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Venezuelan Devs Were Jailed for Hacking Exchange Tied to Controversial Petro. Blockchain Data Cleared Them

The Venezuelan court agreed to take a look at CipherBlade’s report. Based on the investigation’s findings, in January 2021, over a month after the developer duo were detained, the court granted Mendoza and Diaz conditional freedom. In August 2021, the court officially dismissed all charges against them, according to an

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Trezor removes controversial address verification protocol, other wallets follow suit

Since 2019, Swiss financial crypto intermediaries have required proof of ownership of an external wallet's address for Bitcoin withdrawals and deposits to their customers' non-custodial wallets. One automated mechanism used for this is the Address Ownership Proof Protocol, or AOPP.  The Trezor hardware wallet introduced AOPP signing as part of its

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El Salvador Prepares Regulatory Framework To Issue Controversial Bitcoin Bonds

Will the plan work? Soon, the Bitcoin Bonds will get the legal foundation they need. In a recent TV interview Alejandro Zelaya, El Salvador’s Finance Minister, said they will send the necessary bills to Congress. Soon. Reportedly, El Salvador will initially issue $1B worth of bonds, which will have a

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