CANTV, a Venezuelan state-owned ISP, has reportedly started blocking traffic to Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. The company, which controls a significant portion of the Venezuelan broadband market, has left thousands of Venezuelans without access to their savings and even P2P markets, which are popular among those using crypto as […]
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Spacex, has expressed his view that inflation is primarily driven by government overspending, which he emphasized as “the vast majority of the problem.” He also noted that excessive regulation worsens the situation, underscoring that the issue stems from the government, not the private sector. Elon Musk on Inflation, Government […]
The government of President Javier Milei has created a security-focused artificial intelligence (AI) unit that will use learning algorithms and other technologies to supervise the internet and predict crimes before they happen in Argentina. The unit, created last week, has caught attention in social media due to its similarities with how police act in the […]
The Zimbabwean Cabinet has approved a de-dollarization roadmap outlining “modalities to operationalize the Zig currency as legal tender for use in the economy.” Zimbabwean officials have set early 2026 as the new deadline for making the Zig the country’s sole currency. The central bank is expected to strengthen the mandatory licensing requirements, which compel business […]
The trillion-dollar coin, an idea that surged as a solution to raising the U.S. debt ceiling on more than one occasion, was recently revealed to have been considered by the government several times. Memos obtained via FOIA requests by journalist Jason Leopold show that, even though it was considered outrageous by some, it was seriously […]