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Human Rights Foundation Donates 20 BTC to Bitcoin Projects
Human Rights Foundation Donates 20 BTC to Bitcoin Projects
News  •  Bitcoin  •  Feb 21, 2023 by Deniz Saat

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

CleanSpark Buys 20,000 ASICs and Expands Capacity by 37%
CleanSpark Buys 20,000 ASICs and Expands Capacity by 37%
News  •  Bitcoin  •  Feb 17, 2023 by Deniz Saat

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

BlueWallet Will No Longer Support Custodial Lightning Wallet Services
BlueWallet Will No Longer Support Custodial Lightning Wallet Services

BlueWallet, a Bitcoin wallet available for both iOS and Android devices, has announced that their custodial Lightning wallet services will be discontinued by April 30th, 2023. The company noted in a blog post that Lndhub.io, the Lightning node where BlueWallet offers Lightning wallets for its users, is sunsetting. Users

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Feb 23, 2023
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BlueWallet Will No Longer Support Custodial Lightning Wallet Services
BlueWallet Will No Longer Support Custodial Lightning Wallet Services

BlueWallet, a Bitcoin wallet available for both iOS and Android devices, has announced that their custodial Lightning wallet services will be discontinued by April 30th, 2023. The company noted in a blog post that Lndhub.io, the Lightning node where BlueWallet offers Lightning wallets for its users, is sunsetting. Users

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Feb 23, 2023
Human Rights Foundation Donates 20 BTC to Bitcoin Projects
Human Rights Foundation Donates 20 BTC to Bitcoin Projects

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

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Feb 21, 2023
CleanSpark Buys 20,000 ASICs and Expands Capacity by 37%
CleanSpark Buys 20,000 ASICs and Expands Capacity by 37%

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

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Feb 17, 2023
Circle Reports Paxos to NYDFS Claiming Binance’s Stablecoin Reserves Are Not Fully Backed
Circle Reports Paxos to NYDFS Claiming Binance’s Stablecoin Reserves Are Not Fully Backed

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

News  •  Politics  •  Feb 13, 2023
Billions of Dollars Backing Tether Are Overseen by Wall Street Firm
Billions of Dollars Backing Tether Are Overseen by Wall Street Firm

Tether, the most popular stablecoin in the world, is backed by billions of dollars in Treasury Bills that are managed on Wall Street. According to those familiar with the situation, Cantor Fitzgerald is assisting Tether, in managing its $39 billion bond portfolio.  The securities are part of the $69 billion

News  •  Technology  •  Feb 11, 2023
Hut 8 and US Bitcoin Corp. Announce Merger
Hut 8 and US Bitcoin Corp. Announce Merger

Bitcoin miner Hut 8 and US Bitcoin Corp. have agreed to merge. Under the newly formed Hut 8 Corp., both companies are now wholly owned subsidiaries. The press release states that “the transaction is expected to establish [Hut 8 Corp.] as a large-scale, publicly traded Bitcoin miner focused on economical

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Feb 07, 2023
Genesis and Digital Currency Group Reach Initial Agreement With Creditors
Genesis and Digital Currency Group Reach Initial Agreement With Creditors

According to remarks made by Sean O’Neal of Cleary Gottlieb, who is representing Genesis, a division of Digital Currency Group (DCG), a restructuring agreement has been reached with creditors. The sale of Genesis Global Trading would be one part of this plan to maximize recovery. The agreement will also

News  •  Business  •  Feb 07, 2023
What is Nostr? How Does it Work? Why Does it Matter?
What is Nostr? How Does it Work? Why Does it Matter?

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all public/private key pairs are created equal, that they endow their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Freedom of Speech, Freedom from Algorithmic Bias, and Freedom of Meme.” – The Declaration of Independence from Platforms I published my initial

News  •  Technology  •  Feb 01, 2023
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