North American bitcoin miner, Hut 8, said it mined 148 bitcoins, or 36% coins less in April than it did in March. Hut 8 primarily attributes the decrease in the number of mined bitcoins to the relocation of its proprietary miners, which were previously…
GoMining Secures Bitscale Capital Backing to Accelerate Its NFT-Based Bitcoin Mining Operation
PRESS RELEASE. British Virgin Islands / Wednesday / GoMining, the infrastructure company easing access to Bitcoin mining with its Liquid Bitcoin Hashrate protocol, has raised $3 million through a direct investment from Bitscale Capital, a top internati…
Worldcoin CEO Met With Argentine Government Officials Amidst Ongoing Probes
Alex Blania, CEO of Tools For Humanity, the company behind Worldcoin, recently traveled to Argentina and met with high-profile officials of President Milei’s administration. The objective behind these meetings would be to clarify this projectR…
Australian Tax Office Seeks Personal, Transaction Details from 1.2 Million Cryptocurrency Users
The Australian Tax Office reportedly has requested that cryptocurrency exchanges share both personal and transaction details of as many as 1.2 million cryptocurrency users. The revenue collector recognized that some users are fulfilling their tax oblig…
US Sanctions Lockbit Leader in Ransomware Crackdown
On May 7, the U.S. announced sanctions against Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a key figure in the Lockbit ransomware group. The U.S., alongside international allies including the UK and Australia, has taken coordinated measures to curb the activities of t…
Bitcoin Lightning Network Infrastructure Provider Mash Is Shutting Down Its Current Version
In a recent announcement, Mash, a provider of Bitcoin Lightning Network infrastructure, has decided to shut down its current version. This comes nearly two years after Mash successfully closed a $6 million seed round in June 2022 to build out its usage…
Nigerian SEC to ‘Delist’ Local Currency From P2P Crypto Trading Platforms
The Director General of Nigeria’s Securities Regulator has announced plans to delist the local currency from peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platforms in the coming days. He insisted that the decision to delist the naira aims to eliminate the manip…
Elon Musk Meets President Milei, Reccomends to Invest in Argentina
Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla and Spacex, called to invest in Argentina after meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei. Musk and Milei met for the second time in less than a month after Milei participated in the Milken I…
P2P XMR Exchange Localmonero/Agoradesk Announces Closure After Seven Years of Operation
In a recent announcement, Localmonero/Agoradesk, a popular platform for trading monero (XMR), has decided to wind down its operations after nearly seven years. The decision, influenced by a mix of internal and external factors, initiates a six-month wi…
MIT Will No Longer Require Faculty Candidates to Write Diversity Statements
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced that faculty candidates will no longer be asked to provide diversity statements during the application process.
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