An investigation carried out by US legislators, led by Congressman Jared Hauffman, determined that the electricity consumption of companies dedicated to Bitcoin mining is quite high, similar to the consumption of all houses in Houston, Texas.
The study was based on requesting information on the…
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Crypto scam to PDVSA retirees
The Venezuelan Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC in Spanish) announced the arrest of a group of criminals who operated within the state of Monagas and were dedicated to stealing cryptocurrencies from retired workers…
Twitter filed suit against Elon Musk
Twitter filed a lawsuit in a Delaware state court against billionaire Elon Musk to force Tesla's founder and CEO to commit to his offer to buy the company after breaking the agreement between the parties.
"Musk apparently believes that he,…
Meta sues user for the theft of IG profiles
Meta sued the owner of the cloned website called MyStalk, Ekrem Ates, for creating fraudulently obtaining information from more than 350,000 Instagram accounts using automated software.
A cloned web page is a page created by a third party…
Boris Johnson will resign today as leader of the ‘tories’
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, will present his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party on Thursday in the face of the cascade of resignations within the Government, although he will remain as Prime…
Colombia presented the guidelines to adopt blockchain
The Colombian government through the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies (MinTIC) launched a Guide with the guidelines for the development of blockchain-based projects within the public sector.
The guide offers the…
British Army was hacked by crypto scam
The British Army's Twitter and YouTube accounts were hacked by a group of cybercriminals who have used them to promote a scam related to the cryptocurrency market.
In recent years, these types of fraudulent attacks linked to…
US financial regulatory agency investigates crypto fraud
The US financial regulatory Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has requested an investigation into a South African speculative platform and is demanding that it restore $1.7 billion deposited in crypto by its clients.
The Mirror…
Central Bank of Morocco works on cryptocurrency framework law
Abdellatif Jouahri, governor of the central bank of Morocco, stated that a committee is working to establish an appropriate framework law to regulate cryptocurrencies that allows combining innovation, technology and consumer protection.…
Venezuela on alert before the arrival of the cyclone
President Nicolás Maduro announced on Tuesday the suspension of classes at all levels both Wednesday and Thursday, due to the passage of the tropical cyclone that will hit Venezuela soon.
Initially, the national president had announced the…
The EU requires its States to load 80 % of their gas deposits
The European Union (EU) decided to officially adopt the regulation that establishes that community gas tanks must be loaded to at least 80 % of their capacity by next fall, and also requires sharing the tocks between the EU countries with…
Bank of China to support country’s economic recovery
The People's Bank of China (PBC) assured that it will continue to maintain a monetary stance that supports the recovery of the economy, after the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the successive restrictions imposed to contain infections,…