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Fast-growing but controversial, Robinhood falls in Nasdaq debut
AFP, Published on 30/07/2021
» NEW YORK: Robinhood had a rough start on Wall Street Thursday, falling sharply in its Nasdaq debut after the fast-growing online trading app raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering.
Crypto crackdown: Malaysian police steamroll bitcoin machines
AFP, Published on 23/07/2021
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police hit on a novel way to dispose of more than 1,000 bitcoin-mining machines seized in raids -- they crushed the devices using a steamroller.
Japan court jails US duo over Ghosn escape
AFP, Published on 19/07/2021
» TOKYO: An American father-son duo who helped former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn flee Japan were sentenced to 20 months and two years in prison by a Tokyo court on Monday.
Buddhist digital amulets mark Thai entry into crypto art craze
AFP, Published on 09/07/2021
» Karmic fortune has arrived to the digital art market, with a kaleidoscopic splash of colours and the face of a revered Thai monk offering portable Buddhist good luck charms to tech-savvy buyers.
Iran's Rouhani apologises for power cuts, blames heat
AFP, Published on 07/07/2021
» TEHRAN - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani apologised Wednesday for sweeping blackouts, blaming a searing drought he said had sharply driven up demand and virtually halted hydroelectric power generation.
US encourages El Salvador to regulate use of bitcoin
AFP, Published on 01/07/2021
» SAN SALVADOR - A senior US State Department official met El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday and recommended the regulation of bitcoin once it becomes legal tender in the Central American country from September.
World Wide Web source code NFT sells for $5.4m
AFP, Published on 01/07/2021
» NEW YORK: Tim Berners-Lee's source code for the World Wide Web sold Wednesday for $5.4 million in the form of non-fungible token (NFT).
China's crypto-miners look abroad as regulators tighten noose
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» BEIJING - When a prefecture in northwestern China's Xinjiang region ordered a halt on cryptocurrency mining projects this month, Chris Zhu scrambled to move clients' machines southward, spending over a week to reassemble in Sichuan.
McAfee founder found dead by suicide in Spanish jail
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» MADRID: Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee was found dead in his jail cell in Spain on Wednesday, officials said, shortly after a court approved his extradition to the United States where he was wanted for tax evasion.
Bitcoin dives as China widens crackdown on crypto mining
AFP, Published on 21/06/2021
» BEIJING: Bitcoin tumbled more than 10% Monday after China broadened a crackdown on its massive cryptocurrency mining industry with a ban on mines in a key southwestern province.