Aug. 6, 2022, 8:30 p.m. Mostly Bitcoin for August 6, 2022 Mostly Bitcoin Are digital currency initiatives a potential game changer in the evolution of money? - 04:03 PM EDT This Week In Techdirt History: July 31st - 03:13 PM EDT This Week in Apps: French developers sue Apple, time spent in apps grows, Instagram adds N... - 02:33 PM EDT Buterin Says Mining on Ethereum Classic Won't Affect Merge - 11:50 AM EDT Crypto Miner Pushback Suggests Ethereum Offshoots Are Coming - 11:16 AM EDT Another court case fails to unlock the mystery of bitcoin’s Satoshi Nakamoto - 06:12 AM EDT Watch content from any region with this $49 smart DNS tool - 04:05 AM EDT How to watch 'Andor' from anywhere in the world - 12:31 AM EDT How to watch the Premier League from anywhere in the world - 12:31 AM EDT Vitalik Buterin not worried about Ethereum fork, says most proponents ‘want to make a qu... - 12:24 AM EDT If cryptocurrencies are unhackable, how do they keep getting stolen? - 04:46 PM EDT 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 [Updated] - 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 after reporting Q2 loss - 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 You just read issue #439 of Mostly Bitcoin. You can also browse the full archives of this newsletter. Email address (required) Subscribe