March 9, 2021, 9:30 p.m. Mostly Bitcoin for March 9, 2021 Mostly Bitcoin Bitcoin surges higher, narrows gap to record high - 04:02 PM EST Twitter's Dorsey to convert proceeds from auction of first ever tweet to bitcoin - 04:02 PM EST Why Bill Gates Is Worried About Bitcoin - The New York Times - 04:02 PM EST Bitcoin’s green problem could pose an existential threat - 03:55 PM EST When This Is All Over, I’m Wearing Assless Chaps for Work, Play, and Day - 03:32 PM EST Here’s Merrick Garland’s Orientation Memo for the Trump-Era Hangover on Press Freedom - 02:30 PM EST Bitcoin's Climate Change Impact Is Under Scrutiny - 01:48 PM EST Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to convert proceeds from first-ever tweet to bitcoin - 01:39 PM EST Bitcoin’s Greatest Feature Is Also Its Existential Threat - 12:51 PM EST Jack Dorsey will convert NFT tweet auction proceeds to bitcoin and donate them to charity - 12:31 PM EST Beauty and the Blockchain - 12:23 PM EST Bitcoin market value tops $1 trillion again as price tops $54,000 - 12:15 PM EST Welcome to the microbubble economy - 11:23 AM EST Bill Gates Is Worried About Bitcoin's Carbon Footprint - 11:12 AM EST Remote Siberian data center reaps rewards of bitcoin rally - 11:12 AM EST Fueled by the pandemic, Daily raises $15M Series A for its real-time video platform - 11:00 AM EST OFAC Settles with Digital Currency Payment Processor for Sanctions Violations - 10:35 AM EST Bitcoin mania triggers fundraising rush by Chinese players - 10:01 AM EST Scaramucci finds 'great irony' in Republicans opposing Biden's rescue plan - 10:01 AM EST Bitcoin mania triggers fundraising rush by Chinese players - 09:26 AM EST Bitcoin Has Zero Intrinsic Value. Some People Are OK With That - 08:49 AM EST Winklevoss twins to sponsor Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race - 08:24 AM EST There are good reasons for business leaders to invest in bitcoin - 08:11 AM EST Having Trouble Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine? This Standby Site Wants to Help - 07:10 AM EST Bitcoin price shoots up nearly 10%, pushing market cap above $1 trillion - 07:07 AM EST Bitcoin mania triggers fundraising rush by Chinese players - 06:59 AM EST Bulls rush back into tech and Bitcoin as yields cool off - 06:09 AM EST UnityMiner cryptocurrency malware hijacks QNAP storage devices - 05:53 AM EST An interview with the developer who owns $400 million in Bitcoin - 04:48 AM EST 6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities - 03:16 AM EST Flying cats and a burning Banksy: why are digital art prices suddenly rocketing? - 01:33 AM EST Intel joins DARPA in search of encryption 'holy grail' - 01:13 AM EST Bitcoin Hits Two-Week High on More Signs of Institutional Demand - 12:34 AM EST Internet Honey Traps for Everyone! - 12:12 AM EST Bitcoin (BTC) Cryptocurrency Price, News: Kjell Inge Rokke Starts Crypto Firm - 12:01 AM EST Gab, a haven for pro-Trump conspiracy theories, has been hacked again - 12:00 AM EST Bitcoin tops $1 trillion in value again as the cryptocurrency's price jumps - 11:26 PM EST Apple emits patches for iOS, macOS, Safari, etc to stop dodgy websites hijacking people's ... - 08:15 PM EST Cathie Wood sees bitcoin joining stocks and bonds as part of the classic balanced portfoli... - 07:27 PM EST Historic tweet by Jack Dorsey hits $2.5M in digital auction - 07:04 PM EST How to Use a Hardware Wallet to Store Your Crypto - 06:45 PM EST Daily Crunch: PayPal acquires Curv - 06:28 PM EST Bitcoin Worth $38,000 Among U.S. Government Auction of Used Cars - 04:41 PM EST U.S. Government to Sell 0.7501 Bitcoin Worth $38,000 at Current Prices - 04:04 PM EST GSA Joins Cryptocurrency Craze With First-Ever Bitcoin Auction - 02:56 PM EST The Federal Government Is Auctioning Off .75 Bitcoin for Some Reason - 02:55 PM EST Why You Should Be Wary of Claims That the Stock Market Is in a Bubble - 02:17 PM EST Rush to bitcoin? Not so fast, say keepers of corporate coffers - 02:07 PM EST The FBI Should Stop Attacking Encryption and Tell Congress About All the Encrypted Phones ... - 01:05 PM EST Azealia Banks Sold a Sex Tape with Ryder Ripps on the Blockchain for $17K - 12:28 PM EST How a Socialist Candidate Plans To Destroy Ecuador's Currency - 11:43 AM EST Atari Says It's Launching a Crypto Casino Based on Its Old Games - 11:40 AM EST The Bitcoin Lottery - 11:34 AM EST PayPal to acquire Curv to further its push into cryptocurrencies - 11:27 AM EST Ripple CEO calls for clearer crypto regulations following SEC lawsuit - 11:24 AM EST Will its carbon footprint put a cap on the price of Bitcoin? - 11:20 AM EST Twitter CEO Is Auctioning Off The First Tweet Ever, The Highest Bid Is Already Well Over $... - 10:51 AM EST The Prophet Of The Trump Era - 10:20 AM EST PayPal to acquire cryptocurrency security startup Curv - 10:16 AM EST Intel is working with DARPA on advanced cloud encryption - 09:44 AM EST Interview with Martin Gurri, "A Short-Term Pessimist and Long-Term Optimist" - 09:23 AM EST China’s selfie king Meitu bets on bitcoin and ether - South China Morning Post - 08:53 AM EST Cryptocurrency Dogecoin jumps after Mark Cuban claims it could hit $1 - 08:01 AM EST Mark Cuban, Grimes, Elon Musk Are All NFT Fans: Is Crypto Art a Good Investment? - 07:47 AM EST SolarWinds just keeps getting worse: New strain of backdoor malware found in probe - 07:39 AM EST UPDATE 1-Norway's Aker ASA sets up bitcoin unit - 06:59 AM EST Has bitcoin upended the subjective theory of value? - 06:13 AM EST WhatsApp reportedly working on password protected encrypted chat backups - 05:57 AM EST Chinese beauty app Meitu shares surge after cryptocurrency investment - 05:16 AM EST Chinese selfie app pours cash into bitcoin and could buy more - 05:16 AM EST Explainer: Bitcoin on your balance sheet? Here's what you need to know - 01:48 AM EST Chinese app Meitu buys $40 million worth of bitcoin and ethereum - 01:47 AM EST Chinese beauty app Meitu bought $40 million worth of cryptocurrency - 12:44 AM EST Intel CPU interconnects can be exploited by malware to leak encryption keys and other info... - 08:04 PM EST Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse: SEC lawsuit is "bad for crypto" in the U.S. - 06:40 PM EST Crypto Coin Outperforming Bitcoin is About to See Supply Reduced - 11:16 AM EST Bitcoin rises 4.2% to $50,947.94 - 10:40 AM EST You just read issue #1 of Mostly Bitcoin. You can also browse the full archives of this newsletter. Email address (required) Subscribe