the reimagined future of bitcoin mining

Block, the company founded by Jack Dorsey, former CEO of Twitter, communicated through Proto, the branch focused on cryptocurrency mining, the principles that guide, both at the chip and component level, the construction of ASICs and infrastructure to mine bitcoin in the future. The Proto team uses the principles of “modular design” and flexible infrastructure. … Read more

German walks away from Institute

Several universities and research institutes in Germany and Austria on Friday banned online messaging platforms. The planned return to academia comes as the German government says it is also considering abandoning the platform because it was having an “exacerbating and polarizing” effect on public political discussion. On Thursday, the trade union GEW, which represents teachers … Read more

Firedancer update would be close to Solana

The Solana Foundation organization, a non-profit entity that promotes the adoption of the Solana (SOL) ecosystem, would be promoting the implementation of a new client for the validators of this network. It is about the software Frankendancer, a preview version of Firedancer. This update called Firedancer, created by the Jump Crypto developer group, is intended … Read more

Biden imposes new sanctions against Russian energy sector, but it’s up to Trump whether to keep them

Washington— President Joe Biden’s administration announced Friday it was expanding sanctions against Russia’s vitally important energy sector, revealing a new effort to torment Moscow over its nearly 3-year-old war in Ukraine as the newly elected President Donald Trump is ready to return to his post. End the fight quickly. The outgoing Democratic administration billed the … Read more

3 AI cryptocurrencies arrive on Binance and their prices skyrocket

AIXBT, CGPT and COOKIE are the favored tokens with this listing on Binance. The fusion between AI and cryptocurrencies seems destined to strengthen in the coming years. The incorporation of three tokens linked to artificial intelligence (AI) on Binance, the world’s largest exchange, has generated an immediate impact on its prices. The cryptoassets AIXBT, CGPT … Read more

No punishment, save conviction, in Trump secret money case – DW – 01/10/2025

A New York state court has sentenced US President-elect Donald Trump to a criminal conviction related to hush money payments to a porn star in connection with an alleged sexual encounter. Trump was not sentenced, claiming the charges were politically motivated, although the conviction was upheld. Prior to sentencing, Judge Juan Merchan indicated that he … Read more

Brazil regulator goes after bitcoin to raise taxes

The tax changes will take effect sometime in the first quarter of 2025. Although the regulator does not give specific details, it talks about inspections and enforcement actions. In a recent statement, the Receita Federal, Brazil’s main financial regulator, reported that starting in the first quarter of 2025, the tax conditions for profits obtained from … Read more

The number of regular bankruptcies is increasing sharply

According to preliminary information from Destatis, 13.8% more regular bankruptcies were filed in December 2024 than in the previous year. It should be noted that the applications are only included in the statistics after the first decision of the insolvency court. In many cases, the actual date of the insolvency application is almost three months … Read more