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X (Twitter) is actively seeking a financial-data giant to collaborate on building a trading hub within its app.
The request for plans emphasizes the importance of real-time information, particularly in the realm of investing. The company aims to offer financial content, real-time stock data, and other related features to enhance user experience.
Reminding that Elon Musk envisions the platform as a Western super-app akin to WeChat in China, Gojek in Indonesia, Grab in Singapore, and Gozem in Africa.
Such super-apps integrate various consumer services like food delivery, ride-hailing, payments, investing, and identity authentication into a single app, providing a comprehensive user experience. The First Miner and BTC Whale: Why Did Patoshi Hoard Billions?
The research carried out by Sergio Demian Lerner on the early mining of Bitcoin blocks has generated considerable buzz in the cryptocurrency community. For a decade now, crypto enthusiasts have been engaged in a quest to uncover the identity of the miner behind the first million BTC. Challenges Arise with Worldcoin's Identity Verification
As the highly anticipated launch of Worldcoin's token approaches, concerns are mounting regarding the integrity of its unique individual verification process. Co-created by Sam Altman from OpenAI, Worldcoin aims to distribute tokens to those who can prove their uniqueness by undergoing iris scans using Worldcoin's specialized orbs. 
On Apr 23rd, 2011, Satoshi Nakamoto said goodbye to the crypto world, telling Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn, "I've moved on to other things. It's (Bitcoin) in good hands with Gavin and everyone." This marked the beginning of a new era for the digital currency.
Satoshi's final messages were directed at Gavin Andresen, the newly-appointed Bitcoin Core Maintainer. He encouraged Gavin to move the spotlight away from the enigmatic creator and instead focus on the open-source project, its development, and the dedicated team of contributors.
Satoshi expressed his frustration with the press, who painted him as a "shadowy figure" and fueled the "pirate currency angle." He emphasized the importance of highlighting the innovative technology and the collective efforts of the development community.
As the years have passed, the hunt for the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto has only intensified. Yet, these emails remain the last known communication from the elusive mastermind of Bitcoin. The crypto world continues to speculate, but the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto remains shrouded in mystery.
Will we ever uncover the truth behind the pseudonym? The enigma lives on. 
Blockchain technology has been used to pilot Brazil's digital real. Execution took place on the Stellar infrastructure of the local Mercado Bitcoin exchange.
The experiment included a KYC procedure, a fraud protection check using decentralized identity identification, and direct fund transfers.
All worked well, no violations of the country's laws were detected (thankfully, the tests had not yet been banned), though Mercado's head teased that the Central Bank's real motive was to see how things would unfold if it lost its direct control over money. 
Brazil's Central Bank has officially christened its digital currency as 'Drex', moving away from its previous moniker, the digital real.
The visual identity of Drex has also been released, featuring two arrows, with one integrated into the uppercase 'D', illustrating the transition of Brazil's conventional fiat currency to its digitalized form.
Does the green hue symbolize perpetual growth? 
Ethereum co-founder has raised four primary concerns of Worldcoin: privacy, accessibility, centralization, and security.
While Worldcoin's Proof-of-Personhood (PoP) system is designed to authenticate unique users without revealing personal data, Buterin warns that any data leak could lead to misuse of identity information. He also points out that accessibility is an issue, as participation requires physical access to a device called "Orb," potentially limiting the project's reach. Lastly, he mentions security risks such as phone hacking and coercion to scan irises.
Despite these concerns, Buterin does see the value in the concept of Worldcoin, and suggests a combination of social-graph-based, general-hardware biometric, and specialized-hardware biometric techniques as a potential solution. Former Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Unveils New Web Platform
At the Bitcoin 2023 event in Miami, a new announcement came from TBD, a subsidiary of the fintech firm Block led by CEO Jack Dorsey. The unveiling pertained to a novel decentralized web platform named Web5, designed to revolutionize how identity and data storage function in the digital world. 
