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South Korean Intelligence Service Informs Crypto Exchanges About Cyberthreats
8.4.2022
The South Korean state intelligence agency is now providing crypto trading platforms with information about attempts to breach their cybersecurity. The help for the country’s digital asset exchanges comes amid growing threats, local media reported. Intelligence Service Offers Cybersecurity...
Lego Star Wars Makes Comboing Younglings A Real Strategy
6.4.2022
The Jedi Code says one must not “seek adventure and excitement” and to use the Force for “knowledge and defense, never for attack,” blah blah blah. Someone should’ve told Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga that, because fans have discovered that it lets you get some sick air by comboing Jedi...
Bitcoin Mining Startup Primeblock to Go Public via SPAC Merger as SEC Targets SPAC Deals
5.4.2022
The bitcoin mining startup Primeblock has announced plans to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal. Primeblock will merge with a blank-check firm 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. II, and the company’s shares will be listed on Nasdaq. Primeblock Reveals SPAC...
US grassroots adoption: the Bitcoin Lightning party in Portland
31.3.2022
A grassroots Bitcoin Lightning festival in Portland, U.S. demonstrated that the Lightning Network is the perfect companion for payments
DCG Mining Subsidiary Foundry Joins Texas Blockchain Council to Help Shape Crypto Public Policy
29.3.2022
On Tuesday, Digital Currency Group’s (DCG) mining subsidiary, Foundry Digital, announced the company has joined the Texas Blockchain Council (TBC), a nonprofit industry association in the state of Texas. Foundry detailed the newly formed alliance is aimed at Foundry’s efforts...
Report: Gas Giant Exxon Is Running a Gas-to-Bitcoin Mining Pilot Program in North Dakota
25.3.2022
Exxon Mobil Corporation is reportedly participating in a pilot program that leverages excess natural gas to power crypto mining machines, according to a recent report quoting people familiar with the matter. The report states that the oil giant is partnered with the firm Crusoe Energy Systems,...
Prosecutors: Ethereum Foundation Knew About Virgil Griffith’s North Korea Intentions
24.3.2022
American prosecutors have told a court that the Ethereum Foundation, the body that governs the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain network, “initially indulged” the foundation’s Virgil Griffith – the man whom the FBI says “illegally engaged” with North Korea in 2019....
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Miners that hodl the most Bitcoin are ‘relentlessly expanding’
18.3.2022
According to a series of mining metrics, not only are miners holding hard, but they’re also dramatically increasing their hash rate
Bit Digital Has Deployed 39% Crypto Mining Rigs in North America
16.3.2022
The firm has shipped all of its machines out of China, but is waiting on hosting capacity to be completed
Bitcoin Miner Hive to Purchase Intel Mining Chips, Firm Reveals a 100 MW Deployment Deal in Texas
9.3.2022
On March 7, the publicly-listed mining firm Hive Blockchain Technologies announced the company inked a deal with Intel to purchase new ASIC mining chips. Additionally, Hive has formed an agreement with an original design manufacturer (ODM) and a non-binding letter of intent with Compute North. Hive...
BitNile Aims to Become a Top 10 North American Miner With 300MW Deal
7.3.2022
The expansion of the company’s Michigan data center would bring BitNile’s annual mining capacity to about 19,600 bitcoin
Gaming Giant Animoca Brands Reveals Ban Against Russian Users, Co-Founder Compares Russia to North Korea
3.3.2022
Blockchain gaming firm Animoca Brands has revealed the company is breaking ties with Russian users following the Ukraine invasion that started seven days ago. Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu noted in an interview that the company received legal advice about the situation and the Animoca executive...
Women's interest in crypto grows, but education gap persists: Study
2.3.2022
The survey of 1,031 female Americans between the ages of 18 and 65 discovered that 15% of women are interested in a career in crypto
Canada to host Bitfury's new 28MW crypto mining facility
23.2.2022
The new crypto mining facility in Sarnia, Ontario is expected to operate at 16 megawatts by the end of this month and will be scaled to operate at 28 MW by May
A DAO Is Attempting to Raise $4 Billion to Purchase the Denver Broncos
21.2.2022
A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) wants to purchase the National Football League (NFL) team the Denver Broncos. The DAO called “Buy the Broncos DAO” (BBD) wants to obtain the NFL team as a community and “put ownership in the hands of the fans.” A Newly Formed...
Nolan North Is Voicing Nathan Drake For The Uncharted Movie Version's Novelization
11.2.2022
Nolan North voices Nathan Drake in the Uncharted games. Tom Holland plays the character in the upcoming movie version. So how do you cast for the audiobook of the feature film’s novelization? Nolan North, that’s who. Variety (via Eurogamer) reports that North will be narrating the novelization...
N Korea Says It Doesn’t Hack Crypto, Calls the US the World’s ‘King of Hacking & Theft’
10.2.2022
Days after the United Nations claimed that North Korea had plundered crypto exchanges last year in hacks on targets based in multiple continents, Pyongyang has hit back – accusing the United States of “covertly stealing” funds and specializing in underhand cybercrime....
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Apple Taps to Pay, IMF on CBDCs, Political Coinbase, Compute North Raises USD 385M + More News
9.2.2022
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North Korea Still Hacking Crypto Exchanges to Fund Its Weapons Program, Says UN
7.2.2022
Independent sanctions monitors have told the United Nations (UN) that North Korea is continuing to use crypto and raids on international crypto exchanges as a major revenue stream to fund its nuclear and ballistic weapons programs.
The monitors, Reuters reported, submitted their findings to...
Cryptocurrency Theft Remains Key Revenue Source for North Korea, UN Report Says
6.2.2022
Cyberattacks on cryptocurrency exchanges have been a major source of funds for North Korea in the past year, a United Nations report has unveiled. According to the document, the sanctioned nation has also been developing its nuclear and missile programs. North Korea Hits Cryptocurrency Exchanges...