi smart lock is $40 off right now - 09:06 AM EDT RollBit Has Made Slot Games Easier and More Rewardable - 08:45 AM EDT Crypto inferno: Intel's Bitcoin-mining Blockscale ASIC to arrive in Q3 - 08:29 AM EDT Tinybird adds $37 million to run realtime analytics APIs for you - 08:05 AM EDT Starlight shoots for the moon, aiming to build the Brex of crypto - 08:05 AM EDT Stablecoin issuers seek bank licenses to reassure customers - 07:38 AM EDT Meet Twitter's new head of product - 07:26 AM EDT Playbook launches an investment service for Millennials and Gen Z - 07:12 AM EDT Axios-Momentive poll: Young people are the biggest "techno-optimists" - 06:27 AM EDT America's internet is splitting along party lines - 06:27 AM EDT Voices: The progressive case for NFTs - 06:14 AM EDT Teaching computers to keep time: Clockwork wants to solve a fundamental enterprise computi... - 05:46 AM EDT BitMEX lays off a quarter of staff in cryptocurrency exchange’s revamp, throwing US$600,... - 05:45 AM EDT A Viral Case Against Crypto, Explored - 05:29 AM EDT Why Terra Wants To Be The Biggest Bitcoin Whale - 02:16 AM EDT SEC weighs path forward for crypto trading platforms - 01:12 AM EDT NGO study urged Meta to press ahead with encryption expansion - 11:29 PM EDT Mailchimp: Crook stole cryptocurrency clients' mailing-list subscriber info - 09:20 PM EDT Hackers breached Mailchimp to target crypto holders - 08:45 PM EDT Maritime cybersecurity: All at sea - 07:53 PM EDT How to turn $100 million into $52 billion - 07:11 PM EDT Elon Musk's Twitter stock purchase already paying off (for him) - 06:52 PM EDT Robin Hood of crypto: The 30-year-old billionaire who wants to give his fortune away - 06:40 PM EDT Daily Crunch: Twitter stock price soars after Elon Musk acquires 9.2% stake - 06:26 PM EDT Cryptocurrency-bridge hacks top $1.36 billion in little over a year - 06:16 PM EDT DOJ seizes $34 million of crypto from the dark web seller - 05:54 PM EDT A cryptocurrency scam that used the Coinbase Wallet led to $66.3 million in lost crypto - 05:48 PM EDT Gooby Gambles Is Helping Thousands Crush the Crypto Game - 05:42 PM EDT Terra's $10 billion bitcoin buying spree may be 'catalyst' for sidelined investors - 05:20 PM EDT Bitcoin Miner Marathon Open To Acquisition With Right Valuation - 04:24 PM EDT SEC Weighs Path Forward for Crypto Trading Platforms - 03:51 PM EDT Q1 crypto losses spike 695% on year following massive hacks - 03:36 PM EDT Hackers breached Mailchimp to phish cryptocurrency wallets - 03:35 PM EDT VCs scale their bets on Solana’s expanding NFT ecosystem - 03:18 PM EDT Why Does Border Patrol Need the Ability To Delete Messages? - 02:25 PM EDT BitMEX crypto exchange lays off a quarter of staff after failed acquisition - 02:10 PM EDT HTC’s Vive-Centered Metaverse Push; Epic’s Upcoming Unreal Event - 02:09 PM EDT While D.C. delays, Washington state is quietly making tech workers’ dreams come true - 01:13 PM EDT Mailchimp says an internal tool was used to breach hundreds of accounts - 12:42 PM EDT Solana ($SOL), Terra (LUNA1 USD) Price Today Rises After Bitcoin (BTC) Gains - 10:47 AM EDT Miami mayor reveals the formula for his city’s success as tech hub - 10:45 AM EDT Crypto faces a global regulatory storm - 10:32 AM EDT The Metaverse Has Bosses Too. Meet the ‘Managers’ of Axie Infinity - 09:16 AM EDT How an online romance and cryptocurrency fraud cost one man almost $300,000 - 09:10 AM EDT Bitcoin Blackmailers Attempted to Steal $25,000 From My Dad's E-Trade Account - 08:23 AM EDT Musk takes a $3B bite out of Twitter; Tesla mogul has 9.2% share of the social network - 08:23 AM EDT Voices: El Salvador’s bitcoin-loving president is a human rights disaster - 07:55 AM EDT Amazon workers unionized in New York. Now what? - 07:45 AM EDT Turkey seeks 40,000-year sentences for alleged cryptocurrency exit scammers - 07:26 AM EDT The Morning After: Jack Dorsey misses the old internet - 07:25 AM EDT What worries Big Tech about Europe's new digital rules - 06:44 AM EDT Bitcoin news – live: BTC price nears 2022 record ahead of largest crypto conference in h... - 06:31 AM EDT Rudy Lim thinks crypto could be the new gold - 06:21 AM EDT The Dark Side of the Metaverse, Part II: Potential Solutions - 06:02 AM EDT Devaluation, inflation spur bitcoin adoption in Indonesia, Brazil - 05:52 AM EDT Crypto prices mixed heading into new week; Bitcoin down 1.13% in week - 05:22 AM EDT Save $351 on a lifetime subscription to JellyVPN - 05:10 AM EDT Russia's Push Into Crypto Is a Big Step Backwards - 03:41 AM EDT Russia's biggest bank has been cut out of the global financial markets — and now it's la... - 01:35 AM EDT Bitcoin breakout is making proponents wary of another fakeout - 11:11 PM EDT Bitcoin Breakout Is Making Proponents Wary of Another Fakeout - 11:51 AM EDT Twitter founder Jack Dorsey admits he's 'partially to blame' for a centralized internet. O... - 10:42 AM EDT A new stablecoin issuer is buying billions of dollars in bitcoin. What crypto investors ne... - 09:29 AM EDT How to Use Crypto to Make Purchases With a Debit Card - 09:22 AM EDT The Future of NFTs Lies With the Courts - 07:17 AM EDT Blockchains Have a ‘Bridge’ Problem, and Hackers Know It - 07:17 AM EDT How One Bond Manager Values Gold and Bitcoin - 07:07 AM EDT Behind the crypto hype is an ideology of social change - 06:16 AM EDT Users are taking the internet back - 05:43 AM EDT Weekly Roundup - 05:51 PM EDT You just read issue #342 of Mostly Bitcoin. You can also browse the full archives of this newsletter. Email address (required) Subscribe