Author: Vidya Saras

This week, Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko told the country’s Energy Minister Alexei Kushnarenko that he wants to use their surplus of electricity to mine cryptocurrency like Bitcoin to accumulate a reserve. “Look at this mining. More and more people are turning to me. If it is profitable for us, let’s do it,” President Lukashenko said. “We have excess electricity. Let them make this cryptocurrency and so on.”  NEW: 🇧🇾 Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko says if Bitcoin & crypto mining is profitable, “let’s do it.” “We have excess electricity. Let them make this cryptocurrency and so on.” pic.twitter.com/rSmqUR5gdn— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine)…

UK service businesses have cut employment for the fifth successive month, according to the final S&P Global purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for February. The survey’s data highlight what economists describe as a “loss of growth momentum” since the autumn budget, with some firms citing the Chancellor’s £25 billion increase in employers’ national insurance as a key factor. This prolonged spell of job losses is the most extended period of contraction since early 2011, excluding the Covid-19 downturn. Tim Moore, Economics Director at S&P Global Market Intelligence, says reduced optimism and ongoing cost pressures “led to net job shedding across the…

Over the past month and a half, the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has started to move from its “aggressive” and “overreaching” crypto regulatory approach to a more welcoming one. Republican Commissioner Hester Peirce has shared some new insight on the US agency’s regulatory shift and the upcoming framework. Crypto Regulations Aren’t A ‘Game Of Gotcha’ In an interview with Fortune, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce discussed the regulatory agency’s new industry-friendly approach, led by the newly created Crypto Task Force, to develop a clear framework for digital assets. Regarding the SEC’s decision to drop most of its ongoing crypto litigations,…

Lucia Iuorio/ Netflix(Credit: Lucia Iuorio/ Netflix)Lampedusa’s mid-20th-Century novel The Leopard became a bestseller, then a revered film – and is now a lavish Netflix series. Its withering takedown of society’s flaws and hypocrisies still hits home today.”Dying for somebody or for something, that was perfectly normal, of course: but the person dying should know, or at least feel sure, that someone knows for whom or for what he is dying.” These are some of the opening lines of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s The Leopard, published in 1958, only a year after the author died of cancer.These words are from the…

We’re excited to announce that the next Devconnect will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from November 17th to the 22nd, 2025! This year, we are aiming for something bigger than just Devconnect: We want to support an effort that the local community has already started — bringing Argentina onchain. In Buenos Aires and Argentina, we have a city and country that have been leading adopters of Ethereum for many years. Devconnect Argentina is an opportunity for the whole Ethereum ecosystem to support that steady growth and to accelerate it even further, by helping individual citizens, businesses, institutions and governments…

I have this thing where it’s tough to eat more than 1-2 eggs, which doesn’t make it easy to reach my protein goals with just eggs for breakfast. But these marinated eggs are an exception. While I could probably eat 4-6 of them as a meal, I love adding them to poke bowls, salads, or topping with raw salmon and some red chili oil.  I recently had a delicious poke bowl with jammy eggs at a local noodle bar and decided to figure out how to make them myself. They let you add extra miso jammy eggs but charge $1…

Think of any video game genre, and you can be assured that it has found a Web3 counterpart in recent years. FPS titles, platformers, trading card games, RPGs, MMOs – they’ve all seen the Web3 treatment. Whilst individual games in each of these genres has seen success, one genre of games in particular has captured regular acclaim – sports.Sports games are perfectly suited to Web3 gaming. Combining team-building, strategy, management and more, it’s a genre that seems purpose-built for Web3 integration. More than any other genre, it is Web3 sports games that have done the most to onboard traditional gamers…

Arbitrum holders panic as FX Guys emerges as the Top PropFi Project, offering staking, trader funding, and instant withdrawals.   Arbitrum holders are feeling the pressure as concerns rise over network congestion and governance issues. Many investors are searching for better opportunities, and FXGuys is quickly gaining attention. Positioned as the Top PropFi Project, FXGuys combines Trade2Earn, staking rewards, and a prop trading funding program—making it a standout in the crypto space. With FXGuys now in Stage 3 presale at $0.05, having raised over $4 million, early adopters could see massive returns. Unlike traditional altcoins, FXGuys provides instant funding prop…

Reinforcement learning is a decades-old way of having a computer learn to do something through experimentation combined with positive or negative feedback. It came to the fore last decade when Google DeepMind showed it could produce algorithms capable of superhuman strategy and gameplay. More recently, AI engineers have used the technique to get large language models to behave themselves.Raibert says highly accurate new simulations have sped up what can be an arduous learning process by allowing robots to practice their moves in silico. “You don’t have to get as much physical behavior from the robot [to generate] good performance,” he…

Hi! I’m Stefan, a creative developer based out of Stockholm, Sweden. In this case study, I’ll take you through the design and development process of my 2025 portfolio. I love doing side projects as a creative outlet and as a place for experiments. As I realized I was behind with my own portfolio and wanted to use the opportunity to combine my love for typography and coding. Aimed at showcasing my work focused on motion and interactivity, the site is based around a minimalist design complemented by dynamic visuals. These include typographic animations, WebGL video grid and seamless page transitions.…