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EIA to Temporarily Suspend Bitcoin Miner Survey After Lawsuit
The EIA has agreed to temporarily suspend their survey of Bitcoin miner energy use in the United States.
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Nigeria Blocks Access to Bitcoin Exchanges in Desperate Bid to Control The Price of Plummeting National Currency
"The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms regulator, late on Wednesday ordered telecoms companies to restrict consumer access to the websites of companies like Binance, Coinbase and Kraken, according to people familiar with the matter," reported Financial Times.
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Citrea Raised $2.7M Seed Round to Launch Bitcoin’s First ZK Rollup
Citrea is working on "the first rollup that enhances the capabilities of Bitcoin blockspace with zero-knowledge technology, making it possible to build everything on Bitcoin." This requires no changes to the network's consensus rules.
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ECB Reports Record Loss for 2023, Publishes Another Hit Piece on Bitcoin
The European Central Bank today reported a record annual loss for 2023 and said further losses were likely as its aggressive interest rate hikes force it to pay out billions of euros to banks. At the same time, the bank also published another opinion piece on perceived 'failures of bitcoin.'
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Judge Set to Rule on Assange Extradition Previously Acted for MI6 Whose Activities Were Exposed by WikiLeaks
"One of the two High Court judges who will rule on Julian Assange’s bid to stop his extradition to the US represented the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and the Ministry of Defence," reported Declassified UK.
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Julian Assange Appeals in Most Important Press Freedom Case in the World
London’s High Court has scheduled two days of hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may appeal a United States request for extradition to stand trial on espionage charges. Assange will not attend court due to illness.
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El Salvador Ex-Security Adviser Who Accused Ruling Party of Corruption Dies in Custody
"Alejandro Muyshondt, a former national security adviser to El Salvador's government, who had accused a congressman from the ruling New Ideas party of corruption and drug trafficking, died in state custody in unclear circumstances, his family told reporters."
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Coinbase Commerce Merchant Payment Processing Platform No Longer Supports Bitcoin
Coinbase has removed support for native Bitcoin payments on Coinbase Commerce claiming it was too big of a challenge for the company.
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Coinbase Donates $3.6M to Fund Open Source Bitcoin Developers
Coinbase donated $3.6 million to Brink as a result of winding down GiveCrypto, an organization meant to give out crypto to people living in poverty.
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Summer of Bitcoin 2024 Applications are Open Until 20th of February
Summer of Bitcoin is a global, online summer internship program focused on introducing university students to bitcoin open-source development and design.
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Apple Confirms iOS 17.4 Disables Progressive Web Apps in the European Union
iPhone users in the European Union can access websites directly from the Home Screen through a bookmark, but PWA features won't be available.
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U.S. Treasury Admits Wall Street Journal Reported Misleading Numbers on Bitcoin Use By Militant Groups
Treasury's Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson confirmed that Hamas and other militant groups still prefer traditional means of finance during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday.
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