Meet the 9 and 14-Year-Old Siblings Who Make $32,000 Per Month Using Ethereum Mining

According to a Dallas News story, this sibling combo has been Ethereum mining for thousands of dollars. While other children play with their laptops, Ishaan and Aanya Thakur use theirs to earn money. From their Ethereum mining enterprise, which they started in their garage, the brother-sister combo now earns $32,000 per month. After their father…

Bank of Ghana Urged to Resist Developing a CBDC Based on ‘Old Traditional Siloed Financial Thinking’

A Ghanaian blockchain and crypto association, Afroblocks, has warned the Bank of Ghana (BOG) to resist the urge to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) that is based on the “old traditional siloed financial thinking.” Afroblocks Not Consulted Afroblocks (formerly Blockchain Society Ghana) instead wants the central bank to emulate “financial projects that are…

Venezuelan Buys Apartment Using Tether as Real Estate Market Warms Up to Crypto

A Venezuelan individual has reportedly purchased an apartment using cryptocurrency, specifically Tether, in the coastal state of Anzoategui last month. This is one of the first purchases of real estate with crypto that has been recorded in the country, but more properties are listed as accepting cryptocurrencies as a payment option in several real estate…

Former Zcash Developer to Lead Twitter’s Decentralized Social Media Project Bluesky

On December 11, 2019, the CEO of Twitter announced the company was funding a project aimed at creating a decentralized social media standard. Jack Dorsey said that the ultimate goal of the project dubbed “Bluesky” is for Twitter to be a client of the standard. A year and eight months later, Bluesky announced that a…