Aug. 2, 2023, 8:41 p.m. Mostly Bitcoin for August 2, 2023 Mostly Bitcoin MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor says bitcoin is emerging as a 'safe haven' in crypto space - 04:14 PM EDT FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers blast 'innuendo, speculation, and scant facts' fro... - 03:25 PM EDT Mondee security lapse exposed flight itineraries and unencrypted credit card numbers - 02:35 PM EDT MicroStrategy (MSTR) Returns to Profitability With Bitcoin (BTC) Rebound - 01:59 PM EDT The only way Ron DeSantis prevails - 01:57 PM EDT UN Cybercrime Convention Negotiations Enter Final Phase With Troubling Surveillance Powers... - 01:13 PM EDT Google’s Plan To DRM The Web Goes Against Everything Google Once Stood For - 01:12 PM EDT Semafor Exposes DeSantis Campaign Schism in Comms Scoop - 11:16 AM EDT Poetry held up against the light - 10:49 AM EDT Cult of Dead Cow hacktivists design encryption system for mobile apps - 07:31 AM EDT KeePassXC review: The friendlier free offline password manager - 06:36 AM EDT Kenya suspends Worldcoin scans over security, privacy and financial concerns - 06:28 AM EDT MicroStrategy profitable after Bitcoin rise vindicates CEO Michael Saylor’s crypto strat... - 06:26 AM EDT WhatsApp Made a Movie About Afghan Women's Soccer - 06:04 AM EDT Get 20TB of cloud storage for just $100 during our BTS sale - 04:24 AM EDT Best antivirus 2023: Keep your Windows PC safe from spyware, malware, and more - 03:10 AM EDT X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their checkmarks - 01:27 AM EDT Bitcoin Turns Less Volatile Than S&P 500, Tech Stocks and Gold - 01:28 PM EDT Crypto stocks dip after bitcoin slumps to six-week low - 12:06 PM EDT Worldcoin crypto launched by ChatGPT creator sees price surge - 11:57 AM EDT Announcing the Space Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 - 11:17 AM EDT Researchers claim US-registered cloud host facilitated state-backed cyberattacks - 11:00 AM EDT Sensitive Police, First Responder Communications Tech Used Flimsy Encryption And Suffered ... - 09:36 AM EDT FastestVPN review: A VPN with an affordable lifetime subscription - 06:51 AM EDT A YouTuber is accused of buying the world's largest black diamond with the proceeds of a $... - 05:17 PM EDT Why Some Experts Are Concerned About Threads’ Data Collection - 03:24 PM EDT Would-be Twitter rival T2 adds DMs — a feature others, including Threads, don’t yet ha... - 02:03 PM EDT SEC sues Richard Heart and his projects Hex, PulseChain and PulseX for fraud, securities v... - 12:57 PM EDT SEC Reportedly Asked Coinbase to Halt All Trading—Except for Bitcoin - 11:18 AM EDT How to transfer Wi-Fi passwords to another computer - 10:30 AM EDT The real scandal of central bank digital currency - 10:17 AM EDT Barbie star Margot Robbie says Bitcoin is a Ken thing - 09:55 AM EDT SEC asked Coinbase to trade only in bitcoin before suing crypto exchange, Financial Times ... - 09:35 AM EDT Coinbase CEO says SEC asked exchange to delist all crypto but Bitcoin - 07:47 AM EDT The race to find a better way to label AI - 07:31 AM EDT Italy accepts data portability offer from Google to settle antitrust complaint - 07:09 AM EDT SEC asked Coinbase to halt trading in everything except bitcoin, CEO says - 12:18 AM EDT Tesla’s range-flation problem, Waymo reverses on self-driving trucks and Ford tweaks its... - 07:47 PM EDT Why substituting cryptocurrency for gold exposure may be a costly mistake - 11:12 AM EDT Kraken says all systems operational after issue with Ethereum funding gateway - 07:34 AM EDT Cryptocurrency back in spotlight in legislative push from Congress - 07:33 AM EDT Bitcoin is in the summer doldrums. Here's what to expect in August. - 06:35 PM EDT Twitter rebrands to ‘X,’ hackers infect Call of Duty, and foreign visitors to China go... - 04:31 PM EDT This Week In Techdirt History: July 23rd - 04:27 PM EDT Elderly N.C. couple was held hostage in their home and robbed of $156,000 in cryptocurrenc... - 01:21 PM EDT Bitcoin on pace for fifth week of losses - 12:10 PM EDT Abundant opportunities for founders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 - 12:03 PM EDT Galaxy's Mike Novogratz Talks BlackRock, Bitcoin (BTC), Worldcoin (WLD) - 10:41 AM EDT Galaxy’s Mike Novogratz Talks BlackRock, Bitcoin (BTC), Worldcoin (WLD) - 09:47 AM EDT Franklin’s Franklins Were Freakishly Un-Fakeable - 09:06 AM EDT Inside the billionaire business plan for the apocalypse - 05:15 AM EDT Android malware steals user credentials using optical character recognition - 05:18 PM EDT Young Chinese Opt Out of Pressures at Home to Pursue Global Nomad Lifestyle - 04:46 PM EDT Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions - 03:46 PM EDT Cryptocurrency Blogger: Craig Wright Is a Fraud. Wright: Libel! Court: Your Litigation Lie... - 03:29 PM EDT Bogus Utility Workers Accused of Draining Zip-Tied Retiree’s Crypto at Gunpoint - 03:28 PM EDT Worldcoin’s official launch triggers swift privacy scrutiny in Europe - 01:47 PM EDT Congressman Talks Smack About Bitcoin Creator 'Saratoshi Nagamoto' - 12:31 PM EDT WhatsApp adds Telegram-style video messages - 10:16 AM EDT Indictment: Trump Told Staff To Delete Footage of Boxes Being Hidden - 10:10 AM EDT Boys Club co-founders want crypto skeptics to see it as a tool, ‘not just a vehicle for ... - 10:08 AM EDT Quantum Tech Intended for National Security Is Testing U.S. Alliances - 09:29 AM EDT Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it - 09:24 AM EDT A new crypto firm wants to scan your eyeballs – should you look away? - 07:44 AM EDT Bolivia Is Now Using China’s Yuan for Trade, Challenging Global Dominance of U.S. Dollar... - 01:35 AM EDT Letter: Central banks should ease fears over CBDC privacy - 07:22 PM EDT Standard Chartered's Geoff Kendrick explains his more than $100K Bitcoin price target - 06:09 PM EDT Sequoia Capital pared back the size of two major venture funds, including its cryptocurren... - 05:11 PM EDT Actor Ben McKenzie discusses risks of cryptocurrency - 04:53 PM EDT EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Andy Ogles Moves To Ban Centralized Digital Currency - 04:34 PM EDT Cryptocurrency Companies: Enforceable Terms of Use Matter - 03:34 PM EDT SEC Cryptocurrency Enforcement: June 2023 Update - 03:34 PM EDT Android phones can now tell you if there’s an AirTag following you - 03:24 PM EDT Are you going to let Sam Altman’s crypto project scan your eyeballs or not? - 03:15 PM EDT Who We Are Now - 02:53 PM EDT A small group of ranchers helps illustrate Latinos' shift away from Democrats - 01:58 PM EDT Bitcoin up 78% YTD, outperforming the Nasdaq 100 - 01:42 PM EDT Elizabeth Warren and Lindsey Graham Will Break the Internet - 01:38 PM EDT Congress Pretends It’s Fixed All The Problems With KOSA; It Hasn’t - 01:27 PM EDT How Matt Damon and a fairytale sent The O.C.’s Ben McKenzie down the crypto rabbit hole - 01:17 PM EDT Storj review: Fast and affordable online storage for techies - 12:03 PM EDT Wormhole digs out of its hole with new security measures to move on from $320M hack - 11:55 AM EDT Feds Drop Sam Bankman-Fried’s Campaign Finance Charges - 11:13 AM EDT WhatsApp now lets you record and share short video messages directly in chats - 11:12 AM EDT a16z-backed Eco unveils Beam, a P2P crypto transfer service aiming to be a ‘global Venmo... - 09:07 AM EDT Digital oligarchs have weaponised the banks - 07:23 AM EDT Upgrade acquires travel-focused BNPL startup Uplift for a song - 06:02 AM EDT Bitcoin and ether hold steady after the Fed raises interest rates: CNBC Crypto World - 11:14 PM EDT Electronic Frontier Foundation to Present Annual EFF Awards to Alexandra Asanovna Elbakyan... - 04:53 PM EDT The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide - 04:18 PM EDT AWS launches new healthcare-focused services, powered by generative AI - 01:09 PM EDT You just read issue #737 of Mostly Bitcoin. 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