In 1996, hip-hop was an irresistible cultural force determined to overtake the 1970s originators as the genre’s “golden era”. But in the midst of this renaissance, where competition was fierce, rose a young MC who managed to alter the game in his own image. With that debut album turning 25 this week, a new five-part […]
I begged, I whined, I moaned, I cried a little bit, I pulled every trick that I could possibly pull,” she recalled. …Read the full story
“I think they give the audience a reason to sit through all the folks who worked so hard on the show. …Read the full story
According to one version of this, bitcoin is set for a “second run of this bull market”, which could push the cryptocurrency’s price north of $250,000 in the near-ish future. Some appear happy to have the backing of the technology billionaire, even if it is only part-time. If this is the case, then bitcoin could […]
While the past few days have shown once again that celebrities and the movers and shakers in the space can impact the price, this will not last forever. The software firm has close to 100,000 bitcoins, valued at nearly $4 billion – roughly four fifths of the company’s market cap – making it the biggest […]
I see friends making the decision to not buy an extra house but btc instead. But bitcoin is currently competing with gold & real estate as store of value. I was an old gold bug, sold my gold and bought bitcoin with it. In a subsequent tweet he wrote: “Frankly I don’t know. Ethereum fell […]
‘When you use electricity to run cars, it’s environmentally friendly. “When you use electricity to run cars, it’s environmentally friendly. Analysis by the University of Cambridge suggests the bitcoin network uses more than 121 terawatt-hours annually, which would rank it in the top 30 electricity consumers worldwide if it were a country. …Read the full […]
Caribbean countries are adopting blockchain and cryptocurrencies more quickly than elsewhere as a result, Mr Gonsalves said. …Read the full story
But the idea of creating a more open and accessible financial system, one with greater privacy and lower costs, dates back to the 1980s. Initially, Bitcoin enthusiasts were a select group of early adopters, mainly programmers and technologists. Concisely defined, a blockchain is a type of digital ledger made up of records known as “blocks.” […]
It means that not only did bitcoin drop sharply, but other currencies – including dogecoin, which is actually , and has been strongly promoted by Mr Musk – saw their price fall. It’s not the first time in recent months that a viral post has drawn attention to the environmental cost of bitcoin. While Dogecoin does […]
It also now outranks Bank of America, as well as payments giants Mastercard, PayPal and Visa, after seeing its overall value increase nearly six-fold since the start of the year. There’s no clearer sign that alternative currencies have cemented their position in the mainstream. Central banks are looking to curtail the surging growth of alternative […]
Grant Shapps was finally going to reveal the hallowed “green list”, consisting of the countries deemed safe enough that travellers returning from them would not be required to quarantine from 17 May. Countries classified as amber or red under the UK’s new traffic light system for travel, meanwhile, would be afforded no such luxuries. So, […]
The transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has confirmed the ban on overseas travel will end on Monday 17 May. Despite this advice, Britain’s biggest holiday company is offering holidays to a wide range of amber zone islands from 17 May. Were the Foreign Office to warn against visiting these places, Tui would not operate and offer […]
I wholeheartedly welcome the government’s decision to reopen non-essential travel. It’s about mechanics, dispatchers and security personnel, cabin crew, hoteliers, the people who supply the food and furniture to hotels, the maintenance workers and countless others in the industry – many of whom are based in the UK. Like many in the arts and other […]
Many of these cryptocurrencies have been promoted by celebrities, including SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. By the end of the decade, it is expected that only one in 10 payments in the country will be made with traditional paper or metal currency. The Bank of England also came together in January 2021 with the […]
Dr Manish Munjal, ENT surgeon at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi, told news agency Press Trust of India that they have admitted six cases of mucormycisis in the last two days. Mr Morrison’s government had imposed a temporary ban on its citizens returning home from India, which has been hit by a deadly second […]
The new proposals will use a traffic light system to classify each country or region as red, amber or green. Travellers returning to the UK from these countries won’t need to quarantine. …Read the full story
International travel from the UK has been given the nod to resume from 17 May, the government has announced. The same colour designation might not apply to the entire country, however. Israel is the major country with the best vaccine roll-out, and partly because of the success of the programme, case numbers have dwindled sharply […]
