Financial Insights That Matter A crypto investor from Kentucky has been arrested after allegedly kidnapping and torturing a 28-year-old Italian tourist in a luxury Manhattan townhouse for nearly three weeks. John Woeltz, 37, was charged Saturday with kidnapping, assault, unlawful imprisonment, and illegal gun possession after the victim escaped the home and flagged down a […]
Trump Kids Lead Cast of Characters at Las Vegas Bitcoin Conference #CriptoNews
Financial Insights That Matter Vice President JD Vance and two of the presidentâs children are among the MAGA characters set to speak at a Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas this week. President Donald Trump will not speak at the conference, as he did last year amid his presidential campaigning, but Eric and Donald Trump Jr. […]
Crypto bigwig surrenders to NYPD for questioning in sick SoHo torture case: sources #CriptoNews
Financial Insights That Matter The crypto trader wanted for questioning in the horrific torture of an Italian bitcoin dealer inside a posh SoHo townhouse turned himself in to cops Tuesday â after living it up in the Hamptons over the holiday weekend, law enforcement sources told The Post. William Duplessie became a person of interest […]
BlackRock Issues Bitcoin Warning, Says BTC Source Code Could Be Rendered âFlawed or Ineffectiveâ by Quantum Computing #CriptoNews
Financial Insights That Matter The biggest asset manager in the world has acknowledged the potential of a critical threat that could weigh on Bitcoin (BTC) in the future. In its updated prospectus for its iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), BlackRock mentions quantum computing under its ârisk factorsâ section. Quantum computers are considered by many to […]
French Police Arrest 12 Suspects in Crypto Kidnapping Investigations #CriptoNews
Financial Insights That Matter In brief Police in France have arrested at least 12 suspects linked to kidnappings targeting crypto investors. France has seen a spate of crypto kidnapping attempts in recent months, prompting the Interior Minister to commit to boosting security for cryptocurrency execs. Experts advise that crypto investors avoid publicizing their holdings to […]
This Project Lets You Send Bitcoin Without Internet Access #CriptoNews
Financial Insights That Matter In brief Darkwire lets users send Bitcoin transactions over LoRa radio in regions without internet, power, or cellular networks. Transactions hop node-to-node until reaching an internet-connected exit point that broadcasts to the Bitcoin network. The system targets censored regions, disaster zones, and privacy-focused users seeking to bypass surveillance. A new open-source […]
Traumatized tourist hobbles down street after escaping crypto-king’s New York torture lair… as SECOND suspect hands himself in #CriptoNews
Financial Insights That Matter Surveillance cameras captured the moment a cryptocurrency businessman escaped after more than two weeks of being tortured inside a luxury Manhattan townhouse. Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan, 28, hobbled down a busy SoHo street on Friday after having ran out of a lavish six-story apartment where he was allegedly chained up, electrocuted and taunted […]
Trump Media denies $3B crypto funding plan after FT report #CriptoNews
Financial Insights That Matter Update (May 26, 9:27 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include a statement from Truth Media and Technology Group. Trump Media and Technology Group, the company behind US President Donald Trumpâs Truth Social platform, has rebuffed a report that itâs planning to raise $3 billion in a mix of […]
Bitlayer backed by 31% of BTC hashrate to power Bitcoin smart contracts #CriptoNews
Financial Insights That Matter Bitlayerâs Bitcoin smart-contract system is being implemented by mining pools behind 31.5% of the networkâs hashrate, a development that will help ensure that its system will operate on the Bitcoin blockchain, the company said. According to a May 27 announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Bitlayerâs BitVM implementation will be supported by major […]
Trump’s private crypto dinner raises ethics concerns #CriptoNews
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