Public bitcoin miner Marathon Digital Holdings scooped over 462.1 new bitcoin in January, down from 484.5 BTC mined in the previous month as it faced a double-digit increase in Bitcoin’s hashrate and operational fluctuations in its Hardin, Montana, facility, the company said in a Friday statement. The miner now holds approximately 8,595 BTC with a fair market value of approximately…
Bitcoin (BTC) returned to $40,000 for the first time two weeks during Feb. 4 as Wall Street volatility proved a boon for BTC bulls. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Liquidations mount for BTC shorts Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD suddenly jumping past the $40,000 Friday, just two hours after the Wall Street open produced rapid…
Bitcoin is once again above $40,000 after a rough start to the year. The biggest cryptocurrency by market cap is up 8% in the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko figures, trading for $40, 150. The asset got off to a bad start in 2022, crashing to levels not seen since in six months. But the coin looks like it…
Many Indians have signed a petition for the government to introduce reasonable crypto tax policies. This week, India’s finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, proposed taxing crypto income at 30%. Indians Sign Petition Urging Government to Rethink Crypto Tax Proposal A petition has been initiated on Change.org for the government of India to “introduce reasonable crypto tax policies.” Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman…
A survey of 1,000 United States consumers around growing interest in the metaverse has revealed some interesting results. In a survey commissioned by nonfungible token and metaverse infrastructure provider Advokate Group, 87% of respondents preferred a decentralized metaverse on a blockchain over some of the mega projects planned by tech giants. This became more evident when 77% of the respondents…
Bitcoin (BTC) kept investors guessing with tech stocks as Wall Street opened on Feb. 4, circling $38,000. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Stocks continue volatility Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed a ranging overnight period for BTC/USD, bulls hoping for clearer validation of recent gains. After 15% daily gains the day before, Amazon (AMZN) continued its uptrend…
As the entire lot of 12,333 digital currencies hovers just above $1.8 trillion in value, the stablecoin economy has recently swelled to $178.8 billion or 9.9% of the entire crypto economy. Out of the top five stablecoins, usd coin (USDC) saw its market capitalization jump the most, increasing 18.9% during the last 30 days. The 18.9% increase has pushed USDC’s…
Nike has filed a lawsuit against online sneaker reseller StockX at a New York federal court today, alleging the Detroit-based vendor has been selling images of Nike sneakers as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) without authorization. Since January, StockX has sold a wide variety of sneaker-themed NFTs as part of its “Vault” collection. The NFTs are openly modeled on real sneakers, and…
Last year was impressive for blockchain startups, as research from CB Insights found that venture capital funding reached new heights during every quarter of 2021. According to CB Insights’ “State Of Blockchain 2021” report, $25.2 billion worth of venture capital funding went to global blockchain startups last year, demonstrating a 713% increase from $3.1 billion in 2020. The report also…
SegWit has come a long way since its first appearance during the 2015-2017 blocksize war. However, despite its relative success as a Bitcoin upgrade, crypto exchanges including Binance and Gemini are still not committed to using SegWit addresses for sending Bitcoin (BTC). Implemented in 2017, segregated witness (SegWit) is a soft fork upgrade that separates “witness” data from the base…
