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US Seizes 18 Crypto ATMs Purchased Using Fraudulent SBA Loans — Arrests Owner
27.3.2023
U.S. law enforcement has seized 18 cryptocurrency ATMs that were purchased using fraudulent loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA) meant to assist small businesses financially harmed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The loans were also used to purchase bitcoin from a New York-based...
Šachy zažívají boom v online světě. Může za to covid, Netflix i tvorba komunitního obsahu od velmistrů
21.3.2023
Šachy se v dnešní podobě hrají přibližně od 15. století a jde tak o jednu z nejstarších stolních her na světě. Poslední dobou to vypadá, že právě tato hra prožívá díky online světu malou renesanci. Proč tomu tak je? A kde si nejlépe zahrajete?
‘Next Round of Bailouts Is Here’ — Bitcoin and Precious Metals Soar Amid Speculation of Fed Policy Change
17.3.2023
At around 7:30 a.m. ET, the price of bitcoin skyrocketed past the $27,000 range to a high of $27,025 per unit. Precious metals, or PMs, like gold and silver, also rose between 1.98% and 2.12% against the U.S. dollar over the past day. While many market observers are wondering why specific assets...
Furry Community Divided As Convention Drops Covid Requirements
14.3.2023
An upcoming furry convention is no longer requiring its attendees to be tested or vaccinated, causing rifts to form within the furry community. Furry Weekend Atlanta (or FWA), set to take place in Atlanta, Georgia from May 11 to 14, wrote that its directors are basing their decision on the loss...
Bitcoin Nears $25K as Interbank Funding Stress Indicator Surges to Highest Level Since COVID Crash
14.3.2023
Banking sector stress strengthens the case for Fed pause next week. Likely beneficiaries from the financial stress are gold and bitcoin, one observer said
Stepn Was a Runaway Success During COVID but Can It Keep Moving Forward?
13.3.2023
Some see the future of fitness motivation. Others see a Ponzi scheme. This feature is part of CoinDesk's Culture Week
Expert Warns of Possible Deflationary Depression as Money Supply Contracts: ‘Pay Attention to QT and the Money Supply’
9.3.2023
During the Covid-19 pandemic, central banks such as the U.S. Federal Reserve loosened fiscal and monetary policy. Now, these same financial institutions are seemingly engaging in quantitative tightening (QT) practices. According to Nick Gerli, CEO and founder of Reventure Consulting, “the...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin’s Address Sells Trillions of Airdropped Tokens, Causes Illiquid Coin Prices to Plummet
8.3.2023
On March 7, onchain observers noticed that Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, had allegedly sold billions and trillions of airdropped ERC20 tokens, resulting in a gain of an estimated $700,000 in value. The market liquidity of the airdropped tokens was shallow, and the relatively unknown...
Town Using $20K Of Covid Relief Cash On TMNT Manhole Covers
4.3.2023
Northampton, Massachusets officials have greenlit a plan to create and install four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-themed manhole covers to celebrate the fact that the massive franchise was originally created there. And to pay for it, the town is using funds intended to help rebuild towns...
Trezor Takes Control of Chip Production for Enhanced Security and Faster Production Time
27.2.2023
Trezor, the manufacturer of crypto hardware wallets, has announced that it will take control of its wallet chip production process by producing its own silicon chips. The company states that the newly designed “chip wrapper” will enhance device security and considerably shorten lead...
Market Strategist Michael Wilkerson Believes US Inflation Could Rise to 12% by Year-End Despite Predictions of Decrease
26.2.2023
While several market strategists and analysts expect U.S. inflation to drop considerably in 2023 compared with last year, Michael Wilkerson, founder of Stormwall Advisors, thinks the inflation rate could climb as high as 12% by the end of this year. The country’s inflation rate has cooled down over...
Journalist Unravels Wild Tale of Vitalik Buterin's $1 Billion Crypto Donation to Indian Covid Relief Fund
23.2.2023
Back in 2021, amid the best of the bull run and the worst of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Vitalik Buterin made a now legendary donation of $1bn in SHIB to support Covid-19 efforts in India.
Now almost two years later, an investigation by top crypto journalist Isabel Hunter (DL News) has revealed that...
Covid-19 je cévní onemocnění. Spike protein koronaviru napadá cévní systém na buněčné úrovni
15.2.2023
Vědci již delší dobu vědí, že charakteristické spike proteiny koronaviru SARS-CoV-2, způsobujícího onemocnění covid-19, pomáhají viru infikovat hostitele tím, že se přichytí na zdravé buňky. Rozsáhlá studie ukazuje, že hrají klíčovou roli i při samotném onemocnění, informoval SciTechDaily.
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Activision Blizzard Is Forcing Workers Back To The Office
15.2.2023
While the worst of the pandemic is clearly over, a few years of getting people to work from home has shown that a lot of folks are happier, and even work better, if they get to do it where they live. So decisions to force employees back into the office are understandably going to be met with...
Zatímco chřipka, RSV a covid pomalu ustupují, v USA zaznamenávají rekordní nástup noroviru
9.2.2023
Zatímco nemoci, které jsou obvyklé pro chladnější zimní období, pomalu ustupují, v některých oblastech Spojených států se do popředí dostává další (relativně běžný) patogen: norovirus. Podle údajů Centra pro kontrolu a prevenci nemocí (CDC) procento pozitivních testů na norovirus na konci ledna
China doles out millions in digital yuan in bid to boost adoption: Report
6.2.2023
Multiple Chinese city governments have given away millions worth of e-CNY to try to promote consumption around the holiday season
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Praises Metaverse ‘Sense of Presence,’ Calls It ‘Game-Changing’
23.1.2023
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, has given his opinion about the metaverse and the impact that the tech might have in the future. In a conversation with Klaus Schwab, chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Nadella stated that the sense of presence achieved while interacting using metaverse...
The Last Of Us Makes For Good TV, But It’s A Tough Watch After A Real Pandemic
18.1.2023
I’m barely a minute into the premiere episode of HBO’s TV treatment for The Last of Us and I’m already uncomfortable. No one’s died yet, and no one’s speaking in a cringe-worthy Texas accent, but as two experts chat about the threats to human society from airborne illnesses, I realize that I’m...
FTX Donations to Early Covid-19 Researchers Raise Questions of Propaganda Tied to Pandemic Prevention
12.1.2023
While the former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, awaits his trial at the end of the year, reports indicate that the company donated millions of dollars to early Covid-19 researchers. The research was reportedly used to cast doubt on specific treatments, such as the use of ivermectin...
Fortnite's Plague Doc Skin Is Back After Three Years, Fans Blame COVID
11.1.2023
Yesterday, after 1,410 days (or 3 years and 10 months) the Grim Medicine cosmetic set—complete with the popular Plague Doctor skin—returned to Fortnite’s in-game store, letting players buy it for the first time since the start of the covid-19 pandemic. And many believe it was the pandemic itself...