Mostly Bitcoin for August 5, 2023


            
        Aug. 5, 2023, 8:32 p.m.
    
    Mostly Bitcoin for August 5, 2023
    
    
        Mostly Bitcoin
    

             What are “drainer smart contracts” and why is the FBI warning of them? - 12:08 PM EDT
 Security News This Week: The Cloud Company at the Center of a Global Hacking Spree - 09:17 AM EDT
 Three Democratic senators are pressing the Biden administration to disclose more informati... - 07:49 PM EDT
 Everyone's Favorite Knife-Wielding Robot Returns in Next Week's Futurama - 05:43 PM EDT
 FDIC orders Unbanked, Inc. to halt false deposit insurance claims - 04:31 PM EDT
 88% off 12 months of AVG Secure VPN 2023 - 03:48 PM EDT
 'Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde' plead guilty to money laundering hacked crypto - 03:31 PM EDT
 Bitcoin (BTC) Mired in Tight Range in Change of Pace for Volatile Cryptocurrency - 03:06 PM EDT
 GameStop, citing “regulatory uncertainty,” winds down its crypto and NFT wallet - 01:17 PM EDT
 GameStop’s NFT wallet will shut down in November - 01:04 PM EDT
 Coinbase wants its SEC lawsuit dismissed, arguing it doesn't deal in securities - 01:04 PM EDT
 'Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde' Plead Guilty to Billion Dollar Crypto Laundering Scheme - 11:24 AM EDT
 Meet Window Snyder, the trailblazer who helped secure the internet and billions of devices... - 11:06 AM EDT
 The AI boom could create a new crypto-style GPU shortage - 11:02 AM EDT
 Bitfinex hacker, rapper wife plead guilty in crypto heist money laundering - 10:25 AM EDT
 Coinbase quarterly loss narrows, revenue exceeds estimates - 09:43 AM EDT
 The Download: China’s digital currency ambitions, and US AI rules - 08:28 AM EDT
 The Morning After: Tesla jailbreak could enable Full Self-Driving for free - 07:41 AM EDT
 Online Privacy at Risk from Awful U.K. Internet Regulation Bill - 07:09 AM EDT
 ‘Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde’ plead guilty to money laundering - 05:33 AM EDT
 Bitcoin launderer pleads guilty, admits Bitfinex hack - 02:15 AM EDT
 Bitfinex hackers who stole billions in cryptocurrency plead guilty - 01:21 AM EDT
 Global X files for ETF that combines bitcoin futures and T-bills - 12:22 AM EDT
 Couple admit they laundered $4B in stolen Bitcoins after Bitfinex super-heist - 09:14 PM EDT
 HashKey and OSL receive Hong Kong’s first approvals to operate crypto exchanges for reta... - 08:32 PM EDT
 Celebrating Ten Years of Encrypting the Web with Let’s Encrypt - 07:17 PM EDT
 Letter: CBDCs lift veil of myth over the money system - 07:04 PM EDT
 Coinbase Posts Sixth Consecutive Quarterly Loss - 05:48 PM EDT
 You Can’t Trust the AI Hype - 05:31 PM EDT
 Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan pleaded guilty to a $3.5 billion crypto hack - 05:31 PM EDT
 What to Know About Worldcoin and the Controversy Around It - 05:11 PM EDT
 ‘Crocodile of Wall Street’ pleads guilty in billion-dollar Bitcoin hack case - 04:52 PM EDT
 ‘Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde’ set to plead guilty to money laundering - 04:34 PM EDT
 Tech Entrepreneur Admits to Being Hacker in $4.5 Billion Bitcoin Heist - 04:31 PM EDT
 Tech Entrepreneur Admits to Being Hacker in $4.5 Billion Bitcoin Heist - 04:15 PM EDT
 ‘Crypto Couple’ plead guilty to two counts in Bitcoin laundering case - 03:55 PM EDT
 Researchers reveal Tesla jailbreak that could unlock Full Self-Driving for free - 03:29 PM EDT
 ‘Crocodile of Wall Street’ spouse pleads guilty in Bitcoin heist tied to Bitfinex hack... - 03:26 PM EDT
 Monthly NFT sales fell for fifth consecutive month to $495M in July - 03:10 PM EDT
 Hipster Hubby and His Rapper Wife Admit to Extraordinary Crypto Heist - 02:55 PM EDT
 ‘Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde’ plead guilty to money laundering - 02:38 PM EDT
 What’s next for China’s digital currency? - 01:37 PM EDT
 Bitcoin launderer pleads guilty, admits to massive Bitfinex hack - 12:34 PM EDT
 Why you should always set up guest Wi-Fi at home - 11:23 AM EDT
 Developers continue to dive into the crypto space as market remains lackluster - 10:22 AM EDT
 Worldcoin hopes to resume iris scans in Kenya - 10:22 AM EDT
 CoreWeave, which provides cloud infrastructure for AI training, secures $2.3B loan - 10:04 AM EDT
 Researchers jailbreak a Tesla to get free in-car feature upgrades - 10:04 AM EDT
 US Credit Rating Downgraded, Again - 09:05 AM EDT
 Worldcoin Eyes Biz Users as Biometric Crypto Rises - 08:05 AM EDT
 Kenya suspends eyeball-scanning crypto worldcoin - 07:03 AM EDT
 Windows 11: How to improve your security and privacy - 06:56 AM EDT
 Analysis | What Is a CBDC and Why Do Central Banks Want Them? - 05:50 AM EDT
 Emtech to advance its regtech and CBDC stack solutions with $4M led by Matrix Partners Ind... - 04:22 AM EDT
 SettleMint’s AI assistant aims to help web3 developers write better smart contracts - 10:31 PM EDT
 Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” security - 08:07 PM EDT
 MicroStrategy's Saylor Expects to Retain Appeal Even If Bitcoin ETF Is Approved - 07:38 PM EDT
 Saylor Wants to Buy as Much Bitcoin as He Can - 07:38 PM EDT
 Bannon BFF’s Latest Legal Woe: Being Stiffed on Pop Song Royalties - 07:36 PM EDT
 Michael Saylor Wants to Buy More Bitcoin - 04:51 PM EDT
 Cult of the Dead Cow Wants to Save Internet Privacy with a New Encryption Protocol - 04:46 PM EDT
 Litecoin's Halvening Price Drop Is No Proxy for Bitcoin Next Year - 04:33 PM EDT
 Digital Currency With Eye-Scanning Orb Aims To Build Largest ‘Identity Community’ Poss... - 04:32 PM EDT
 MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor says bitcoin is emerging as a 'safe haven' in crypto space - 04:14 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
 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
 Binance was supposed to leave China behind when the country made cryptocurrency trading il... - 11:09 PM 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
        
    
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