Oct. 2, 2022, 8:30 p.m. Mostly Bitcoin for October 2, 2022 Mostly Bitcoin Celsius founder took out $10 million before pausing withdrawals and filing for bankruptcy - 03:58 PM EDT Despite the venture slowdown, fintech startups are still hiring - 02:10 PM EDT Bitcoin’s Climate Impact Is Worse Than We Thought - 06:00 AM EDT This Week in Apps: Google goes visual, Twitter copies TikTok, OG app drama - 02:03 PM EDT The Founder Who Escaped Deportation by Building a Business in 60 Days - 10:09 AM EDT Web3 banking platform Juno raises $18 million, launches tokenized loyalty program - 09:22 AM EDT Elon Musk’s texts offer a rare glimpse at the billionaire boys’ club - 08:33 AM EDT ‘Singapore is not a place to speculate’: regulator warns cryptocurrency firms clampdow... - 12:45 AM EDT Daily Crunch: It’s AI day for Tesla, but we’re here for the cringey texts - 06:08 PM EDT Bitcoin (BTC USD) Price Poised for Quarterly Gain in Crypto; Ether Merge Success - 05:36 PM EDT Elon Musk’s Texts Shatter the Myth of the Tech Genius - 03:23 PM EDT Private Texts Reveal World’s Rich and Famous Groveling to Elon Musk - 03:04 PM EDT The Big Takeaways From Elon Musk’s Twitter Texts - 01:05 PM EDT Best online backup: We test the best services—Carbonite, iDrive, Backblaze, Livedrive - 12:03 PM EDT Bitcoin worse for the climate than beef, say economists - 11:38 AM EDT Cyberwar in Ukraine: What You See Is Not What’s Really There - 11:32 AM EDT This Is the ‘GrayKey 2.0,’ the Tool Cops Use to Hack Phones - 11:27 AM EDT Circle’s CEO: This is not the time to ‘go crazy’ - 06:44 AM EDT Uniswap Labs eyes over $100 million in new funding - 06:06 AM EDT The US and EU are splitting on tech policy. That’s putting the web at risk. - 05:50 AM EDT BTC News Podcast: How Did Bitcoin Perform in September? - 05:33 AM EDT Despite Accounting for 2% of Global Activity, Sub-Saharan Africa Has 'Some of the Most Wel... - 05:17 AM EDT Monero: The currency of choice of the would-be Optus extorter - 09:42 PM EDT Bitcoin Miner Rhodium Plans to Go Public Via a Reverse Merger - 08:51 PM EDT That Time The Former White House Photographer Was Threatened By A Copyright Troll Over His... - 07:12 PM EDT NYPD Considers Using Encryption to Block Public From Radio Scanner Broadcasts - 06:56 PM EDT Budgets are up. Priorities are shifting. - 06:25 PM EDT Emissions from mining a single bitcoin have increased 126-fold - 04:35 PM EDT FBI Arrests Former NSA Employee For Trying to Sell Top Secret Documents - 04:22 PM EDT What the massive Optus breach tells us about API security risks - 04:19 PM EDT Bitcoin Could Be as Bad for the Planet as Beef - 03:07 PM EDT Bitcoin’s Climate Damage Is on Par With Beef and Crude Oil - 12:58 PM EDT Mining Bitcoin Climate Impact Similar to Beef, Crude Production - 12:44 PM EDT Best Non-GamStop UK Casinos: Explore Online Casinos Not on GamStop That Accept UK Players - 12:41 PM EDT Best Online Casinos in Singapore: Top Singaporean Casino Sites Ranked by Games, Bonuses fo... - 12:21 PM EDT All Facebook and Instagram users in the US can now share NFTs, cross-post between both app... - 12:20 PM EDT Hurricane Ian shows once again the grid isn’t ready for climate change - 12:08 PM EDT A Matrix Update Patches Serious End-to-End Encryption Flaws - 12:06 PM EDT Binance founder Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao shares his vision of web3 opportunities at TC Sess... - 11:43 AM EDT The proptech market is reeling from rising interest rates - 11:29 AM EDT Truth and Its Consequences - 11:12 AM EDT Bitcoin’s climate damage is similar to beef and crude oil, says new study - 11:02 AM EDT Tornado Cash Sanctions Are Unduly “Creative” With the First Amendment - 09:38 AM EDT Are You a Victim of Crypto Crime? Good Luck Getting Help - 09:18 AM EDT Senate bill would boost alternative assets in 401(k) plans - 09:01 AM EDT The Download: Amazon’s home-guarding robot, and covid’s violent legacy - 08:29 AM EDT Bitcoin-sterling volumes spike to record high as British currency flounders - 07:41 AM EDT Nvidia’s tone-deaf RTX 40-series pricing is a golden opportunity for AMD and Intel - 06:52 AM EDT Binance CEO wrestles with the 'Chinese company' label - 06:49 AM EDT Cryptocurrency crowd shrugs off market woes at upbeat TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore - 05:04 AM EDT South Korea seeks to freeze $62 million of bitcoin linked to crypto founder Do Kwon as man... - 04:50 AM EDT Former Revolut employees launch Solvo, an app that simplifies crypto investing - 03:16 AM EDT Bitcoin-sterling volumes spike to record high as British currency flounders - 01:16 AM EDT South Korea seeks to freeze $93m of Bitcoin linked to Terra founder Do Kwon - 09:58 PM EDT China tests central bank digital currency use to settle trades via ‘bridge’ - 09:24 PM EDT Why Argentina Is Saying, “Viva La Bitcoin Revolution!” - 08:50 PM EDT China tests central bank digital currency use to settle trades via ‘bridge’ with partn... - 07:03 PM EDT China's central bank says it's winning the fight against Bitcoin transactions - 06:34 PM EDT Bitcoin rebounds, and Circle CEO discusses what to expect from crypto regulation - 06:34 PM EDT Daily Crunch: Fast Company hacker sends 2 ‘obscene and racist’ notifications to Apple ... - 06:12 PM EDT Matrix chat encryption sunk by five now-patched holes - 05:34 PM EDT A Disappearance in Norway, On the Screen - 04:33 PM EDT Indian Legislators Want The Government To Be Able To Intercept Encrypted Messages - 04:26 PM EDT US senators aim to amend cybersecurity bill to include crypto - 03:22 PM EDT Best Online Casinos in Ohio (2022): Ohio Real Money Online Casinos Ranked By Bonuses, Game... - 02:28 PM EDT Pau Ninja: ‘I’m not a crypto bro, I’m a Bitcoin maximalist’ - 01:41 PM EDT Automated License Plate Readers Threaten Abortion Access. Here's How Policymakers Can Miti... - 01:36 PM EDT Serious vulnerabilities in Matrix’s end-to-end encryption have been patched - 01:10 PM EDT Inside the Fight Over the ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFT - 12:59 PM EDT Stablecoins face a wobbly future - 12:48 PM EDT Ether Cryptocurrency Falls After 'Merge' Software Upgrade - 12:15 PM EDT Is the bitcoin winter beginning to thaw out? - 12:14 PM EDT Bitcoin has emitted 200 million tonnes of CO2 since its launch - 12:10 PM EDT A Frida Kahlo Drawing Was Destroyed to Make NFTs - 11:58 AM EDT Ether Cryptocurrency Falls After 'Merge' Software Upgrade - 11:36 AM EDT Elon Musk wants ‘government-imposed muzzle’ on his tweets thrown out - 10:20 AM EDT Crypto trading-focused blockchain Sei launches $50M ecosystem fund - 09:03 AM EDT On Portugal’s ‘Bitcoin Beach,’ Crypto Optimism Still Reigns - 08:51 AM EDT 6 essential things to know about AMD’s Ryzen 7000 processors - 08:25 AM EDT On the road to electrification - 07:07 AM EDT Stop Scams Podcast: Cryptocurrency scams: Not just those in their 20s to 30s fall prey - 06:35 AM EDT The Crypto World Is on Edge After a String of Hacks - 06:15 AM EDT South Korean prosecutors want to freeze Do Kwon’s bitcoin assets - 05:02 AM EDT Bitcoin Assets Linked to Terra Fugitive Do Kwon Frozen by South Korea (BTC) - 04:31 AM EDT Fight for economic, civil and environmental justice. Regulate cryptocurrency, now. - 03:09 AM EDT China's central bank declares victory over online lenders, Bitcoin speculators - 12:31 AM EDT You just read issue #495 of Mostly Bitcoin. You can also browse the full archives of this newsletter. Email address (required) Subscribe