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View More NewsA solo Bitcoin miner hit the jackpot and validated a solo block with a single Bitaxe mining rig, marking a rare win that beat massive statistical odds.The retail Bitcoin miner secured a 3.125 Bitcoin (BTC) block reward, currently worth about $200,000, on Friday at block number 957382, according to blockchain data from mempool.space. The miner was using a single Bitaxe mining rig, according to the BTC mining pool Public Pool. That Bitaxe is a budget, lower-power Bitcoin miner that costs less than $200 and has a hashrate of about 1 terahash per second (TH/s), which is a tiny fraction of the…
In brief The Bank of Thailand is using data analytics to scan for abnormally high-volume trades in stablecoins, especially Tether’s USDT, as part of a crackdown on illicit finance. Governor Vitai Ratanakorn said early reviews flagged transactions that appear designed to evade disclosure rules or bypass normal transfers; the SEC, which regulates digital assets, will decide on any follow-up. The screening sits within a wider sweep targeting large cash deposits and withdrawals, gold trading, and online-gambling “mule” accounts. Thailand’s central bank has turned data-analytics tools on the country’s stablecoin market, scanning high-volume trades for signs of illicit money as part…
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Every four years the world gathers to remind Americans that soccer is boring. The World Cup arrives, a billion people weep with joy, and everyone who wasn’t indoctrinated before the age of six sits there waiting for something…anything to happen. Then suddenly it almost does. Then just as quickly it doesn’t. Then it almost does again. This is the rhythm of the world’s most boring game.It’s “the beautiful game,” and for most of my adult life I’ve been patiently informed, usually by someone who calls it fútbol, that I simply lack the sophistication to appreciate it. But they’re wrong. Soccer…
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