The German government has officially acknowledged its involvement in selling 49,858 bitcoin linked to the movie2k case. In a press release, German authorities reported that the sales were completed due to what is stipulated in Section 111p of the Code of Criminal Procedure, classifying this move as an “emergency sale.” Bankhaus Scheich Wertpapierspezialist AG, the […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Bashes Fairshake Involvement in New York Democratic Party Primaries
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has criticized the involvement of Fairshake, a crypto-focused super PAC, in New York’s 16th congressional district democratic party elections. Ocasio-Cortez qualified the media campaign against incumbent Jamaal Bowman, valued at over $ 2 million, as “corruption” and a “core threat to American democracy” on social media. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tells …
Bitcoin Advocate Says ASIC Devices’ Inflexibility Makes AI Involvement Unlikely for Bitcoin Miners
According to Joe Downie, the chief marketing officer at Nicehash, bitcoin miners struggling to stay afloat after the halving are unlikely to support or become involved with artificial intelligence (AI). This is because their application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners now “only allow for mining on one algorithm.” Furthermore, Downie argued that bitcoin mining devices are […]
FinCEN Finds Increased Cryptocurrency Involvement in Human Trafficking
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has released an analysis that reports an alleged increase in the use of cryptocurrency in human trafficking cases. According to FinCEN, reports of cryptocurrency linked to these purposes grew from 336 in 2020 to 1,975 in 2021, an increase of almost 500%. FinCEN Alerts of Crypto Usage Linked to […]