Monthly Archives: January 2023

Most criminal cryptocurrency is funneled through just 5 exchanges

Eugene Mymrin/Getty Images reader comments 38 with 0 posters participating Share this story For years, the cryptocurrency economy has been rife with black market sales, theft, ransomware, and money laundering—despite the strange fact that in that economy, practically every transaction is written into a blockchain’s permanent, unchangeable ledger. But new evidence suggests that years of… Read More »

Are Russians and Belarusians allowed to play at the Australian Open? Latest rules amid Ukraine war

While sports including football and rugby imposed bans on Russian and Belarusian teams participating in competitions following the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, tennis players from the two countries were not barred from competing by their governing bodies. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) suspended the Russian Tennis Federation and Belarus Tennis… Read More »

Friday Fiction: A Drop Through Space

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, may I have your attention, please?! You’ve been patient! You’ve been diligent! You’ve been loyal! Now, for demonstrating such tremendous qualities, such incredible attributes, such unbelievable resolve, you shall be rewarded! Friends, bloggers, Earthlings, lend me your ears! The time has come, yet again, for you to get your proper dose of excitement,… Read More »