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Russia Takes Second Place Rank by Power Capacity in Crypto Mining, Reports
9.4.2023
Russia is now ranking second in terms of energy capacities engaged in the extraction of cryptocurrencies, new data suggests. Despite persisting regulatory uncertainty and the negative effects of sanctions, the amount of power devoted to the sector has been growing, reaching record highs this year....
Report: Only 37% Of Viewers Finished Amazon’s Lord Of The Rings TV Show, The Most Expensive In History
4.4.2023
Last year’s massively expensive Lord of the Rings show on Amazon, Rings of Power, had a lot of hype going into it. Yet after Amazon spent over $450 million on the lavish production, a report claims that fewer than half of the viewers who watched the first episode finished the entire series. Read...
Tax Benefits for Bitcoin Businesses in Belarus Extended Until 2025
1.4.2023
Tax exemptions for companies and individuals legally working with cryptocurrencies in Belarus will remain in place until Jan. 1, 2025. A new presidential decree extends the tax cuts introduced in 2018 when the executive power in Minsk legalized crypto activities such as mining and trading. Belarus...
Ripple CEO Slams SEC Chair Gensler for Dictating Which Crypto Tokens Are Securities
1.4.2023
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has slammed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler for claiming that he has the authority to determine which crypto tokens are securities, rather than relying on the legislation that governs his agency’s power. “It’s time...
Crypto Exchange Aggregator 1inch Proposes Diluting Some Insiders' Voting Power
31.3.2023
A proposed governance shakeup would greatly reduce the amount of voting power accumulated by core contributors, investors and other insiders
BRICS Emerges as the World’s Largest GDP Bloc, Propelled by China’s Rapid Expansion
31.3.2023
BRICS, a set of countries grouped as an alternative to the G7, is now the world’s largest gross domestic product (GDP) bloc, taking purchasing power parity into account, according to reports from Acorn Macro Consulting. Powered By China’s growth, the group now contributes 31.5% to...
Coinbase Urges Creation of Stablecoins That Preserve Purchasing Power Amid Dispute with SEC
28.3.2023
The US-based crypto exchange Coinbase is calling on developers to create a new and inflation-proof stablecoin for its own blockchain.
The call for the new type of stablecoin came in a blog post on Thursday where the exchange said it is “particularly interested in ‘flatcoins’ – stablecoins that...
Nvidia CTO Claims Cryptocurrencies are Useless: AI Chatbots a Better Use of Processing Power
27.3.2023
It is not unusual for tech giants to have strong opinions on emerging technologies, and Nvidia CTo Michael Kagan is no exception.
In a recent interview with The Guardian, Kagan dismissed cryptocurrencies as providing no real value to society, suggesting AI chatbots like ChatGPT are a better use...
Native and Mintbase power Supermoon Tower, ETH Denver’s most attended event
27.3.2023
Supermoon headed a most-attended ETH Denver event at the Denver Clock Tower together with Native and Mintbase. This 3-day event featured panel discussions, workshops, and social networking events, all while enjoying beautiful views of Denver. The event kicked off with the Talent Protocol brunch,...
How TMS Network, Polygon, and NEAR Protocol are help to power the future of Web3 in 2023 & beyond?
24.3.2023
Web3 – a concept encompassing the internet of the future, has gained so much attention with protocols like Polygon (MATIC) and NEAR Protocol (NEAR) trooping in to push its mainstream adoption. As the world moves towards a decentralized future, TMS Network is leading the charge with...
Nexon and Polygon Supernets head over to power MapleStory Universe
22.3.2023
Polygon Labs has published an official blog post to announce that Nexon has selected Polygon Labs as a partner. The goal is to increase MapleStory Universe’s in-game economy and fuel its blockchain ecosystem. Nexon intends to achieve the goals by developing a specialized...
Several Crypto Mining Operations Busted in Russia
19.3.2023
Authorities and power utilities in various Russian regions have shut down illegal crypto mining farms, seizing hardware and taking operators to court. The action against the coin minting facilities comes amid discussions on a proposal to introduce criminal liability for miners breaking the upcoming...
How Effective Altruism Power Brokers Helped Make Sam Bankman-Fried
17.3.2023
Space and Time X Wemade: A step to power gaming services
15.3.2023
Microsoft backs Wemade and Time & Space, with the latter receiving the strategic funding of $20 million in September 2022 and Wemade having acquired $46 million in November 2022. Another common aspect between the two is the strategic partnership that they have announced recently. Wemade,...
Final Fantasy 16 Devs Say Only PS5 Can Handle The Game’s Combat
13.3.2023
Maybe you were wondering why Final Fantasy XVI, Square Enix’s highly anticipated action RPG, will only be available on PlayStation 5 when it launches on June 22. Well, according to Square Enix, it’s because of “the power of PlayStation 5" that lets the team achieve next-gen (when do we call...
South African Rand Plunges to New 2023 Low Versus the US Dollar
12.3.2023
Just a few weeks after tapping its best exchange rate versus the greenback in 2023, the South African rand fell to a new 2023 low of 18.636 local currency units for every dollar on March 7. South Africa’s power shortages as well as the country’s recent grey-listing by the Financial...
CBDCs threaten our future, so it’s time to take a stand
9.3.2023
Central bank digital currencies will give governments around the globe unprecedented power to surveil (and control) your financial activity
India-Russia Oil Deals Chip Away at Dollar Dominance in International Trade
8.3.2023
On Wednesday, Reuters reported that Western sanctions on Russia and oil trading between Moscow and India have started to erode the dollar’s decades-old dominance of international oil trade. The oil deals between India and Russia have been settled in other currencies, putting the U.S....
Creating a Clock with the New CSS sin() and cos() Trigonometry Functions
8.3.2023
CSS trigonometry functions are here! Well, they are if you’re using the latest versions of Firefox and Safari, that is. Having this sort of mathematical power in CSS opens up a whole bunch of possibilities. In this tutorial, I thought …
Creating a Clock with the New CSS sin() and cos()...
Solidus – Invest in the Future
8.3.2023
PRESS RELEASE. It is incredible to see the utilisation of AI in every industry in some shape or form, but above all else, companies such as ChatGPT or DALL-E that are able to respond to millions of requests within a matter of seconds provide a clear illustration of the amount of processing...