One of the saddest pages in crypto is in open sight for all to see. Of course, we’re talking about Tether’s “press” page. It’s just 10 articles, with the last one posted on April 22, 2015 and it was a CoinDesk story about using ShapeShift to buy USDT.
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- Pascal "PBoy" Boyart's version of "Liberty Leading the People" is chock full of crypto stuff (via Reddit).
Anonymous donor gives 1 BTC to French artist/Bitcoin fan using QR code on artwork
Pascal Boyart is a graffiti artist and crypto enthusiast
A French street artist claims an anonymous donor surprised him by tipping 1 BTC—worth around $3,971—Monday night. Paris-based artist Pascal Boyart, who goes by the name “PBoy,” is also a crypto enthusiast and has been adding QR codes with his Bitcoin address for sometime. “He is also the first to have hidden digital currency in his frescoes,” his personal site claims. A perusal of his address’ page on Blockchain.com shows he was only modestly successful, taking in just a couple of hundred dollars worth of bitcoins since November 2017.
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Winklevoss brothers cheer the thing that could destroy Bitcoin
The ‘Facebook coin’ is part of a bigger project that could have dire consequences for the rest of crypto
TL;DR: Facebook isn’t merely developing a coin. What’s happening appears to be a massive shift in the social media giant’s entire business and crypto is merely a part of the bigger picture.
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Tether admits it’s not totally backed by US dollars; market shrugs
Remember when Tether insisted there was a dollar for every tether out there? Well, actually…
Controversial “stablecoin” Tether isn’t entirely tethered to U.S. dollar assets, according to a new update to the company’s website.