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Crypto Think Tank Coin Center Sues US Treasury Over Tornado Cash Sanctions
12.10.2022
Coin Center is backing a second lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department alleging its sanctioning of Tornado Cash overstepped legal bounds
South African Non-Profit Bitcoin Ekasi Opens Education Center
11.10.2022
The center will educate residents in Mossel Bay on bitcoin, finances and other subjects
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Invested $31.3M in Bankrupt Data Center Compute North
6.10.2022
The miner also has about $50 million in security deposits and prepayment to Compute North, for hosting Marathon’s bitcoin miners
Bitcoin Mining Industry Reveals Mergers, Hashrate Increases, and New Facilities Amid Market Downturn
29.9.2022
While bitcoin is down more than 72% from the crypto asset’s all-time high, bitcoin mining operations are expanding at a rapid pace during the downturn. On Tuesday, the bitcoin miner Cleanspark said its hashrate has surpassed 4 exahash per second (EH/s), and the Texas mining company Rhodium...
Dragon Ball’s Unsung Hero Finally Takes Center Stage In The Breakers
23.9.2022
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Troubled Data Center Compute North Struggled With Crypto Winter. Then Its Relationship With a Major Lender Soured
23.9.2022
The company was financed by Generate Capital, which seized the data-center operator’s assets
Crypto Mining Data Center Provider Compute North Files for Bankruptcy Protection
22.9.2022
The company earlier this year raised $385 million in fresh capital
Nasdaq-Listed Bitcoin Miner Terawulf Reveals Firm’s Lake Mariner Site Has 12,000 Miners Deployed
20.9.2022
Following the publicly-listed mining operation Terawulf’s announcement that the firm’s Lake Mariner mining data center is up and running with 30 megawatts (MW) of capacity, 11 days later, the company has revealed the operation of nearly 12,000 miners at the facility in New York....
Working Group to Develop Efficiency Standard for Crypto Mining in Russia
19.9.2022
Crypto industry experts have formed a working group to draft a standard for energy-efficient and profitable cryptocurrency mining in Russia. The rules will aim to help developers and data center operators offer investors increased hardware uptime. Russia Prepares to Improve Efficiency of Mining...
Solar-Powered Crypto Farm in Australia to Prove Bitcoin Mining Can Be Green
18.9.2022
A crypto mining data center in the state of South Australia will be running mainly on solar-generated electricity, a media report reveals. The coin minting facility has been set up in a region known for its energy-hungry iron ore extraction and steel production. Bitcoin Farm to Mine Cryptocurrency...
Crypto Twitter Took Center Stage During the First Day of Hodlonaut vs. Craig Wright
12.9.2022
OSLO, Norway –– The harsh culture of crypto Twitter is the emerging key theme in a legal battle between crypto Twitter personality Hodlonaut and Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who has long claimed to be the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin
Bitcoin Mining Expansion Heats Up: Crypto Miner Secures Underground Bunker, Cleanspark Snags Turnkey Mining Site
11.9.2022
Bitcoin mining operations continue to truck on through the crypto winter as a number of miners have revealed expansion plans during the last week. Following the acquisition of 10,000 ASIC Antminers, Cleanspark revealed it acquired a turnkey bitcoin mining facility from Mawson Infrastructure....
500,000 DAI From DAO Maker Exploit Was Sent Through Tornado Cash, Security Analysts Report
9.9.2022
On September 8, the crypto security and smart contract auditing firm Certik revealed that 500,000 DAI was sent through the Tornado Cash mixing platform after the funds were stolen in August 2021. The digital assets originally stemmed from the DAO Maker breach that saw the loss of more than...
Australia to Stocktake Crypto Holdings Ahead of Regulation
23.8.2022
Australia intends to do a virtual stocktake of cryptocurrency assets held by its citizens, the new executive power in Canberra announced this week. The move is viewed as an indication that the center-left government plans to regulate the country’s crypto space. Treasury Embarks...
Crypto.com moves forward with multimillion-dollar renovation of Staples Center following staff cuts
22.8.2022
"Brave of them... maybe fortune favor them," said one Redditor in response to an artist's rendering of the renovations
Pokémon Unite’s New Stage Puts The Fearsome Rayquaza At The Center
18.8.2022
During the Pokémon World Championships, an annual invite-only esports event dedicated to all things pocket monsters which kicked off today, developer TiMi Studio Group revealed that the free-to-play MOBA Pokémon Unite will get a new map and a recognizable Gen III legendary dragon sometime soon.Read...
Meta Launches Horizon Worlds Metaverse App in Spain and France
18.8.2022
Meta, the social network company, has expanded the services of its flagship metaverse app, Horizon Worlds, to Spain and France. This move is part of the expansion plan of Meta to offer these services to more countries in Europe this year. While the app was available as an invite-only service...
Coin Center Says OFAC’s Tornado Cash Ban ‘Exceeds Statutory Authority,’ Plans to ‘Engage’ With US Watchdog
16.8.2022
On August 15, the non-profit that focuses on policy issues facing crypto assets, Coin Center, published a blog post that says the organization is looking at the legality of the recent Tornado Cash sanctions enforced by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC)....
Coin Center may challenge US Treasury's sanctions on Tornado Cash in court
15.8.2022
“By treating autonomous code as a ‘person’ OFAC exceeds its statutory authority,” said Coin Center's Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh
Bitcoin R&D Center Vinteum Launches in Brazil
10.8.2022
The launch of the non-profit aims to support Bitcoin developers in Brazil and Latin America