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MicroStrategy subsidiary will purchase Bitcoin after closing $205M crypto-collateralized loan

The price of Bitcoin is $47,806 at the time of publication, making MicroStrategy’s current 125,051 BTC holdings worth roughly $6 billion.

Polygon Announces New ZK-Proof-Based Identity Solution

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Bank withheld transfer “money laundering”

Hello, today my bank called me and said that they have withheld a transfer of me because of money laundering reasons. The amount was almost 1K Euros which I deposit yesterday in cash at my local bank. I wanted to send the money to Moonpay in England. The woman said they withheld the transfer because…
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Decentralisation is the ONLY point of crypto and should be a priority in any investment

There has been a bit of a debate on this subreddit about the role of decentralisation in crypto. One post in particular argued that centralisation is needed from the start of a project's journey to encourage development. I believe that decentralisation is the ONLY point of crypto and should be sought out as a priority…
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Axie Infinity's Ronin bridge hacked for over $600M

“We are in touch with security teams at major exchanges and will be reaching out to all in the coming days,” said the team at Ronin.

The ‘Growth Collection’ — Ross Ulbricht to Auction Bitcoin-Backed NFTs on Satoshi’s Birthday

Following Ross Ulbricht’s non-fungible token (NFT) sale that raised 1,446 ether or $6.27 million at auction, Ulbricht is dropping another NFT compilation called the “Growth Collection.” According to the announcement, the NFTs will be minted using the Bitcoin blockchain and will be auctioned at the Bitcoin22 conference in Miami on April 6-8. Ross Ulbricht Is […]

Saying “We are early” is setting unrealistic expectations on the gains you’ll see

Saying "we are still early" is a form of confirmation bias and coping mechanism people use when in reality we aren't that early anymore. Bitcoin has nearly a trillion dollar market cap and is the 9th most valuable asset in the world. I wouldn't call that being "early" anymore. Ethereum is #20. Large companies are…
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What is the block time for Optimistic roll-ups?

How often are roll-ups written back to mainnet? Do they inserted into ethereum mainnet blocks like other contract data? submitted by /u/nipponese [link] [comments]

Waiting on the executive order: how users and financial professionals may benefit from it

The fruits of President Biden’s EO will not materialize until months from now, but the need for regulatory change is far-reaching.