Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekHodlers beware! New malware targets MetaMask and 40 other crypto walletsAccording to a report … [Read more...] about Metaverse tokens surge after Meta tanks, Dorsey roasts Diem after it shuts down, a new malware can target 40 browser wallets: Hodler’s Digest, Jan 28-Feb.5
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Kazakh government resigns, shuts down internet amid protests, causing Bitcoin network hash rate to tumble 13.4%
On Wednesday, Kazakhstan, the second-largest country in the world when it comes to Bitcoin (BTC) mining hash rate, experienced unprecedented political unrest due to a sharp rise in fuel prices. As a result, the country's presiding cabinet resigned, but not before the state-owned Kazakhtelecom shut down the nation's internet, causing network activity to plunge to 2% of daily … [Read more...] about Kazakh government resigns, shuts down internet amid protests, causing Bitcoin network hash rate to tumble 13.4%
Chinese Crypto News Site ChainNews Shuts Down
ChainNews, one of China’s top crypto news sites, shuttered its operations today, co-founder Feng Liu told CoinDesk in a Twitter message.Earlier Friday the co-founder announced the closure in his personal WeChat moments, according to a screenshot obtained by CoinDesk.On Nov. 15, ChainNews said its website would be down for maintenance for a few hours, but that the team would … [Read more...] about Chinese Crypto News Site ChainNews Shuts Down
Crypto Miner Xive Shuts Down South Kazakhstan Mine Due to Electricity Woes
Crypto mining company Xive shut down a 2,500 rig mine in South Kazakhstan due to lack of sufficient electricity supply from the national grid, co-founder Didar Bekbau told CoinDesk on Wednesday.Kazakhstan has been grappling with electricity shortages, partly caused by an influx of crypto miners from China. The southern part of the country is particularly vulnerable as the … [Read more...] about Crypto Miner Xive Shuts Down South Kazakhstan Mine Due to Electricity Woes
YouTube shuts down Bitcoiner Anthony Pompliano’s channel ahead of ‘PlanB’ interview
Morgan Creek co-founder and partner Anthony Pompliano had his 251,000-subscriber Youtube channel temporarily deleted by the platform after he posted a new interview with PlanB.The Bitcoin-bull promptly addressed the issue on Twitter, where he currently has 1,1 million followers.Roughly two hours later, Youtube reinstated his channel, making all of his Bitcoin-related videos … [Read more...] about YouTube shuts down Bitcoiner Anthony Pompliano’s channel ahead of ‘PlanB’ interview