MarsCoin: Elon Musk accidentally pumped this tiny crypto by 2,000%
With MarsCoin's market value so low, any amount of buying volume had the potential to send the tiny cryptocurrency skyrocketing.
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Seized BTC from Ireland, crypto mined in cafes, ETH staked on Coinbase
Irish feds searching for victims of $2M Bitcoin fraud [Protos] Internet cafes mining crypto to balance the books [Protos] Ethereum 2.0 staking comes to Coinbase [CoinDesk] AutoNation doesn’t see taking Bitcoin for Teslas [Yahoo Finance]
US hacking victim ‘very anxious’ for Ireland to return their stolen Bitcoin
The lawyer of the four victims already identified said their client was “very, very anxious” for Ireland to return their Bitcoin.
Internet cafes mine cryptocurrency with unused gaming machines
Internet cafes mining cryptocurrency isn't totally new, but previous examples of such operations have mostly been illegal.
Mining revenues high, inflated GPU prices, Finney’s old ‘joke’
Bitcoin, Ethereum miners set revenue records [Protos] Miners blamed again for GPU price hikes [Protos] 270 addresses laundered 55% of crypto last year [ZDNet] Hal Finney ‘predicted’ NFT boom 30 years ago [Protos]
Bitcoin visionary Hal Finney ‘predicted’ booming NFT market — in 1993
Bitcoin legend Hal Finney probably wasn't expecting NFTs when he penned this throwaway CompuServe post back in 1993.
Bitcoin and Ethereum mining revenue moons with crypto prices
Bitcoin and Ethereum are firmly in uncharted territory, so miners powering those networks fetch more dollars for the rewards they generate.
Crypto miners blamed for Nvidia GPU price hikes — again
GPUs have been useless at mining Bitcoin for years, but Nvidia’s new RTX 30 series can generate decent profit with Ethereum.
Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin, UK’s crypto cons, DeFi’s latest losses
Morgan Stanley eyeing Bitcoin bet [CoinDesk] UK’s FCA drowning in crypto cons [iNews] Ethereum deposit contract tops 3M ETH [Decrypt] DeFi pair hit by $37.5M flash loan attack [The Block]
The Weekend Shift: Bitcoin, Chamath, Tennis and more
The most interesting Bitcoin reads, podcasts, charts, and opinions from the internet this weekend -- curated for you by the Protos newsroom.