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The world’s leading payment processors Visa and Mastercard have joined sanctions against Russia over its military invasion of Ukraine. The American companies announced suspension of operations in the Russian Federation although Russians will be able to use their cards inside the country. Card Payment Giants Visa and Mastercard Add to Pressure
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The payment processors cited Russia's invasion of Ukraine in announcing the move on Saturday. Original Source
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It’s the latest in a long line of traditional finance executives exiting their positions to join the crypto industry. Original Source
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Crypto mining operations based in the United States are committed to increasing their hash power with more hardware despite Bitcoin’s (BTC) three-month downturn.The Marathon Digital Holdings and GEM Mining companies in the U.S. told Cryptox this week that they each expect the size of their respective operations to grow through
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True Names Limited, the nonprofit behind distributed domain protocol Ethereum Name Service, announced it would be ending its contract with director of operations Brantly Millegan after many uncovered his previously posted anti-LBGTQIA tweets.On Feb. 6, the decentralized autonomous organization of Ethereum Name Service, or ENS, asked users to weigh in
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Silvergate Capital, an investment firm that is the parent company of the Silvergate Bank, acquired the technology and assets of Diem, the formerly Facebook-backed stablecoin payment system. The payment totaled $182 million. The technology and assets acquired will reportedly be used for the launch of a Silvergate branded stablecoin. Silvergate
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To be sure, Texas, there are programs available for heavy power consumers such as crypto miners, to incentivize them to lower their energy usage during peak demand periods. For example, in exchange for helping ERCOT stabilize the grid, Riot gets to participate in load management programs and other services, including
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Meta Platforms (META) reported that it lost $10.2 billion in 2021 on its newly broken out Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) division, which comprises its augmented and virtual reality operations, in its fourth quarter earnings report.Meta announced in the third quarter that it would be breaking out results for the division
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Overall, Meta reported adjusted Q4 earnings per share of $3.67, falling short of the consensus analyst estimate of $3.85, according to FactSet, while revenue of $33.7 billion was just ahead of the consensus estimate of $33.4 billion. Meta's guidance for first-quarter 2022 revenue also fell short, coming in at between
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On Thursday, Metaco, an enterprise cryptocurrency platform for securing, trading, issuing, and managing digital assets, announced the addition of UnionBank as its latest client. Founded in 1982, UnionBank is one of the largest banks in the Philippines, with a collective $15 billion in assets under management. UnionBank will be also
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