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US Treasury to Attempt Coercing European Countries Into Implementing Sanctions Against Russia – Economics Bitcoin News

Officials of the U.S. Treasury Department will travel to Europe this month with the objective of getting more countries to apply punitive actions against Russia. The tour, which includes visits to Switzerland, Italy, and Germany, aims to stop the material support companies in these states provide Russia, threatening to cut trade if they don’t comply. US Treasury to Demand Implementation…

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Bitcoin gaming enters Africa with local crypto exchange partnership
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Bitcoin gaming enters Africa with local crypto exchange partnership

Gamers in Africa can now send and receive small amounts of Bitcoin (BTC) while playing classic titles like Counter Strike.  Zebedee, a fintech and payments processor targeting the gaming space, has partnered with crypto exchange platform Bitnob to offer payments and gaming reward options in Africa using the Bitcoin Lightning Network (LN). Within the partnership, African users can earn Bitcoin…

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OpenAI launches bug bounty program to combat system vulnerabilities
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OpenAI launches bug bounty program to combat system vulnerabilities

Amid privacy and cybersecurity issues and recent bans by different countries, artificial intelligence (AI) company, OpenAI released a program to combat vulnerability concerns. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, on Tuesday, announced the launch of The OpenAI Bug Bounty Program to help identify and address vulnerabilities in its systems. According to the announcement the program rewards security researchers for their contributions…

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MetaPlayerOne's New Co-Investment and Acceleration Program for GameFi Projects – Press release Bitcoin News
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MetaPlayerOne’s New Co-Investment and Acceleration Program for GameFi Projects – Press release Bitcoin News

press release PRESS RELEASE. MetaPlayerOne is bringing the power of Web3 communications to GameFi by introducing a new launchpad and standard for NFT game assets. Using this platform and this standard, different GameFi projects can recognize specific smart contract asset holders and rare asset holders, providing them with various benefits. For example, addressing an airdrop specifically to all legendary asset…

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Alameda-linked Ren Protocol Transfers $13M in Bitcoin to FTX Debtors
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Alameda-linked Ren Protocol Transfers $13M in Bitcoin to FTX Debtors

Ren took to Twitter to inform its community that it must transfer the protocol’s assets to FTX debtors’ cold wallets. “The cryptocurrency assets will be transferred to distinct segregated wallets cold storage wallets designated for these assets transferred by Ren, separate from the other Debtor cold storage wallets,” reads the announcement. The price of the project’s governance token has dropped…

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'Ambiguous Foreign Exchange Regime' Blamed After Inflows Dropped to $5.32 Billion in 2022 – Africa Bitcoin News
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‘Ambiguous Foreign Exchange Regime’ Blamed After Inflows Dropped to $5.32 Billion in 2022 – Africa Bitcoin News

Between 2019 and 2022, the value of foreign capital that flowed into Nigeria dropped from $23.9 billion to $5.32 billion. The drop has been attributed to low investor confidence, the high cost of doing business, as well as the country’s high inflation rate. Nigeria will “struggle to keep the naira to the dollar exchange rate from depreciating further” until both…

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