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Square Takes a Swipe at the Bitcoin Energy Debate With $5 Million Solar Mining Investment

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As the conversation about Bitcoin’s energy consumption reaches a fever pitch, Jack Dorsey’s payment provider Square has unveiled plans to fund a sustainable bitcoin mining facility in conjunction with Blockstream. Mining Project to Serve as Scalable Proof of Concept Bitcoin faces no shortage of consternation, but the spat over the cryptocurrency’s footprint spilled out into … Read more

G7 Finance Chiefs to Publish Common Rules for State-Issued Digital Currencies This Year

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The G7 finance ministers and central bank governors have met and agreed to work towards common principles for state-backed digital currencies and publish their conclusions this year. They said these digital currencies “could act as both a liquid, safe settlement asset and as an anchor for the payments system.” G7 Setting Common Rules for Central … Read more

Tony Hawk Purchased Bitcoin in 2012 After Reading About the Silk Road Marketplace

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Tony Hawk, the American professional skateboarder often referred to as ‘Birdman,’ discussed bitcoin at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami and told the crowd he got into the crypto economy in 2012. Hawk said he heard about the crypto asset after reading about the Silk Road marketplace and at the time, he said to himself … Read more

Nugenesis Network – Build Crypto Dapps Seamlessly in More Than 29 Language Systems

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After 7 years of R and D, the Nugenesis network is built and ready for launch. NuGenesis is a system of blockchain technologies that integrates blockchain load balancers and system validators to efficiently flow data into infinite parallel processing blockchains. The more users, the faster the transaction speed! NuGenesis parallel processing blockchains are multilingual cross … Read more

Vulcan Forged Launches NFTs Designed by the Godfather of Fantasy Art

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PRESS RELEASE. Vulcan Forged has secured IP rights to several artists’ work to bring fantasy-themed NFTs to the VulcanVerse. Cardiff, United Kingdom – Blockchain gaming platform Vulcan Forged has secured the intellectual property (IP) rights for works included in the Frank Frazetta Art collection. The team plans to use these rights to create and distribute … Read more

Study Shows 36% of Nigerian Adults Are Financially Excluded — Digital Financial Services Bolsters Inclusion

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Nearly 36% of Nigeria’s 106 million adults lack access to both regulated and unregulated financial services, according to the findings of the Enhancing Financial Innovations and Access (EFIA) study. In addition, while the findings do suggest a marginal drop in the percentage of financially excluded adults in the past few years, overall “the actual number … Read more