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Bitcoin will soon be an official currency in El Salvador

The Verge

El Salvador has passed a resolution to make Bitcoin a legal currency, which makes it the first country to do so ( via The Guardian ). The law does say that the government will “promote the necessary training and mechanisms” to allow the population to use Bitcoin. percent of the global computing power that’s put towards Bitcoin.

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What we know about China’s cryptocurrency crackdown

The Verge

While we haven’t seen any reports of China flat-out outlawing cryptocurrencies, the government started issuing warnings about trading and mining cryptocurrencies in May, and told the country’s financial giants they would have to stop dealing in crypto. Graph: University of Cambridge. GPU prices in China have fallen.

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MARA raises $23M from Coinbase Ventures and FTX to build Africa’s portal to the crypto economy

TechCrunch

They include high-profile crypto and web3 investors such as Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research (FTX) and Distributed Global. As a “legalized exchange,” MARA plans to teach governments and provide support on KYC and AML best practices.

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Research Friday: Why Give to International Charities?

ASU Lodestar Center

Poverty in these countries is defined as falling short of food, not being able to send children to school, having limited or no access to safe drinking water, living in unstable houses and, perhaps worse, feeling powerless as the conflicting or corrupted governments don’t offer any means to get out of poverty 3.

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Bitcoin’s bid to become the “one chain to rule them all”

TechCrunch

Bitcoin has integrated with a layer-two protocol called the Lightning Network to increase its speed and efficiency while lowering transaction costs, a piece of infrastructure used by the nation of El Salvador and major crypto exchanges such as Kraken. based e-commerce site using Visa’s rails. .

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Meet Your Local NetSquared Organizer at #17NTC

Tech Soup

These global leaders are coming from the United Kingdom, Uganda, Florida, and DC. Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance. San Salvador, El Salvador: Curso Introductorio a Modelos de Negocio. They're going to try and recruit you. Thursday, March 2, 2017.

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

The Verge

Webby Award for Government & Civil Innovation : USAFacts. Webby People’s Voice Award for Government & Civil Innovation : VOTE411 - Election Information You Need. Webby People’s Voice Award for Green : NASA’s Global Climate Change Website by NASA/JPL. Public Service & Activism : Global Citizen Mobile App.

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