Having read the court documents I linked above, there is no mention anywhere about the terrorists attempting to mix, coinjoin, or otherwise obfuscate their coins in this case. A number of addresses were identified as they were openly soliciting donations to these addresses, these addresses tended to consolidate the donations to one central address, and then that central address sent directly to exchanges and gift card sellers.

So unless ISIS et all have been using Coinbase or exchanges regulated by the US, how exactly does the DOJ attempt to seize private keys from these organisations? Waterboard their Ledgers? Find it hard to believe most of the addresses were stored on exchanges. I saw the Hamas site asking for donations and they were NOT using exchange wallets. I think these Telegram channels aren't actually associated with the orgs, and just scammers. Then again, maybe people aren't as smart as they're supposed to be.

I think many people today are a little embarrassed by the statements they have made in the past about Bitcoin and may learn something from this experience. If you don't understand something and you don't have enough knowledge about it, it's better not to even comment on it, because sooner or later that statement may seem very strange, to say the least. The specific statement even mentions the collapse of online gambling, and it seems to me that it is a very profitable industry today - especially when people cannot visit physical casinos.

Now we can only wonder who is next on the list of those who will change their minds when it comes to Bitcoin.

Exactly. With two more 51% attacks taking place this year, it shows that developers have no interest in providing a solution against them. By now, Ethereum Classic should've had some sort of mechanism that would protect it from further network disruptions. Other cryptocurrencies like Komodo and Dash have taken the initiative to protect themselves from 51% attacks, so why the ETC project hasn't done so already? As long as developers don't care about the security of the underlying Blockchain network, ETC won't be going anywhere. I'd expect prices to go down the drain if this continues.

In the bright side, anyone can fork the ETC project in order to make a better version from it. That's thanks to its open source and decentralized nature. The competing hard fork could topple ETC's place on the market, if it manages to tackle the issues of 51% attacks while at the same time "honoring" its "Code is Law" vision. There are so many competitors out there on the market, which are far better than ETC nowadays. With ETC "mirroring" ETH in terms of smart contract compatibility, why would anyone choose it on top of the main ETH blockchain? I think ETC will have very low prices in the long term (even with its limited supply) due to its low mainstream adoption and high security risks. Unless developers and the community make ETC great again, the cryptocurrency will remain under the radar of many investors and traders alike. Just my thoughts

This story is LITERALLY one of the biggest nothing burgers ever.

Look up Crypto FUD in the dictionary, and you will find a link to this story.

It's a story. We are talking .1% of supply could be delayed uncle's or cousins or whatever.

Saying this cast Ethereum in ANY kind of negative light is bullshit.

This whole "ether supply can't be counted" is smoke and mirrors people.

Oldest trick in the book...blatant misleading FUD by those that want to help whatever coin is in their bag that's competing with ETH.... point blank

Do you really believe that those hackers would took off the bait and would follow on what you had insisted? In most cases they are the ones who would demand on what would be the
payment terms on said ransom.They arent just dumb to make use of Coinbase to let themselves being traced but rather they would give out a specific own address and wouldnt mind on how they do convert it to cash.
since the company is on the side which would need to follow on whats being instructed then they wont have any choice but to follow if they are really that serious on getting those keys because they do know that
whats on stake if they dont agree with the terms.They wont just have a minimal financial damage if they do just skip and let it go this is why they are really willing to pay up the ransom..Just always have the doubt if those
hackers will really be that honest with the deal or would simply ask out again for money even though they had already given the 4M usd.

At least there was the word can.

And I agree with them. Various countries are now starting to do away with cash, that is, cash referring to bank notes and coins. Cards and online payments are now taking over commerce, not only due to convenience but also due to cash being prone to be used in illegal transactions.

Well, since the advent of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, the word cash should now evolve and include in its meaning its electronic or digital versions.

I believe the most accurate way to check the current supply of the coin is by using desktop wallet directly.
Open the console and write a command there, in Bitcoin the command i think 'gettxoutsetinfo'
It will shows something like this :
{
  "height": 643150,
  ...
  "total_amount": 18457180
}

Aeon is a speculative investment since 99.9% of anyone who owns the coin are not spending it, only holding or trading.

Bitcoin is being used, integrated, and speculatively held on a daily basis. Bitcoin will also be around in its usable state until supply is exhausted, someone breaks sha256, or finds a severe security flaw that rendered the chain useless.

Most crypto coins with a tail emission could, and probably will, become obsolete soon after tail emissions kicks in and miners realize there is close to zero incentive to continue supporting the chain and it eventually dies off well before bitcoin can. The only way any cryptocurrency on tail emissions could survive was if the value increased exponentially to create financial incentives to continue mining operations. One of the reasons a specific project made an incredibly gigantic supply so it could literally never run out of supply in the developers lifetime.

Biden has selected his running mate and judging by the odds movements (there are always people with some insider information), it will be Susan Rice - he will announce it later today, lets see. Unfortunately I can't access the Betfair charts (if someone can, please post a screenshot here), but in the last screenshot I took end of July, Rice was 5+. In a screenshot from April, she isn't visible so must have been 30+. Good bet missed

Edit: Well he picked Harris actually