Chainalysis Launches Program to Store and Sell Seized Crypto Assets for Governments
The blockchain intelligence and surveillance company Chainalysis revealed the launch of a new program that aims to help governments and insolvency practitioners sell seized cryptocurrencies. The news follows the recent U.S. government seizure of more than 69,000 BTC worth over $1 billion on November 3. Blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis announced the launch of a new program that caters to recovering, storing, and selling crypto...
Paypal Opens Crypto Services to Millions of Eligible Account Holders in the US
Payment processing giant Paypal announced on Thursday that “all eligible Paypal account holders in the U.S. can now buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency directly with Paypal.” The news follows the company’s announcement to support crypto assets at the end of October. Paypal’s New Relationship With Crypto Assets On October 21, 2020, the payment firm Paypal announced that it would soon support bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), bitcoin cash...
The ‘Undo Button’ Wallet Tool Gives Users the Ability to Reverse Ethereum Transactions
On Thursday, November 12, 2020, the blockchain firm Kirobo launched a tool that allows users to reverse ethereum transactions. Similarly to the replace-by-fee (RBF) protocol leveraged by bitcoin users, ethereum transactions can be reversed as well with Kirobo’s “Undo Button” supported by Metamask or any wallet that supports walletconnect. The two top blockchain assets, in terms of market capitalization, have features that allow users...
A New Bitcoin Mining Pool Claims It Has Tools to Censor Blockchain Transactions
A blockchain and technology company claims its new bitcoin mining pool is embedded with tools that enable the pool to censure transactions in the blocks they mine. According to a statement issued by the DMG, the parent company to Blockseer mining pool, this ability allows the latter to “exceed” the compliance requirements of the U.S. Government’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The mining pool’s ability to filter or censor...
Popular Pirate Sites ‘Disappear’ From DuckDuckGo’s Top Search Results
Over the past few years the entertainment industries have repeatedly asked search engines to step up their game when it comes to their anti-piracy efforts. In addition to processing takedown notices, Google and Bing are now also actively working with rightsholders to take more proactive measures. Takedown+ Google, for example, downranks sites for which it regularly receives valid takedown notices. This isn’t new but this year the...
