π¨NEW: The Treasury is seeking comments on the implementation of digital identities for DeFi, where smart contracts could automatically check for a credential before executing a user's transaction.
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π¨NEW: Economists at the Bank of International Settlements propose banning any coin that has passed through a no-KYC wallet from regulated services to enable a culture of self-policing
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Treasury Secretary Bessent claimed yesterday that the US Government holds between $15-20 Billion in bitcoin to build the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
Where did Bessent find 140,000 BTC?
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π¨ UPDATE: Google has clarified that non-custodial wallets are not meant to be in scope of its Play Store policy in response to our reporting.
The policy will be revised accordingly.
π¨ New Google Play Store policy forces AML/KYC on non-custodial wallets in the US, effectively bans non-custodial wallet developers from Play Store in EU
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π¨JUST IN: Parties in US v. Storm ask for exclusion of time on post-trial motions to decide whether prosecution will retry charges
Potential motion to retry convicted charge possible
Ethereum Core developer Federico Carrone was arrested at passport controls in Turkey over his contributions to a paper that assessed privacy on Ethereum and Tornado Cash.
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Gmgm, weβre participating in a game called #sathunterz that teaches people how hard it is to crack a bitcoin seedphrase.
Follow the hashtag (here and on X), find as many words as you can, and win 800k sats π
