Coincards.com 6 days ago

A man pleaded guilty to copying gift card numbers off store racks and putting the cards back for shoppers to buy. 134 cards in his car. Skip the rack. Pay with Bitcoin, get your code. https://coincards.com Source:

https://www.firstalert4.com

Man seeking asylum admits to nationwide gift card fraud

A Chinese national pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in St. Louis to nationwide gift card fraud.

Coincards.com 6 days ago

A former FBI agent pleaded guilty to stealing about $2.5M in crypto from investigation wallets. The people who seize coins can also walk them out the door. Source:

Decrypt

Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $2.5M in Crypto From 35 Investigations - Decrypt

Patrick Yaroch drained wallets using credentials the FBI had collected, then asked ChatGPT for advice on starting a new life in Europe.

Coincards.com 6 days ago

Gopax froze deposits, withdrawals and trading after a hack threat email, then shoved assets to cold storage. Your wallet doesn't need a ticket queue. Hold your keys. Spend your sats. Live on Bitcoin. 🟧 Source:

Yonhap News Agency

GOPAX suspends withdrawals following hacking threats | Yonhap News Agency

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean cryptocurrency exchange GOPAX said Friday it had su...

Coincards.com 6 days ago

They put the anti-Bitcoin senator in charge of the committee that writes the rules. Cool. We'll be over here buying groceries with sats while they book another hearing. No permission slip required. Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/regulation-and-legal/elizabeth-warren-senate-banking-chair-crypto/

Coincards.com 1 week ago

Bull Bitcoin just made Payjoin the default on every on-chain trade. Privacy as the default, not a buried toggle. Spending instead? Payjoin is already on for Bitcoin purchases at https://coincards.com. Privacy is not a crime. 🟧

Payjoin Trading: Buy and Sell Bitcoin With Payjoin

Bull Bitcoin is the first exchange to offer Payjoin by default. Every on-chain trade from BULL Wallet is a Payjoin, and buying consolidates your UT...

Coincards.com 1 week ago

One day your bank says your savings are safe. The next day: app gone, cards gone, life savings frozen, and you're waiting on a central bank payout schedule to get a slice back. Nobody can freeze keys you actually hold. No bank required. Live on Bitcoin. 🟧

Coincards.com 1 week ago

Remember, remember the fifth of November. Questioning the system is one thing. Building an alternative is another. Bitcoin gives us a way to do more than question the status quo. We can build, run, support, and use something different. Freedom doesn't defend itself.

Coincards.com 1 week ago

ECB: the digital euro will have "cash-like privacy." Translation: the people who print the money would also like full access to your wallet. Hard pass. Your keys, your business. Source:

European Central Bank

Shaping the future of money

The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price...

Coincards.com 1 week ago

Today's timeline: "why does nobody actually spend Bitcoin?" Also today: Block's filing shows it gave up half its Bitcoin profit by cutting fees to get people spending. We've been on the spending side since 2014. Live on Bitcoin. 🟧 Source:

Bitcoin Magazine

Block (XYZ) Sets Aside $764 Million For DOJ Settlement

Block agreed in principle to a $764 million deferred-prosecution deal over anti-money-laundering failures at Cash App, a sum that exceeds its $566 ...

Coincards.com 1 week ago

France's National Assembly just voted to make people declare self-custody wallets worth €100k+. Skip it and fines run up to €10,000. Not law yet. A government list of who holds their own keys. What could go wrong? Live on Bitcoin. 🟧 Source: https://cryptoast.fr/plus-de-100-000-e-en-crypto-des-deputes-veulent-que-vous-declariez-vos-wallets/

Coincards.com 1 week ago

Heads up: several of the biggest gift card networks are having redemption problems. Some cards may not open or show a code yet. It's not just us. It's upstream, industry-wide. Hang on to your card. Support is on it.

Coincards.com 1 week ago

Our Tor site is off for now. 🧅 It got hit with 100+ fake orders and contact form spam, and Tor traffic skips the protection that keeps our clearnet site clean. We'll reassess once the attacks slow down and we can harden tor a bit. 🟧

Coincards.com 1 week ago

Halloween's barely over, and we're already talking Christmas shipping. 🎃🎄 Yeah, we know. Ordering physical gift cards from us? Canada and U.S. shipping deadlines start December 11. Give yourself extra time and some peace of mind. https://coincards.com/holiday-shipping-2026

Coincards.com 1 week ago

To whoever's pointing AI bots at our Tor site: We built the .onion for privacy, not for your scraper farm. Stop attacking it or we pull the plug. Your call. Live on Bitcoin. 🟧

Coincards.com 1 week ago

Stop holding. Start spending. Gift cards paid in Bitcoin, on-chain or over Lightning. Any fees shown before you pay. No bank in the middle. Real humans on support. Since 2014. Follow for the sats-spending life. Live on Bitcoin. 🟧 https://coincards.com

Coincards.com 1 week ago

3 a.m. in Paraguay. One switch. About 3 million Ueno Bank customers woke up to dead cards, dead ATMs and no transfers. Funds frozen for up to 15 days. Bitcoin doesn't have a 3 a.m. switch. Live on Bitcoin. 🟧 Source: https://apnews.com/article/paraguay-ueno-digital-bank-seizure-santiago-pena-9d7521ddee45a185d2618c7e09a243a3

Coincards.com 1 week ago

Bitcoin doesn't maintain itself. Developers write and review code. People run nodes. Businesses build services. Individuals choose to use them. Freedom isn't something we achieve once and forget about. It takes participation to keep it alive.

Coincards.com 1 week ago

Paying with something other than Bitcoin? Some coins now go through a third-party swap service that converts them to BTC. The swap fee is already included in the amount shown, and the rate is fixed while your invoice is open. FAQ + updated Terms: https://coincards.com/frequently-asked-questions/

Coincards.com 1 week ago

Chainalysis confirms an attacker took customer names and emails this month. Nobody deserves that. But remember: their tracing software helped send Roman Sterlingov to prison, and it was never independently validated. Scrutiny should go both ways. 🟧 https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/security-incident-october-30/

Coincards.com 1 week ago

18 years ago today, Satoshi published the Bitcoin White Paper. Nine pages introduced an idea that people around the world would go on to build, test, challenge, and improve. Bitcoin didn't stop at the White Paper. Neither did the people behind it.