Argentina Ready To Support Bitcoin With Gathering And Event In Buenos Aires

Argentina’s Bitcoin community is gearing up for a significant event this Saturday, June 10, as they plan to assemble a giant human Bitcoin symbol (₿) at the Campo Argentino de Polo in the city of Buenos Aires. The gathering, organized by NGO Bitcoin Argentina, marks the organization’s ten-year anniversary and aims to promote the advantages of Bitcoin and the blockchain ecosystem. With the support of numerous companies and organizations in the sector, thousands of participants are expected to send a strong message about monetary and financial freedom. Jimena Vallone, the…

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WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Facing Extradition After Losing Challenge

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is facing extradition from Britain to the United States after losing a challenge that would prevent that. Assange, who is wanted on 18 charges related to the release of confidential U.S. military records and diplomatic cables, will, however, renew his appeal next week according to a report by Reuters. The British High Court ruled that Assange had no legal grounds to challenge the extradition decision. Previously, a British judge ruled against Assange’s extradition, citing concerns about his mental health and the risk of suicide…

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‘Bitcoin And Nothing Else’: Why Former PayPal, Meta Executive David Marcus Is Building On The Lightning Network

For nearly 25 years, virtually as long as online payments have been possible, David Marcus has been trying to figure out how to perfect them. In the mid-’90s he founded a telecom company that offered internet access along with telephone service. In 2000, he launched Echovox, which he spun out into Zong in 2008 — a mobile platform that let users pay for things online directly through their mobile phone bills. When this venture was acquired by PayPal in 2011, Marcus joined the digital payments giant, becoming its president the…

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If We’re Not Careful, The AI Revolution Could Become The ‘Great Homogenization’

This is an opinion editorial by Aleksandar Svetski, founder of The Bitcoin Times and The Amber App and author of “The UnCommunist Manifesto,” “Authentic Intelligence” and the upcoming “Bushido Of Bitcoin.” The world is changing before our very eyes. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a paradigm-shifting technological breakthrough, but probably not for the reasons you might think or imagine. You’ve probably heard something along the lines of, “Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is around the corner,” or, “Now that language is solved, the next step is conscious AI.” Well… I’m here to…

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Bitcoin Is Becoming A Lifeline For Political Dissidents In Myanmar

This is an opinion editorial by Win Ko Ko Aung, a McCourt Scholar for Georgetown University’s Data Science for Public Policy program and a survivor of Myanmar’s 2021 military coup. As the 2024 U.S. Presidential election campaign kicked off, one of the candidates, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., took to Twitter to express his support for Bitcoin. In a tweet, he stated that “Bitcoin has been a lifesaver for people’s movements around the world, particularly in Burma.” Myanmar, also known as Burma, is a country located in Southeast Asia, bordering China,…

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