Police investigating the disappearance of a woman in Norway have arrested her husband on suspicion of murder—and believe that the $10 million ransom in a privacy-focused cryptocurrency being demanded for her safe return was part of a “clear, planned deception.”
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‘Don’t Vote McAfee’: A presidential ‘un-hopeful’ talks privacy and why the president is powerless
Presidential candidate and controversial crypto enthusiast John McAfee spoke to Modern Consensus about the importance of privacy, DEXs and, of course, the Kennedy assassinations
Before the presidential campaign, John McAfee had long been known in the crypto space for his contentious Twitter account, where he used to promote altcoins in between tweets about bitcoin’s price (with infamous phallic bets) and alternate history. Now, however, the altcoin promotions are off the table—but the conspiracy theory claims are definitely not—as McAfee gears up for a 2020 U.S. presidential campaign that has the catchy slogan, “Don’t Vote McAfee.”
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While targeting Dark Web drug sales, White House snubs Craig Wright
An advisory notice singled out Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Monero, but utterly ignored the self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin SV
Craig Wright has not been having a good summer. First, his Bitcoin Satoshi Version (BSV) cryptocurrency was booted off the Binance and Kraken exchanges after he was accused of bullying people doubting his claim to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.
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James Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase. Photo: World Economic Forum via Wiki Commons).JPMorgan adds KYC-defeating technology to Ethereum-based payment privacy tool Zether
The banking giant open-sources a user-anonymity tool for cryptocurrency
Just as international financial regulators are about to announce stronger "know your customer" requirements for cryptocurrencies, banking giant JPMorgan Chase has released software designed to help people avoid them.
