Bitcoin mining in China could soon generate as much carbon emissions as some European countries, study findsBy Alexis Benveniste, CNN BusinessUpdated 1227 GMT (2027 HKT) April 9, 2021 ‘use strict’;CNN.Videx = CNN.Videx || {};CNN.Videx.mobile = {};CNN.INJECTOR.executeFeature(‘video’).then(function () {CNN.VideoPlayer.handleUnmutePlayer = function handleUnmutePlayer(containerId, dataObj) {‘use strict’;var playerInstance,playerPropertyObj,rememberTime,unmuteCTA,unmuteIdSelector = ‘unmute_’ + containerId,isPlayerMute;dataObj = dataObj || {};if (CNN.VideoPlayer.getLibraryName(containerId) ===…
Year: 2021
Peter Thiel calls bitcoin a Chinese financial weapon and suggests a US ban on TikTok
Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel warned about bitcoin’s potential in undermining the US dollar’s position as a global reserve currency and accused Chinese video app TikTok of creating “privacy-invading” technologies in a virtual talk on Tuesday.Thiel, an outspoken Silicon Valley supporter of former US president Donald Trump and a major investor in cryptocurrencies, shared his…
Cardano Fund Invests in COTI Ahead of Smart Contract Launch
cFund, the Cardano ecosystem venture fund, has announced an investment in COTI.COTI builds infrastructure for facilitating “finance on the blockchain”.Cardano and COTI have partnered in the past.COTI helped launch ADA Pay in 2019. cFund, Cardano’s venture fund, is investing in COTI.Cardano Makes VC Investment The investment will set the path for the two projects to…
dYdX Has Launched Layer 2 Perpetual Contracts
Science Key Takeaways dYdX has released a new version of its derivatives trading platform that offers low fees and reduced confirmation times.The new version is designed to tackle scalability, one of the greatest challenges facing decentralized finance (DeFi).This version reduces the barrier to entry by removing the onboarding process that other exchanges require. dYdX has…
What’s an NFT? Erika Alexander is using it to urge Black creative control
twitter Erika Alexander attends Hulu’s “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” Premiere and Reception at Metrograph on September 04, 2019 in New York City.(Photo by Lars Niki/Getty Images for Hulu) In America, Black people are always getting robbed.First, we were stolen from various nations in Africa (yes, POWs traded away count as theft), then our labor was…
Mythical Games’ Playable NFTs Unlock a New Universal Economy, Increasing Value of Digital Collectibles Through Gameplay
Mythical Games’ Playable NFTs Unlock a New Universal Economy, Increasing Value of Digital Collectibles Through Gameplay April 7, 2021 Collect, Upgrade and Sell Playable NFTs for Cash or Crypto; Alpha Phase of Peer-to-Peer NFT Marketplace Announced, Bolstered by New Hires Stoyan Stoyanov, Matt Nutt and Cristina Lee LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #Blankos –Mythical Games, a next-generation…
Udemy – WhatsApp Bitcoin ChatBot w PythonDjango, NLP, Twilio & AWS
Free 300 GB with Full DSL-Broadband Speed! What you’ll learn: Leverage Twilio APIs: Learn how to leverage the powerful Twilio APIs to send and receive messages from subscribed usersYou will learn how WhatsApp API & ChatBots technology exactly work and be able to build yoursHow To Get Crypto Price Data, Conversions, Checking & creating Wallets,…
TONToken Price Tops $0.0127 on Major Exchanges (TON)
TONToken Price Tops $0.0127 on Major Exchanges (TON) Posted by Wayne Rhoads on Apr 7th, 2021 Tweet TONToken (CURRENCY:TON) traded 8.9% lower against the U.S.dollar during the 1 day period ending at 23:00 PM ET on April 6th.One TONToken coin can now be purchased for about $0.0127 or 0.93 BTC on popular exchanges.During the last…
Vitalik Buterin Says Rollups Will Scale Ethereum 100X in Coming Weeks
Bitcoin Ethereum News According to Buterin, the proposed rollups are not a new thing and will hold until Ethereum 2.0 is fully launched. High transaction fees and mind-blowing token exchange fees on the Ethereum ecosystem will be history in coming weeks, Vitalik Buterin noted.The Ethereum co-founder was speaking on the Tim Ferriss podcast, where he…
Why the crypto community has its eyes peeled out for these 3 altcoins ⋆ ZyCrypto
Altcoins have been dabbling between a bullish and a bearish storm since the year began.For the most part, the bulls have taken charge, forcing different assets to switch positions as the market cap surpasses the other.With the new month marking the mid-term of the first quarter of the year, the market could take a different…