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Elon Musk, the Tesla billionaire who is one of the biggest bitcoin and crypto price influencers, has shared details of a secret meeting with El Salvador's bitcoin-backing president Nayib Bukele. The pair's meeting comes as the bitcoin price is surging following a Federal Reserve bombshell that some think could kick off a new bitcoin price bull run. Musk, who earlier this month backed a $36 trillion "by the end of 2024" warning over the spiraling interest payments on the huge U.S. national debt pile, revealed he and Bukele discussed the "future of humanity" and technology, though he didn't mention bitcoin directly. "Just had an excellent conversation with president Nayib Bukele," Musk posted to X, the social media platform he bought and rebranded from Twitter. "We talked a lot about the nature of reality, future of humanity and how technology like AI and robotics will affect the world. El Salvador has an amazing leader." Bu...

Hamster Kombat, the biggest play to earn Web 3 project at the moment carried out its token allocation to its miners over the weekend. The results of the token allocation by the Hamster team did not go down well with the Nigerian Web 3 community which decried poor allocation from the Hamster team, a project they invested heavily in. The Nigerian Web 3 space was awash with complaints of disappointment as the community of miners and stakeholders reacted to very poor allocation from the hamster team which was not in any way commiserate to the efforts they put into mining the project. The Token allocation took place on Saturday with many Hamster Kombat miners able to log into their wallets and see the number of HMSTR tokens that were allocated to them based on their mining efforts. The event took place in anticipation of the Airdrop event slated to be held on September 26. The listing price of the HMSTR token will also be announced on that day and many individuals who mined the ...

It is unclear how the highly sophisticated attack occurred, though Hezbollah has blamed its adversary Israel. Israeli officials have so far declined to comment. Analysis of fragments from the pagers suggested they were made by the Taiwanese firm Gold Apollo, but the CEO denied this and said they had been made under licence by a company in Hungary.  On Wednesday afternoon there were reports of further explosions involving walkie-talkies in southern Beirut. The blasts began in Lebanon's capital Beirut and several other areas of the country at about 15:45 local time (13:45 BST) on Tuesday. Witnesses reported seeing smoke coming from people's pockets, before seeing small explosions that sounded like fireworks and gunshots. In one clip, CCTV footage appeared to show an explosion in a man’s trouser pocket as he stood at a shop till. Citing US officials, the New York Times said that the pagers received messages that appeared to be coming from Hezbollah's le...

The head of head of Niger's military government General Abdourahamane Tiani (R) and Malian Colonel Assimi Goita (L) pose for a photo as they arrive ahead of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) summit in Niamey on July 6, 2024. Mali's leader, Col Assimi Goïta (L) and his Nigerien counterpart Gen Abdourahamane Tiani (R) pictured in July when they met, along with Burkina Faso's leader, in July Three West African countries run by military juntas will be launching a new biometric passports “in the coming days” as part of their withdrawal from the wider regional bloc Ecowas. Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, whose military leaders took over power in series of coups between 2020 and 2023, announced their plan to leave the bloc in January. Following the coups, West African countries sanctioned the juntas, aiming to push them to quickly restore civilian rule. But the three nations that now form the Alliance of Sahel States have so far resisted the calls, opting to cement...

 In a move set to excite cryptocurrency enthusiasts, Binance has announced plans to list Hamster Kombat Binance will now allow miners around the world to trade their Hamster Kombat on its platform for dollar On September 26, there will be an airdrop event, and Binance is offering miners a chance to trade for dollar  Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has officially listed Hamster Kombat tokens on its platform. Along with the listing, Binance has also invited the project to participate in its renowned Binance Launchpool, offering users the opportunity to earn HMSTR tokens by staking their BNB.  Binance disclosed this via its official X (formerly Twitter) account, which boasts over 13 million followers.  Crypto enthusiasts expressed excitement about the development as they anticipate an airdrop for the game’s large community on September 26, 2024, Hamster Kombat airdrop token generation event (TGE). Binance statement reads: "Binance is excited to ann...