April 8, 2021, 8:30 p.m. Mostly Bitcoin for April 8, 2021 Mostly Bitcoin Intel’s new AI helps you get just the right amount of hate speech in your game chat - 04:11 PM EDT Bitcoin and Taxes: A Guide to the Tax Rules on Owning Cryptocurrency - 04:08 PM EDT Immersion cooling to offset data centers’ massive power demands gains a big booster in M... - 04:00 PM EDT Matt Gaetz’s scandal and legal problems, explained - 02:59 PM EDT What is the kimchi premium for bitcoin? - 02:53 PM EDT Why Brexit could benefit the UK's tech sector - 02:10 PM EDT The Cult of CryptoPunks - 02:09 PM EDT Lawyer Whose Main Claim To Fame Is Suing A News Org To Get It Shut Down, Now Complains Abo... - 01:21 PM EDT How to listen to all of Vox’s Earth Month podcasts - 12:52 PM EDT Lawyer Who's Main Claim To Fame Is Suing A News Org To Get It Shut Down, Now Complains Abo... - 12:36 PM EDT China's bitcoin crackdown contradicts Peter Thiel's belief that it is a 'financial weapon'... - 12:20 PM EDT This start-up backed by Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian gives users bitcoin rewards for... - 11:54 AM EDT Southampton agree landmark cryptocurrency deal which could see club paid in Bitcoin - 10:55 AM EDT Could a ‘Crypto Climate Accord’ erase cryptocurrencies’ carbon footprint? - 10:27 AM EDT Bitcoin exchange Kraken considers going public after record trading volumes in the first q... - 10:13 AM EDT Crypto Climate Accord will shift cryptocurrency industry to 100% renewable energy by 2030 - 10:06 AM EDT GameStop and Bitcoin Renewed a Push to Digitize the Stock Market - 09:56 AM EDT GameStop and Bitcoin Renewed a Push to Digitize the Stock Market - 09:47 AM EDT The best dumbphone gets Signal messaging - 09:13 AM EDT Customs and Border Protection Paid $700,000 to Encrypted App Wickr - 09:07 AM EDT US billionaire Peter Thiel calls bitcoin a Chinese financial weapon - 08:56 AM EDT China's bitcoin mining is threatening its climate change targets, study says - 08:31 AM EDT Apple and Epic are ready for war - 08:03 AM EDT Could NFTs help the media, or are they just a sideshow? - 07:48 AM EDT PayPal founder Peter Thiel calls bitcoin a ‘Chinese financial weapon’ - 07:47 AM EDT Russia Ramps Up Censorship Beef With Twitter Using Deep Packet Inspection Tech - 07:45 AM EDT Belgian police seize 28 tons of cocaine after 'cracking' Sky ECC's chat app encryption - 06:54 AM EDT State Street to provide tech for cryptocurrency trading platform - 06:51 AM EDT Italian man arrested after allegedly paying hitman in cryptocurrency - 06:30 AM EDT What are NFTs? Trevor Noah breaks it down in this fun explainer. - 06:12 AM EDT The teen-powered resurgence of active investing - 05:42 AM EDT Peter Thiel calls bitcoin a 'Chinese financial weapon' - 09:52 PM EDT Peter Thiel suggests Bitcoin may be 'Chinese financial weapon against the U.S.' - 06:38 PM EDT China’s bitcoin mines could derail carbon neutrality goals, study says - 06:31 PM EDT California billionaire’s real estate firm to begin allowing tenants to pay rent in bitco... - 05:16 PM EDT Peter Thiel Calls Bitcoin 'a Chinese Financial Weapon' at Virtual Roundtable - 05:00 PM EDT 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 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 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 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 Mark Zuckerberg is using Signal, according to phone number leaked in Facebook hack - 11:48 AM EDT You just read issue #31 of Mostly Bitcoin. 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