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Coinbase Shutting Down Most Crypto Services in Japan After Series of Job Cuts Globally

The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is closing down most of its operations in Japan after announcing another round of job cuts globally. “Despite everything we’ve been through as a company and an industry, I’m still…

Major media outlets demand identities of SBF's $250M bond guarantors

The media’s lawyers argued the public’s right to know Bankman-Fried's sureties outweighed their privacy and safety rights, but Bankman-Fried’s lawyers strongly disagreed.

Miss El Salvador Features Bitcoin in Miss Universe 2023

The Miss Universe contestant from El Salvador this year has surprised viewers by featuring bitcoin as part of her national costume. El Salvador has adopted the cryptocurrency as legal tender and has passed a new regulatory framework for the…

Bankruptcy Court Terminates FTX Naming-Rights Agreement for Miami Heat Arena

A federal bankruptcy court in the U.S. has ended the FTX naming-rights agreement for Miami Heat’s basketball stadium. The sports venue was branded FTX Arena as part of a multi-year, multi-million dollar sponsorship deal between the now-bankrupt…

One Of America’s Largest Hemp Processors Makes Entry Into Sustainable Bitcoin Mining

A new direction towards sustainable energy projects has been led with an investment into a Costa Rican bitcoin mining operation.Generation Hemp Inc., the largest mid-stream hemp processing entity in the U.S., has renamed itself Evergreen…