CryptoNews

Discover How 20 Million Russians Tap Into Over $43B in Cryptocurrency

Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov has estimated that 20 million Russians have invested 3.7 trillion rubles (nearly $44 trillion) in crypto. These funds are being leveraged in three different pools: foreign trading, mining, and held as investment or savings assets on external exchanges. Key Takeaways Over 20M Russians use crypto to settle foreign trade, bypassing SWIFT sanctions to import key…
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CryptoNews

Kazakhstan Turns to Flare Gas to Power Crypto Mining Revival

Kazakhstan is working to entice crypto miners to take advantage of flared gas opportunities as part of a push to revive mining, which was severely hampered by power limitations imposed by an auction system designed to protect the country’s aging grid. Key…
AI & RoboticsNews

Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Meta’s new AI agent Muse took the spotlight at the company’s annual Connect event, where CEO Mark Zuckerberg made it clear that Facebook’s parent company plans to push AI features everywhere. On the latest…
NewsPhotography

Photography festivals work better with a theme, and Bristol has built an entire biennial around this single unsettling idea

I go to lots of photography festivals, and I like it best when they have a theme. Not just because it makes them easier to write about, but because more broadly, I think it helps the public enjoy the event. There’s nothing worse than wandering around gallery after gallery, staring at photograph after photograph, not really knowing how you’re supposed to feel about them, or what…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

NIO sells 30% of battery swap unit to Geely at more than $2 billion

Geely is buying into NIO’s battery swap network. NIO announced definitive agreements on Sunday that hand a Geely Holding subsidiary 30% of NIO Power, the unit running its swap stations and chargers, at a post-money valuation of about RMB16 billion ($2.4 billion). Most of what Geely is paying isn’t cash. It’s contributing its own commercial battery swap business plus RMB640 million ($94…
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GamingNews

Delta Force Celebrates Its Second Anniversary with New Season Reorientation

Delta Force’s mission has always been to incorporate player feedback to create the best experience possible for its players. As Delta Force players prepare for the free-to-play first-person tactical shooter’s second anniversary, the developers at Team Jade have been hard at work, listening to two years of player feedback as the game has evolved since its initial PC launch, since coming to…
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