Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Russia doesn’t need to be first with a digital currency, says state expert

A Russian official argued that the country should have launched research on a central bank digital currency four years ago in order to claim leadership in the field.However, according to Dmitry Peskov, a special representative of the President of the Russian Federation on digital and technological development, the first-mover advantage also

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Three Trends Killing Web Privacy and Decentralization

The World Wide Web has revolutionized human communication, but it’s under threat.We at Brave think this distributed and interlinked information system is unique among platforms for many reasons: Its design and direction aren’t controlled by any one organization. Its pages and applications are modifiable by users (e.g., extensions, ad/tracker blocking,

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Traders on Paxful sell $16.2M of Bitcoin for discounted gift cards each week

A report published by Arcane Research has revealed that nearly half of Paxful’s trade volume comes from trade between Bitcoin (BTC) and gift cards.The report found that, “purchasing Bitcoin with gift cards has been the preferred solution on Paxful each month throughout the five-year span analyzed,” and in June accounted

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