French Programmer Sent Bitcoin Donations to Far-Right Activists Who Participa...
A crypto forensic analysis reveals that a French donor sent over $500,000 worth of bitcoin (BTC) to far-right activists in the United States. The half-million dollars went to the groups that took part in the pro-Trump riots in the U.S. Capitol. Alt-Right Personalities and Websites Are Included on the List of Recipients According to Chainalysis, the unnamed donor sent 28.15 BTC (worth $522,000 at the transfer time) on Dec. 6, 2020, to 22 separate addresses in a single transaction. Per the report, many of those wallets belong to personalities tied to far-right activists in the U.S. Yahoo....
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The UK payment gateway company, Bitwage has won the French Tech Ticket competition and qualifies to join one of France’s top incubators. La French Tech. Described as the French Program For International Startups, the French Tech Ticket is a program designed for entrepreneurs from all over the world who want to create their startups in France. The main organizing group for this program is ‘la french tech’, which is a part of the French government that helps to develop French technology by either helping French entrepreneurs internationalize or choosing specific high growth potential....
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The last time SocGen and Bitcoin were "meaningfully" mentioned in a single sentence was in 2013, when its currency analyst Sebastian Galy penned a special note to their clients to explain the nature of the said digital currency. Since then, the France's third largest bank had kept its silence on such disruptive payment technologies. The self-inflicted jinx, though, seems to have broken with SocGen's recent classified advertisement, in which the bank is eventfully seeking a full-time programmer with previous experiences in Bitcoin, blockchain and similar FinTech technologies. The 12-month....