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·Dec 15, 2022

Recover your Bitcoin in Breadwallet (BRD)

I, like many others, was a big fan of Breadwallet (later called BRD), an easy to use bitcoin wallet for iOS and Android. I like, many others, was deeply disappointed when the “SPV” wallet bricked itself on short notice, surprising its users with an imminent “Coinbase” takeover. To recover their…

Bitcoin

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Recover your Bitcoin in Breadwallet (BRD)
Recover your Bitcoin in Breadwallet (BRD)
Bitcoin

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Bitcoin Bytes

·Mar 31, 2022

Metaverse Land Shortage Intensifies as Developers Scramble for Virtual Plots

The Metaverse, a mystical place of bits and bytes considered the promised land for woes of the Generation Z, is grappling with a terrible land shortage as boomer financial institutions and millennial crypto venture firms have arrived on April 1 to scoop up its prime real estate. “I’ve been able…

Nft

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Metaverse Land Shortage Intensifies as Developers Scramble for Virtual Plots
Metaverse Land Shortage Intensifies as Developers Scramble for Virtual Plots
Nft

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Bitcoin Bytes

·Mar 24, 2022

Book Review: The Cryptopians

The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze is an incredibly well researched and detailed account of Ethereum’s early days, with a strong focus on Ethereum and the DAO being conceptionalized, built and marketed. Well worth reading! I’ve ordered the book right as it…

Ethereum

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Book Review: The Cryptopians
Book Review: The Cryptopians
Ethereum

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·May 21, 2021

Consultation Response Summary

On 21 May 2021, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau published the results of its public consultation regarding the regulation of cryptocurrency exchanges in Hong Kong. You can find our commentary on the proposal here, and the response of the Bitcoin Association and its members here. The move comes…

Bitcoin

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Consultation Response Summary
Consultation Response Summary
Bitcoin

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·Apr 1, 2021

Hong Kong SFC to require negative Covid-19 test to buy Bitcoin under revised FATF guidelines

Following the release of newly revised FATF guidelines the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) revealed on 1 April the introduction of new rules for prospective Bitcoin buyers. Starting immediately, licensed funds, exchanges and institutional investors will need to submit a PCR test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 less…

Bitcoin

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Hong Kong SFC to require negative Covid-19 test to buy Bitcoin under revised FATF guidelines
Hong Kong SFC to require negative Covid-19 test to buy Bitcoin under revised FATF guidelines
Bitcoin

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·Jan 20, 2021

Public Consultation on Legislative Proposals

On 3 November 2020, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) together with the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) announced a proposal to establish a mandatory licensing regime for cryptocurrency exchanges, and to prevent non-institutional investors from buying or selling Bitcoin. I encourage you all to take…

Bitcoin

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Public Consultation on Legislative Proposals
Public Consultation on Legislative Proposals
Bitcoin

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·Nov 4, 2020

Hong Kong takes steps to restrict Bitcoin access for end users

Scooped by the FTSB, but keeping with his 2018 and 2019 traditions, SFC Chief Executive and IOSCO Board Chair Ashley Alder announced at Fintech Week his intentions to further expand the SFC’s authority and introduce a mandatory licensing regime for ‘Virtual Asset’ platforms. While not strictly opposing the idea of…

Bitcoin

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Hong Kong takes steps to restrict Bitcoin access for end users
Hong Kong takes steps to restrict Bitcoin access for end users
Bitcoin

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·Apr 22, 2020

Bitcoin halving facts

One of Bitcoin’s primary selling points has been its finite supply. Akin to gold, a limited amount of Bitcoin can ever reach circulation, and nothing on this world can change that. To continue the gold analogy, some Bitcoin are in circulation, while others have yet to be mined. We know…

Bitcoin

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Bitcoin halving facts
Bitcoin halving facts
Bitcoin

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·Apr 15, 2020

Blockchains are Cargo Cults

[This article was originally published on 7 September 2016] During World War II numerous indigenous people of the islands of the Pacific Ocean, who previously had no contact with other civilizations, suddenly witnessed history’s most devastating and hitherto technologically advanced war being fought right on their door steps. Japanese and…

Blockchain

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Blockchains are Cargo Cults
Blockchains are Cargo Cults
Blockchain

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·Apr 5, 2020

Life with SARS-CoV-2

SARS-CoV-2 (SARS-2), the virus causing Covid-19, has spread to pandemic levels. This health crisis will likely become the defining moment of the 3rd decade of the 21st century, if not that of an entire generation. …

Covid-19

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Life with SARS-CoV-2
Life with SARS-CoV-2
Covid-19

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Leo Weese 獅 草地

Leo Weese 獅 草地

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Passionate about privacy, encryption, bitcoin and the everlasting Hong Kong thriller. PGP/OTR please!

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