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Benjamin Wallace has an amusingly direct way of trying to solve the identity of Bitcoin’s creator in his new book The Mysterious Mr Nakamoto. Benjamin Wallace has an amusingly direct way of trying to solve the identity of Bitcoins creator in his new book The Mysterious Mr Nakamoto. He just asks every possible candidate: Are you Satoshi Nakamoto? I still didn’t rule out the possibility that Nakamoto was frustrated no one had bothered to simply ask him, Wallace tells Magazine.  It seems like every other week, theres another newspaper investigation, documentary or nonfiction book promising to unmask Satoshi.  Read more

Improvements in Coinbase's machine learning models and infrastructure helped to cut the number of unnecessary account restrictions. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the crypto exchange has reduced unnecessary restrictions on its users by 82%, which has been a “major issue” for the exchange.  In a June 6 X post, Armstrong acknowledged that account freezing has been a problem “for longer than is acceptable,” and that it has become a top priority for his firm to improve. “The issue has been reduced by 82% so far, with more improvements coming. We’ll keep you updated as further improvements roll out,” Armstrong said, before asking all customers with frozen accounts to contact Coinbase Support. Read more

Argentina’s Anti-Corruption Office has determined that President Javier Milei did not violate any ethics laws when he promoted the Solana-based LIBRA memecoin in February. In a resolution issued on Friday, the office declared that Milei’s Feb. 14 X post constituted a personal statement rather than an official announcement as a public servant. Therefore, Milei’s post […] The post Argentine Anti-Corruption Office clears President Milei of ethics violation over LIBRA promotion appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Bitcoin network will eventually do a software upgrade that will nullify the quantum threat to BTC, Strategy's Michael Saylor recently said on CNBC.

The Japanese Senate, the House of Councilors, has approved a legal amendment that will give crypto brokerage firms new freedoms to operate in the country The post Japanese Senate Approves Crypto Brokerages Reform Bill appeared first on Cryptonews.

A debate has erupted among the Bitcoin community over a joint statement released by 31 Bitcoin Core developers on June 6. In their statement, the developers argued that while the new transaction relay policy might lead to more non-financial use cases, protecting censorship resistance is one of the core tenets of the blockchain. The developers […] The post Bitcoin community is divided over Core devs’ statement on transaction relay appeared first on CryptoSlate.

French-Moroccan man arrested in Tangier over involvement in brutal crypto-related kidnappings targeting Ledger and Paymium execs.

Solana meme coin game Bonk Arena goes live, FIFA Rivals is just days away, Flappy Bird swoops back towards crypto, and more.

The DOJ seized cryptocurrency profits and domains linked to BidenCash's massive identity theft and card fraud operations.

Bitcoin gains 0.78% despite a tense political backdrop in the U.S., with markets shrugging off fears of further unrest and a potential military mobilization.

"Dogecoin Millionaire" Glauber Contessoto still hasn't sold his DOGE, but now he's amassed enough Pepe to take on another title.

The following is a guest post and analysis from Shane Neagle, Editor In Chief fromThe Tokenist. On Tuesday, Michael Saylor, the Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), riled up the Bitcoin part of the internet. At an event adjacent to Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Saylor was asked whether the company (rebranded as Strategy) […] The post Proof-of-Reserves: Is it applicable to MicroStrategy? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Robinhood Crypto's Johann Kerbrat said that tokenization could eliminate “middlemen” to the advantage of startup founders.

Quarterly transparency reports debut alongside strategy, detailing asset allocation and ETH/fiat conversion thresholds publicly

A recent analysis posted by Artemis CEO Jon Ma has sparked discussion about Tether’s potential market value, suggesting that if the company were to go public, its valuation could reach $515 billion. This figure would place Tether among the world’s largest corporations by market capitalization, ahead of well-known names such as Costco and Coca-Cola. Jon […] The post Bigger than Coca-Cola? If Tether went public, it could reach a $515B valuation appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The following is a guest post and opinion from John deVadoss, Co-Founder of the InterWork Alliancez. “Decentralization” is crypto’s all-purpose slogan, yet the word never appears in the 2008 Bitcoin white paper. What Satoshi outlined was narrower and more radical: a peer-to-peer system that swaps institutional trust for publicly auditable cryptographic proof. Trust can be […] The post Crypto was never about decentralization; It is about Pluralism appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Gaming’s behavioral data is rapidly becoming the most sought-after resource in AI. Game telemetry fuels next-gen AI agents for everything from logistics to finance. The battle for gaming data is on. Opinion by: T-RO, co-founder of GamerBoom Forget the old pitch about “interactive media.” Every dungeon crawl, clutch revive and deck shuffle is time-stamped, geo-located and tied to an explicit objective. No other medium produces such clean, high-frequency reads on risk tolerance, resilience or cooperation. Feed these sequences into reinforcement learners, resulting in the real-world effect. Agents trained on gameplay logs can anticipate lane merges, triage hospital queues or route cargo with the precision of an e-sports champion. Read more

A wave of violent kidnappings targeting cryptocurrency holders is pushing some of the industry's most well-known figures to overhaul their security, including the so-called “Bitcoin Family.” The post Bitcoin Family Hides Crypto Seed Phrases Across Four Continents After Kidnapping Threats appeared first on Cryptonews.

White-collar workers are facing displacement due to AI—and AGI hasn't even arrived yet. Here's why experts are raising alarms.

“Send more Orange,” Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor wrote on X, signaling another Bitcoin purchase from the company. Strategy co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor posted a chart of the company’s Bitcoin holdings on June 8, signaling a possible upcoming acquisition. On June 8, Saylor posted “Send more Orange” on X. Saylor’s cryptic posts are often followed by announcements of new Bitcoin (BTC) purchases. If Strategy follows up the post with another BTC buy, it will mark the ninth week of consecutive Bitcoin purchases from the company.  The post comes shortly after the company purchased an additional 705 BTC between May 26 and June 1 for around $75 million at an average price of $106,495 per coin, bringing the company’s total Bitcoin holdings to 580,955 BTC, currently valued at approximately $61.4 billion. Read more