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Russia Expands Its Crypto Mining Capacity, Report Reveals
The total capacity of crypto mining facilities in Russia has been increasing in the past year, despite the market downturn and sanctions, according to a survey of leading operators. Depressed prices of mining equipment and stronger interest…
Next Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Change Estimated to Decrease as Block Times Have Lengthened
The last two mining difficulty changes on the Bitcoin network have driven difficulty to an all-time high, causing a decrease in hashrate and block interval speed. Before the latest difficulty retarget increase of 4.68%, block intervals were…
Debate Intensifies Over Significance and Implications of Ordinal Inscriptions on Bitcoin Blockchain
During the past two weeks, members of the cryptocurrency community have discussed the non-fungible token (NFT) concept known as Ordinals. Since the 3.96 MB block (#774,628) was mined, there has been a significant increase in Ordinal…
Google Backs AI Firm Anthropic With $300 Million, Following Series B Investment From Controversial…
As the artificial intelligence (AI) wars intensify, the AI firm Anthropic has raised $300 million from Google and sources say that the tech giant will get roughly a 10% stake in the AI company. Interestingly, in April 2022, Anthropic raised…
Biggest Movers: SHIB Jumps 13% on Saturday, Hitting a 4-Month High
Shiba inu extended recent gains into the weekend, as the meme coin rose to its highest point in four months. Today’s surge saw prices climb by as much as 13%, and comes despite cryptocurrency markets mostly consolidating. Dogecoin also…
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Remains Near $1,700 to Start the Weekend
Ethereum continued to trade close to a key resistance level of $1,700 on Saturday, following Friday’s U.S. non-farm payrolls (NFP) report. Yesterday’s report showed that 517,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in January,…
Samsung Is Preparing Its Own Metaverse Hardware in Partnership With Google and Qualcomm
Samsung, the Korean electronics company, has revealed it is working to build its own metaverse and extended reality devices, hinting at the possibility of the launch of a VR headset in the near future. TM Roh, head of Samsung mobile…
Meta Calls 2023 a ‘Year of Efficiency;’ Anticipates More Losses in Its Metaverse Division
Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has shared its fourth quarter results, reporting better numbers than expected. While the company beat revenue estimates, CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared 2023 a “Year of…
Binance Says Indian Crypto Exchange Wazirx Can No Longer Use Its Wallet Services
Binance has announced that Indian crypto exchange Wazirx can no longer use Binance wallet services. Zanmai, the operator of Wazirx, has until Feb. 3 “to remove the funds from the accounts that they used for Wazirx’s…
Hackers Stole $3.8 Billion From Crypto Firms in 2022, Says Chainalysis
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis says 2022 was “the biggest year ever for crypto hacking,” with $3.8 billion stolen from cryptocurrency businesses. The firm added that decentralized finance (defi) protocol hacks accounted…