This is the Forward’s coverage of cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin and other digital currencies.
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Opinion Antisemitism is no longer just an ideology — it’s an economic model
Regulation, not education, is needed to combat the new economy of hate fueled by AI
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Culture You can now buy the bible in NFT form. But why would you want to?
Perhaps you’re deep into cryptocurrency and blockchain technology and know exactly what a non-fungible token is. Or maybe you, like me, barely know what any of those words mean, but have a vague sense that dudes in a certain kind of bar love to talk your ear off about bitcoin and that NFTs are some…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazis Embraced Bitcoin To Support Trolling – Now They’re Raking In Profits
If you’re a vocal neo-Nazi or well-known sympathizer with white nationalists, chances are you’ve been fired from your job and blocked by online, peer-to-peer payment systems like PayPal and Apple Pay. So how do you support your hateful lifestyle? With Bitcoin, of course. The boom-and-bust originator of cryptocurrencies has seen wide adoption by leading white…
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Fast Forward Israel Refuses To Recognize Bitcoin As Currency
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s central bank said on Monday it would not recognize virtual currencies such as bitcoin as actual currency and that it was difficult to devise regulations to monitor the risks of such activity to the country’s banks and their clients. Deputy Governor Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg said there had been public complaints Israeli banks…
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Fast Forward This Is BitCoen, The First ‘Kosher’ Crypto-Currency
A Russian entrepreneur has unveiled a “kosher” cryptocurrency called BitCoen. In two months, when BitCoen has its “initial coin offering,” the cryptocurrency will join the ranks of Bitcoin, Ethereum and more than 900 other digital currencies that are traded directly between investors over the internet. The project is the brainchild of Viacheslav Semenchuk, a self-described…
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Fast Forward Is A Palestinian Bitcoin On The Way?
Palestinians are planning to create a Bitcoin-style currency that would help the Palestinian economy operate independently of Israeli influence. According to a report in Reuters, the Palestine Monetary Authority is designing the currency, which would be called the Palestinian pound. It aims to have the currency in use in the next five years. The PMA…
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Fast Forward Bomb Threat Suspect, Named Michael Kaydar, Used Bitcoin, Google Voice
(JTA) — The Israeli-American suspected of perpetrating more than 100 bomb threats against Jewish institutions used technologies including Google Voice, a call forwarding service, and Bitcoin, a digital currency, to make the threats. According to an article in The Daily Beast, the 19-year-old suspect’s name is Michael Kaydar. Israel’s anti-fraud squad arrested Kaydar at his home in…
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News Bitcoin’s Bad Week: Currency Crashed, Stolen — and Declared Unkosher
The global value of the Bitcoin — a digital currency invented in 2008 — has dropped nearly 30% in the last two days. The crash was likely caused by revelations that hackers stole 119,756 bitcoins — worth about $65 million at present prices — from the computer system of Bitfinex, a Bitcoin exchange based in…
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