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Congress weighs cleaning up cryptocurrency mining in the US
- January 22, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
- Category: Altcoins
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The “Sandow Switch” that once was used by the Alcoa coal power plant now provides electricity for the Whinstone US Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas, on October 9, 2021. | Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP /AFP via Getty Images
On Thursday, members of Congress debated how to make cryptocurrencies greener, as energy-intensive bitcoin mining booms in the US. One of the biggest questions was whether to use renewables to power the energy-hungry mining at the heart of bitcoin’s blockchain, or turn to other blockchains that don’t need as much energy in the first place.…
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Ozzy Osbourne’s NFT project shared a scam link, and followers lost thousands of dollars
- January 22, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
- Category: Altcoins
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
When a pop-cultural icon like Ozzy Osbourne announces an NFT collection, you can count on the project getting publicity. The launch of the “CryptoBatz” collection, a series of 9,666 digital bats, received coverage in outlets like Billboard, Rolling Stone, NME, Hypebeast, and Business Insider, among others.
But just two days after the tokens were minted, supporters are being targeted by a phishing scam that drains cryptocurrency from their wallets, playing off a bad link shared by the project’s official Twitter account.…
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10 Best Crypto Exchanges You Should Know (2022)
- January 22, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
- Category: Altcoins
Cryptocurrencies are getting more and more popular and the hype around them gets louder day by day, and most people are getting on it just because of their fear of missing out (FOMO). As a personal opinion, I believe that cryptos can be the future of finance and it can replace the traditional money that we currently use.
A lot of other cryptocurrencies are popping up, called Alt Coins, hoping to ride the waves of the ever-growing popularity of Bitcoin and Ethereum.…
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Top cryptocurrency prices today: Bitcoin dips below $40,000, other altcoins bleed
- January 22, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
- Category: Altcoins
New Delhi: The bleeding in crypto tokens continued on Friday as Russia proposed banning the use and mining of cryptocurrencies on Russian territory. The pain in altcoins intensified following the news, which tanked higher.Russia must ban cryptocurrencies, the country’s central bank said in a report released Thursday. The report says cryptocurrencies are volatile and widely used in illegal activities such as fraud.The…
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Businesses Everywhere are Preparing for the Metaverse: Are you Ready?
- January 21, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
- Category: Altcoins
News broke this week that Walmart is taking its first steps to prepare for the impending move to the metaverse – including creating its own NFTs and other assets secured by blockchain technology.
The US retail corporation is the latest in a string of organizations looking to get ahead of the curve as Facebook, Microsoft and a host of gaming companies lay the first foundations of a new reality. …
