Tencent’s WeChat which has over 1.2 billion users began to block NFT accounts in large numbers. As per reports, this move has come in accordance with the Chinese government’s regulations. WeChat made ...
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Italian bank “Banca d’Italia” blocks N26
Banca d’Italia is preventing N26 from opening new accounts in Italy and providing new products (including crypto) to existing customers. N26 has embarked on a path to resolve these shortcomings and un...
Russian Crypto Volumes Slump After Binance Blocks Visa, Mastercard
Russian crypto trading volumes sank after Binance blocked cards issued by Visa and Mastercard in the country. While Russian citizens still have access to crypto exchanges, it appears that sanctions on...
A Fingerprint Sensor? Concerning Details From Block’s Hardware Wallet Revealed
It was too good to be true. A fingerprint sensor will be the authentication method of choice for Block’s hardware wallet. The company revealed new details in the March update of their newsletter, and ...
Texas Judge Blocks Transgender ‘Child Abuse’ Investigations
Topline A state judge blocked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s divisive order for “child abuse” investigations into parents of transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care, issuing a statewide...
Block’s wallet will have a fingerprint sensor, not a screen
Payments firm Block is planning to include a fingerprint sensor in its forthcoming crypto wallet design, according to a Friday product update. Block first announced its plans to build a hardware walle...
Russia Reportedly Blocks Ukrainian Evacuation Route With Air-Dropped ‘Butterfly Mines’
Early on in the invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian officials claimed that the Russians were using PFM-1 air-dropped anti-personnel mines. Also known as ‘butterfly mines,’ ‘petals,’ ‘green parr...
Crypto exchange platform blocks 25,000+ crypto Wallets belonging to Russians
The war between Russia and Ukraine has entered into subsequent eleventh day Recently financial entities Visa, Mastercard, and Paypal announced to suspend their operations in the country The steps take...
Coinbase blocks 25,000 Russian accounts
In recent days, Coinbase, the largest American cryptocurrency exchange listed on the Nasdaq, announced in a post on its corporate blog that it has blocked 25,000 Russian accounts involved in unspecifi...
Coinbase Conforms To Sanctions, Blocks 25,000 ‘Illicit’ Russian Crypto Wallet Addresses
Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, announced Monday that it had blocked more than 25,000 cryptocurrency wallet addresses associated with Russian persons or businesses ...
Coinbase Blocks Over 20,000 Russia-linked Addresses Associated with Illicit Activities ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Today, March 7, the largest crypto exchange in the U.S. Coinbase announced that it has blocked over 25,000 addresses linked to Russian persons or ent...
Coinbase Blocks Over 25,000 Addresses Linked to Illicit Russian Activity
Coinbase has said it has blocked over 25,000 addresses related to Russian individuals or entities believed to be engaged in illicit activity. The exchange added that these accounts were identified th...
NFT Marketplace OpenSea Blocks Users in Iran Due to U.S. Sanctions
U.S.-based NFT marketplace OpenSea has begun blocking users based in Iran, according to multiple reports from frustrated collectors and creators who recently found themselves unable to access the site...
Ethereum’s Infura Cuts Off Users to Separatist Areas in Ukraine, Accidentally Blocks Venezuela
In brief Infura has blocked access to “certain jurisdictions.” Venezuelan users, Infura says, accidentally got blocked. It had a knock-on effect for users of the MetaMask wallet, which def...
Russia Can’t ‘Easily’ Use Bitcoin To Ease Sanctions — Here Are The Stumbling Blocks ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Russia’s switch to cryptocurrencies will not be as seamless as the general public anticipates. Thinly traded markets and obedience to sanctions are p...
Texas Court Blocks ‘Child Abuse’ Investigation For Parents Of Transgender Child
Topline A local judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked Texas’ Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from investigating two parents who helped their child seek gender-affirming medical tr...
Biden Blocks Russian Planes From U.S. Airspace Over Ukraine Invasion
Topline The United States will close off its airspace to all Russian planes, President Joe Biden announced in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, as he vowed to impose heavy economic p...
Jump Trading’s Dave Olsen on the key building blocks for a crypto market maker
Episode 13 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s Frank Chaparro and Dave Olsen, President & Chief Investment Officer at Jump Trading Group. Listen below, and subscribe to...
Block’s Bitcoin Revenue From Cash App Hit Nearly $2 Billion in Q4
In brief Bitcoin revenue is up from the same quarter last year, as are profits. The company hasn’t mentioned any plans to expand to other cryptocurrencies. Cash App—the popular mobile payment se...
Ukraine Blocks Issuance of Digital Money Amid Martial Law
Share this article Ukraine’s central bank has temporarily prohibited the issuance of new electronic money and the topping up of digital cash wallets. Ukrainian Government Restricts Digital Money Supp...
The Bitcoin Blocks With the Lowest Block Hash Value in History: Research
There are plenty of exciting things that happen within the Bitcoin network. All the programmed, pre-defined algorithms make it much like a living organism that adjusts and evolves based on current con...
A crypto project is turning whole Ethereum blocks into NFTs
A crypto project, known as VanityBlocks, has started turning whole Ethereum transaction blocks into non-fungible tokens (NFTs) — preventing anyone else from having space in that block. The first Genes...
How BLOCKS is Fixing the NFT Market
The NFT market is currently on a roll. While cryptocurrency was the top blockchain product for years, NFTs are giving them a run for their money. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are digital representations...
Small-Time Solo Miners Strike Gold With Full BTC Blocks
Small-time bitcoin miners are making headlines for essentially hitting the jackpot by mining full blocks all on their own. In what has become a modern-day ‘gold rush’, bitcoin enthusiasts are now taki...
Kazakh Government Blocks Crypto Mining Until February
Key Takeaways The government of Kazakhstan has halted cryptocurrency mining from Jan. 24 to Feb 1. The state-run power grid operator Kegoc will not supply power to miners until next month. Kazakhstan ...
Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks Fed Worker Mandate With Anti-Vaxxer Tropes
On January 21, federal district judge Jeffrey Vincent Brown blocked the Biden mandate requiring federal employees to get COVID vaccinations. This got national attention. Brown’s ruling was pegged a...