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The Parliament of El Salvador has supported the law on the legalization of bitcoin. The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador today passed a positive opinion in the course of voting for a law that will make bitcoin an official means of payment in the country on a par with the US dollar. 62 parliamentarians voted in his support, 17 - against, and one abstained. The law still needs to be approved by a separate vote and will enter into force 90 days after publication in the official government newspaper.

💰Billionaire Mark Lasri regrets not buying more bitcoins. Billionaire owner of basketball club Milwaukee Bucks and founder of Avenue Capital Management Mark Lasri said bitcoin has risen much faster than he expected. “I think it's likely that growth will continue as more and more people start using it. This happened much faster than I expected. I needed to buy a lot more. Here I was wrong” - he said in a conversation with CNBC.

🔥 Amazon Will Hire Blockchain Specialist With DeFi Experience Amazon has posted a new vacancy under the headline "Product Chief, Blockchain", one of whose wishes is experience in decentralized finance. "Do you want to influence the way Amazon Web Services (AWS) will enable customers to solve problems and evolve blockchain technology across a wide range of industries and applications?" - asks the company. The specialist Amazon wanted must have a college degree and a "strong technical acumen." In the "preferred qualifications" section, the firm says that experience in DeFi will be a plus. Additionally, the company emphasizes that it is interested in Ethereum blockchains and Hyperledger Fabric. The employee will be joining Amazon's "managed blockchain" division, which recently added support for Ethereum. Managed blockchain allows Amazon customers to run distributed systems with both limited and public access

Ripple plans to add support for smart contracts via federated sidechains. Ripple CTO David Schwartz has published a proposal to launch federated sidechains based on the XRP ledger to connect smart contracts. He explained that Ripple had given up on adding full-fledged smart contracts to its core network because it didn't want to shift its focus away from its payment options. However, users are showing a demand for apps from the decentralized finance space, so the company wants to support them too.

❗️Bitcoin experienced the largest decline in 10 days and was again near $32,000. This morning, the price of bitcoin dropped to its lowest point in the last week, about $32,400. The current decline was the largest since May 28 and amounted to 10%. The total cryptocurrency market capitalization shrank 11% to $1.55T, but is still twice as high as at the start of the year. Large altcoins lose 10 to 20%. Ether was again below $2,500, and Binance Coin was below $350.

🤡 Joe Biden's Advisor holds millions of dollars in bitcoin One of the White House advisors, Tim Wu, owns several million dollars worth of cryptocurrency. About this, with reference to the data of the financial report, the politician writes Politico. According to the publication, the advisor invested money in two cryptocurrencies: bitcoin and Filecoin. In total, according to Politico analysts, he has digital assets worth several million dollars at his disposal. Presumably, Tim Wu owns bitcoin in the amount of $1 million to $5 million. He also has the Filecoin cryptocurrency, worth from $100 thousand to $250 thousand. “Investments in bitcoin turned out to be the largest share of his investment portfolio,” Politico noted. It is noteworthy that earlier the politician criticized bitcoin. For example, in his column for The New York Times on December 18, 2017, he called cryptocurrency a "bubble." What exactly made him change his attitude towards digital assets is unknown.

The Justice Department on Monday recovered some $2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline, cracking down on hackers who launched the most disruptive U.S. cyberattack on record. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said investigators had seized 63.7 bitcoins, now valued at about $2.3 million, paid by Colonial after last month's hack of its systems that led to massive shortages at U.S. East Coast gas stations. The Justice Department has "found and recaptured the majority" of the ransom paid by Colonial, Monaco said. An affidavit filed on Monday said the FBI was in possession of a private key to unlock a bitcoin wallet that had received most of the funds. It was unclear how the FBI gained access to the key

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🔥 Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced plans to create a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology “Blockchain is a fast-growing industry in which Texas needs to get involved,” Abbott wrote. The document provides for amendments to local legislation to adapt commercial law to blockchain and digital assets. It also defines virtual currencies and shapes the legal environment for cryptocurrency investments. In 2019, Bitmain completed the construction of a 50 MW bitcoin mining center in Texas. In the same year, the German company Northern Bitcoin agreed to merge with Whinstone US, which was building a mining farm in the state with an area of ​​57 football fields. In March 2021, LSE-listed Argo Blockchain acquired nearly 130 hectares of land in Texas to build a new data center to mine the first cryptocurrency. BIT Mining Limited has similar plans, which allocated $25.74 million for this. Later, the American mining company Blockcap announced plans to open its headquarters in Texas and increase its fleet to 42,000 devices. Also, Marathon Digital Holdings announced the construction of a "green" data center for bitcoin mining in Texas. Is here anybody from Texas? #Texas

🔥 Solana raised up to $450 million According to multiple sources, Solana is raising $300 million to $450 million to scale up the project. The company is known to have intended to close a smaller round of funding in March, but then expanded fundraising in response to strong demand. Last week, the Solana Foundation announced a $20 million commitment to build an ecosystem in South Korea.

🚀Astrobotic teamed up with BitMEX to send bitcoin to the moon. Astrobotic Technology, an American commercial aerospace company, plans to deliver a hardware wallet containing 1 BTC to the moon this year. The Pittsburgh-based company is launching its module through NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload, a paid service. The launch of the mission is scheduled for the IV quarter of this year. The BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange participates in the initiative - it is she who will allocate bitcoin from its reserves. This should bring some hype 🔥🔥

El Salvador (country in central America) intends Bitcoin as legal tender. El Salvador is preparing bitcoin as legal tender. This was announced by the President of the country Nayib Bukele, whose address was broadcast at the Bitcoin 2021 conference held in Miami. “Next week, I’ll send a bill to Congress that will make coin legal tender,” Bukele said. Is in this channel someone from El Salvador?

🔥 Bitcoin whales bought 50,000 BTC on correction In ten days, the whales replenished their Bitcoin reserves by 50,000 BTC, taking advantage of the decline on the cryptocurrency market Large Bitcoin holders are accumulating cryptocurrency again. This is the conclusion reached by analysts at Santiment.

⚙️Governor of the Bank of India: "We still have serious concerns about cryptocurrencies." During a press conference, Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das stressed that the regulator still has serious concerns about cryptocurrencies, but there is no investment ban yet. “The position of the Bank of India remains unchanged. We have sent our findings to the government about the dangers of digital currencies, ”Das said. #India