WAO ART #328

India has successfully placed its first solar observatory, Aditya L-1, in orbit around the sun. The spacecraft took four months to reach its destination, a periodic Halo orbit located approximately 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. The mission aims to study the sun's outer layer.

The Shiba Inu development team plans to burn 9.25 trillion SHIB coins, a significant move to reduce the circulating supply of the meme coin. This follows previous smaller-scale burns and the conversion of $1 million worth of BONE tokens into SHIB. The team is also automating the burning process.

New Zealand taxpayers are questioning why their money is being used to provide foreign aid to countries with space and nuclear programs. In the past year, India received $1,178,000, Indonesia received $25,068,402.67, and Pakistan received $3,500,000.

Major financial players BlackRock and Grayscale Investments are preparing to enter the Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) market in the United States. With amended filings made on Friday, these firms are positioning themselves at the forefront of cryptocurrency investment.

Financial Times columnist Stuart Kirk argues in favor of investing in a potential spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), citing the growing public interest and positive start to 2024 for Bitcoin. He addresses the SEC's concerns about investor protection and market integrity.

The Central Bank of Nigeria has approved the Africa Stablecoin Consortium (ASC) to pilot its cNGN stablecoin initiative in the regulatory sandbox. The cNGN stablecoin, backed 1:1 by reserves denominated in local currency, is set to go live on February 27, 2024.

Brazil's Institute of Immunobiological Technology at Fiocruz-Bio-Manguinhos will become a standby laboratory for vaccine production during global health emergencies. The laboratory will join a United Nations network and be activated to supply vaccines to other countries.