April 7, 2021, 8:30 p.m. Mostly Bitcoin for April 7, 2021 Mostly Bitcoin You can pay your rent in Bitcoin at Rick Caruso malls - 03:37 PM EDT Weekly Review - 01:36 PM EDT Bitcoin mining emissions in China will hit 130 million tonnes by 2024 - 01:09 PM EDT Blackhawk joins Bakkt's digital currency app - 01:00 PM EDT Digital renminbi vs. the dollar - 12:44 PM EDT Bitcoin Lightning Network: Cryptocurrency could finally become day-to-day currency as netw... - 12:16 PM EDT India’s Strict Rules For Online Intermediaries Undermine Freedom of Expression - 12:15 PM EDT Surely We Can Do Better Than Elon Musk - 11:36 AM EDT The Promise of Cryptocurrencies - 11:15 AM EDT Filecoin's top 10 stint. Coinbase wows with earnings. CBDC for Japan? - 10:52 AM EDT Op-ed: Here's a smart tax-planning strategy for bitcoin investors - 10:51 AM EDT Missouri Man Gets 12 Years in Prison for Trying to Buy a Chemical Weapon - 10:27 AM EDT How China’s digital currency push can boost fintech, yuan’s global presence - 09:36 AM EDT Man uses Bitcoin to buy chemical weapon ‘after bad break up’ - 09:28 AM EDT This Self-Destructing Website Is Impossible to Sell As an NFT - 09:22 AM EDT Signal messaging app tests out cryptocurrency payments - 08:50 AM EDT Tech billionaires keep getting richer - 07:54 AM EDT Bitcoin trade group launched; FDIC unveils program for unbanked - 07:13 AM EDT Bitcoin Mining Could Use More Energy Than All of Italy by 2024 - 06:45 AM EDT Intel unveils highest performing data-center processors, made with Israel team - 06:37 AM EDT NFTs Show the Value of Owning the Unownable - 06:23 AM EDT Westpac set for windfall in US Coinbase float - 04:12 AM EDT Stacks (STX) Crypto Has Surged 3792% In A Year — What Is Going On? - 03:14 AM EDT Bitcoin Mining Operations in China Threaten Climate Goals - 03:14 AM EDT Dethroning US dollar a tough ask for China’s digital currency - 02:23 AM EDT China’s vast bitcoin mining empire risks derailing its climate targets, says study - 02:04 AM EDT Sweden's Central Bank Reveals First Study of Digital Currency - 01:41 AM EDT Central Banks Could Issue Digital Currency and Compete Directly with PayPal - 12:16 AM EDT Take your cryptocurrency knowledge to the next level with this online bundle - 12:02 AM EDT While the world dithers, China prepares to unleash a digital currency - 10:28 PM EDT Researchers warn China that its bitcoin mining could undermine global sustainability effor... - 10:12 PM EDT Cryptocurrency inflows hit all-time high of $4.5B in first-quarter - 08:13 PM EDT The Briefing: Coinbase’s First Quarter Sets Stage for Big Debut - 08:09 PM EDT Cryptocurrency firm Paxos to apply for clearing agency license - 06:24 PM EDT Signal tests payments in the UK using MobileCoin - 06:05 PM EDT Coinbase Earned More in First Quarter Than in All of 2020 - 05:54 PM EDT 2020 was a record-breaking year for the wealthiest people in the world - 05:27 PM EDT Coinbase’s monster Q1 in context - 05:25 PM EDT Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) Assailed by Investor as Discount Grows - 04:52 PM EDT Man gets 12 years in prison after trying to buy deadly chemical weapon with Bitcoin: 'I pl... - 04:42 PM EDT INSIGHT: U.S. cryptocurrency regulatory path appears long and complex - 04:17 PM EDT China leaps into a central digital bank currency, but similar progress eludes the U.S. - 04:17 PM EDT Bitcoin Analysts Say ‘Kimchi Premium’ Isn’t Distress Signal It Once Was - 03:52 PM EDT Man Sentenced For Attempting To Buy Chemical Weapons Via Bitcoin After Bad Breakup - 03:49 PM EDT Signal is testing a payments feature that lets you send cryptocurrency to friends - 01:58 PM EDT Cryptocurrency market value tops $2 trillion for first time - 12:47 PM EDT UK Politicians Getting Serious About Ending End-To-End Encryption - 12:46 PM EDT Bitcoin Mining Operations in China Threaten Climate Goals - 12:37 PM EDT Signal Adds a Payments Feature—With Cryptocurrency - 12:20 PM EDT Bitcoin mining in China will exceed energy consumption of 181 countries by 2024, study war... - 12:18 PM EDT Who's minding the gap? - 11:58 AM EDT Mark Zuckerberg is using Signal, according to phone number leaked in Facebook hack - 11:48 AM EDT Best bitcoin hardware wallet in 2021 - 11:47 AM EDT Cryptocurrency market in Singapore small compared with stocks and bonds: Tharman - 11:10 AM EDT Facebook confirms ‘test’ of Venmo-like QR codes for person-to-person payments in US - 11:02 AM EDT VeePN Review: Passable speeds and crazy-good five-year deal - 10:23 AM EDT Is there a future for bitcoin? An investor and a skeptic debate - 09:29 AM EDT Bitcoin ETF coming ‘in a year or two,’ analyst says as SEC mulls applications - 09:29 AM EDT Coinbase's crucial numbers - 09:13 AM EDT China’s Digital Currency Has Nothing to do with Bitcoin - 09:02 AM EDT Cryptocurrency market cap hits record $2 trillion; bitcoin's at $1.1 trillion - 08:14 AM EDT Fidelity, Square, Coinbase Launch Bitcoin Trade Group - 08:14 AM EDT Bitcoin (BTC USD) Cryptocurrency Price News: Former Goldman Boss Joins Talos - 08:14 AM EDT Mark Zuckerberg loves him some Signal Messenger - 07:55 AM EDT The tech world cheers for Google’s Supreme Court win - 07:32 AM EDT CFPB asks for longer foreclosure moratorium; China launching digital currency - 07:31 AM EDT Tharman warns home buyers about rising interest rates, public on risks of crypto trading - 07:24 AM EDT Japan's Central Bank Launches One-Year Test of Digital Currency - 05:49 AM EDT Most startup employees don’t exercise their stock options. Here’s why - 04:29 AM EDT Japan tests digital currency, because all the cool kids are doing it already - 04:25 AM EDT Cryptocurrency market value tops $2 trillion for the first time as ethereum hits record hi... - 03:56 AM EDT Bitcoin (BTC USD) Cryptocurrency Price News: Industry Forms Lobby to Shed Image - 02:50 AM EDT Bitcoin (BTC USD) Cryptocurrency Price: Singapore Warns Public Against Crypto - 02:25 AM EDT Crypto market cap surges to record $2 trillion, bitcoin at $1.1 trillion - 09:15 PM EDT Mohamed El-Erian's take on crypto investing - 05:30 PM EDT 'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary announces he will only buy bitcoin mined with clean energy... - 05:30 PM EDT Winklevoss twins slam Facebook as their crypto business booms - 03:42 PM EDT US indicts California man accused of stealing Shopify customer data - 03:30 PM EDT What happens to your NFTs and crypto assets after you die? - 03:14 PM EDT Watch now: ETF Edge on trading the retail investing frenzy, bitcoin ETF developments - 01:14 PM EDT Cryptocurrency market cap hits record $2 trillion; bitcoin's at $1.1 trillion - 12:49 PM EDT You just read issue #30 of Mostly Bitcoin. 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