Whale accumulates $118M in Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) amid controversy
The whale acquired 347 Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) within just 12 hours on August 19. BitGo plans to transfer control of WBTC to a joint venture involving itself, BiT Global, and the Tron ecosystem. Coinbase has hinted at launching its own wrapped Bitcoin token, dubbed “cbBTC.” An unidentified whale has been rapidly accumulating Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), […]
Ocean Mining denies censorship allegations amidst Bitcoin transaction controversy
Bitcoin wallet provider Samourai Wallet accuses Ocean mining pool of censoring transactions. Ocen Mining was specifically accused of censoring Whirlpool CoinJoin and BIP47 notification transactions. Ocean’s founder, Luke Dashjr, denies intentional censorship, attributing the issue to a bug in Samourai Wallet’s software. In a recent twist within the cryptocurrency space, one of the Bitcoin wallet […]