May 8, 2023, 8:32 p.m. Mostly Bitcoin for May 8, 2023 Mostly Bitcoin Nintendo, ticked by Zelda leaks, does a DMCA run on Switch emulation tools - 02:50 PM EDT Crypto stocks drop after Binance halts bitcoin withdrawals for hours - 01:46 PM EDT Bank of Canada asks for public feedback about a national digital currency - 01:30 PM EDT Bitcoin Based-Memecoin Surge Seen Driving Binance Congestion ... - 12:44 PM EDT Western Digital hacked: Your deeply personal data might be stolen - 11:55 AM EDT Bitcoin slides after network congestion leads Binance to briefly halt ... - 11:41 AM EDT Western Digital tells customers that hackers stole their data - 11:18 AM EDT Liechtenstein to allow payment for certain state services in Bitcoin ... - 11:01 AM EDT Waymo doubles its robotaxi footprint, Joby lands $180M and the latest sign generative AI h... - 10:53 AM EDT Binance pauses Bitcoin withdrawals amid fee spikes, but CZ calls broader fears 'FUD' - 10:36 AM EDT Crypto leader Binance halts bitcoin withdrawals twice in 12 hours - 09:40 AM EDT Binance halts bitcoin withdrawals twice in half a day amid build-up of unprocessed transac... - 09:18 AM EDT NFT spinoff from newspaper SCMP gets funded to tokenize historical artifacts - 09:16 AM EDT Bitcoin slides after network congestion leads Binance to briefly halt withdrawals - 08:59 AM EDT WhatsApp could disappear from UK over privacy concerns, ministers told - 07:58 AM EDT France Is Cracking Down on the Influencer Industry - 07:22 AM EDT Binance lifts block on bitcoin withdrawals amid heavy volumes - 07:02 AM EDT Liechtenstein's Government Plans to Accept Bitcoin for Payments - 06:04 AM EDT What Ethereum developers are building in the Web3 wilderness to fuel the next super cycle - 05:56 AM EDT Binance Halts, Restarts Bitcoin Withdrawals Twice In 24 Hours - 04:25 AM EDT To restart halted bitcoin trading, Binance had to make withdrawals more expensive - 04:20 AM EDT Binance lifts block on bitcoin withdrawals amid heavy volumes - 03:42 AM EDT Binance restarts withdrawals of Bitcoin after second halt - 01:49 AM EDT Binance Restarts Withdrawals of Bitcoin After Second Halt - 10:22 PM EDT Binance resumes Bitcoin withdrawals after temporary closure - 01:45 PM EDT Cory Doctorow Explains Why Big Tech Is Making the Internet Terrible - 09:09 AM EDT ‘A race it might be impossible to stop’: how worried should we be about AI? - 01:11 AM EDT Hundreds of crypto ATMs popping up in suburban shopping malls - 03:06 PM EDT This Week in Apps: Apple and Google team up on trackers, Google I/O preview, apps hit NewF... - 02:14 PM EDT Profits jump at Warren Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway - 12:27 PM EDT Bitcoin Perpetuals Seen Becoming an Even Bigger Driver of Prices - 08:14 AM EDT New York AG offers law to crack down on backfire-happy cryptocurrencies - 07:31 AM EDT Robert Kennedy Jr. to make campaign debut at bitcoin conference - 07:19 AM EDT Crypto giant Binance is reportedly facing US probe for violating Russian sanctions - 05:53 AM EDT What is Pepecoin? Meme-coin mania creeps back with a new unsettling mascot - 07:40 PM EDT Bitcoin could rally 30% in the next month, says Canaccord Genuity - 07:29 PM EDT What is King Charles hiding? - 07:23 PM EDT Do These Seditious Conspiracy Convictions Prove the Capitol Riot 'Was Not Spontaneous'? - 03:45 PM EDT Bitcoin (BTC) Regains Momentum Toward $30000; Memecoins ... - 03:29 PM EDT More Than 1,000 Trafficking Victims Rescued, Philippines Authorities Say - 01:12 PM EDT New York State AG proposes broad regulations for the cryptocurrency industry - 12:45 PM EDT AI and cryptocurrency combined could help Web3 reach its potential - 12:31 PM EDT The FBI's Anti-Encryption Campaign - 11:47 AM EDT Zimbabwe is launching a local digital currency alternative to the US dollar - 11:46 AM EDT What is Bluesky? Everything to know about the app trying to replace Twitter - 10:20 AM EDT Appeals Court Dismisses Lawsuit Accusing Twitter of Sex Trafficking - 09:45 AM EDT South Korean Prosecutor Calls for Crypto Entrepreneur Do Kwon to Face Charges in Home Coun... - 09:03 AM EDT How far should the government go to control what your kids see online? - 06:06 AM EDT Crypto, influencers targeted in Kenya’s new tax bid - 05:43 AM EDT Cash App’s quarterly Bitcoin sales approach $2.2 billion, up 25% year over year - 05:31 PM EDT Investors cheer as Coinbase beats Q1 expectations - 05:07 PM EDT Bitcoin rises, and ex-OpenSea manager found guilty in NFT insider ... - 04:51 PM EDT The U.S. government wants to use AI too (but ethically) - 03:58 PM EDT Developers are building out the blockchain ecosystem in Barcelona - 03:12 PM EDT Surprising discoveries for the week of May 1: Bhutanese bitcoin, robot fertilization, vint... - 02:34 PM EDT The Million Dollar Tweet - 12:54 PM EDT Ex-Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Found Guilty of Jan. 6 Sedition Plot - 12:13 PM EDT Billionaire investor Tim Draper predicts Bitcoin bull market, says 'controlling' governmen... - 11:23 AM EDT CISOs, Don’t Ignore the FISA Section 702 Debate - 11:09 AM EDT President Biden proposes a 30% tax on cryptocurrency energy - 10:37 AM EDT You won’t need a password to use Dashlane’s password manager - 10:24 AM EDT Arianna Simpson talks crypto at Disrupt and why a16z bets billions - 10:01 AM EDT Judge Dismisses Trump Lawsuit Against The New York Times - 09:48 AM EDT Ransomware attack forces Dallas to shut down courts, disrupts some 911 services - 09:04 AM EDT How the feds caught a notorious credit card fraudster - 08:23 AM EDT Why the U.S. Security-Clearance Process Has a Digital Blind Spot - 07:25 AM EDT 4 fast, easy ways to strengthen your security on World Password Day - 06:33 AM EDT The Morning After: White House proposes a 30 percent tax on electricity used for crypto mi... - 06:21 AM EDT 2 Hongkongers lose HK$10 million in total from cryptocurrency, mainland stock scams - 04:47 AM EDT 2 Hongkongers lose HK$10 million in total in cryptocurrency, mainland Chinese stock scams - 04:24 AM EDT Biden proposes 30% tax on cryptominers' power bills - 03:05 AM EDT Bitcoin Rises Toward $30000 as Bank Woes Ripple Across Markets - 02:04 AM EDT Traders grow wary of 'unloved' bitcoin rally - 12:51 AM EDT What happens to your crypto when you die? - 10:59 PM EDT Ireland Crushes Free Speech - 10:11 PM EDT US Charges Russian National, Shutters Stolen Credit Card Network - 05:21 PM EDT Google is replacing Chrome's lock icon because most people don't know what it means - 04:01 PM EDT Biden Wants to Hit Power-Hungry Crypto Miners With a Big Tax Bill - 03:04 PM EDT Google will retire Chrome’s HTTPS padlock icon because no one knows what it means - 02:06 PM EDT Europol’s Operation SpecTor leads to massive dark web drug bust - 01:26 PM EDT Man accused in Harvard bomb threat, extortion plan - 12:28 PM EDT Balaji Srinivasan lost $1 million in a bizarre bitcoin bet - 11:30 AM EDT Crypto Evangelist's Big Bitcoin Bet Comes to a Satisfying Conclusion - 11:29 AM EDT RIP passwords: Google accounts now support passkeys - 09:32 AM EDT White House proposes 30 percent tax on electricity used for crypto mining - 05:24 AM EDT Ex-Coinbase's Balaji Srinivasan Closes Out $1M Bitcoin (BTC) Bet ... - 01:39 AM EDT Wannabe Harvard Bomber Left a Trail of Evidence: Court Docs - 08:14 PM EDT Celsius Network Seeks to Fold U.K. Affiliate Into Bankrupt U.S. Operation - 07:25 PM EDT Securities Commission alleges fraud committed by B.C. crypto firm - 06:48 PM EDT For Bluesky to thrive, it needs sex workers and Black Twitter - 06:12 PM EDT EFF to Congress: Oppose the EARN IT Act and the STOP CSAM Act - 03:02 PM EDT Bitcoin Climbs as US Bank Failure Bolsters Crypto Narrative - 02:29 PM EDT Best password managers 2023: Reviews of the top products - 12:23 PM EDT Coinbase offshore exchange launches with Bitcoin and Ethereum futures - 09:16 AM EDT Apple, platform security, and the next big war - 08:20 AM EDT You just read issue #672 of Mostly Bitcoin. 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