Saturday, June 5, 2021

Facebook buys Unit 2 Games, a studio behind Roblox-like Crayta game platform, says it will integrate Crayta's toolset into Facebook Gaming's cloud platform (Lucas Matney/TechCrunch)

Lucas Matney / TechCrunch:
Facebook buys Unit 2 Games, a studio behind Roblox-like Crayta game platform, says it will integrate Crayta's toolset into Facebook Gaming's cloud platform  —  Facebook has been making plenty of one-off virtual reality studio acquisitions lately, but today the company announced …



Square partners with Blockstream, says it will invest $5M to build a solar-powered Bitcoin mining facility at a Blockstream Mining site in the US (Elizabeth Rembert/Bloomberg)

Elizabeth Rembert / Bloomberg:
Square partners with Blockstream, says it will invest $5M to build a solar-powered Bitcoin mining facility at a Blockstream Mining site in the US  —  Square Inc. will invest $5 million to build a solar-powered Bitcoin mining facility at a Blockstream Mining site in the U.S. through a partnership with the blockchain technology provider.



As Nigerian ISPs comply with government's Twitter ban blocking the service, the country's AG threatens prosecution of those trying to circumvent the ban (Dennis Erezi/The Guardian Nigeria News)

Dennis Erezi / The Guardian Nigeria News:
As Nigerian ISPs comply with government's Twitter ban blocking the service, the country's AG threatens prosecution of those trying to circumvent the ban  —  Nigeria's attorney general Abubakar Malami Saturday said the country will prosecute those who flout the government order to deactivate operations …



Facebook says it could pay more tax after G7 deal

UK-G7-FINANCE-Facebook says it could pay more tax after G7 deal https://ift.tt/3yXVYxM

Google says supports work to update international tax rules

Google said on Saturday that it supports the work being done to update international tax rules after G7 finance ministers agreed to pursue a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% and to reallocate taxing rights for large, profitable multinational companies. https://ift.tt/34TX2Ff

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey now plans a Bitcoin wallet

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has announced to consider making a hardware wallet for Bitcoin for the customers of its digital payments services company Square. https://ift.tt/3wWKxog

Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...