Tether and Bitfinex Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Paolo Ardoino is a full-stack developer and computer scientist. In 2014 he started working for Bitfinex as a senior software developer and was later promoted to Chief Technology Officer within his first two years of working for the company. Ardoino recently attended the

The Ministry of Finance of Russia announced that it had finalized its “On Digital Currency” draft law. The announcement further stated the bill had been “clarified and concretized,” to include provisions related to digital mining activities.   “On Digital Currency” was introduced around the same time Russia invaded Ukraine on February

Samson Mow was interviewed in Guatemala on the IBEX Mercado podcast about his recent venture into helping nation-states adopt Bitcoin. IBEX is a Bitcoin focused company that aims to make Lightning more accessible to people and businesses around the world. The podcast is a recent addition for the company to

Core Scientific, who’s the world's largest publicly traded bitcoin mining company, has started to report its daily bitcoin production figures on its website to improve transparency.  According to Core Scientific CEO, Mike Levitt, in a press release, the reasoning behind reporting the daily figure is because it’

Last week, Microstrategy's CEO, Michael Saylor, addressed the company's shareholders with enthusiasm about the multibillion-dollar Bitcoin treasury strategy in the most recent investor letter released Thursday.  “Our parallel strategy to acquire and hold bitcoin has been a tremendous success. We will continue to vigorously pursue both

On April 14th, 2022 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced on their quarterly earnings call that the company was able to hit their target of $7 billion in net profit and explained that there is still a high demand for electronics. However, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining was not mentioned during

A new report suggests that over 1/3 of Nigerians aged 18-60 are investing in and/or trading Bitcoin and various cryptocurrencies. The report revealed that, * Most investors are young, with the median age being 18.4 years old  * Many are long-term investors due to the lowering value of Nigeria’

Bitcoiners spend a lot of time thinking about how a malicious actor could attack the network. We tend to assume that the adversary is attacking for monetary incentives, but what if the attacker is not economically rational? What if the attacker is not motivated by financial gain, but narcissistic tendencies