VR Helps Surgeons, 100 Medical Staff Separate Fused Brains Of Conjoined Twins

Need a hip replacement? Got some bitcoins burning a hole in your wallet? Well, why not hop on a plane to Lithuania, where a local orthopaedic clinic has recently announced it will provide treatments in exchange for bitcoin. Nordorthopaedics, an orthopaedic surgery in Vilnius, Lithuania's capital city, began accepting bitcoin payments earlier this month. However, it hasn't yet received a client willing to pay with the currency. The clinic employs 50 medical staff, including five surgeons. It serves a largely foreign clientele, with customers from Sweden, Russia, the UK and the US.....

Cashfusion, the privacy-enhancing solution for the Bitcoin Cash network is nearing its one-year anniversary and during the last four months, fusions have increased by 328.93%. The protocol recently completed a security audit and fusions are nearing 20k with close to $200 million worth of bitcoin cash fused to-date. On November 28, 2020, the Cashfusion protocol for the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network will celebrate a milestone of one year operating so far. At the time of publication, stats from the web portal stats.devzero.be/#/fusion shows approximately 19,658 fusions have been processed since....

Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange owned by the Winklevoss twins, is laying off more staff. According to reports, the company is axing 7% of its current workforce, as it engages in significant cost-cutting policies. This is the second wave of layoffs at Gemini, after the company laid off 10% of its staff less than two months ago. Gemini Lays Off More Staff Gemini, a regulated, U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, is reducing the size of its workforce, according to sources. While the exchange did not make an internal announcement for this round of....

A cyberattack targeting a Hollywood hospital laced with ransomware malware has been making rounds in mainstream news circles recently. In a separate incident, the Horry County school system in North Carolina was also struck by a ransomware cyberattack. The cyberattack on Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center lasted nearly a fortnight after beginning on 5 Feb, with hospital systems affected and staff declaring an ‘internal emergency’. On Wednesday, the hospital announced that it had relented and paid the ransom demanded by extortionists. $17,000 in bitcoins. The attack began on the evening....

MedVault, a proof-of-concept that would allow patients to record medical information on the bitcoin blockchain, won €5,000 in prize money at the Blockchain Hackathon this weekend. The event - held in Ireland and sponsored by Fidelity Investments, Deloitte and Citi - saw approximately 150 participants pitch ideas, form teams and build on concepts in just 50 hours. Graham Rhodes, a MedVault developer, indicated that the project was able to separate from the competition because of its use of the blockchain to "anonymize" medical records. Rhodes told CoinDesk: "[We're] giving the patients....