Enlarge (credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus) More than 200 long-time Wikipedia editors have requested that the Wikimedia Foundation stop accepting cryptocurrency donations. The foundation received crypto donations worth about $130, 000 in the most recent fiscal year—less than 0. 1 percent of the foundation’s revenue, which topped $150 million last year. Debate on the […]
Enlarge / A technician inspects the backside of bitcoin mining at Bitfarms in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, on March 19, 2018. (credit: Lars Hagberg / AFP) Bitcoin has a voracious appetite for energy, a foundational characteristic of the cryptocurrency that some environmental groups say they are hoping to change. A new pressure campaign, called Change the […]
Enlarge / The sun sets beyond an oil pumping unit, also known as a pumping jack, at a drilling site operated by Tatneft OAO near Almetyevsk, Russia. (credit: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg) Russia’s economy is in shambles, and the value of the ruble has plummeted as the country finds itself increasingly isolated from global trade in the […]
FTX Ventures’ Amy Wu explains why the venture capital fund is bullish on Bored Ape Yacht Club-creator Yuga Labs’ prospects as a media and entertainment company. Read More
And like anyone who’s been 13 years old before would know, there’s a whole lot of uncertainty about what’s to come. Read More
“It doesn’t mean that the industry’s going to get the answer it wants.” Read More
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | MirageC) President Joe Biden today issued an executive order that could lead to the US creating a digital currency. “My Administration places the highest urgency on research and development efforts into the potential design and deployment options of a United States CBDC [Central Bank Digital Currency],” the executive order said. […]
From the Super Bowl to Law & Order, crypto is everywhere. So what should we be paying attention to? Read More
Enlarge / The IRS detailed the winding and tangled routes the couple allegedly took to launder a portion of the nearly 120,000 bitcoins stolen from the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016. (credit: William Whitehurst | Getty Images) On Tuesday, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan were arrested in New York and accused of laundering a record […]
The renown venture capitalist discusses the Elizabeth Holmes verdict and the greatest opportunities for crypto. Read More