India, South Korea, U.S. Approach New Crypto Rules
Emie Kohler
The latest cryptocurrency regulations in Asia are wins for Bitcoin adoption but come at the cost of privacy. South Korea is tightening cryptocurrency regulations while India will likely lift its…
Emie Kohler
The Bitcoin Mixing Case at the Center of the Fight for Transaction Privacy – Bitcoin Magazine
A court case is underway in the United States that could become a watermark decision for Bitcoin transaction privacy and compliance law. Larry Harmon of Ohio — who, incidentally, owns…
Bitcoin Fungibility, Mixing and the Legal Limits on Maintaining Privacy – Bitcoin Magazine
On February 13, 2020, Larry Harmon, of Akron, Ohio, was charged with three counts: (1) conspiracy to commit money laundering, (2) operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and (3) conducting…
“Your Expectations of Privacy Are Too High” (But They Shouldn’t Be) – Bitcoin Magazine
Bitcoin mixing, the practice of scrambling one’s bitcoin with others in order to obscure the connection between an individual’s identity and coin address information, has seen a number of innovations…
A Match Made in the Whitepaper – Bitcoin Magazine
Introduction How one’s focus can shift in just two weeks! While today everybody in the Bitcoin space seems more concerned with price fluctuations in response to the global financial panic…
The US Anti-Encryption Bill That Threatens Private Speech Online – Bitcoin Magazine
There’s a new bill in the works to fight against child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and other risky services on the internet — but it could come at a cost…
Don’t Be Misled by Red Herrings – Bitcoin Magazine
In Part One of this treatise, we examined the fundamental relationship between Bitcoin and privacy by going back to the beginning with the whitepaper. In spite of some excellent privacy…
The Best Bitcoin Trading Strategies (That Still Work in 2020) – Bitcoin Magazine
This is a sponsored article provided by NordikCoin. Bitcoin trading has never been more popular than it is now, and the market doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. So,…
The Lightning Network and the Third Bitcoin Halving – Bitcoin Magazine
The Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s second layer solution for faster and more efficient payments, was integral to the ecosystem’s third epoch — with a number of Lightning-focused projects iterating and expanding…
DeFi Options Platform Hegic Shuts Down Again
Just weeks after a typo in the platform’s code base, Hegic has shutdown again after a trader exploited a hole in the system’s design. The DeFi news category was brought…