Hi,

I just discovered that Cryptocurrency ATM exist and since a "while" !

Here, it's a total blackout about it ! see https://coinatmradar.com/ and check how much there is in ~~France~~ Marconie you will get what I'm talking about..

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So the question, is how it work to buy or sell XMR ?
Is those machine require a ID proof ? If yes it's pointless..

U.S. prosecutors and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have officially closed their investigations into Polymarket, the decentralized, blockchain-powered prediction market platform where users bet with real cryptocurrency on the outcomes of future events.

The DOJ was investigating Polymarket last year, reportedly for allowing U.S. users to place bets on the site despite Polymarket being required to block U.S. traders

The FBI raided Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan's Manhattan apartment last November, seizing his phone and electronic devices. A source close to the matter told The New York Post it was politically motivated due to Polymarket's successful prediction of Trump's election win. It's "grand political theater at its worst," the source said. "They could have asked his lawyer for any of these things. Instead, they staged a so-called raid so they can leak it to the media and use it for obvious political reasons."

Abstract credit: https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/15/206217/us-prosecutors-close-probe-into-polymarket-betting-website

Can’t find an exchange or service that accepts GBP

I am interested in buying some PoS coin like Cardano's ADA.

I do not want the wallet to be tied to some browser. A simple desktop application would be best. If necessary CLI.

I am running NixOS.

I would like to remain completely anonymous.

What do you recommend?

All NFTs involve upfront gas fees, but OutfinityGift takes a different approach. It locks tokens called Points when creating an NFT, and if it doesn't sell, the Points can be reclaimed.

we will walk you through setting up a very powerful Monero server on TrueNAS. By completing these steps, you will be able to connect to your own self-hosted Monero node with the official Monero wallet and Cake Wallet, and you will be able to connect to your own self-hosted Monero LWS server with Edge Wallet and MyMonero.

Hello everyone,

I'm sorry if this was already asked but I can't find any answers to my specific question.

I know there are wallets that don't do KYC and are more privacy focused, at the same time there are wallets that have an IBAN number associated that can work like a normal bank account + a crypto wallet.

Is there any way or wallet that skips the invasive KYC identification processes, privacy focused, that allows me to have an online account with an IBAN that works like a normal bank account but also works with crypto and with low fees? Or am I asking for too much at this point? Lmao.

I just want my privacy, I'm not a criminal, I want to be able to receive money, get paid and all of that in my account without having to sell my personal info to banks.

cross-posted from: https://realbitcoin.cash/post/100363

BTC has a bug which allows people to write non-financial data to the chain. Instead of fixing the issue they will be allowing more data to be written. Mechanic is trying to fight it but he has already lost.

Poor guy is being gaslit by bad actors that control BTC.

Full context: https://youtu.be/gbQvU-woY14?t=3284

Would anyone advise me on my use case?

I am launching a paid service and would like to offer the option for customers to pay in crypto. I would likely want to regularly convert the crypto to GBP for day-to-day spending at the supermarket and suchlike, rather than hold it as an investment or trade in it. It will likely be fairly small amounts at a time and therefore low-risk.

What would be the easiest way for me to do this?

In March an executive order directed America's treasury secretary to create two stockpiles of crypto assets (to accompany already-existing "strategic reserves" of gold and foreign currencies). And the Washington Post notes these new stockpiles would include "cryptocurrency seized by federal agencies in criminal or civil proceedings." But how big would America's "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" be — and what other cryptocurrencies would the U.S. government hold in its "Digital Asset Stockpile"?

"New data on what crypto cash the U.S. government has seized may now provide some answers.

It suggests the crypto reserves will together hold more than $21 billion in cryptocurrency... The stockpile will be funded with whatever crypto assets the Treasury holds other than bitcoin, leaving the stockpile's composition to be largely determined by a mixture of chance and criminal conduct. That unconventional method for selecting government financial holdings had the benefit of making the reserves cost-neutral for the taxpayer.

It also provided a way to estimate what exactly might go into the two pools before results are released from an official accounting of U.S. crypto holdings that is underway.Because government seizures are disclosed in court documents, news releases and other sources, crypto-tracking firms can use those notices to monitor which digital assets the U.S. government holds. Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics firm, reviewed cryptocurrency wallets that appear to be associated with the U.S. government for The Washington Post. The company estimated how much bitcoin it holds, and the other crypto tokens in its top 20 digital holdings as of May 13, by tracking transactions involving those wallets.

The United States' top 20 crypto holdings according to Chainalysis are worth about $20.9 billion as of 3 p.m. Eastern on May 28, with $20.4 billion in bitcoin and about $493 million in other digital assets. It has been scooped up from crimes such as stolen funds, scams and sales on dark net markets. Those estimates put the U.S. government's top crypto holdings at less than the approximately $25 billion worth of oil held in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Their value is nearly double the Fed's listing for U.S. gold holdings, although that figure uses outdated pricing and would be over $850 billion at current prices...

The crypto tokens headed for the U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile according to the Chainalysis list include ethereum, the world's second-largest digital asset, and a string of other crypto tokens with punier name recognition. They include derivatives of bitcoin and ethereum that mirror those cryptocurrencies' prices, several stable coins designed to be pegged in value to the U.S. dollar, and 10 tokens tied to specific companies, including the cryptocurrency exchanges FTX, which imploded in 2022 after defrauding customers, and Binance.

Two U.S. states have already passed legislation creating their own cryptocurrency reserve funds, the article points out. But ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin complained to the Post in March that crypto's "original spirit...is about counterbalancing power" — including government and corporate power, and getting too close to "one particular government team" could conflict with its mission of decentralization and openness. And he's not the only one concerned:

Austin Campbell, a professor at New York University's business school and a principal at crypto advisory firm Zero Knowledge, sees hypocrisy in crypto enthusiasts cheering the government's strategic reserves. The bitcoin community in particular "has historically been about freedom from sovereign interference," he said.

Abstract credit: https://slashdot.org/story/442693

Former SEC Chair Gary Gensler is facing fresh scrutiny over his stance on crypto, after Patrick McHenry revealed that Gensler privately acknowledged the value of digital assets.

I'm new to this.I want to buy some crypto and store it on my phone or laptop. I'm buying crypto for online purchases and donations and not looking forward to trading. Which sites would you suggest for me to buy from and which wallets would you suggest?