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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele Announces Construction of Vet Hospital With Bitcoin Trust Funds
11.10.2021
Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, announced yesterday he will start using surplus funds from the country’s bitcoin trust. Part of the $4 million excedent will be invested in a vet hospital that will offer different services for the pets of Salvadoran citizens. Bukele explained this...
Salvadoran Court of Accounts to Investigate Government’s Bitcoin ATM Buys, Chivo Kiosk Construction
17.9.2021
According to reports stemming from the Salvadoran Court of Accounts, the regulatory body is planning to investigate the government’s bitcoin automated teller machine (ATM) purchases and Chivo kiosk construction. The investigation follows the recent protest in El Salvador against the adoption...
SIMBA Offers PrairieDog Blockchain Tools for Construction Solution
9.9.2021
PrairieDog, a cutting-edge construction innovation hub and technology supplier, is excited at the prospect of more building activity in the US after releasing the infrastructure investment bill. The company started working with Blockchain pioneer SIMBA Chain in August 2021 to develop smart contract...
Chinese Banks Seek New Applications for Digital Yuan in Investment and Insurance
1.9.2021
Two Chinese banks are expanding their pilot programs for the digital national fiat. The state-owned financial institutions have revealed they are aiming to allow digital yuan holders to acquire investment funds and insurance products using the new currency. Chinese Banks Partner With Fund Managers...
Homeowners Offered Crypto-Backed Loans to Finance Home Improvement Projects
15.8.2021
As buying a home is by itself a serious investment, homeowners often lack the cash to fund further improvements to their property. While traditional bank loans are not as easily available, a new partnership now offers crypto holders to use their digital assets as collateral and instantly borrow...
Brian Armstrong Meets With Fed Chair Jerome Powell – ‘US Needs to Be a Major Crypto Player to Stay Relevant’
4.7.2021
According to Jerome Powell’s conference calendar, the CEO of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, met with the Federal Reserve chairman and former House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan to speak about the implications of digital currencies. The meeting’s details are unclear but most of...
Minecraft Alpha 1.1.1, An Extremely Rare Version, Was Finally Found After 10+ Years Of Searching
26.6.2021
Since it was released back in 2009, Minecraft has been updated many, many, many times. Over the years, fans have started working together to find these past versions. Most have been easy to find. But one version, Alpha 1.1.1, was thought to be completely lost until a random tweet from a decade...
Cuban Central Bank Issues Warning on the Rising Number of Crypto-Related Ponzi Cases
19.5.2021
Cuba has witnessed some exciting times in the last few months as far as nationwide digital currency acceptance, but the road toward this goal is still under construction. The country’s central bank recently issued a warning about the rising number of cryptocurrency-related scam cases across...
Someone Created An Evil Minecraft Mod That Camouflages Creepers
25.4.2021
Most mods I download or see add helpful features or neat new elements, like a cool weapon or better sound effects. However, not all mods are helpful or fun. Some mods are downright evil, like this new Minecraft mod that uses different textures to hide Creepers based on what biome they are in. Read...
Minecraft Caves & Cliffs Split In Two, Partially Delayed
14.4.2021
Citing the ambitious nature of the gameworld-changing update along with the current state of the real world, Mojang today announced it’s splitting Minecraft’s Caves & Cliffs update into two parts. Part one will be out this summer as planned, with the second half coming during the holiday...
Akon City 2: Akon Unveils Plan to Build Second Futuristic Cryptocurrency City in Africa
11.4.2021
Another futuristic cryptocurrency city will be built in Africa, Senegalese-American star Akon has announced. The government of Uganda will make land available to him for the construction of the new crypto city. The akoin cryptocurrency will be used in the city, similar to how it will be in Akon...
Chill City-Builder Forever
29.3.2021
Life is hard. Sometimes games are hard, and that just reminds me that life is hard, and then everything feels too damn hard. Not early access city-builder Dorfromantik, though. That game is just the right amount of chill.Read more
The Latest LEGO Minecraft Building Kits Are 20% off at Amazon
18.3.2021
LEGO Minecraft The Pig House | $40 | AmazonLEGO Minecraft The Trading Post | $16 | AmazonLEGO Minecraft The Abandoned Mine | $16 | AmazonLEGO Minecraft The Bee Farm | $16 | AmazonRead more
The First Character You Meet In Half-Life Is Gus The Forklift Driver
8.2.2021
You probably know Gordon Freeman is, the silent protagonist of the Half-Life games. And I’m guessing you know other Half-Life characters, like Alyx Vance, Dr. Kliner, the mysterious G-Man, and Barney. But a recent YouTube video pays homage to the very first character you encounter in Half-Life:...
Terraria Dev Cancels Stadia Port Over Being Shut Out Of Google Accounts
8.2.2021
The sprawling 2D world-crafting game Terraria has been ported almost everywhere. One place it won’t be going? Stadia. At least according to one of its creators who recently took to Twitter to cancel the streaming version of the game after—he says—Google locked him out of all of his accounts.Read...
Ukraine to Set up a Large-Scale Crypto Mining Data Center in a Nuclear Power Plant
30.1.2021
Ukraine’s government-owned nuclear power plant picked a firm to build a massive data center in Rivne for cryptocurrency mining operations. After a bidding process, Energoatom chose Kyiv Energy Construction Company to handle the nuclear plant crypto mining project. Nuclear Power Plant Operator...
Minecraft Has a New Sustainable City Map to Explore
29.1.2021
Mojang Studios released a free sustainability city map on Thursday that teaches players how to create a sustainable environment in the real world by exploring a virtual one. The focus is on educating students on how things like recycling plants and clean energy work, while being fun...
Someone Turned A Terraria Map Into An Evangelion Holding A Warship
19.1.2021
Terraria doesn’t get the same level of fanfare as Minecraft, but its two dimensional crafting is nevertheless responsible from some truly impressive player-made creations of its own. Behold the latest: an Evangelion lifting a warship over its head.Read more
Someone Turned A Terraria Map Into An Evangelion Holding A Warship
19.1.2021
Terraria doesn’t get the same level of fanfare as Minecraft, but its two dimensional crafting is nevertheless responsible from some truly impressive player-made creations of its own. Behold the latest: an Evangelion lifting a warship over its head.Read more
China Construction Bank's blockchain bond efforts take a new direction
4.12.2020
After an earlier attempt, China Construction Bank has gone back to the drawing board with new partners and a new proof-of-concept for a blockchain-based bond