May 14, 2021 | Staff
Il commento di Ferdinando Ametrano alle crypto-news della settimana
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Ransomware
- US fuel pipeline hackers ‘didn’t mean to create problems’ - BBC News
- Panic Drives Gas Shortages After Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack - NPR
- Beyond Colonial Pipeline, Ransomware Cyberattacks Are a Growing Threat - WSJ
- Ransomware group follows through on threat to release personnel files of DC police officers - CNNPolitics
- Ransomeware attack on D.C. police resumes with more files released - The Washington Post
- AXA pledges to stop reimbursing ransom payments for French ransomware victims - ZDNet
- Insurer AXA halts ransomware crime reimbursement in France - ABC News
- Colonial Pipeline did pay ransom to hackers, sources now say - CNNPolitics
Regulators
- German and US regulators tighten focus on booming crypto market - Financial Times
- Binance Faces Probe by U.S. Money-Laundering and Tax Sleuths - Bloomberg
- SEC Chair Suggests Congress Regulate Crypto Exchanges - CoinDesk
- U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control is seeking blockchain analytics tools - The Block
- Cryptocurrency Exchanges Need Direct Regulation, SEC Chair Says - Barron’s
- Court Authorizes Service of John Doe Summons Seeking Identities of U.S. Taxpayers Who Have Used Cryptocurrency - OPA - Department of Justice
Tesla
- Elon Musk: Tesla Has Stopped Accepting Bitcoin Due to Environmental Impact - Decrypt
- Tesla (TSLA) Bitcoin: Elon Musk Ignored Crypto Mining’s Dirty Reality - Bloomberg
- Bitcoin price drops 12% after Elon Musk tweets that Tesla will not accept it as payment - CNN
- Elon Musk on ‘SNL’ Says He Has Asperger’s, Jokes About Dogecoin - WSJ
- SpaceX accepts Dogecoin payment for DOGE-1 mission to the moon - CNBC
- Elon Musk on Twitter
- Pete Rizzo on Twitter
Environmental Sustainability
- On Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption: A quantitative Approach to a Subjective Question - Galaxy Digital
- Big Questions in Crypto: What is Cryptocurrency’s Environmental Impact? - Chainalysis Blog
- Bitcoin è davvero l’industria più energivora (e inquinante) del pianeta? - We Wealth
Alts
- How much a $1,000 investment in dogecoin at the start of 2021 is worth - CNBC
- Dfinity’s ICP Token Price Goes Live on Coinbase Pro - CoinDesk
- Dfinity Foundation - Twitter
- Dfinity has finally launched its decentralized ‘internet computer’ - The Block
- Resisting the Siren Song of Altcoins. Bitcoin Tech Talk #239 - Bitcoin Tech Talk
- Bitcoin (BTC USD) Cryptocurrency Price: Bank of England Warns of Full Losses - Bloomberg
- Buy crypto only if ready to lose it all, says Bank of England governor - The Block
CBDC
- Bank of England deputy governor says a CBDC is ‘probable’ if public money is to survive - The Block
- Do we need ‘public money’? - speech by Jon Cunliffe - Bank of England
- Israel central bank boosting preparations for digital currency - Reuters
Diem (formerly known as Libra)
- Facebook-Backed Diem Plans Dollar Stablecoin With Silvergate - CoinDesk
- Facebook-backed crypto project Diem to launch U.S. stablecoin in major shift - Reuters
- Silvergate to be the Exclusive Issuer of U.S. Dollar Backed Stablecoins by Diem - Silvergate
Ecosystem
- Citi weighs launching crypto services after surge in client interest - Financial Times
- Citi bank is considering launching crypto trading and custody services - The Block
- Goldman Sachs internal memo unveils new cryptocurrency trading team - CNBC
- Goldman Offers New Bitcoin Derivatives to Wall Street Investors - Bloomberg
- Goldman Offers New Bitcoin Derivatives to Wall Street Investors - Bloomberg
- Emerald Banking and Finance Fund Takes Heat for Big Crypto Bet - Bloomberg
- Swiss banking giant UBS is exploring crypto offering for clients: report - The Block
- UBS explores offering crypto investments to rich clients - BNN Bloomberg
- PayPal Is a Darling of Wall Street. What’s Behind All the Love. - Barron’s
- Square reports $3.51 billion in bitcoin revenue via its Cash app for first quarter of 2021 - The Block
- MoneyGram to Allow Bitcoin Buying and Selling Across Retail Network - CoinDesk
Tech
- Newsletter #148 - Bitcoin Optech
- What is the Bitcoin Taproot upgrade? - Casa
- How Taproot will benefit hardware wallets - by SatoshiLabs - May, 2021 - Trezor Blog
- [bitcoin-dev] Full Disclosure: CVE-2021-31876 Defect in Bitcoin Core’s bip125 logic
- Bitcoin Multisig Guide - Get started with multisig
- Taproot Activation - Taproot Watch
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Blockchain
ETF and Futures market
- VanEck Fires Starting Gun in Race for First U.S. Ether ETF - Bloomberg
- Cboe Files Proposal to List Fidelity Bitcoin ETF With SEC - Decrypt
- CME says more than 100,000 micro bitcoin futures traded in first six days - Reuters
- What is Contango and Backwardation - CME
- Guest: Carlo Clerici