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One of the largest bitcoin mining rig manufacturers in the world, Bitmain announced the launch of a new bitcoin miner that boasts speeds of up to 198 terahash per second … Read More
In a recent interview with Time Magazine, Ark Invest’s C.E.O Cathie Wood expressed her support for Bukele’s Bitcoin ideals, hitting out at his opponents for their claims, which according to … Read More
El Salvador’s leader recently met with the Turkish President. Amid talks of cooperation and investment, it is likely that the issue of Bitcoin might later be broached by Turkey’s government. … Read More
Bitcoin mining now appears highly sustainable in terms of energy consumption contrary to previous criticisms, with the latest data from the Bitcoin Mining Council showing that as much as 46% … Read More
After Bitcoin’s mining difficulty jumped to the highest value ever at 26.64 trillion, the overall hashrate slumped a hair due to the rise in difficulty and lower bitcoin price. This … Read More
Sneakmart, a French mobile application dedicated to streetwear, provides users with the opportunity to own virtual footwear through its Metakicks NFT mystery sneakers boxes. According to the team behind the … Read More
El Salvador’s leader recently met with the Turkish President. Amid talks of cooperation and investment, it is likely that the issue of Bitcoin might later be broached by Turkey’s government. … Read More
Once again, on Saturday, the Solana Status page confirmed rumors that there was a high number of transaction failures for the past 2 to 3 days after some of the … Read More
Alf protocol has lately signed several strategic partnerships with the VCs. Such partnerships will help drive the future development of the protocol. The Alf ecosystem will continue to improve with … Read More
Digital currency markets have slipped significantly in value during the last two weeks and the lower prices have not sparked higher trade volumes. Data shows cryptocurrency spot market volume has … Read More
Once again, on Saturday, the Solana Status page confirmed rumors that there was a high number of transaction failures for the past 2 to 3 days after some of the … Read More
Lulabop CEO Mina Yoo demonstrating the Heroclip at the 2016 GeekWire Summit in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) Heroclip, a unique gear-holding gadget invented by Seattle entrepreneur Mina … Read More
The value locked in decentralized finance (defi) has dropped 21.22% since January 4, 2022. At the time, the total value locked (TVL) in defi was $255.84 billion and today, the … Read More
The world is shrinking into a crystal ball of technology. Everything is bound by the web of the internet, our homes, schools, workplace, or a restaurant where we love to … Read More
Houbi Global, which is based in Seychelles, has been accused by lawyer Jonathan Levy of operating without accountability to any jurisdiction. The lawyer adds that the exchange’s physical address in … Read More
The Government of Zimbabwe has confirmed signing an agreement with Daedalus World Limited which enables the latter to collect taxes from crypto and other content providers. Zimbabwe’s Stance on Crypto … Read More
Bastyon.com is a social platform built on the Bitcoin foundation. It is decentralized with no central serve. Bastyon’s codebase is open source, and everything is governed by the users themselves. … Read More
Armenia is going to invite cryptocurrency miners to install their coin minting hardware in an old thermal power plant. The TPP will be decommissioned and the government intends to rent … Read More
Russia can legalize cryptocurrency mining and stablecoins backed by gold under government control, a high-ranking member of the Russian parliament has suggested. The statement comes after Bank of Russia proposed … Read More
The Ethereum Foundation, the non-profit dedicated to supporting the Ethereum blockchain and its ecosystem, allegedly cashed out a huge sum of ETH at the November top. The findings came to … Read More
The New York-based multinational investment management corporation Blackrock has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a blockchain tech exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Ishares blockchain tech … Read More
In the age of the smartphone, consumers carry a computer and virtual shopping cart in their pockets at all times. Never before has there been such an opportunity for retailers … Read More
One of the largest banks in the Philippines, Unionbank, is reportedly launching cryptocurrency trading and custodial services. “It’s a way to future-proof our banking business,” said a Unionbank executive. Philippines’ … Read More
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk has criticized Twitter for using its engineering resources to provide a non-fungible token (NFT) profile picture service. “Twitter is spending engineering resources on this … Read More
El Salvador bought the dip as the price of bitcoin plunged to a record low. President Nayib Bukele said Friday that his country has purchased 410 more bitcoins. The Salvadoran … Read More
Following the large string of block rewards from 2010 spent in November 2021, no block rewards from that year were discovered in December and throughout the next month up until … Read More
Crypto gains are not as good as they once were. The much-anticipated journey towards a more mature crypto space has been accompanied by a noticeable slide in the previously exponential … Read More
Company’s like Apple and Meta are leaving Samsung in the virtual dust. According to a new report by The Korea Herald, Samsung is steadily losing its position within the VR/AR … Read More
On this week’s episode of StartupNation Radio, Jeff Sloan talks with Digital Resource’s Shay Berman about how he built his company from the ground up and the importance of hiring … Read More
Exohood, a Decentralized Autonomous Organization, is building a new online financial platform by the end of the year. “ExoArato” is the application’s name, which will support payments and access to savings accounts, … Read More
The government of El Salvador will offer cryptocurrency-based loans to small companies. Conamype, the National Commission for Micro and Small Enterprises, will be the link between the investors and a … Read More
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. AngelList’s recently closed early-stage venture fund brings … Read More
A new continent-wide payment system that seeks to strengthen African fiat currencies, as well as to boost intra-Africa trade, recently went live. Discussions about onboarding more African countries are still … Read More
All reports and rumors point to a mixed reality headset on the horizon from Apple. But what Apple features do we want to see supported on this upcoming headset? Credit … Read More
3Space Art, a multi-chain NFT platform that places digital arts in physical spaces as a measure to boost their use in the real world to mainstream appeal, has announced the … Read More
Nordic network operator Telenor signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help expand its 5G core transformation, the telco said in a press release. Telenor said … Read More
Key Takeaways BTC accumulation addresses skyrocket to an all-time high even as the Bitcoin exchange balances plunge. The nation of El Salvador has been part of those accumulating. Market pundits … Read More
While crypto markets shed billions during the last seven days, non-fungible token asset sales are still up 81% since last week. Statistics indicate $4.7 billion in NFT sales were settled … Read More
Rejoice! Schell Games’ ace VR roguelite, Until You Fall, is getting its first update in well over a year very soon. The studio just teased version 1.3 of the game … Read More
This past year, many businesses completed mergers and acquisitions (M&A). In fact, between May and August, there were nearly 30 mega M&As – Microsoft acquired Nuance Communications, Apollo Funds acquired … Read More
Josh Berman Contributor Share on Twitter Josh Berman is president of C2C, an independent and vetted Google Cloud community with a unique pulse on the cloud market. The past two … Read More
Key Takeaways Regulated multi-asset exchange, Uphold lists Shiba Inu (SHIB). There are also rumors that Robinhood may list SHIB in February. While SHIB’s price has remained volatile, investors are optimistic … Read More
The price of bitcoin tapped a new low this year hitting $34K per unit at just after 5 a.m. (EST) on Saturday morning. Bitcoin is now down over 48% lower … Read More
A new fitness app for Meta Quest headsets is coming soon, this time associated with international gym and workout brand Les Mills. Les Mills Bodycombat appeared on the Quest store … Read More
2022 is ramping up to a buzzing year for the metaverse. Upcoming projects like Next Earth aim to usher in a new era of user-governed virtual worlds. Next Earth is … Read More
In algorithmic investing, investors use a company’s metrics to decide whether to participate in a deal. But when the art of choice is factored out, it becomes more difficult to … Read More
Banks in Russia are preparing to dive into the pilot phase of the digital ruble project and some are already testing transactions with the currency. Trials have started with customer-to-customer … Read More
Bitdefender, a cybersecurity and antivirus company, has detected BHUNT, a new kind of malware that targets cryptocurrency wallets via software installs. The malware works on top of installs of unsecured … Read More
A billionaire who successfully forecasted the bitcoin price aching sell-off to the $38K zone believes that the benchmark cryptocurrency will not be able to stage a meaningful recovery until the … Read More
The House is set to take an in-depth look into the environmental impacts of Bitcoin mining. The Memo cites the data provided by Statista and Digiconomist in arriving at the … Read More
