The banking giant HSBC has entered into a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud to integrate artificial intelligence into its global operations. The parties will focus on using Gemini models from Google DeepMind. As part of the cooperation, the bank plans to launch more than 200 AI use cases over two years. According to HSBC's estimates, this will bring more than…

The investment company VanEck published an analysis of the transformation of bitcoin miners into infrastructure providers for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC). The analysts concluded that the market increasingly values mining companies not as a cryptocurrency business but as operators of data centers for AI. However, between ambitious…

Enegix Global, a company specializing in infrastructure for digital energy and mining, announced the launch of Omanhash.om — the official national pool for cryptocurrency mining in Oman. The project was implemented with the support of the country's Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology (MTCIT). The new mining pool will become a mandatory platform for…

Rodney Burton, known as Bitcoin Rodney, pleaded guilty in the HyperFund case. He agreed with the charge of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. According to the U.S. prosecution, Burton promoted HyperFund from June 2020 to January 2022. Under the agreement, he received at least $7.85 million from the activity of the unlicensed…