Aug. 4, 2022, 8:30 p.m. Mostly Bitcoin for August 4, 2022 Mostly Bitcoin Senate Bill Defines Bitcoin, Ether as Digital Commodities to be Regulated By CFTC - 03:35 PM EDT Fintech’s Revolut Hires Employees Globally to Increase Cryptocurrency Business - 02:29 PM EDT Bitcoin Gains Spur Miners to Turn On Rigs in Midst of Heat Wave - 02:29 PM EDT Coinbase will give BlackRock clients access to bitcoin - 12:49 PM EDT Crypto has a 'hack me' sign on its back - 12:32 PM EDT HK$387.9 million in cryptocurrency scammed in first half of 2022 in Hong Kong - 12:30 PM EDT Best free PDF editors: Our top picks - 12:09 PM EDT Explained: Kimchi Premium and why it exists - 12:02 PM EDT Instagram is expanding NFT features to more than 100 countries - 11:46 AM EDT Meta is expanding NFT support on Instagram to 100 countries - 11:40 AM EDT BlackRock hops on bitcoin bandwagon with new Coinbase tie-up - 11:40 AM EDT Coinbase shares shoot up on Blackrock partnership - 11:17 AM EDT Kashkari calls CBDC a threat to privacy, defends regional bank independence - 10:33 AM EDT Bitcoin and the Cost Fallacy - 10:19 AM EDT Time for Solana to be more like Bitcoin - 09:59 AM EDT 4 things to learn from the embarrassing Slope hack on Solana - 09:57 AM EDT Crypto bankruptcies threaten customer life savings - 09:55 AM EDT Coinbase Stock Jumps After Announcing Bitcoin Partnership With BlackRock - 09:47 AM EDT Multimillion-dollar Solana crypto theft linked to Slope mobile wallet - 09:26 AM EDT Former Palantir engineers raise $20M to simplify web3 tooling - 09:06 AM EDT How fraudulent DMCA takedowns censored a prominent cryptocurrency critic on Substack - 06:29 AM EDT Quantum computing will require massive software updates. Doing that securely will be its o... - 05:45 AM EDT Revolut unveils cryptocurrency service in Singapore amidst possible new restrictions - 04:44 AM EDT How to watch 'Prey' from anywhere in the world - 12:40 AM EDT Why The Massive China Police Database Hack Is Bad News For Surveillance States Everywhere - 12:38 AM EDT Solana, Phantom blame Slope after millions in crypto-coins stolen from 8,000 wallets - 11:52 PM EDT How to safely store your nudes - 10:35 PM EDT Revolut launches cryptocurrency trading in Singapore - 10:09 PM EDT Letter: Cryptocurrency industry must act to regain consumer trust - 08:18 PM EDT Here's one way Bitcoin miners can make money: Selling electricity back to Texas - 07:42 PM EDT YC and a16z back virtual reality basketball app Gym Class - 07:19 PM EDT Portuguese Cryptocurrency Exchanges Take a Hit as Banks Close Accounts - 04:44 PM EDT College textbook maker Pearson eyes NFTs to claim a cut of second-hand sales - 04:34 PM EDT Binance is boosting its crypto VC bet by putting co-founder in charge - 04:19 PM EDT Texas Bitcoin Miner Made Millions More in Power Credits Than Actually Selling Bitcoin - 03:53 PM EDT Twitter hopes to revive Spaces with themed stations and daily digests - 03:47 PM EDT Bipartisan legislation would regulate cryptocurrencies through the CFTC - 03:36 PM EDT Senate Plan Would Put Bitcoin, Ether Under Commodity Regulator’s Watch - 02:51 PM EDT Looking for love in all the wrong places? Beware of 'Pig Butchering' Cryptocurrency Scam - 01:18 PM EDT Lawmakers propose rules to regulate battered cryptocurrencies - 01:18 PM EDT Bitcoin at $35K? SBF would “—-ing take that” - 01:03 PM EDT Bitcoin Miner Made Millions in Credits by Shutting Rigs During Texas Heat - 12:53 PM EDT A new Senate bill would bolster the CFTC's crypto authority - 12:52 PM EDT Match’s new CEO pulls away from metaverse dating, digital currency - 12:43 PM EDT The crypto crackdown begins - 12:03 PM EDT Your favorite podcast might be making thousands for inviting guests - 11:57 AM EDT Robinhood shares jump as stock-trading app reveals massive layoffs - 11:37 AM EDT Bitcoin advocate Michael Saylor stepping down as CEO of company after crypto crash loses i... - 11:32 AM EDT Fintech’s bad bets — and good ones - 11:19 AM EDT Michael Saylor Bet Billions on Bitcoin and Lost - 11:19 AM EDT 5 Best Sites to Buy Twitter Followers and Likes (Real and Cheap) - 11:17 AM EDT New crypto oversight legislation arrives as industry shakes - 10:12 AM EDT MicroStrategy: Bitcoin's Laser-Eyed Michael Saylor Is Blind To $1 Billion Loss - 09:48 AM EDT A New Attack Easily Knocked Out a Potential Encryption Algorithm - 09:44 AM EDT Tinder scales back its plans for dating in the metaverse - 09:38 AM EDT The Download: Monkeypox vaccines and Kansas’ abortion vote - 08:41 AM EDT German semiconductor giant Semikron says hackers encrypted its network - 08:13 AM EDT The Rise and Fall of a Bitcoin Mining Sensation - 07:27 AM EDT The next big cybersecurity threat is here - 07:06 AM EDT A Senate proposal would give CFTC responsibility for policing bitcoin, ethereum - 06:23 AM EDT Paths to Depolarization - 06:22 AM EDT California Venture Capitalist Blake Masters Wins AZ GOP Senate Primary - 05:06 AM EDT Post-quantum crypto cracked in an hour with one core of an ancient Xeon - 03:24 AM EDT Robinhood cuts 23% of its workforce as fewer users trade - 02:28 AM EDT New York regulators slap Robinhood's crypto business with $30 million fine - 01:54 AM EDT Save 49% on the best VPN for unblocking U.S. Netflix from the UK - 12:24 AM EDT MicroStrategy CEO Saylor moves to chairman role, focusing on strategy and bitcoin - 08:58 PM EDT Man who threw away £150m in bitcoin hopes AI and robot dogs will get it back - 08:28 PM EDT Trading platform Robinhood lays off nearly a quarter of staff as crypto drops - 07:58 PM EDT How a crypto bridge bug led to a $200m 'decentralized crowd looting' - 07:47 PM EDT The SEC's Cryptocurrency Confusion - 07:42 PM EDT Cryptocurrency - Compliance Matters - 07:14 PM EDT Bitcoin Fog Case Could Put Cryptocurrency Tracing on Trial - 06:24 PM EDT MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor steps down to ‘focus’ on Bitcoin as chairman - 06:01 PM EDT Robinhood lays off almost a quarter of its staff - 05:57 PM EDT Bitcoin dips, Binance.US delists AMP token, and hackers steal $200 million from Nomad - 05:45 PM EDT Supposedly Quantum-Proof Encryption Cracked by Basic-Ass PC - 05:15 PM EDT Robinhood cuts 23% of staff, CEO Vlad Tenev says, ‘This is on me’ - 05:14 PM EDT Avowed bitcoin creator Craig Wright is not happy with £1 win in UK libel lawsuit - 05:08 PM EDT Hacking free-for-all relieves crypto bridge users of $200 million - 04:34 PM EDT What is end-to-end encryption? - 03:50 PM EDT Robinhood's crypto unit hit with $30m fine over security, anti-crime misses - 03:48 PM EDT UK’s Likely Next Prime Minister Wants A Pony: A Magic Internet Where No One Ever Says An... - 03:35 PM EDT SEC: Crypto fraudsters raised $300M with “textbook pyramid and Ponzi scheme” - 03:35 PM EDT Robinhood fined $30 million in penalty fees—and this isn’t the first time - 02:16 PM EDT SEC charges 11 people over 'textbook' $300 million crypto Ponzi scheme - 02:03 PM EDT Robinhood Crypto fined $30 million for alleged regulatory violations in NY - 12:35 PM EDT ' target='_blank'>Robinhood crypto unit fined $30 million by New York regulator - 11:49 AM EDT Nomad crypto bridge loses $200 million in ‘chaotic’ hack - 11:46 AM EDT New York's top financial watchdog hits Robinhood with a $30 million fine - 11:27 AM EDT You just read issue #437 of Mostly Bitcoin. 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