Cryptocurrency
Burger King begins accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies in Venezuela
The program will roll out through all 20 locations in Venezuela this year.
Coinbase CEO says Apple is “eliminating” decentralized apps, calls on users to request changes
It’s been a tough week for the crypto community.
Google abruptly removes Ethereum Dapp browser MetaMask from Google Play Store
Google is on a crypto purge this week.
YouTube issues confusing response to crypto purge as more videos are removed and popular channels go private
Many of the top crypto channels now have no public videos and fear that they could be scrubbed from the platform completely.
YouTube deals a massive blow to cryptocurrency community, calls it “harmful or dangerous”, mass deletes videos
YouTube made no announcement that this was coming and quietly dealt the blow as people were wound down for Christmas.
Keybase’s Stellar Airdop program to end after a series of problems
The lumen (XLM) airdrop scheme, set up by secure messaging service Keybase and the Stellar Foundation – who are behind the Stellar decentralized protocol to transfer cryptocurrency to fiat money – is coming to an end. Announced in September, the airdrop was worth 2 billion XML (Stellar’s crypto
Minds Pro gives creators an easy way to get paid and build an online presence
Minds have added a bunch of new features.
When the internet is cut off, protestors find it hard to rely on bitcoin
Iran and Hong Kong have both experienced recent shutdowns.
Monero accused of failing to warn website users its download page was compromised with crypto stealing malware
A member of Monero’s core team posted warnings to Twitter, Reddit, and GitHub but there are no warnings on the official website or download page from which the malware was served.
Students in France to be taught about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as part of the curriculum
It’s not yet known whether they’ll be taught about bitcoin in a positive or negative way.
China preps for the launch of government-backed cryptocurrency, censors any negative backlash
China doesn’t want any public opinion getting in the way of its upcoming launch.
SEC announces “emergency” halt of Telegram’s Gram cryptocurrency sale
The complaint from the SEC is that Telegram did not pre-register its offer for sale.