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Base Layer Wars Heat Up With Another $12M Committed to AVA Labs’ Avalanche Blockchain
25.6.2020
AVA Labs has closed a $12 million private token sale. The funding round – co-led by Galaxy Digital, Bitmain, Initialized and others – comes weeks before an anticipated mainnet launch
Crypto Exchange Ranking Methods Still Contested as CMC Takes More Heat
10.6.2020
Experts say CoinMarketCap’s update is not good enough after the latest method tweak causes further controversy among the community
Austrian Government-Backed Project Will Use Blockchain to Find Waste Heat Spots
12.5.2020
The Austrian government is backing a project that would let citizens submit data about industrial waste heat spots for district heating, receiving tokens as reward
Bitcoin Mining Markets Heat Up: Ebang’s $41M Deficit, Bitmain’s Alleged 2020 Revenue
10.5.2020
The Chinese ASIC mining rig manufacturer Bitmain reportedly pulled in $300 million in revenue during Q1 2020. Meanwhile, as Bitmain claims to be regaining market share, the firm Ebang recently applied with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for initial public offering (IPO) status....
Microsoft Patents New Cryptocurrency System Using Body Activity Data
29.3.2020
Microsoft has patented a cryptocurrency mining system that leverages human activities, including brain waves and body heat, when performing online tasks such as using search engines, chatbots, and reading ads. “A user can solve the computationally difficult problem unconsciously,”...
McAfee Catches Heat After Welshing On Famous Bitcoin Bet
6.1.2020
Many bold predictions about bitcoin’s price have been made over the years, but tech entrepreneur John McAfee’s 2017 claim that BTC would reach $1 million before the end of 2020 garnered more column inches than any other. This is because he promised to, ahem, consume his own manhood...
Ethereum Unable to Stand the Heat, Falls to $203
19.9.2019
Ethereum falls to 203 USD after an almost 3.5% dip in the value. The next support may come at 198 USD. Ethereum’s growth pattern has again taken a paradigm shift in the last 24 hours and it has traveled all the way from 217 USD to 203 USD. There have been five major price swings …
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Binance Coin Faces the Heat of the Market; Falls to $22
7.9.2019
Binance falls to 22 USD after a 0.90% cut. The next resistance may be there at 23.10 USD. As the whole market is under pressure, Binance Coin has also been down by 0.90% in the last 24 hours. The coin is now roaming at 22 USD after showing four major price changes in this period. …
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Traditional Financial Organizations Face Heat from Apple Following Credit Card Launch
12.8.2019
Over the year, some of the biggest tech companies in the world have made forays into businesses that are starkly different from their core business and managed to make it a complete success. For instance, Apple entered into the music industry by way of the iPod and iTunes and eventually changed...
Iran's Crypto Barometer — Regular Users Feeling the Heat
29.5.2019
Crypto users in Iran have been left with minimal options following LocalBitcoin’s shutdown of services in the country
American Consumers Feel The Heat Of Trade War, Walmart Raises Prices
17.5.2019
Trump’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese products attracted a retaliatory tariff hike by China on American products. The latest victim of this trade war is the average American consumer as Walmart in a statement said that it would increase prices on the items that are imported from China....
An Inferno on the Head of a Pin
17.1.2017
Today's processors contain billions of heat-generating transistors in an ever shrinking space. The power budget might go from:
1000 watts on a specialized server
100 watts on desktops
30 watts on laptops
5 watts on tablets
1 or 2 watts on a phone
100 milliwatts on an embedded system
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