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People Are Losing Their Minds Because A Socialist Streamer Bought A House
20.8.2021
Truly we live in times. Climate change marches on unchecked. The pandemic still rages. Just yesterday someone made a bomb threat outside the White House calling for “revolution.” Oh, and today some people are freaking out because socialist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker apparently bought a nearly...
Satoshi Versus the ‘Infrastructure Bill’ — Political Permission Not Required
12.8.2021
When Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin white paper in October 2008, it likely wasn’t with the idea that governments and central banks needed to recognize, adopt, and regulate Bitcoin for everyone’s benefit. To the contrary, if anything can be taken away from that document and...
Fed chair met with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and former House speaker in May
2.7.2021
Armstrong said he had spoken about China’s central bank digital currency with lawmakers and heads of federal agencies, believing it to be "a threat to U.S. reserve currency status long term."
House committee reviews cryptocurrency risks, regulations in hearing
30.6.2021
A panel of expert witnesses and members of congress discussed the risks and rewards of cryptocurrency in committee Wednesday
State of Crypto: Inside the NRCC’s Plan to Accept Crypto Donations
29.6.2021
The NRCC will soon accept crypto donations because Republican donors requested the payment method, the campaign committee's chair said
Palestine monetary authority mulls digital currency as ‘political signal‘
25.6.2021
Analysts note that the occupied territories' macroeconomic and political conditions don't allow for a digital currency to operate as a means of exchange but stress its potential value at a symbolic level
Bitcoin hits $35K after Biden reveals infrastructure deal, Paraguay proposes BTC bill
24.6.2021
Bitcoin price briefly traded above $35,000 as the stock market hit new highs and Paraguay aims to become the second country to adopt BTC as legal tender
NYC's mayoral frontrunner pledges to turn city into Bitcoin hub
24.6.2021
Eric Adams, who has outstripped the better-known crypto advocate Andrew Yang in New York City's mayoral race, has made his own Bitcoin pledge on the eve of winning office
Activists archive Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper on blockchain
24.6.2021
Following a national security probe, pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily printed its final edition and shut down its website
US Republican Party's election arm to accept cryptocurrency donations
17.6.2021
The NRCC said that it will collect all identifying data from individuals who donate with crypto
Poll: The Best Anime Adaptations Of Weekly Jump Manga
11.6.2021
Shonen Weekly Jump is, perhaps, the most famous manga publication in Japan. Loads of hugely successful anime first debuted on their pages and weekly serializations. In a recent poll, fans were asked to name the best anime adaptations.Read more
Activision Hires Yet Another Former Republican Big Wig
4.6.2021
It seems that Activision has a type. After hiring former George W. Bush-era counterterrorism appointee Frances F. Townsend and controversial Trump administration member Brian Bulatao in March, the mega-publisher has now rounded out its ranks with a third ex-member of a Republican Presidential...
Hong Kongers use blockchain to save evidence of anti-authoritarian struggles
27.5.2021
Hong Kong citizens are using a blockchain system to fight back against the government's attempts to erase and overwrite the history of recent years' anti-authoritarian struggles
IGN Staff Criticizes Management's Decision To Pull Article Supporting Palestinian Aid Groups
18.5.2021
Today, the IGN editorial staff published an open letter decrying Sunday’s removal of an IGN article and its associated tweet that linked to charities supporting Palestinian victims of recent Israeli violence.Read more
IGN Takes Down Article And Tweet Sharing Palestinian Aid Groups
16.5.2021
Following the most recent set of violent military strikes by the Israel Defense Forces that have leveled entire buildings in Gaza and left over 180 Palestinians dead, IGN yesterday posted an article linking to a variety of Palestinian charities and even gave a Palestinian flag prominence in...
As Palestine Suffers, A Call For Action
16.5.2021
Stop me if you’re heard this one before.Read more
Fans Polled Over Which Anime Or Manga Should Be Live-Action And Most Replied "None"
14.5.2021
Yikes! A Japanese poll asked one thousand men and women ranging from teens to those in their 60s to name which anime or manga they’d like made live-action, courtesy of Hollywood. The reply that took the number slot should surprise no one, really.Read more
Coinbase Announces San Francisco HQ Shutdown by 2022
7.5.2021
Coinbase, the most prolific U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, has announced it will close the doors of its former San Francisco HQ by 2022, in its push to go 100% remote. Earlier the company had announced its intention of ditching the traditional office-based model to decentralize its operations...
Riot Co-Founder Courageously Tweets, Deletes ‘Critical Race Theory’ Dog Whistle
23.4.2021
“Critical race theory” is the right’s latest buzz phrase in service of silencing discussion of America’s racist past and how it informs the country’s still very racist present. Last night, Riot co-founder and chairman Marc Merrill tweeted and quoted an article about how critical race theory is...
Ohio senator wants clarity for crypto tax reporting in proposed bill
20.4.2021
Senator Rob Portman said lawmakers were "still pulling in information" on crypto to formulate the bill, implying he announced it to the public prematurely