Aug. 5, 2022, 8:30 p.m.

Mostly Bitcoin for August 5, 2022

Mostly Bitcoin

  • Dorsey-led Block Inc. sees share prices fall as crypto winter sets in - 04:19 PM EDT
  • Coinbase's Rapid Rise Left It Exposed in Crypto's Collapse - 04:12 PM EDT
  • Nomad to crypto thieves: Please give us back 90%, keep 10% as a reward. Deal? - 03:50 PM EDT
  • Battle various stars in MultiVersus, get lost in ‘Belle’, plus more weekend recs - 01:58 PM EDT
  • Bail Conditions For Arrested Australian Activists Demand The Impossible: No Using Encrypte... - 01:35 PM EDT
  • Nomad offers 10 percent bounty in $190 million cryptocurrency hack - 01:26 PM EDT
  • Block's 'period of potential uncertainty' - 01:24 PM EDT
  • The Humbling of Coinbase - 12:47 PM EDT
  • TikTok and Bootstrapping and Convoy.com - 11:57 AM EDT
  • The UK Online Safety Bill Attacks Free Speech and Encryption - 11:55 AM EDT
  • Visa and Mastercard Cut Ties With Pornhub’s Advertising Network - 11:53 AM EDT
  • A new "quantum proof" encryption standard is broken by a low-end PC - 11:36 AM EDT
  • Warner Bros. Discovery’s new streaming strategy is to undo its old streaming strategy - 11:10 AM EDT
  • Bitcoin remains a relative blip for Block as company beats Q2 expectations - 11:02 AM EDT
  • Court Upholds Bioweapons Conviction for 'Shit Talking' About Licking Groceries - 09:47 AM EDT
  • FTX-Backed PACs Expand the Crypto Lobby in Congress - 09:12 AM EDT
  • Bitcoin Retakes $23000 as Crypto Rallies Before US Jobs Report - 08:42 AM EDT
  • Bank of Thailand Plans Retail CBDC Pilot Test by End of Year - 08:27 AM EDT
  • Indie devs outraged by unlicensed game sales on GameStop’s NFT market - 08:02 AM EDT
  • Multilayered Security: Cyber Defense from the Chip to the Cloud - 07:06 AM EDT
  • 6 things to consider before buying a used graphics card - 06:56 AM EDT
  • A Crypto Giant Froze Their Accounts. Now Customers Are Begging a Judge for Their Money Bac... - 06:07 AM EDT
  • The three words driving the crypto policy debate - 05:37 AM EDT
  • The Unpresidential Vulgarity of ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ - 05:35 AM EDT
  • Thai central bank to test retail digital currency late this year - 02:14 AM EDT
  • Block's Payments Volume Misses Estimates on Bitcoin Rout - 01:55 AM EDT
  • HK$387.9 million in cryptocurrency scammed in first half of 2022 in Hong Kong - 09:38 PM EDT
  • The hard-core evangelists who love Bitcoin but hate crypto - 08:42 PM EDT
  • Russian accused of money laundering and running $4B bitcoin exchange extradited to US - 08:28 PM EDT
  • Bloke robbed of $800,000 in cryptocurrency by fake wallet app wants payback from Google - 08:02 PM EDT
  • No solace in quantum - 07:51 PM EDT
  • Daily Crunch: Kurtosis raises $20M Series A to give web3 developers ‘a place to play aro... - 06:23 PM EDT
  • Dorsey's Block slows hiring, investment as bitcoin plunge slams earnings - 06:11 PM EDT
  • CME Unveils Plans for Bitcoin and Ether Futures Tied to Euro - 05:03 PM EDT
  • Block shares fall despite earnings beat due to economic worries - 05:00 PM EDT
  • 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
  • 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
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