April 9, 2021, 8:30 p.m. Mostly Bitcoin for April 9, 2021 Mostly Bitcoin Whipsawed Bitcoin Investors Eye Coinbase as Steadier Crypto Bet - 03:56 PM EDT Bitcoin mining in China could soon generate as much carbon emissions as some European coun... - 03:05 PM EDT There's Another Facebook Phone Number Database Online - 01:28 PM EDT Comedian Robert Hines Reflects on His Career in Jail in ‘Lockdown Detroit’ - 12:19 PM EDT Chinese Social Media Cancels Companies Over Xinjiang Cotton Boycott - 11:24 AM EDT Jamie Dimon is trash-talking fintechs. Again. - 09:45 AM EDT Bitcoin Weekly Forecast: SEC commissioner cozies up to BTC ETF, on-chain metrics reset mak... - 09:37 AM EDT What is Bitcoin mining and why is it so harmful to the environment? - 09:03 AM EDT GameStop and Bitcoin Renewed a Push to Digitize the Stock Market - 08:46 AM EDT Windows and Linux devices are under attack by a new cryptomining worm - 08:06 AM EDT 9.5 Million Users Traded Cryptocurrency on Robinhood in First Quarter of 2021 - 07:39 AM EDT Are NFT Purchases Real? The Dollars Are. - The New York Times - 07:31 AM EDT China’s Digital Currency Threatens America’s Financial Dominance - 07:14 AM EDT China's bitcoin mining is threatening its climate change targets, study says - 06:17 AM EDT Washington State educational organizations targeted in cryptojacking spree - 05:54 AM EDT Got your covid shots? You might have to prove it. - 05:22 AM EDT Grab an unlimited backup storage plan for under $40 - 05:09 AM EDT Southampton hoping for cryptocurrency boost in summer transfer window - 04:37 AM EDT Bitcoin Is Displacing Gold as an Inflation Hedge - 03:15 AM EDT Breakingviews - 07:57 PM EDT U.S. Spy Agencies Warn of Threats From Digital Currency to AI - 06:22 PM EDT Crypto trading on Robinhood spiked to 9.5M customers in first quarter - 05:40 PM EDT Peter Thiel: China could use bitcoin as a 'financial weapon against the US' - 04:53 PM EDT Robinhood first-quarter cryptocurrency traders jump six-fold to 9.5 million - 04:33 PM EDT 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 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 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 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 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 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 Take your cryptocurrency knowledge to the next level with this online bundle - 12:02 AM EDT Researchers warn China that its bitcoin mining could undermine global sustainability effor... - 10:12 PM EDT You just read issue #32 of Mostly Bitcoin. 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