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Biden Administration Expanding Cryptocurrency Analysis to Find Criminal Transactions

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The U.S. government is expanding its cryptocurrency analysis in a strategy to find and pursue criminal transactions. This comes in the wake of a rising problem of ransomware involving cryptocurrency, such as bitcoin. “Combating ransomware is a priority for the administration,” said a spokesperson for the White House. US Government to Expand Cryptocurrency Analysis The … Read more

Metaplex NFT marketplace launches on Solana

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“NFTs present a real opportunity for artists to create and derive more value than ever before, and we saw an opportunity to solve the existing challenges and barriers to entry that many are currently facing with Metaplex,” said Raj Gokal, COO of Solana Labs. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico

$1.4M in Bitcoin Remains Idle — The Curious Case of the 37-Day-Old 2009 Block Reward Spent a Year Ago

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Approximately 378 days ago, before the bitcoin bull market started to heat up, a unique block was spent stemming from a coinbase reward created 37 days after the Bitcoin network launched. It seems roughly ten coins from the block reward were sold to an exchange, but 40 bitcoin worth $1.4 million at today’s exchange rates … Read more