Genesis Digital Assets, a leading digital miner, has partnered with YPF Luz, an Argentine power company, to receive power from a flare gas installation to operate a bitcoin mining site in Argentina. The data center facility, in the Bajo del Toro thermoelectric plant, will host 1,200 bitcoin miners. Genesis Digital Assets to Operate Flare Gas […]
Horizen Labs, Offchain Labs, and the Arbitrum Foundation Propose Apechain Powered by Arbitrum
A collaboration between Horizen Labs, Offchain Labs, and the Arbitrum Foundation aims to bolster the apecoin (APE) ecosystem through the development of a dedicated blockchain, Apechain. Envisioned to leverage Arbitrum technology and governed by Apecoin DAO, the teams believe this initiative represents a significant step toward expanding the utility and reach of apecoin. Horizen …
Economist Steve Hanke: US Dollar Weaponization Has Powered Record Central Bank Gold Purchases
Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, has discussed how U.S. policies have driven central bank gold purchases to record levels this year. In an interview, Hanke stated that these purchases were motivated by the weaponization of fiat currencies like the dollar, which has driven countries in “de-dollarization mode” to take refuge […]
WordPress Relaunches Showcase Powered by Blocks
WordPress.org has launched the redesign of the Showcase, with new block-based components, through a collaboration between the Design, Marketing, and Meta teams that began last year. It’s part of a larger effort to modernize WordPress.org and comes two months after the project relaunched a new design for the WordPress.org homepage and Download …