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Intel Corp has launched a new chip for blockchain applications like Bitcoin mining

One of the hallmarks of the crypto industry since its inception has been its commitment to open source development as well as its transparency-centric ethos. This is best made evident by the fact that many prominent projects operating within the digital asset sector and decentralized finance (DeFi) arena today have essentially been derived from other prominent projects such as Bitcoin Cash, SushiSwap and many others.

Crypto start-up Alchemy has nearly tripled its valuation in a matter of months, with the company saying Tuesday it's now valued $10.2 billion after its latest funding round.

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave (AAVE) has launched an open-source, decentralized social media ecosystem dubbed Lens Protocol. Concurrently, the Twitter-backed Bluesky project has formed an independent organization to implement its vision of creating "an open and decentralized standard for social media."

Twitter co-founder and Block (previously Square) CEO Jack Dorsey discussed the implications of a Bitcoin (BTC)-powered universal basic income (UBI) strategy with US congressional candidate and a full-time elementary school teacher, Aarika Rhodes. 

Is Bitcoin (BTC) in a bull market or a bear market? Has the current market cycle already peaked or can we expect another leg higher? Venture capital funds don’t seem to care either way. They’re too busy building equity in promising blockchain plays. 

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey said that Meta’s failed cryptocurrency project Diem was “wasted effort and time,” and it should have focused its efforts on “making Bitcoin more accessible for everyone.”

The Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) has welcomed Meta as a member, with the social media giants vowing to make its core crypto patents accessible to all.

We know that the “Coinbase Effect” has turned into an industry-wide phenomenon. This is because any token’s listing by the exchange is known to give a positive push to its value. 

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That was quick. Within 24 hours of the launch of the Twitter nonfungible token, or NFT, profile pictures for iOS update, a github contributor called mcclure has coded up and shared a browser extension that automatically blocks Twitter accounts using an NFT profile picture.

The social media giant Twitter has taken further tentative steps into the world of Ethereum (ETH) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) – by moving to allow some users to use verified NFTs as their profile pictures. And the firm has also apparently created an account on the invite-only ethereum-based NFT marketplace Foundation.

Erik Thedéen, the vice-chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority has raised concerns over the growing use of renewable energy for Bitcoin mining.

web3.' The VCs and their LPs do.,Jack Dorsey tweeted this esoteric salvo in late December, not long after he stepped down as the head of Twitter to focus on advancing his Bitcoin ambitions. The post, swiping at the power held by venture capitalists and their limited partners as they try to reorganize the internet around blockchain technology, an effort known as web3, soon set off a public feud among members of the Silicon Valley ruling class. The dispute over what many herald as the next arena of technological revolution has drawn increasingly hard lines. Elon Musk is with Dorsey; Marc Andreessen is his enemy. The web3 revolution, backers say, promises the democratization of commerce and information by building a better internet on blockchain networks — distributed ledger systems that form the basis of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. It theoretically would cut out traditional middlemen and gatekeepers, letting users transact directly and have a greater stake in the programs they use.

Block, formerly known as Square, owned Cash App will now allow U.S. users to send bitcoin for free globally following its integration with the Lightning Network.

In March 2021, a 1961 oil painting by VS Gaitonde sold for over $5 million — making it the most expensive Indian art ever sold. In the same month, auction house Christie's sold a digital work of art for the first time for $69 million. It not only set a record but also made a blockchain application called NFT instantly popular. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are unique digital items stored on a blockchain, the same network that runs cryptocurrencies. Anything digital — images, videos, music, even the online version of this article — can be converted into an NFT and monetised. NFTs are not the digital art but instead certificates of authenticity, and most use the blockchain of ethereum, the second-biggest cryptocurrency. Just like crypto, trading of NFTs too has no legal backing yet. The lack of regulation also means that it is prone to price manipulation. Increased use of the internet and a surge in interest in crypto has driven NFTs' popularity. «Many consumers who had put money in crypto were introduced to NFTs as a new medium of investment. NFTs also gained popularity when celebrities like Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Paris Hilton, and Snoop Dogg sold NFTs,» said Sumit Ghosh, CEO & co-founder of Chingari, the NFT marketplace that was launched by Salman Khan in October 2021. Presented ByDid you Know?Producer, direc

Solo miners are off to a strong start this year. On Monday, a solo Ethereum (ETH) miner with an average hashrate capacity of 2.19 Giga hashes per second (GH/s) won a block race on the Ethereum blockchain and raked in a reward of ETH 168, currently worth just below USD 536,000. 

Block Inc, formerly known as Square, will begin mining Bitcoin with its mining system based on custom silicon and open source for individuals and businesses worldwide.

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Jack Dorsey has proposed a fund for minimising Bitcoin developers' legal hassles

Block, the payments company formerly known as Square and headed by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, is building a Bitcoin (BTC) mining system and is hiring a team for it.