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Deputy Director of the CIA Micheal Jayellis said the CIA views Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a tool they can use for payments. He said Bitcoin and other digital assets were “another tool in the tool box.” He also noted the agency aims to give President Donald Trump a decisive intelligence advantage for his decision making. Jayellis also argued that Bitcoin was pseudonymous despite popular belief the digital assets were anonymous. CIA’s Deputy Director says the agency uses Bitcoin for payments The CIA views Bitcoin as a tool they can use for payments. I sat down with @michaeljayellis, Deputy Director…
The Algorand price experienced significant growth on April 27, 2025, driven by a major announcement from the Algorand Foundation. This important development concerns the collaboration with World Chess and the launch of an innovative project called Universal Chess Passport. The news was spread via a tweet by Cas Abbé, who highlighted the exceptional scalability of the Algorand network, evidenced by over 6 million transactions already processed in collaboration with the world of chess. As a result, Algorand is increasingly establishing itself as a high-performance blockchain with a solid infrastructure for high-volume use cases. The Universal Chess Passport initiative aims to…
Malaysian police have cracked down on yet another illegal Bitcoin mining operation, this time in the Hulu Terengganu and Marang districts in the northeast of the country. According to local news outlet Malay Mail, the raids on two separate premises led to the seizure of 45 Bitcoin mining machines worth roughly $52,145 (RM225,000), alongside other equipment. Terengganu police chief Datuk Mohd Khairi Khairuddin estimated that the electricity theft cost Tenaga Nasional—Malaysia’s only electricity company—around $8,342 (RM36,000) in monthly losses. Mohd Khairi said in a statement that the syndicates behind the illegal mining operation are believed to have operated from residential…
President Donald Trump has made high-profile campaign promises to champion U.S. Bitcoin mining. However, the nation’s leading publicly traded crypto miners are reporting steep losses for the first quarter of 2025. According to analysts’ estimates, seven of the eight largest U.S.-based mining companies are expected to post losses in Q1, even after Bitcoin soared to an all-time high above $109,000 in January. The leading crypto’s price in the quarter averaged about 75% higher than in the first quarter of 2024. Still, industry profitability has faltered. Brian Dobson, managing director for Disruptive Technology Equity Research at Clear Street, noted the sector…
Balanced Play Blueprint: Using God Odds Com’s Cool‑Off Tools for Smarter Gaming Many UK players dive into a session of slots or live dealer tables without a pause. The excitement can mask the ticking clock. When you chase a win, you often overlook how long you have been playing. This habit leads to fatigue, poor decision‑making, and, eventually, regret. Common mistakes include: Playing straight through lunch or dinner. Ignoring warning signs such as chasing losses. Forgetting to set daily or weekly limits. Research shows that breaks improve focus and keep bankrolls healthier. Yet most online casinos leave the decision to…
Roswell, New Mexico, has officially become the first U.S. city to establish a Bitcoin reserve. The city has received its first donation in the firstborn crypto, amounting to 3,050,323 satoshis, or about 0.0305 BTC. This donation is now the cornerstone of the “Roswell Strategic Bitcoin Reserve,” which will be managed by the city government. Roswell’s Strategic Reserve Notably, the city of Roswell received the first BTC donation on April 29, 2025. During this press, the 0.0305 BTC was worth roughly $2,845. The funds will serve as seed capital for the newly established Bitcoin reserve. According to the plan, the reserve…
Crypto tokens with ties to artificial intelligence (AI) are making a resurgence as Bitcoin helps drive a broader crypto market resurgence, after recovering from a local low of $75,000 and topping $95,000 in recent days. Multiple niche AI categories have jumped more than 40% in the last week, according to data from CoinGecko. That surge has been led by individual tokens like agent launchpad Virtuals Protocol’s VIRTUAL and AI agent protocol Eliza OS’s AI16Z token, which have jumped 123% and 89% to $1.43 and $0.298, respectively. However, the pair remain well off their all-time highs of $5.07 and $2.47, representing…
Michael Saylor, a co-founder and executive chairman of the Bitcoin-powered Strategy giant, has taken to his social media account to share a new take on the BTC network with his army of followers. “Bitcoin is a Newtonian network,” Saylor proclaims Saylor’s new idea is to compare the world’s flagship cryptocurrency with a Newtonian network. And he did so by publishing an AI-generated image of himself looking at the camera through an astrolabe. By comparing Bitcoin to a Newtonian network, Saylor likely suggests that Bitcoin works based on predictable and universal principles similar to those of Newtonian physics and it would…
The price of Bitcoin jumped above $95,000 on Friday—for the first time since February—as investors assessed whether U.S. President Donald Trump was making progress on trade negotiations with China, after he appeared to soften his rhetoric toward the nation earlier this week. The leading cryptocurrency was recently changing hands at $95,310, a nearly 2% increase over the past day, according to crypto data provider CoinGecko. Altcoins were mixed, with Ethereum rising 2% to $1,800, while XRP fell 0.7% to $2.20. Trump said on Friday morning that he’s spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping “many times” since unveiling sweeping tariffs on…
Web3 gaming network KAIA set a new benchmark in April, recording 22.8 million active users — a surge that now puts it in direct competition with The Open Network (TON). But on-chain data suggests the spike may be artificially inflated by widespread airdrop farming. Some of the most popular mini decentralized applications (mini dApps) on KAIA — including Frog Defense, Kyuzo’s Friends, and Darkstar — each attracted over 1 million users last month. These games are central to KAIA’s growth narrative, especially as the platform seeks to bring Web3 gaming into the mainstream across Asia. Designed for mobile-first users, KAIA…