On August 8, the ethereum mixing service Tornado Cash, and all the crypto addresses associated with the platform, were officially banned by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). Following the ban, the internet hosting service for software and open source code development, Github, erased some of the Tornado Cash commits and
SoftBank’s record $23.4bn quarterly loss, a pledge of heavy cost-cutting and an hour of public self-criticism by its founder Masayoshi Son could push the Japanese billionaire to reconsider a management buyout of the technology conglomerate. Analysts and investors said the latest results, which delivered fresh signs that SoftBank is preparing to sell key operations such
An Ethereum fork token that does not yet exist, dubbed ETHW, is trading under $100 across several crypto exchanges after debuting at $30. ETHW and ETHS begin trading ETHW is the native asset to the ETHPoW chain. ETHPoW, for now, is a possible new chain backed by proof-of-work (PoW) miners as the original chain switches
Decentralized autonomous organizations come in all sizes and flavors. Some can seem sweet; others turn sour. It can be fun and interesting to create one that suits your needs and satisfies your hunger for something new. We talk to the master chefs — Noam Hof of DeepDAO, Stru Delman of Aragon, and Fabien of Snapshot
How will our homes be connected to the Internet five years from now? How will we? With keywords like “user-centric,” “holistic” and “experiences,” one of the smart home technology industry’s leading trade groups is bullish on a future that’s about much more than the latest gear. CEDIA’s members are the technology integrators who equip our
In signs that housing inventory is seeing meaningful recovery, active listings rose in July at a record annual pace — up 30.7% — for the third month in a row, according to the Realtor.com Monthly Housing Trends Report released on Tuesday. Although buyers had more for-sale home options in July, competition remained largely in sellers’
Bitcoin fell below $24,000 in today’s session, as prices collided with a key resistance level. Following a strong start to the week, crypto markets were mostly in the red, with the global market cap down 2.98% as of writing. Ethereum was also trading lower, moving close to a breakout below $1,700. Bitcoin Following a strong
Household energy bills in Britain are projected to peak at more than £4,420 a year on average next spring, posing a “fresh shock” for households already enduring a cost of living crisis. The energy consultancy Cornwall Insight on Tuesday raised its forecasts for Britain’s price cap following an announcement by the energy regulator Ofgem of
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Novavax (NVAX) – The drugmaker’s stock plummeted 32.3% in the premarket after posting an unexpected quarterly loss and cutting its full-year revenue guidance in half. Novavax said it did not expect any further U.S. sales of its Covid-19 vaccine this year amid soft
Marathon Digital, one of the biggest mining companies in the Bitcoin ecosystem, has posted its financial results corresponding to the second quarter of the year. The company revealed that even having increased its production by 8% when compared to Q2 2021, it recorded an impairment of $127.6 million on bitcoin holdings due to the fall
We have to entertain the notion that Keir Starmer is good at politics. He has scrubbed Labour of the worst of the left. He has turned extinction-level opinion polls for his party into almost fine ones. He has — mark this — the eternal trait of the political winner: he unhinges his critics. Why, then,
press release PRESS RELEASE. St. Barth, August 9, 2022 – KQuasars launches new astrophysical NFT collection. After studying with renowned physicists, meeting the CERN team and paying close attention to LIGO’s work, Kay Quattrocchi has joined forces with his son Harrisson Bordjel, inspirator and co-creator, and Sander Sturing a generative artist from the Netherlands, to
Mark Cuban, investor, Shark Tank star, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks is skeptical when it comes to the concept of the metaverse. In a recent interview, when asked about the definition of the metaverse, Cuban stated that the metaverse was “anything you want it to be,” declaring that buying land in the metaverse was
Taipei has warned that China could use military drills around the island to establish control over the entire Taiwan Strait, impeding international shipping and air traffic and strengthening Beijing’s efforts to deny the US military access to the area. The warning from foreign minister Joseph Wu came as the People’s Liberation Army said it was
Crypto platform Bitcoin.com is looking to expand its ecosystem by introducing Bitcoin (BTC) holders to the world of decentralized finance (DeFi) and implementing new services such as a decentralized exchange (DEX) in its platform. Speaking with Cointelegraph’s Andrew Fenton at the Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) 2022, Bitcoin.com’s head of financial services Corbin Fraser said that
Bitcoin (BTC) consolidated lower on Aug. 9 after familiar resistance preserved a multi-month trading range. Bitcoin navigates whale price ladder Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD falling under the $24,000 mark overnight after rejecting near $24,200. The pair had seen swift gains to start the week but momentum faded as the top of
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recently claimed it had identified individuals and organizations whose rapid accumulation of U.S. dollars recently accelerated the depreciation of the local currency, a report said. According to Abdulrasheed Bawa, the EFCC chairman, his organization is currently going after foreign currency speculators in Kano, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Enugu, and
This article is an on-site version of our Inside Politics newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every weekday. Good morning. Liz Truss’s interview with the FT continues to make waves at Westminster. I know that sounds like the kind of thing that I’m contractually obliged to write, but
Global equity markets had modest declines at the open on Tuesday, with traders awaiting US inflation data that would inform the Federal Reserve’s plans to tackle inflation. Europe’s benchmark Stoxx 600 opened down 0.1 per cent and Germany’s Dax index lost 0.3 per cent in early trading. The FTSE 100 traded flat. Trading was also
According to an igaming expert, Keane Ecclestone, crypto casinos are increasingly popular with bettors that value their privacy and security. While some perceive crypto casinos to be riskier than traditional online gambling platforms, Ecclestone believes bettors can play safely by choosing casinos that avail their licensing information. Bettors can also minimize risks by choosing crypto