On October 10th, the Wall Street Journal ran a story with the headline, “Hamas Militants Behind Israel Attack Raised Millions in Crypto. Digital currency transactions highlight how U.S. and Israel have struggled to sever the access of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah to foreign funding.” The story stated: “Digital-currency wallets that Israeli authorities linked to the PIJ received as much as $93 million in crypto between August 2021 and June this year, analysis by leading crypto researcher Elliptic showed.” It also cited research by crypto analytics firm BitOK suggesting that Hamas received $41 million. Ten days later the paper followed up with “Why Hamas Uses Crypto to Raise Money”,…
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Markets Report: Bitcoin hits $52,650 a day after U.S. Senator says it will ‘end badly’
The battle for higher support is on after 7% daily gains encounter turbulence at last week’s top
Bitcoin posted new weekly highs above $52,000 as a resurgence in positive sentiment combined with persistent institutional buying. Analyzing exchange data, Ki Young Ju, CEO of on-chain analytics resource CryptoQuant, argued that to all intents and purposes, the BTC price dip had finished after its brief visit to $43,000.
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Andrew Yang 'shocked the world' by claiming to have done well in Iowa with no results reported (Photo: C-Span).Iowa primary debacle could boost blockchain-based voting
The first Democratic presidential primary fell flat after reporting problems that might have been avoided with blockchain balloting
A disastrous switchover to an unready-for-primetime app for reporting vote tallies left Iowa's critical, first-in-the-nation caucus results completely unknown amid claims of unspecified “inconsistencies” and chaos.
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Where the 2020 US presidential candidates stand on crypto
Will the next president care about cryptocurrencies and blockchain?
Of the many candidates running or considering running in the upcoming presidential elections, only a few have taken a position one way or another, or even mentioned Bitcoin or blockchain in any substantial way.
