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A1 Abraaj Becomes First Middle Eastern Public Firm to Adopt Bitcoin Treasury Strategy
- By Joseph Rees
- . May 16, 2025
A1 Abraaj Restaurants Group has become the first publicly traded company in the Middle East to adopt bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset, signaling a

Méliuz becomes Brazil’s first publicly listed firm to adopt Bitcoin treasury model
- By Adam Forsyth
- . May 16, 2025
Brazilian fintech company Méliuz has become the first publicly traded firm in Brazil and Latin America to adopt Bitcoin as a treasury asset following shareholder
Four Powerful Upgrades Coming to XRP Ledger—Full Breakdown
- By Leah Fraser
- . May 16, 2025
Dynamic NFTs on XRP Ledger are near approval, enabling post-mint updates with just one vote left. Multiple upgrades are underway, but debates grow over priorities

How to unblock Pornhub for free in North Carolina
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 16, 2025
TL;DR: Unblock Pornhub from North Carolina with a VPN. The best service for unblocking porn sites is ExpressVPN. More than a third of U.S. states

Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, Citadel Advisors boost BlackRock Bitcoin ETF holdings
- By Adam Forsyth
- . May 16, 2025
Key Takeaways Mubadala Investment Company increased its holdings in BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF to 8.7 million shares valued at $408 million. Citadel Advisors expanded its

EA Tried to Stop an ‘Anti-DEI Mod’ for ‘The Sims 4’—but More Keep Surfacing
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 16, 2025
A mod for The Sims 4 that removed LGBT and Black nonplayable characters (NPCs) from the game and automatically changed them to “straight” and “white,”

Chinese Textile Company Addentax to Acquire $800 Million in BTC and Trump Tokens
- By Joseph Rees
- . May 16, 2025
Addentax Group Corp, a Chinese textile and apparel company, announced plans to acquire up to 8,000 bitcoins and other digital assets, including the memecoin TRUMP,
Coinbase Hacked: Up to $400M at Risk After Insider Scam
- By Adam Forsyth
- . May 16, 2025
Coinbase, one of the biggest names in crypto, is dealing with a serious mess. A recent cyber attack targeted the company’s internal systems through a

BNB Chain DEX Volume Hits 3-Month High: Beats Ethereum, Lags Solana
- By Claire Scott
- . May 16, 2025
BNB Chain has surged to its highest daily decentralized exchange (DEX) volume in three months, hitting $3.22 billion in trades on May 14, according to

xAI blames Grok’s obsession with white genocide on an ‘unauthorized modification’
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 16, 2025
xAI blamed an “unauthorized modification” for a bug in its AI-powered Grok chatbot that caused Grok to repeatedly refer to “white genocide in South Africa”