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CleanSpark acquires mining facility in Georgia for $33 million
9.9.2022
This is the second deal the company announced this week citing "substantially discounted price."
Argentine Tax Authority AFIP Strengthens Supervision, Finds Three Clandestine Cryptocurrency Mining Farms
9.9.2022
The Argentine tax authority (AFIP) found three different clandestine cryptocurrency mining farms last week. The farms were located in San Juan and in the city of Cordoba. More than $600,000 in hardware was found at just one of these locations, and the high level of power consumed helped...
Air Gap? Hardware Wallet? Multisig? Bitcoin Self-Storage Means Hard Choices
8.9.2022
Wallet manufacturers debated the best ways to store bitcoin private keys safely at the BalticHoneybadger conference in Riga
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Villains Are The Bad School Kids, New Switch Hardware Coming
7.9.2022
Two professors. A true open-world. Legendary Pokémon that can turn into freakin’ motorcycles. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are incrementally shaping up to be some of the most intriguing role-playing games of the fall. Today, the Pokémon Company made that even more clear with a new trailer that...
Trezor and Wasabi to Implement a Coinjoin Mixing Scheme Into Hardware Wallets
7.9.2022
This week, the hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor, and the non-custodial bitcoin wallet with a built-in Coinjoin mixer, Wasabi, revealed the two teams are working together to introduce Coinjoin mixing into hardware wallets. On Sunday, Wasabi tweeted “hardware wallet Coinjoins are coming...
Russian Arrested for Defrauding Buyers of Mining Hardware Worth Over $300,000
5.9.2022
Police in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan have detained a man accused of defrauding people who wanted to purchase crypto miners. Law enforcement officials say the suspect made millions of rubles through fictitious sales of mining devices to Russian citizens and foreigners. Investigators...
LG to Launch Crypto Wallet Wallypto Later This Year
2.9.2022
LG, the South Korean electronics giant, is currently developing a cryptocurrency wallet app that will be launched later this year. The wallet, called Wallypto, will be part of a new business phase for the company, which recently abandoned its mobile hardware business and pivoted to software...
Hardware wallet Trezor enables direct crypto purchases with MoonPay
31.8.2022
The new integration with MoonPay and SatoshiLabs-founded Invity platform provides buy, sell and exchange features directly in the Trezor wallet
What is a seed phrase and why is it important?
27.8.2022
It’s crucial to remember your seed phrase, which is a string of random words produced by your cryptocurrency wallet when you initially set it up
Starlink v Česku výrazně zlevňuje poplatky za připojení i za hardware
25.8.2022
Satelitní připojení Starlink od firmy SpaceX je nově výrazně levnější. Místo původních 2 600 Kč zákazníci zaplatí měsíční poplatek jen 1 400 Kč. Firma je o tom informovala v e-mailu
Crypto Miners in Russia’s Irkutsk Region Fined Almost $1.7 Million This Year
25.8.2022
Authorities in the energy-rich Russian region of Irkutsk have imposed hefty fines on crypto miners this year for illegal use of electricity to produce digital currencies. Power utilities have also filed hundreds of lawsuits, a report reveals, quoting prosecutors. Irkutsk Crypto Miners Pay...
FDIC-FTX spat is another reason for investors to self-custody their funds
24.8.2022
Between the collapse of Celsius and the FDIC's warning to FTX, consumers should be awakening to the benefits of moving their funds off of centralized exchanges
Russian Caught Mining Crypto in Covid-19 Clinic
22.8.2022
An IT specialist working for a medical institution in Russia’s Altai Republic has been detained for illegally mining cryptocurrency at the premises of a Covid-19 hospital. The man minted digital currencies using stolen electricity for almost a year before law enforcement busted his crypto...
Bitcoin Mining Hardware Firm Canaan Sees 'Prolonged Headwinds' After Challenging Quarter
18.8.2022
Supercomputing services provider Canaan (CAN) said Q2 revenue increased by 53% from the year-earlier quarter, but warned of the downward pressure on its performance from the tougher market conditions in the quarters ahead
Organizations look toward multiparty computation to advance Web3
16.8.2022
Multiparty computation is being leveraged to ensure private key security and decentralization within Web3 platforms. But why use it?
How a Trezor Wallet Passphrase Taking a Lifetime to Brute Force Was Cracked by KeychainX Experts in 24 Hours
16.8.2022
Have you lost the passphrase for an hardware wallet and looking how to recover your coins? Here is how the KeychainX recovery experts have done just that for a client. This is a trusted service provider that specializes in recovering lost crypto wallets and they can even recover funds from broken...
Self-custody isn’t for everyone: WisdomTree exec on ‘be your own bank’
4.8.2022
As self-custody puts a lot of responsibility on a user, many may find self-custody way too uncomfortable or too hard to handle
Solana wallets 'compromised and abandoned’ as users warned of scam solutions
3.8.2022
Solana users have been urged to move their funds to cold storage and be alert to possible scams after a major exploit of thousands of wallets sees more than $8 million stolen
Ledger reportedly seeking additional $100 million in funding
2.8.2022
Investors are said to be flocking to cold storage for their cryptocurrency as liquidity concerns plague the industry recently
Report: Crypto Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger Seeks $100 Million Capital Raise
2.8.2022
The French cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger is seeking to raise fresh new capital after raising $380 million in June 2021, according to sources familiar with the matter. The hardware wallet company Ledger is reportedly looking to raise at least $100 million from strategic...