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Stanford Student Calls Out Crypto Professor for Inaccurate Bitcoin Lecture

Professor Susan Athey's presentation on “Blockchain and the Future of Finance" at the University of Stanford Graduate School provoked one student to protest its “multiple misstatements” about Bitcoin and its fundamentals.

Grim Stories of Ethical, Privacy Abuses Emerge About Coinbase’s New Partners

Among other issues, Reporters Without Borders labeled Hacking Team (the team behind Neutrino) as one of five “Enemies of the Internet” in 2013 for its role in humanitarian abuses against journalists.

Cryptopia Calculates That 9.4 Percent of Assets Stolen in January Hack

The New Zealand-based crypto asset exchange Cryptopia has made their assessment of a January hack, claiming that up to 9.4 percent of all their assets were stolen.

This Crypto Art Auction Lets Venezuelans Dismantle Maduro Bolivar by Bolivar

The piece-by-piece dismantling of the bolivars by those choosing to donate crypto is meant to represent a new beginning made possible by a new form of money not controlled by any one authority.

“Clear and Robust Strategy” Nets 0.023% Recovery of Bitfinex’s Hacked Funds (So Far)

Bitfinex said that U.S. federal law enforcement informed them in November of last year that it had obtained access to some of the cryptocurrency funds stolen when the exchange was hacked.

IBM Exec Forecasts a Million-Dollar Bitcoin — When a Sat Will Equal a Cent

“If bitcoin is at a million dollars, then [one] satoshi is on value parity with the U.S. penny," said Jesse Lund, vice president of Blockchain and Digital Currencies at IBM

Judge Chooses Representative Counsel for QuadrigaCX Creditors

Justice Wood has given Miller Thompson and Cox & Palmer, a joint counsel of two firms, the bid to represent claimants who have lost funds to the defunct crypto exchange.

Coinbase Snaps Up Blockchain Intelligence Startup Neutrino

With its analytical capabilities, Neutrino will help Coinbase add new features and tokens to the platform, while ensuring "compliance with local laws and regulations."

Op Ed: Why It’s Unsafe to Store Private Crypto Keys in the Cloud

Unless cybersecurity becomes part of the fabric of blockchain and crypto with stakeholders taking it more seriously, it will take much longer for this amazing technology and currency to get the mass adoption that it deserves.

Op Ed: How Bitcoin’s Protocol of Peace Can End the Nuclear Age

Bitcoin offers an alternative to a universal security system backed by men with guns. It creates a new model of security based on cryptographic proof that can resist unlimited applications of violence, making a bulletproof network.

QuadrigaCX CEO Widow Sells Estate Assets, Reportedly Places Others in Trust

Jennifer Robertson has been selling assets of the late Gerald Cotten's estate, and she's allegedly shuffled some of these assets into a trust for legal protections.

Judge Delays Decision to Appoint Legal Counsel for QuadrigaCX Creditors

During the session, the Honorable Justice Michael Wood heard testimonies from the four law firms that creditors have turned to for counsel as they seek recovery of funds from the troubled Canadian bitcoin exchange.

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