South Korean Gaming Giant Planning to Buy Crypto Exchange Bithumb for $460 Million
Nexon, the South Korean multi-billion-dollar gaming conglomerate, is reportedly planning to buy a 65% stake in troubled crypto exchange Bithumb in a deal worth about 500 billion won ($460 million). ● According to local media reports, Nexon is to buy all the shares owned by Bithumb chairman Lee Jung Hoon, including several others totaling up to 65% of the exchange’s outstanding shares. ● The Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed video gaming...
A Conversation with One of Bitcoin Cash’s Most Prolific Developers
Calin Culianu is the #1 contributor to the Electron Cash project. Also, he contributes to BCHN, and has created the Fulcrum server. Definitely a Bitcoin Cash hero in my book. I picked his brain a bit about all things Bitcoin Cash, and got some juicy answers. Calin likes to talk, so let’s check it out. Jonald Fyookball (JF): So Calin, how did you get into crypto? Calin Culianu (CC): You got time? All right. I had a friend who was, I...
Judge: Sci-Hub Blocking Case “Important” For Science, Community Representations Will Be Heard
On December 21, 2020, academic publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society filed a lawsuit demanding that Indian ISPs block access to Sci-Hub and Libgen. The companies accuse the platforms of engaging in large-scale copyright infringement and note that preventing citizens of India from accessing the platforms is the only real option available to prevent their rights from being further abused. In similar blocking...
Rights Alliance Declares Victory in Its War On Danish Pirate Sites
Private torrent sites with Danish roots have long been the go-to place for file-sharers in Denmark, but that changed rapidly in recent weeks. After a series of enforcement actions and legal threats, ‘all’ local trackers are gone. Arrests The trouble started in October last year when DanishBits suddenly went offline. At the time, several sources informed us that the owner had been arrested and these claims were later confirmed by the...
10 ways to advance your JavaScript journey in 2021
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