Feb. 3, 2022, 9:30 p.m. Mostly Bitcoin for February 3, 2022 Mostly Bitcoin Cryptocurrency platform Wormhole restores funds after suffering $320 million hack - 04:02 PM EST Endangered animal NFTs are a thing you can buy now, apparently - 04:00 PM EST Bitcoin miners are helping the Texas grid brace for winter storm impact - 03:06 PM EST That viral gold cube is actually pretty small. Oh, and it's hollow. - 02:26 PM EST You Can Now Buy 'Non-Fungible Animals,' And I Hate It - 02:21 PM EST It’s Back: Senators Want EARN IT Bill to Scan All Online Messages - 01:59 PM EST Riot Blockchain Will Shut Bitcoin Mining to Help Texas Power Grid, If Needed - 01:55 PM EST TurboTax teams with Coinbase to give you your 2022 tax refund in crypto - 01:00 PM EST U.K. Officials Want Even More Power To Punish You for Being Mean Online - 12:59 PM EST Wormhole cryptocurrency platform hacked for $325 million after GitHub error - 12:56 PM EST Microsoft, be warned: Lina Khan’s ready to fight - 12:46 PM EST Gold Cube in Central Park Is a Bizarre Crypto Ad - 11:56 AM EST Owning cryptocurrency may make you more desirable on the dating scene, study finds - 11:51 AM EST Ransomware Wants You to Like and Subscribe, Or Else - 11:28 AM EST South Park skewers Matt Damon over cryptocurrency advert - 11:15 AM EST GameStop confirms it's building an NFT marketplace - 11:08 AM EST The EARN IT Act is back, and not much has changed - 10:41 AM EST GameStop Partners With Blockchain Startup to Develop NFT Marketplace - 10:13 AM EST Toilet Paper-Themed NFTs Wipe $7M in Medical Debt, People Mad Anyway - 10:08 AM EST A SWAT Team Wrongfully Raided Her Home. Now Cops Say Footage From the Raid Is Private Sinc... - 09:46 AM EST Investor-focused social media firm Stocktwits rolls out crypto trading - 09:17 AM EST Meld launches decentralized lending on Cardano for the unbanked - 09:16 AM EST $320 Million Crypto Heist Rocks 'Decentralized Finance' World - 08:52 AM EST TurboTax and Coinbase Allow Users to Convert Tax Refunds to Crypto - 08:48 AM EST Crypto exchange Binance shared information with German police on Islamist attacker’s sus... - 08:33 AM EST It's the beginning of the end of Facebook - 07:41 AM EST GameStop’s NFT play is here. Now it has to go from memes to markets. - 07:15 AM EST Blockchain bridge Wormhole confirms that exploiter stole $320 million worth of crypto asse... - 07:10 AM EST GameStop is launching its own NFT marketplace - 07:07 AM EST Are crypto payments becoming mainstream for small and midsize businesses? - 06:15 AM EST ‘The Problem With NFTs’: A Crypto Expert Responds to a Viral Takedown - 05:54 AM EST Bitcoin price news – live: BTC hopes stoked as crypto at ‘4th most oversold in its his... - 05:48 AM EST Cryptocurrencies turn downward early Thursday morning - 05:44 AM EST Bitcoin Analysis Shows Prices May Bottom Soon, Fundstrat Says - 05:27 AM EST Australian billionaire files lawsuit against Facebook over ‘scam ads’ - 02:47 AM EST ‘South Park’ Takes on Anti-Maskers, Bitcoin, and Matt Damon in Wild Season 25 Premiere... - 11:52 PM EST Man accused of scamming retirees of $2.8 million denied bail - 11:41 PM EST Blockchain platform Wormhole says it's retrieved the $324M stolen by hackers - 11:13 PM EST Climate, crypto, and concessions: Indian students dissect Nirmala Sitharaman’s 2022 budg... - 10:05 PM EST PayPal Can’t Depend on Crypto to Rejuvenate Earnings - 09:23 PM EST Hackers steal more than $320 million in crypto through DeFi breach - 09:13 PM EST DeFi world shaken after exploit leads to $322 million crypto hack - 08:26 PM EST Disney launches search for NFT manager - 04:50 PM EST 3 views: What does ‘Line Go Up’ tell us about the state of the NFT art market? - 03:39 PM EST Coatue leads a $69,420,000 funding round - 03:12 PM EST Bitcoin (BTC USD) Declines Spur Advocates Like Winklevoss Twins to Urge Patience - 03:03 PM EST John Legend for real launches not-a-joke platform for music NFTs called 'Vibes' - 02:59 PM EST What’s the Connection Between News—Fake and Real—and Opinion? - 02:50 PM EST Anthony Levandowski’s latest moonshot is a peer-to-peer telecom network powered by crypt... - 02:32 PM EST Bitcoin evangelist Michael Saylor says clear crypto regulations would speed institutional ... - 02:23 PM EST MicroStrategy buys more bitcoin after crypto investment grows by $1bn - 12:52 PM EST Facebook should focus on bitcoin, says Twitter founder - 12:52 PM EST The hope and hate around China’s Olympic tech - 12:02 PM EST Site Sells Famous Songs as NFTs Without Permission, Sparks Global Outrage - 11:49 AM EST 3 ways web3 recruiters can improve their hiring game - 11:15 AM EST India is the latest economy to introduce a digital currency - 10:35 AM EST PayPal changed the world. Now the world is changing PayPal. - 10:35 AM EST Crypto.com: Ex-Hacker Who Worked for Controversial Spying Firm Won’t Join Company - 10:22 AM EST NFT money laundering is a small but growing sector, says Chainalysis report - 10:17 AM EST Math That Helped Solve Fermat’s Theorem Now Safeguards the Digital World - 10:02 AM EST Bitcoin (BTC USD) News: Botswana to Regulate Cryptocurrency Trading - 09:52 AM EST Bitcoin (BTC USD) Crypto Price Trendline Keeps Pressure on Token: Chart - 09:13 AM EST Solana Labs launches new digital payment platform Solana Pay - 09:00 AM EST Attempted Coup in Guinea-Bissau - 08:56 AM EST The digital real estate boom is a mess - 07:37 AM EST Cryptocurrencies higher across the board after nearly two weeks of losses - 05:51 AM EST It's not the end of the world... yet - 05:46 AM EST Coinbase: Give crypto its own regulator. Everybody else: Are you crazy? - 05:36 AM EST Bitcoin (BTC USD) Crypto Price Dip Highlights Key Technical Hurdle - 05:09 AM EST Crypto Bros Saved the Luxury Industry - 04:04 AM EST Do I owe tax on my cryptocurrency portfolio? - 02:46 AM EST Ripple’s legal brawl with SEC could help settle when cryptocurrencies are securities - 02:11 AM EST India finally warms to crypto with tax, digital rupee - 11:12 PM EST Musicians are furious at website HitPiece, which listed their music as NFTs without permis... - 10:24 PM EST Digital rupee, e-passports and crypto tax all set to launch in India next fiscal year - 09:56 PM EST Facebook's dream of creating its own global cryptocurrency officially comes to an end - 09:50 PM EST India to adopt digital rupee and slap a 30 per cent tax on cryptocurrency income - 09:28 PM EST Solana Gains Ground With Listing on Coinbase; India to Launch Digital Currency and Tax Dig... - 09:04 PM EST America's EARN IT Act attacking Section 230 is back – and once again threatening the int... - 08:06 PM EST MicroStrategy Posts a Loss After Taking Bitcoin Impairment Charge - 07:34 PM EST Intuit CEO Warns of Tax Bill Shock for Bitcoin, NFT Traders - 06:50 PM EST Chicago Cops Love Them Some Facebook Sharing, According To Internal Facial Recognition Pre... - 06:43 PM EST Coachella to auction 10 lifetime festival passes as NFTs - 05:24 PM EST Real Estate Cryptocurrency Takes People’s Money, Then Shuts Down and Vanishes - 05:23 PM EST Bitcoin Halving Will Stir Next Crypto Frenzy, Thai Exchange Says - 05:01 PM EST Europe’s Postcards From the Edge - 05:01 PM EST Dorsey Says Zuckerberg Should Have Focused on Bitcoin, Not Diem - 04:33 PM EST Bitcoin Touches Highest in Two Weeks as Traders Look for Bottom - 03:26 PM EST Senators' 'Myths & Facts' About EARN IT Is Mostly Myths, Not Facts - 03:17 PM EST MicroStrategy (MSTR) Bought $25 Million in Bitcoin (BTC) During Recent Slide - 02:03 PM EST The NFT Ecosystem Is a Complete Disaster - 01:48 PM EST You just read issue #283 of Mostly Bitcoin. 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