New Bitcoin hash rate highs remove any trace of China mining ban
China’s exit from Bitcoin mining is now all but unnoticeable as network fundamentals take care of their own recovery.
Wharton Business School to Accept Tuition Payment in Bitcoin, Ethereum
The Wharton business school at the University of Pennsylvania is launching an executive education program in blockchain and, fittingly enough, will let students pay for it in crypto—making it just the second American college to accept Bitcoin. Starting today, students will be able to choose crypto from a tuition payment menu that also includes PayPal …
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Redditors cheer as GameStop assembles team of NFT experts
“Future creators won’t just build games but also the components, characters, and equipment. Blockchains will power the commerce underneath,” Gamestop’s Head of Web3 Gaming job listing reads.
Crypto Advocates Protest ‘Gatekeeper’ Valve’s NFT Game Ban on Steam
Steam is the largest digital marketplace for PC games, but it won’t be where you find blockchain-based games with NFT assets or cryptocurrency integration right now. Recently, the marketplace banned any games with NFT or crypto elements—but a number of crypto game developers and Web3 advocates are now pushing back against the decision. Today, digital …
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UK FCA grants registration to crypto startup Crypterium
Crypterium’s cryptocurrency wallet application is available in more than 170 countries, the company says.
Tom Brady Gives Bitcoin to Fan for Return of TD Ball, Fan Asks for Round of Golf
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady threw his 600th touchdown pass on Sunday, but his tight end unwittingly tossed the historical game ball to a fan in the stands—meaning team officials had to go retrieve it. The ball recipient, a Bucs fan named Byron Kennedy, promptly gave the ball back. But Brady nonetheless offered him …
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Crypto in the crosshairs: US regulators eye the cryptocurrency sector
U.S. regulators are looking at crypto-related areas, touching on financial regulation, economic innovation and national security.
Edward Snowden Slams Sam Altman’s Worldcoin: ‘Don’t Catalogue Eyeballs’
As issues with cyber safety and data leaks spread, a much-hyped new crypto project from Y Combinator founder Sam Altman aims to mitigate scams and breaches caused by bots and bad actors by scanning your eyeballs and awarding you crypto. Worldcoin, which already touts a $1 billion valuation, aims to onboard more people into crypto …
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Politics
Oct 23rd 2021 Listen to this story Your browser does not support the <audio> element. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android. Police investigating the murder of a Conservative MP in Britain were treating the incident as an act of terrorism. Sir David Amess, who represented the town of Southend, to the east …
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Oct 23rd 2021 Listen to this story Your browser does not support the <audio> element. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android. Britain’s annual rate of inflation dipped slightly to 3.1% in September, pulled down by a fall in restaurant prices. As in other countries, inflation is expected to remain high because of …