Through the Bitcoin Development Fund, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has given 20 BTC (around $475,000) to 10 international projects. With a focus on Africa and Southeast Asia, the funding will assist initiatives including censorship-resistant communication, Bitcoin education in authoritarian regimes, core development, and building local communities.  $100,000

For $43.6 million, CleanSpark Inc. has acquired 20,000 brand-new Antminer S19j Pro+ units and will pay $32.3 million after coupons. Once deployed, the new set of miners will increase the company’s mining capacity by 37%, or 2.44 exahashes per second (EH/s). With 15,000

The state of Wyoming has approved legislation that protects its residents from being required to disclose their private keys. It now just needs the Governor’s signature to become law after being passed by the state Senate and House of Representatives. The bill reads: No person shall be compelled to

The top financial regulator in New York is currently investigating stablecoin issuer Paxos while competitor Circle was the one to raise the alarm. In autumn of 2022, Circle alerted the New York Department of Financial Services, or NYDFS, that Binance's reserves were insufficient to support its tokens, potentially