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An unknown buyer used $4.3 million in cryptocurrency to buy a billion-year-old space diamond from Sotheby's
The Enigma is an extremely rare, black 555.55-carat diamond. It was sold to an unidentified buyer w…
Natasha Dailey
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Even Jack Dorsey's rebranded crypto company is getting in on the craze for tungsten cubes, the super-heavy metal blocks that cost up to $3,500
For a few weeks in October, a small manufacturer near Chicago saw tungsten sales surge as crypto en…
Dominick Reuter
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From tungsten cubes to ape statues - the meme-ification of finance is being taken to strange new heights
Heavy metal cubes, dog-inspired coins, apes, and marijuana references have joined the world of fina…
Natasha Dailey
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Crypto traders are bidding to own an NFT so they can touch a 'pleasurable' 2,000-pound tungsten cube
The NFT owner could visit the cube once each year and opt for a bigger one, if desired and availabl…
Natasha Dailey
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Crypto traders turned tungsten into a meme. Now they can buy it with bitcoin.
"Crypto just has a propensity for the density," CMS Holdings' Dan Matuszewski told The Block Crypto.
Natasha Dailey
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A 410-pound gold cube turned up in Central Park in a reminder of the crypto tungsten craze
The cube sat in the New York park for a few hours for the upcoming launch of an NFT and crypto coin…
Adam Morgan McCarthy
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South Korean 'Tunnel Hunters' Fear Surprise Attack By North Korea
On March 9, 1990, North Korea, for the first time, admitted in a propaganda broadcast in the DMZ th…
Paul Szoldra
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Secret experiments by a 16th-century alchemist involved an element that nobody knew about at the time
Astronomer Tycho Brahe studied alchemy in addition to the stars. Researchers analyzed the elements …
Jenny McGrath
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An 'artificial sun' achieved a record-breaking fusion experiment, bringing us closer to clean, limitless energy
WEST, a fusion reactor in France, broke a record for tungsten tokamaks with a 6-minute plasma. It's…
Jenny McGrath
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Cabinet approves royalty rates for mining of 12 critical minerals
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its nod for the amendment of …
ANI
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Ukraine just got a new Western air-defense system meant to wipe out Russian drones by firing 1,000 rounds per minute
The German-made air-defense system can defend against aircraft, cruise missiles, and certain types …
Thibault Spirlet
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Lithium reserves in Raj raise hopes of reduced dependence on China
If officials in Rajasthan government are to be believed, Lithium reserves have been traced in Degan…
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Armed with depleted-uranium ammo, Ukraine's tank gunners could punch through tough Russian armor and set tanks on fire
"You're more likely to get inside a tank with a depleted-uranium penetrator, even if it has reactiv…
Ryan Pickrell
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FTX told architects that its headquarters should look like Sam Bankman-Fried's hair
Michael Lewis' biography of Sam Bankman-Fried recalls the architects' struggles designing FTX's "mi…
Pete Syme
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Apple to use 100% recycled cobalt in batteries it designs by 2025
Apple has announced to use 100 per cent recycled cobalt in all company-designed batteries by 2025.
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How bricks, a screwdriver, and a 'demon core' of radioactive material killed 2 Manhattan Project scientists
WWII-era experiments on a hunk of plutonium known as the "demon core" left two Manhattan Project ph…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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A Tampa Bay home-owner is about to sell her $650,000 property as an NFT to 'stimulate conversation' about blockchain technology
"Is this just hype or is there a real world application?" Leslie Alessandra said to the Tampa Bay T…
Natasha Dailey
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Apple makes iPhone 14 series more climate-friendly with recycled elements
Apple has also made significant progress in reducing the carbon impact of aluminium and other metal…
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Square changes name to Block just 2 days after Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter
The name change highlights Jack Dorsey's continued cryptocurrency and blockchain ambitions.
Tim Levin
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10 things in tech you need to know today
Google is planning to launch its own smart watch, and the most popular emojis of 2021 were revealed…