Mumbai International Airport faced a bomb threat via email on Thursday, with the sender demanding a $1 million Bitcoin payment within 48 hours to prevent an explosion in Terminal 2, as reported by Mumbai police.
F2Pool, a prominent Asian Bitcoin mining pool, appears to be enforcing U.S. sanctions by selectively filtering transactions from wallets identified on the OFAC blacklist.
In the cryptocurrency arena, John Diton and Justin Bons have sparked a debate over Bitcoin's potential. Justin criticizes prime cryptocurrency for its numerous technical limitations, believing that it's been eclipsed by other crypto projects.
Bitcoin advocate Javier Milei has secured victory in Argentina's presidential elections. Milei, a vocal critic of Argentina's central bank, blames its economic handling for the 140% annual inflation rate of the Argentine peso over the past year.
An anonymous hacker group has reportedly compromised Coin Cloud, a Bitcoin ATM operator that declared bankruptcy earlier this year.
