Regulators in the United States have been piling on the pressure on the crypto space over the last year, even more so in light of the FTX demise and collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Now, according to a job posting on the official government website, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to hire general attorneys in New…
Bitmain has reportedly failed to pay personal income taxes in accordance with China’s laws on the administration of tax collection. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/bitcoin-mining-firm-bitmain-reportedly-fined-for-tax-violations
Business intelligence and Fortune 500 company Microstrategy’s Bitcoin (BTC) investment has turned green again as BTC broke past the critical resistance of around $29,000 to record a new 10-month high of $31,163. Microstrategy started investing in Bitcoin in the second quarter of 2020 when the BTC price was trading around $10,000. Since then, the business intelligence firm had made a…
Blockchain interoperability — the interconnecting of multiple networks to allow data and value to flow seamlessly — is often envisioned in the context of consumer applications. Think DEXs adding support for numerous EVM networks, or blockchain bridges linking to the next trendy DeFi ecosystem. But interoperability has far broader ramifications than allowing traders to jump chains on a whim. In…
U.S. Bitcoin miner CleanSpark today announced the closing of a $144.9 million deal to purchase 45,000 of Bitmain’s Antminer S19 XP Bitcoin mining machines, which will be delivered by the end of September to its facility in Sandersville, Georgia. The first wave of 25,000 miners will arrive in batches throughout August with the rest arriving the following month; all machines…
Ethereum’s Shanghai/Capella upgrade — also known by the portmanteau Shapella — may not be the technical marvel of last year’s “Merge” or introduce turbocharged speeds to the network. Volumes of over 100,000 transactions per second will have to wait for future “danksharding” upgrades, according to the Ethereum Foundation. But the hard fork remains an important step on Ethereum’s roadmap to…
While the Bitcoin network is secured by mining, many newer cryptocurrencies use an alternative consensus mechanism known as proof of stake (PoS). This involves users staking their cryptocurrency—pledging their crypto assets to the network to help the blockchain validate transactions. But staking isn’t just an altruistic act to benefit the network. In exchange for staking, you get rewards, often in…
XRP (XRP) rose 2.1% to $0.52 on April 11, extending its daily gains from $0.50 alongside a broader cryptocurrency market rally as traders pinned hopes on easing inflation data into April 12. XRP price: lackluster volumes raise risk of 25% correction XRP’s upside move brought it closer to breaking out of its prevailing bull pennant range with a price target of…
Bitcoin moved above $30,000 on April 11, as bullish sentiment returned to cryptocurrency markets. Markets surged after data in China showed that consumer prices had hit an 18-month low. Ethereum was also higher on the news, moving closer to $2,000. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) raced above $30,000 for the first time in ten months, as markets reacted to the latest inflation…
Chinese e-commerce giant weighs into the global race for artificial intelligence (AI) with its own version of chatbot assistant. Alibaba announced the rollout of the ChatGPT-like product in the “near future.” According to a BBC report from Apr. 11, the new product will be called Tongyi Qianwen, which translates to English as “seeking an answer by asking a thousand questions.”…
