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Like the rest of tech Twitter, crypto Twitter spent most of this week obsessed with Elon Musk’s will-he-or-won't-he-buy-the-platform saga. On Monday, the microblogging giant accepted Musk’s $44 ... ( read original story ...)

Mining involves solving complicated math problems with the use of computer processing power. The miner who solves the problem gets rewarded in crypto coins, which they can then spend on goods or ... ( read original story ...)

On April 26, the State of New York put itself at the forefront of the regulatory struggle with crypto, as its Assembly voted for a two-year moratorium on crypto mining operations that use energy ... ( read original story ...)

Even while bitcoin and crypto exchange traded funds (ETFs) continue to languish under regulatory review, other products and services have raced ahead. Decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens ... ( read original story ...)

Other major coins—including Binance's BNB BNB, Ripple's XRP XRP, solana, cardano, Terra's luna and avalanche—have also plunged, wiping $1.2 trillion from the combined crypto market in a matter of ... ( read original story ...)

Their recent conversion, industry executives said, has less to do with any epiphany about crypto’s utility than it does a simple reality: They don’t want to lose the business to rivals. Hedge funds ... ( read original story ...)

Niall Ferguson is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was previously a professor of history at Harvard, New York ... ( read original story ...)

The Next Normal Thriving in the Post-Pandemic World. Innovation around crypto is flourishing but there isn't yet real proof of how useful it is to society. A key challenge today is how to enact good ... ( read original story ...)

In the case of Decentraland and Axie Infinity, their native crypto tokens - MANA and AXS, respectively - are used to buy and sell virtual items. What makes these cryptos great investment ... ( read original story ...)

The south west could benefit from crypto regulation, one expert has claimed The south west is "perfectly positioned" to benefit from plans to regulate cryptocurrency, an expert has claimed. Chancellor ... ( read original story ...)

Flipkart jumps into Web 3 Flipkart surprisingly tweeted on the 28th of April that it is now exploring Web 3.0. The timing of the announcement is interesting as it comes during an extreme uncertainty ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo-, Bangalore-, and Zurich-based Rapyuta Robotics announced last week that it has raised 6.415 billion yen in the latest round, which Crunchbase says appears to be a series C round. This round was ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan (BOJ), unlike any of its peers, has become a huge player in the country’s stock market. What began as a monetary policy experiment has turned into what some economists describe as a ... ( read original story ...)

Meanwhile, Munger has compared the crypto to a venereal disease, called for the US to ban it, and bemoaned the massive speculation underlying its price gains in recent years. Read more ... ( read original story ...)

Crypto mining centers, which consume huge amounts of electricity, are popping up in Minnesota and North Dakota. Critics say they enhance fossil fuel power production. Billions of dollars are flowing ... ( read original story ...)

UK police dealt with 22 types of cryptocurrency during investigations last year, up from two in 2019. Illustration: Observer Design Scams relating to digital ‘coins’ are growing – but data reveals ... ( read original story ...)