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Bitcoin Miners Power Down US Operations in Wake of Winter Storm — bloomberg.com
The fallout from the arctic blast that swept across the US is prompting some large-scale Bitcoin mining companies to shutter parts of their energy-intensive operations as electricity costs surge.
Watch Building Strategy For Bitcoin-Hesitant Investors: Willis — bloomberg.com
Watch Building Strategy For Bitcoin-Hesitant Investors: Willis Bloomberg.com
Claude Code: the viral AI coding app making a splash in tech — theweek.com
ChatGPT may be the best-known artificial intelligence chatbot on the market, but lately, the latest iteration of AI startup Anthropic’s coding bot, Claude Code, is entering the spotlight. Simplifying the process of writing code, the tool hints at a more
Strategy buys more Bitcoin—$264 million of it—even as Bitcoin slumps to $87,000 — fortune.com
Despite the current downturn for crypto, Strategy added even more Bitcoin to its collection. The company bought more than 2,900 Bitcoin last week, bringing its total to over 712,000, according to an X post by co-founder Michael Saylor. The move follows a
SEC drops lawsuit against Winklevoss twins’ crypto firm — theguardian.com
Move comes as the SEC has taken a series of friendly stances towards the cryptocurrency industry under Trump The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday agreed to dismiss its enforcement case against a cryptocurrency exchange founded by
SEC Staff Issues Helpful Guidance on Custodying Digital Asset Securities and Complying with the Customer Protection Rule — natlawreview.com
Crypto Misses the Macro Trade as Retail Dives Into Gold, Stocks — bloomberg.com
Gold is topping $5,000. Stocks keep booming. The dollar is falling again. Yet Bitcoin — hailed as both a momentum and “debasement” trade — is sitting out the action. Its price is stalling, volumes are limp, and longtime believers are drifting toward more
Investments and cryptocurrencies are the most commonly used resources to scam the Latino community in the US — elpais.com
One of the most popular scams in WhatsApp groups among the Latino community in the United States is the one that promises to make you rich overnight with cryptocurrencies and other investments, according to the third installment of the report WhatsApp
How Right Wing Influencers Used AI Slop to Turn Renee Good Into a Meme — 404media.co
After being shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis earlier this month, Renee Good instantly became a symbol of anti-ICE sentiments among protestors. Raw bystander footage of her death quickly spread online. A day after her murder, an
A crypto social media network’s failure raises an awkward question: Is blockchain good for anything beside finance? — fortune.com
Build it and they will come—or so goes the old saying. In reality, if you build a blockchain-based social media network, then almost no one will come. The crypto world got another reminder of this last week when Farcaster, which raised a $150 Series A
Silicon Valley’s Latest Dubious Offering: Designer Babies — jacobin.com
Tech capitalists are now marketing the ability to customize your baby’s inherited traits. The process is currently unable to deliver on its promises — but it raises serious concerns about the prospect of genetically encoding inequality. The tech elite’s
An unusual Fed ‘rate check’ triggered a freefall in the U.S. dollar and investors are fleeing into gold — fortune.com
The U.S. dollar has been in relative freefall since late Friday after it emerged that the New York Federal Reserve had conducted a rare “rate check” with currency traders on the dollar/Japanese yen exchange rate. The purpose of the move implies that the
This week: Senate returns, staring at possible partial government shutdown — rollcall.com
As Capitol Hill digs out from the weekend snow this week, the Senate is setting up for another standoff over government funding after federal agents shot and killed a Minneapolis resident on Saturday. The bipartisan path forward for a package of six
Bitcoin Starts Week on Shaky Ground Amid Geopolitical Jitters — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin suffered a sharp fall Sunday to start the week on shaky ground, even as it staged a minor rebound in early Asia, as global geopolitical tensions prompted a move away from risk assets and into safe havens such as gold.
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