FT: "Donald Trump is preparing to open the $9tn US retirement market to cryptocurrency investments ..."
Trump is seeking to direct Americans' retirement funds to a sector in which he and his family are heavily invested.
https://www.ft.com/content/07906211-5ab8-4917-bcad-5397c0bc3170
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What gives #cryptocurrency its value
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Why most radical tech is pointless, and why #indymediaback isn’t
Almost everything built in today’s alt-radical tech scene is, bluntly, pointless. Despite good intentions, most of it ends up feeding the endless cycle of #fashernista churn, flashy new platforms, bleeding-edge protocols, or encrypted communication tools nobody uses, built by isolated teams disconnected from real-world needs or history. This is the #geekproblem: a culture where novelty is fetishized, and social usefulness is an afterthought, if it appears at all.
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📬 Sci-Hub goes Crypto: Mit Memecoin gegen Elsevier & Co.
#EBooks#Krypto#AlexandraElbakyan#Blockchain#OpenScience#SciHub#SCIToken#Tokenomicshttps://sc.tarnkappe.info/f0282e
AI and blockchain to enhance healthcare access for refugees. 🌍
LeLink is an innovative project integrating #AI and #blockchain technology to enhance healthcare access and ensure data sovereignty for refugees and displaced individuals in crisis situations that was selected in the #NGISargasso Open Call 3️⃣.
It is led by HORA e.V. 🇦🇹 & Fezzani Muszynski Société d'avocats / Juris Canada Droit de l'immigration 🇨🇦
Learn more here: https://ngisargasso.eu/2024/08/27/these-are-the-11-ngi-sargasso-innovators-selected-in-the-open-call-3-ready-to-shape-the-next-generation-internet/
Nach meinem Rant dazu haben wir uns darauf geeinigt, dass sie sowieso nötige Arbeiten, für die es sonst keine Ressourcen gibt (z. B. Übersetzung von Formularen in andere Sprachen), als „KI-Einsatz“ labeln sollen...
Das erinnert mich alles so an den #Blockchain-Hype.
(bong rip) "hear me out - what if did ethnic cleansing, but this time on the blockchain?"
https://www.ft.com/content/0b1bc761-c572-4b61-882a-fb4467259dcd?shareType=nongift
#gaza #palestine #israel #crypto #blockchain #cryptocurrency #iran
China is preparing to counter the threat of U.S.-backed digital dollars by leveraging its powerful e-commerce firms and Hong Kong’s crypto-friendly financial system to promote stablecoins tied to local currencies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/30/world/china-ready-for-us-stablecoins/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #hongkong #stablecoin #crypto #blockchain #ecommerce #libra #digitaldollars #cryptocurrencies
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