The Bitcoin community has been contributing to a crowdfunding campaign to restore the famous Notre-Dame de Paris after it suffered a catastrophic fire.
A bitcoin trader has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $800,000 “for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Assange’s arrest today has already seen pushback from the crypto community, with the Wikileaks public address again seeing a large spike in bitcoin donations from a variety of sources.
Electrum servers have been under a sustained Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack since April 7, 2019. An Electrum developer speculated that the attack may be a retaliation.
The San Juan Mercantile Bank & Trust International, a Puerto Rican bank offering both fiat and digital asset custody and settlement services, is now operational.
CipherTrace, a blockchain analytics company, is partnering with the Republic of Malta’s sole financial regulatory agency to ensure that all crypto transactions within the country are free of money laundering and other similar financial crimes.
A bill proposed by the Texas legislature will require that all receivers of cryptocurrency in regular transactions verify the identity of the cryptocurrency sender before accepting any payment.
