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Monthly Archives: January 2021

Reddit frenzy pumps up Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency started as a joke, by over 800%

[CNBC, Getty Images] Dogecoin, a digital coin originally founded as a joke, has soared over 800% after a Reddit board talked about making it the cryptocurrency equivalent of GameStop. Dogecoin was created in 2013 based on the popular “doge” meme at the time which involved a Shiba Inu dog. Doge’s […]

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Biden wants millions of clean-energy related jobs. Can it happen?

(CNN) Last week, President Joe Biden reaffirmed his commitment to addressing climate change by creating green energy jobs, building out a “modern and sustainable infrastructure” toward his continued goal of reaching a carbon-free energy sector in the US by 2035. In remarks last week before signing several executive orders focused on his climate agenda, […]

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Ethereum, Dogecoin And Other Cryptocurrencies You Can ‘Create’ Using Your Laptop

[Benzinga] Bitcoin (BTC) hit its all-time high of $41,941.56 just at the beginning of this year, but the apex cryptocurrency is not rising in isolation, the so-called altcoins are also experiencing new highs. Investors can wet their feet in cryptocurrencies by buying the coins directly from exchanges like Coinbase and Binance […]

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Crypto miner Marathon Patent Group pours $150 million into bitcoin as the token pulls back from record highs

[Business Insider, Getty Images] Marathon Patent Group announced the purchase 4,812.66 BTC on Monday. The transaction, handled by NYDIG, was worth $150 million. By the end of the first quarter of 2022, bitcoin miner Marathon expects to own and operate over 100,000 bitcoin miners. Cryptocurrency miner Marathon Patent Group announced on Monday […]

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Pornhub Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies XRP, DOGE, BNB and USDC

[Coindesk, Shutterstock] The adult entertainment website now accepts payment in 16 cryptocurrencies. Adult entertainment website Pornhub, which last month was booted off mainstream payment networks, is now accepting payment in a cryptocurrency others are shunning: XRP. Along with XRP the massive video site began taking payments in USDC stablecoins sometime in the past month, according […]

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Colombia’s ‘cocaine hippos’ must be culled, scientists say — but not everyone agrees

(CNN) Colombia’s best-known drug trafficker, Pablo Escobar, may have been killed in 1993 but his influence continues to be felt in the country, sometimes in unexpected ways. Hippopotamuses brought to Colombia as part of Escobar’s private zoo at his ranch, Hacienda Napoles, have bred so successfully that there is serious concern over […]

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Washington state taps Starbucks for help with Covid vaccine rollout

[NBC NEWS, AP] The coffee giant has committed a team to work full time on expediting its home state’s vaccine distribution. Aiming to boost the slow pace of administering Covid-19 vaccinations, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Monday that the state has turned to Starbucks for help streamlining logistics and setting a new […]

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