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Bitcoin miners double down on efficiency and renewable energy at the World Digital Mining Summit

Bitmain rolled out its next generation Antminer S21 and S21 Hydro ASIC miners at the World Digital Mining Summit in Hong Kong on Sept 22, revealing the crucial performance stats that the entire industry has been waiting for. The S21 has a hasrate at 200 TH/s and an efficiency at

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40% of crypto trading platforms are decentralized: World Federation of Exchanges

A report from the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) notes that 40% of crypto trading platforms are decentralized and use distributed ledger technology, while the majority (60%) use central limit order books (CLOBs), quite similar to regulated exchange platforms.The WFE report says there are a total of 500 crypto trading

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Sweeping Tax Proposal From U.S. Treasury Department Met With Boos From Crypto World

"The crypto ecosystem is very different from that of traditional assets, so the rules must be tailored accordingly and not capture ecosystem participants that don’t have a pathway to compliance," said Kristin Smith, CEO of the Blockchain Association, in a statement shortly after the proposal emerged. Source

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Resource Extraction, Social Media Monetization and Real World Connections

The Story: Esteemed science journal Nature published a paper all about the coming wave of decentralized social media, or DeSo, and the implications of “tokenizing” user engagements. Authors ​​Meysam Alizadeh, Emma Hoes and Fabrizio Gilardi argue that social media companies like Streemit, Reddit and Twitter are announcing plans to help

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World Mobile launches on Google Play for customers in Australia, Canada, UK and US

Decentralized wireless (DeWi) network operator World Mobile announced the launch of its app on Google Play for users in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Tanzania on Aug. 22. The launch comes on the heels of a series of beta tests conducted in numerous markets typically considered underserved

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