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U.S Court Sentences Silk Road Bitcoin Hacker a Year in Prison

According to the New York Department of Justice, U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe sentenced James Zhong to a year in prison after learning about the government’s plans to sell 41,000 seized bitcoin (BTC) this calendar year and the sale of 9,861.1707894 BTC on March 14, 2023. By setting up

April 16, 2023 1 min read

Twitter Rival With Relaxed Filtering ‘Parler’ Acquired and Shut Down

According to a statement released on Friday, the new owners of Parler, a social networking app with lax content filtering that favored conservatives, have decided to shut it down. The app was purchased by Starboard, previously known as Olympic Media, a digital media firm. The removal of Parler from major

April 16, 2023 1 min read

Indian Finance Minister Emphasizes Need for Unified Crypto Regulation

The government of India has always taken a relaxed approach to draft legislation for the nascent cryptocurrency sector. But this time, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has emphasized the need for immediate awareness of the problems associated with crypto assets. Indian lawmakers, it has been said, pushed for quick action

April 16, 2023 1 min read

Elon Musk Registers AI-driven Startup Rivaling OpenAI Dubbed ‘X.AI Corp’

Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter, has reportedly filed paperwork with the state of Nevada. In order to establish a new artificial intelligence (AI) corporation under the name X.AI Corp. The latest move in his much-rumored stealth enterprise. According to the filing, Musk is the only listed director of the business.

April 15, 2023 2 mins read

Bitcoin Mining Firm Bitdeer Gets Listed on Nasdaq Post SPAC Deal

Bitdeer, a cryptocurrency miner based in Singapore, is completing a SPAC merger with Blue Safari Group Acquisition Corp. and plans to go public on April 14. The former had announced that it would begin trading on Nasdaq in November of 2021. Due to the challenging conditions brought about by the

April 14, 2023 1 min read

Decentralized Marketplace OpenBazaar Planning Relaunch

After being taken down for more than two years, the decentralized crypto marketplace OpenBazaar looks to be making a return, as shown by a series of posts on social media and GitHub.  A new version of the marketplace, which was shut down in 2020, has been in development since at

April 14, 2023 1 min read

Amazon Introduces OpenAI’s ChatGPT Competitor ‘Bedrock’

The solution to the tech industry’s current fixation with artificial intelligence has been provided by one of the world’s top tech corporations. Amazon has released a chatbot called Bedrock that is intended to compete with OpenAI’s enormously popular ChatGPT. By developing its own generative AI system, Amazon is following in

April 14, 2023 1 min read

ETH Above $2K and BTC Held at $30K, How High Can They Go?

Bitcoin and Ethereum are making an effort to break through significant price barriers. A day after the Ethereum Shanghai update, the ETH price spiked. Ethereum (ETH) just increased in value by more than 10.49% in the last 24 hours, trading at over $2,116.04. The second-largest cryptocurrency in the world surged

April 14, 2023 1 min read

Arizona Governor Vetoes Bill Restricting Taxation on Residential Bitcoin Mining

Recent reports state that Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed legislation to prevent municipalities from imposing taxes on residential Bitcoin (BTC) mining operations. The Governor stated that the measure sought to limit the authority of local stakeholders, which was unacceptable. In January, Arizona Senator Wendy Rogers introduced the bill that

April 14, 2023 2 mins read

Crypto Market Rallies as U.S PPI Declined 0.5% in March 2023

Following March’s disappointing Consumer Price Index (CPI) statistics, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed Thursday that the PPI for final demand fell 0.5% in March. A 0.1% increase in the PPI was predicted for March, therefore the 0.5% increase was unexpected. Inflation as measured by the PPI in March

April 13, 2023 1 min read