How Effective Altruism Power Brokers Helped Make Sam Bankman-Fried
How Effective Altruism Power Brokers Helped Make Sam Bankman-Fried Source
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CFTC Chairman Extends Jurisdictional Power on Stablecoins
Behnam said that most fiat-backed stablecoins don’t operate with the intention of profit and thus shall be treated as securities. The US crypto regulatory landscape has been brewing with uncertainty all the while. On Wednesday, March 8, CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam told the Senate Agriculture Committee that most stablecoins
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97% of payment firms believe in the power of crypto
The global payments industry is bullish on the potential of cryptocurrencies and blockchain to enable faster and cheaper transactions, according to a new survey co-hosted by Ripple.Blockchain-based digital payment network Ripple and the Faster Payments Council (FPC) payment organization on March 2 issued a report devoted to the opportunities of
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The Digital Asset Power Hour
As I looked at the answers, noting BTC and ETH’s dominance with Web3 and the metaverse way behind, I could not help but think, “Are the advisers really answering the question as it’s worded?” Bitcoin is the largest digital asset, but most interesting? I think they were subconsciously actually answering
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Soulbound tokens power new identity solution on Celo blockchain
A central focus for many in the Web3 community has been improving identity solutions available to consumers. Last year the emergence of soulbound tokens (SBT) introduced a new way for users to define themselves. Although the SBT hype quieted over the last months, they have not disappeared off the scene. On Mar.
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How to Harness the Power of Crypto to Aid Communities Rebuilding After Natural Disasters
The industry's swift response in times of need highlights the need for compatibility between crypto and the traditional financial system. Source
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CleanSpark boosts computing power by 37% with thousands of new Bitmain rigs
Bitcoin miner CleanSpark is growing its mining capacity in the United States with the purchase of 20,000 new Antminer S19j Pro+ units for $43.6 million. The acquisition is expected to boost the company’s computing power by 37% and brings the total number of miners purchased during the bear market to
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Analyst Warns of Banks’ Authority to Confiscate Funds, Decline of US Dollar Purchasing Power – Economics Bitcoin News
According to Lynette Zang, chief market analyst at ITM Trading, U.S. banks have the legal authority to confiscate people’s funds due to legislation passed by Congress. In a recent interview, Zang discussed how the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar has dwindled to “roughly three cents,” her belief that central
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Crypto VC Firm A16z’s Role in Uniswap Vote Sparks Debate Over Concentration of Voting Power
According to a tweet from Lazzarin, a16z’s head of engineering, “We delegate ~40m votes to outside groups (with no conditions on how they vote).” Lazzarin did not specify the full size of a16z’s UNI holdings and neither did the representative that spoke to CryptoX. But based on Lazzarin’s tweets, a16z
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Bitcoin Miner Digihost Completes Controversial Power Plant Acquisition, Doubling Energy Capacity
The Toronto-based firm was able to pay for the plant with cash, so avoided taking on debt or diluting existing shareholders' equity, CEO Michel Amar said in a Wednesday press release. In March 2021, the company said it would pay $4.25 million in cash and stock. It hadn't responded to
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