🪙 Crypto and Blockchain News (Mar 13, 2024):

1️⃣ CoinDesk: The non-custodial crypto wallet #MetaMask is testing a Mastercard-powered on-chain card issued by Baanx. This joint product will be the first truly decentralized Web3 payment solution in history. Users will have the ability to spend cryptocurrencies on everyday purchases wherever cards are accepted. 💳

2️⃣ Bitfarms: Bitfarms, a mining company, has acquired 51,908 mining rigs for #Bitcoin mining from the Chinese manufacturer Bitmain. The firm exercised an option for 28,000 Antminer T21s and additionally purchased 19,280 similar miners at $14 per TH/s. The order also includes 3,888 Antminer S21s and 740 units of S21 hydro at $17.5 per TH/s. 💼

3️⃣ Tensor Foundation: The team behind the Solana-based NFT trading platform Tensor has introduced the governance token TNSR. 🔑

4️⃣ Financial Times: Nigerian authorities have demanded that the cryptocurrency exchange #Binance provide a list of the top one hundred users in the country, as well as the entire transaction history for the past six months. 👀

5️⃣ ХAVFSIZLIK: Three citizens of #Uzbekistan have been detained during departmental raids in the Tashkent region, suspected of stealing electricity for cryptocurrency mining. ⚖️

💬 What are your thoughts on the recent events?