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Pro-Russian Outfits Turn to Crypto Fundraising to Support War Efforts Against Ukraine: Report

Pro-Russian outfits have resorted to digital asset funds in a bid to support the war efforts against Ukraine while evading international sanctions. A new report suggests that these groups are raising a massive amount of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies via crowdfunding campaigns. According to Chris Janczewski, head of global investigations at TRM Labs, the blockchain intelligence resource identified around $400,000 in cryptocurrency raised since the beginning of the...

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Clean Spark Buys Mega Mining Facility in Georgia

Crypto mining firm Clean Spark is purchasing a whole new bitcoin mining facility in the city of Mawson, Georgia. The business – which is being sold for approximately $33 million – will help Clean Spark by increasing its hash rate to about 1.3 exahashes per second. Clean Spark Is Building Its Empire The topic of crypto mining continues to be a controversial one. Without mining, there would be no crypto. We all know that by now. For the most part, unless something like...

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Crypto Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa Largely Driven by Retail and P2P Activities

While institutional traders are not prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa, the region is known to have the highest number of small retail transactions globally. Part of the driving force for cryptocurrency adoption there is fiat currency devaluation, high unemployment rate, and economic instability. Crypto P2P Thriving in Africa Despite Regulatory Problems According to a report by blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis, retail users make up the bulk of crypto-related activities in...

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Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey Give $1,000 to Bitcoin Academy Attendants

Back in July, billionaire moguls Jay-Z (a rapper and businessman) and Jack Dorsey (the former CEO of Twitter) put their heads together to establish what they’re calling the Bitcoin Academy. Jay-Z Is Pushing Bitcoin Further The goal was to help all residents of the Marcy Houses in New York – where Jay-Z allegedly grew up – and grant them financial independence through bitcoin and blockchain education. Not long ago, it was reported that both the rapper and his social media...

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Activity Stagnates Post-Merge Ethereum, Sidechain on Losing Side

Ethereum pulled off a stunning technical upgrade that saw the popular blockchain transition to the proof-of-stake consensus model for processing transactions after six years of work. However, post-merge activity on layer-2 has dropped. According to the latest stats by Dapp Radar, the already descending unique active wallets and transactions have further dropped by 35% from August to September. A similar trend was seen in terms of Ethereum’s TVL, which fell by 5.6% to $31.41...

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SOL Drops 6% as Solana Suffered Another Network Outage

The Solana blockchain experienced yet another outage late on Friday, but it’s back online after getting restarted. The protocol’s native cryptocurrency dropped by 6% daily as a consequence of the latest network outage. The Solana Status Twitter page informed late last night about the network issues as it stopped processing transactions. Shortly after, Stakewiz – an entity operating a validator node on Solana – provided more details, saying validators stopped voting at 22:41...

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LoopNetwork (LOOP) Is Now Available for Trading on LBank Exchange

INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Sep. 28, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, has listed LoopNetwork (LOOP) on September 28, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the LOOP/USDT trading pair is now officially available for trading. As a super scalable blockchain supporting powerful DeFi platform, LoopNetwork (LOOP) opens the gate for users to take advantage of the fast transferring and trading, with key innovations including PoSA consensus and native...

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