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Bitman has once again put on a show, this time advocating for improved crypto literacy among Frankfurt residents.
The BTC logo has been projected onto the ECB with the message "Study Bitcoin."
According to the author, he wants to bring attention to the concept of "healthy money" and highlight cryptocurrencies as a viable option. 
A bitcoin mining operation powered entirely by "green" nuclear energy has just launched in Pennsylvania. TeraWulf has announced that it will be using the Susquehanna nuclear power station to mine BTC.
The key details about the project:
Nuclear power station capacity – 2.5 GW.
Fixed cost of electricity – $0.02 per kWh for five years.
Planned load – 50,000 mining rigs, 160 MW.
Actual load at present – 8,000 mining rigs.
Computing power – 5.5 EH/s.
With such a low electricity rate, this project promises to be highly profitable even in a bear market. Indeed, it's a far cry from mining BTC in a school's crawlspace! 
How crypto community is rallying to support Ukraine
According to Chainalysis, since russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the country has received $70 million in crypto donations. The most commonly donated cryptocurrencies were ETH, BTC, and USDT. These donations came from individuals and communities like Ukraine DAO. 
The Wall Street Journal recently published a sensational article about a handful of mysterious coders-maintainers who back Bitcoin Core and have the power to crash the network at any time!
It turns out that Bitcoin Core only has 5 maintainers, with the sixth leaving the group due to burnout and health issues. And only 17 people had the ability to change the code throughout the entire BTC existence. Furthermore, the code base is hosted on GitHub, a Microsoft-owned website...
What? Five cripples decide the fate of the world's most decentralized project?
While our editor was getting an indirect heart massage, our techs reassured everyone that this was pure FUD and that there are plenty of ways to avoid any of these guys' tricks.
Also, the well-known cypherpunk Adam Back has already come up with a counter-argument. Take a deep breath and relax! 
The Cardano project released the Valentine upgrade on Valentine's Day. Evidently, to ensure that lonely devs won't be without a gift.
What about the features of the upgrade?
Ability to create cross-network bridges that enable transactions to occur between various blockchains.
Enhanced cryptographic features.
Improving cross-chain decentralized application (dApp) development on the smart contract platform.
The price of the ADA token increased by 8%, outperforming BTC and ETH. 
Payouts will begin on March 10 and will be made in both BTC and fiat. As of now, the applicants will receive about a fifth of the claim amount.
For 2019, the exchange balance was 142 thousand BTC ($3.3 billion), 143 thousand BCH ($19 million) and $510 million in Japanese yen.
It must be said that the situation with Mt.Gox was so hopeless that many investors perceived the receipt of their coins as a gift from the gods. In addition, bitcoins were lost at a completely different price.
Adam Beck, CEO of lending company Blockstream, says:
“I pretty much wrote off the bitcoins I had on Mt.Gox as a loss. So philosophically, whatever I get now is a cold storage bonus.” 
US school official caught stealing electricity for Bitcoin mining
The Massachusetts prosecutor's office reported about the bust of a secret group of illegal miners, led by a former employee of a local school, Nadeam Nahas. He is accused of running an illegal BTC mining operation at the school's crawlspace. 
