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There's an interesting industry data point about the global largest copper mine production landscape. Most people know that Chile is a traditional copper powerhouse, which is correct—its 2024 output is 510k tons, still holding the top spot. However, over the past 20 years, Chile's growth has been quite steady, from the 2000 level to now, without any significant breakthroughs.
What truly deserves attention is the performance of three other countries. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has the most dramatic change—almost no copper production in 2000, but by 2024, it has directly risen to becom

This morning I just realized that today marks exactly 17 years since Hal Finney sent a tweet that has now become part of Bitcoin history. On January 11, 2009, he posted "Running bitcoin" on Twitter, and interestingly, one day later Satoshi Nakamoto sent him 10 BTC. This wasn't just an ordinary transaction, but the first Bitcoin transaction in history.
Why is this important? Because without Hal Finney's genuine belief and immediate attempt to run Bitcoin from day one, Bitcoin might have just remained a white paper that few people read. Hal Finney essentially proved that Bitcoin is not just a th

I was scrolling through social media crypto and came across a term that's frequently used in the community: hopium. What exactly is hopium, and is it something you need to understand if you're active in this space?
So, hopium is actually a combination of the words 'hope' and 'opium.' The term emerged in online communities as a way to mock excessive hope or blind optimism. Imagine hopium as an imaginary drug you take when you need a boost of enthusiasm, but in reality, it's just fake.
In the crypto world, hopium refers to investors who have unrealistic expectations about their investments. For

Have you heard of Gerald Cotten? This name might not be unfamiliar to those who have been in the crypto world for a long time. But the story? The story is truly crazy.
So Gerald Cotten was the CEO of QuadrigaCX, the largest crypto exchange in Canada. In 2018, he went on his honeymoon to India. Suddenly, he passed away. He was only 30 years old. Tragic, right? But here’s where the problem begins.
When he died, it turned out that only he knew the passwords to all the systems. $190 million customer funds? Disappeared just like that. No backup. No recovery plan. No second person with access. Just

What if the data stored on the Bitcoin blockchain actually poses serious legal risks? The development of Inscriptions—technology that allows users to embed files and images directly onto the Bitcoin blockchain—has attracted the attention of Nick Szabo, one of Bitcoin’s core developers. Nick Szabo emphasizes that Bitcoin was fundamentally designed as a peer-to-peer payment system, not a universal data repository. According to him, using the blockchain to store content, especially potentially illegal material, opens the door for strict regulatory intervention.
Inscriptions work by embedding data