Bhutan pledges up to 10K bitcoin, valued at ~$1B, to develop Gelephu Mindfulness City; Arkham: Bhutan holds 5,984 BTC, ranking seventh among sovereign holders
The 10,000 BTC will generate yields for GMC's growth while being held long-term, with Bhutan ruling out selling the reserves. — In brief
Bhutan says it's migrating its national ID system for its nearly 800K residents from Polygon to Ethereum; the Ethereum Foundation says it will finish by Q1 2026
The Kingdom of Bhutan has tapped Ethereum to store the national identities of its roughly 800,000 citizens, leveraging the network's immutability and decentralization.
A growing cohort of AI startups are recruiting experts to train models on highly specialized tasks for sensitive sectors like finance, defense, and health care
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : X: @saritharai X: Saritha Rai / @saritharai : PhDs, radiologists, accountants in places like Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Philippines & Vietnam are teaching AI to perform comp...
The US-led crypto rally is leaving its mark in Asia: Bhutan's bitcoin holdings reached $1.1B, 36% of its GDP, South Korea's increased trading activity, and more
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An investigation identifies four secret bitcoin mining facilities in Bhutan, built using $220M in chips imported from China between 2021 and 2022
An investigation identifies four secret bitcoin mining facilities in Bhutan, built using $220M in chips imported from China between 2021 and 2022
Dozens of shipping containers lie hidden behind a hillside south of Thimphu, the Himalayan capital of Bhutan, one of the world's most isolated nations.
Bhutan has quietly been mining bitcoin since 2019, becoming the second country after El Salvador known to have a state-run mine, and is planning a 100 MW mine
The Himalayan kingdom confirmed it has been running a bitcoin mining operation as mystery surrounds the scale of its earlier cryptocurrency investments.
Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter likely was a joke, since he previously pretended he would take Tesla private, but he may not be able to get out of the deal
Good morning! If you're looking to head to Bhutan anytime soon, we've got some news for you. Leigh Mc Gowran / Silicon Republic : What's going on with Elon Musk's Twitter deal? Aryaansh Rathore / Mar...