Most residents of McLouth, Kansas, reportedly criticized the potential construction of a cryptocurrency data center about a mile and a half north of the town. Their main concerns are that the facilit...
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Lebanese Locals Turn to Bitcoin Amid Crisis Ridden Economy
Amid an unprecedented economic crisis, residents in Lebanon are turning to Bitcoin and Tether to store their wealth and make payments as people lose faith in local banks. A recent report by CNBC has b...
Lebanon Locals are turning to Bitcoin, Tether amidst an economic crisis
The unsustainable financial system in Lebanon has brought some Lebanese to crypto. Locals are mining Bitcoin or storing wealth with cryptocurrency and completing some payments with Tether. Dire Econo...
Heat wave crisis in Europe grows as locals lack air conditioners
Europe is facing a tough winter, as inflation and energy prices continue to rise. The continent also faces tough decisions following its scorching hot summer Heat waves in Europe broke records, sparke...
Is Japan open to travelers? Some locals not ready to reopen borders
As countries across Asia reopen to international travelers, Japan — one of the continent’s most popular destinations — remains firmly closed. That may soon change. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida a...
Lockdown Memories: Shanghai Locals Turn To NFT To Immortalize COVID-19 Ordeals
Shanghai residents are using the blockchain to record and preserve memories of their city’s month-long COVID-19 lockdown, minting movies, images, and artwork as non-fungible Tokens (NTFs) that may be ...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption Is Yet to Capture the Local’s Interest (Study)
According to the American non-profit organization – the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) – the majority of El Salvadorans (60%) have not downloaded the Chivo Wallet (a feature that facilita...
Locals in New Zealand Town Protest Against New Mining Facility
Locals near Clyde Dam in Central Otago, New Zealand, decry the construction of a new data center by Contact Energy in partnership with Lake Parime, a UK-based digital infrastructure outfit providing b...
China’s Winter Olympic Digital Yuan Is Not Attracting The Locals And Foreigners
China debuted its homegrown digital yuan at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday last week, in an effort to assert its competency in the international community. However, it appears that some l...
Bitcoin Millionaires Are Flocking To This North American Tax Haven. But What Do The Locals Think?
Bitcoin has made its own fair share of millionaires and with the recent bull rally, there is no doubt that this number went up drastically. This has led to a number of issues of investors who have mad...