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Dozens Of Rust Servers Wiped Out In Data Center Fire
10.3.2021
A fire that broke out overnight in Strasbourg, France destroyed one of OVHcloud’s data centers and damaged a second, Reuters reports. The French government and Centre Pompidou, which houses a public information library and modern art museum, had their data affected by the fires, as did Facepunch...
How One Of The Worst Video Game Movies Of All Time Got Made
26.2.2021
Somehow, miraculously, video game movies and TV shows are suddenly good. The Witcher is fun, Sonic inhaled box office money like so many chili dogs last year, and star-studded renditions of Borderlands and The Last of Us are on the way. Also, the new Mortal Kombat movie looks dumb as hell in...
Bluezelle is Resisting Censorship with a New Developer Grant: Interview with Neeraj Muraka
16.2.2021
Online censorship has taken front and center since the sweeping ban of former U.S. President Donald Trump from every social outlet he’s been a part of. Other high-profile censorship acts, like Amazon removing alt-right social network Parler from its servers and My Pillow CEO Michael Lindell...
NFTs take center stage at ETH Denver 2021
11.2.2021
NFTs are a hot topic at this year's virtual ETH Denver, with adoption and DeFi use cases dominating the talks
First Mover: Bitcoin at Center Stage (and Record High) as Mastercard, BNY Go Crypto
11.2.2021
Bitcoin's price hits new all-time high over $48,000 despite U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's warning that cryptocurrencies are prone to illicit uses
Twitter CEO Donates $1M to Coin Center
10.2.2021
Dorsey's gift is the latest in a stream of donations to Coin Center
Jack Dorsey commits $1M to Coin Center on top of Grayscale's $2M donation
10.2.2021
The D.C.-based advocacy group just raised millions for its ongoing research and lobbying efforts. Here’s how the numbers broke down
Expert warns Hackers are Targeting Russian Government’s IT Infrastructure to Mine Cryptocurrencies
9.2.2021
A state-affiliate cybersecurity expert warned about hackers exploiting the Russian government’s IT facilities to mine cryptocurrencies. The deputy director of the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents believes such threat actors have been very active in recent times. Global...
Bitfinex Says It Repaid Tether for $550M Loan at Center of NYAG Probe
5.2.2021
Bitfinex says early Friday it repaid fully of the loan to Tether
Following Grayscale's contribution, Kraken donates $100K to Coin Center
1.2.2021
The crypto exchange cited Coin Center’s work in challenging the proposed FinCEN self-hosted wallet rule as well as the STABLE Act from the U.S. government
XRP Takes The Center Stage, Bitcoin Fluctuates Around USD 34K
1.2.2021
Bitcoin price remained well bid above the US 33,000 level. As a result, BTC started a fresh increase above the USD 34,000 resistance level. It is currently (13:15 UTC) correcting gains and trading below USD 34,000.
Similarly, most major altcoins are showing positive signs. XRP/USD even broke...
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...
Crypto industry jumps into lobbying in response to FinCEN
28.1.2021
The Blockchain Association's ranks swell as firms look to aid their work in keeping crypto transactions peer-to-peer
Grayscale Donating up to $2M to Crypto Advocacy Group Coin Center
25.1.2021
A web page has been set up for the donation matching campaign that runs through February
Grayscale donates $1M to Coin Center, pledges up to $1M more in matched contributions
25.1.2021
Grayscale hopes to build off the success of Kraken’s donate-and-match program from 2018
I Am In Love With Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Wilderness
20.1.2021
If you’d asked me between 2015-2020 why I loved The Witcher 3, I’d probably have drawn up a very long list of things. In 2021, though, following the release of both Cyberpunk 2077 and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, that list is a lot shorter. It’s basically now just “the wind” and “the sun”.Read more
The Internet's Carbon Footprint Issue Isn't Tied to Individuals
19.1.2021
Video conferencing is putting a lot of stress on us, forcing us to show our colleagues the insides of our apartments, learn new social norms (is “mute yourself” a rude thing to say?), and remember that there is still a deadly global pandemic ravaging the world. It may be putting stress on...
US Treasury Department Lacks Power to Pass FinCEN Bill – Coin Center
8.1.2021
Statue of Albert Gallatin, the fourth Secretary of Treasury, in front of the Department of Treasury building in Washington, D.C. The controversial draft anti-money laundering/know-your-customer (AML/KYC) crypto compliance regulations proposed by the US Treasury Department and the Financial Crimes...
Video Games Predict A Grim 2021
4.1.2021
2020 was a bad year for most of us, but a surprisingly good year for video games. As we enter 2021 with the hope offered by the vaccines, and the light at the end of the tunnel just about visible, it might soon be possible to allow hope back in. Unless, it seems, video games are your guide.Read more
File comments against new crypto FinCEN rule, Coin Center leader urges
29.12.2020
The crypto space needs your help to impact the outcome of the United States’ Treasury’s crypto wallet proposal