A top Russian official has urged all countries to make efforts to ensure that the “threat of global confrontation, of a hot, full-scale World War III” does not materialize. “World tensions are white-hot indeed,” he warned. Russian Official: Full-Scale World War III Should Not Materialize The deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, urged all countries to make efforts…
The Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund (BLDF), a non-profit co-founded by Block (formerly Square) CEO Jack Dorsey, announced Wednesday that it is supporting the legal defense for a number of Bitcoin Core developers targeted by a lawsuit filed by Craig Wright and his firm, Tulip Trading. “The Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund has stepped up to fight for more than just Bitcoin—we…
Crypto exchange Kraken originally submitted an application for a Federal Reserve master account October 2020. And as its chief legal officer pointed, the U.S. central bank still hasn’t rejected it. On Decrypt’s gm podcast, Marco Santori also said that the San Francisco-based firm was “fighting the fight” behind the scenes to get connected to the same FedNow network that all…
Mad Lads is the biggest thing in NFTs right now, as the Solana profile picture (PFP) project overcame alleged extortion threats and DDOS attacks to mint out last week—and has generated over $15 million worth of trading volume since. It’s a bright spot for the Solana world after some rough months. Solana’s token and vibes were rocked by the collapse…
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) nosedived roughly 7% in just one hour, falling from $29,850 to $27,789, which media outlets reported was due to blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence incorrectly sending out an alert that wallets linked to Mt. Gox and the U.S. government had begun shifting large sums of Bitcoin. Arkham initially tweeted to confirm the alleged mistake had…
Meta suffered a nearly $4 billion loss from its metaverse unit with Reality Labs in what was otherwise a solid first quarter for the Mark Zuckerberg-led social media empire which posted a final profit of $5.7 billion. While the $4 billion loss follows a $14 billion loss in 2022, Zuckerberg explained in the earnings report that Reality Labs will likely…
Former White House economist Joseph Sullivan has warned that a BRICS currency would erode the U.S. dollar’s dominance. If member nations use only a common BRICS currency for international trade, “they would remove an impediment that now thwarts their efforts to escape dollar hegemony,” he described. Former White House Economic Advisor on BRICS Currency and U.S. Dollar’s Reserve Currency Status…
Social network MeWe will integrate with the Frequency blockchain network, a parachain of Polkadot, according to an April 26 announcement at Consensus 2023. The announcement added that the company will begin moving its users’ accounts over to the network during this quarter. Just in from #Consensus 2023 – Polkadot parachain @one_frequency has announced a major partnership with social networking app…
Solana Labs, the company that represents the founders of and core contributors to the Solana blockchain, is entering the world of artificial intelligence with a ChatGPT plugin. The upcoming plugin will let users search the Solana blockchain using OpenAI’s conversational chatbot technology. When the plugin launches, Solana Labs said, users will be able to perform various tasks through the ChatGPT…
If you’ve been anywhere near Twitter recently you might have noticed Bitcoiners furiously debating Bitcoin privacy ins and outs. This feud has colloquially become known as the Bitcoin “privacy war.” Bitcoin isn’t private by default. Because Bitcoin‘s transaction history is open for the world to see, users need to take the time to learn and use certain tools and wallets,…
