Russian Digital Ruble Pilot ‘on Track,’ Registers About 25K Transactions
Elvira Nabiullina, Governor of the Bank of Russia, stated that the current pilot test of the Russian digital ruble was “on track,” with several operations being tested, including opening wallets, and interactions with smart contracts. Nabiullina revealed that over 25,000 transactions were registered, and confirmed the pilot expansion later this year. Russian Digital Ruble Pilot […] Powered by...
Skybridge Founder Insists It’s ‘Still Very Early’ to Buy BTC — Sees Bitcoin as the New Berkshire Hathaway
Skybridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci has insisted that it is “still very very early” to buy bitcoin. He likened the cryptocurrency to Warren Buffett’s company, calling it the “Berkshire Hathaway of the 21st century.” He opined: “It was never ‘too late’ to buy Berkshire stock. It is still very very early for bitcoin.” ‘Bitcoin Is […] Powered by...
Bitwise CIO Says Bitcoin Could Top $200K This Year Citing ‘Too Much Demand, Not Enough Supply’
Bitwise’s chief investment officer says bitcoin price could surge above $200K this year due to a “massive supply-demand dynamic,” emphasizing that “there’s too much demand and not enough supply” for the cryptocurrency. Predicting “an even bigger wave” of demand for bitcoin due to spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), he described: “It’s in a new era […] Powered by...
Publishers Target LibGen Domains, IPFS Gateways, Plus $30m in Piracy Damages
Library Genesis (LibGen) is one of the oldest shadow libraries on the Internet, offering free access to millions of books and academic papers people otherwise have to pay for. The site’s origins reportedly trace back to the Soviet Union’s underground publishing culture ‘samizdat,’ which was used to bypass state censorship in the last century. LibGen launched around 2008 as a digital version of the same concept. In addition to...
China Sentences Pirate Site Operators, Huge Win For Japan’s Anime Industry
Anime piracy site B9Good first appeared way back in 2008, initially operating under B9DM branding. Defying the usual odds, 15 years later the site was still alive and kicking. Last March, Japan-based anti-piracy group CODA reported an estimate of B9Good’s traffic for the two years running up to February 2023. Based in China, the site had been accessed more than 300 million times and, crucially, around 95% of those visits came from...
