Telegram Introduces No-SIM Sign-ups With Blockchain-Powered Numbers

Popular messenger Telegram now allows users to open accounts without the need to provide their mobile phone numbers. With the app’s latest update, they can log in using blockchain-based numbers instead, and they can be purchased with cryptocurrency on the Fragment platform. Telegram Promises ‘New Era of Privacy’ With Accounts That Don’t Require Phone Numbers …

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Castles Made of Sand Dollars: SBF, FTX, and other Three Letter Agents

How stablecoins and the unstable con, Sam Bankman-Fried, built a corrupt castle of sand and how it all washed out. The story of Bitcoin has certainly had its fair share of nefarious characters, criminal activity, bad haircuts and worse wardrobes, and yet our anti-hero du jour has seemed to outdo them all. Sam Bankman-Fried, better …

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Kazakhstan Presses On With Restrictive Bitcoin Mining Regulation

A bill that would create new licensing and electricity purchase requirements has been sent on to a third vote. Kazakhstan is moving forward with regulation that will further stifle its bitcoin mining industry. The country’s federal parliamentary body has completed secondary approval of a bill “On Digital Assets in the Republic of Kazakhstan.” With a …

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These Six Charts Show How Bitcoin Mining Is Enduring The Bear Market

Bear market history never repeats, but it often rhymes and these six datasets show how the bitcoin mining industry is faring today. Bitcoin mining companies continue struggling to survive the ongoing bear market. Dreams of outperforming bitcoin as a public mining company are long gone. Bankruptcies and lawsuits make routine headlines. And even Wall Street …

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