Day: April 22, 2025

El Salvador Taps Nvidia for Sovereign AI

Only three years after putting Bitcoin on par with the U.S. dollar, El Salvador is ready to leapfrog again—this time into the realm of sovereign artificial intelligence. Over the weekend, President Nayib Bukele’s National Bitcoin Office (ONBTC) revealed a letter of intent with U.S. chip titan Nvidia, pledging to equip the volcanic nation with cutting‑edge AI hardware, […]

WazirX Eyes Mid‑May Comeback

When India’s once‑buoyant trading hub WazirX froze withdrawals in July 2024, 200,000 users watched ₹19 billion ($230 million) vanish through mixers allegedly controlled by North Korean hackers. Nine months later the exchange sits on the brink of resurrection. In an April 21 update, WazirX confirmed that its parent firm Zettai Pte. Ltd. has completed every preparatory chore but one: securing […]

Vitalik Plots RISC‑V Future for Ethereum

When Vitalik Buterin drops a weekend forum post, the Ethereum brain trust listens—and this one lands like a thunderclap. Writing on the Ethereum Magicians board, the network’s co‑founder pitched a wholesale replacement of the Ethereum Virtual Machine—the 2015‑vintage engine that executes every smart contract—with RISC‑V, an open‑source chip architecture famous in hardware circles but almost unheard‑of […]

Coinbase Adds Solana Token Recovery Tool

For years, a single mis‑click could banish crypto to limbo: send an unsupported token to a Coinbase address and your funds were functionally irretrievable. In late 2022 the exchange softened that blow with an Ethereum‑based recovery portal, later extending it to BNB Chain and Polygon. Now the safety net stretches further. Coinbase revealed on April 21 that […]