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Banking System Uses Significantly More Energy Than Bitcoin, Research Shows
17.5.2021
A new report shows that the banking system consumes more than twice the amount of energy that bitcoin does. The authors analyzed bitcoin’s energy usage and compared it to the banking and gold industries. Banking System Consumes Much More Energy Than Bitcoin Galaxy Digital published a report...
Here's how Bitcoin's intraday volatility complicates leverage trading
17.5.2021
Derivatives exchanges offer up to 100x leverage, but traders must consider how Bitcoin's intraday volatility increases their liquidation risk
Report: ASIC Giant Bitmain Pre-Orders 5nm Chips Produced by TSMC’s N5 Process
17.5.2021
Bitmain, one of the largest application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) manufacturers in the world, is reportedly working with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in order to leverage TSMC’s 5nm semiconductors. Industry sources say that the 5nm chips being created...
Crypto Markets Take Deep Losses, Global Trade Volumes Skyrocket, Elon Battles Crypto Twitter
16.5.2021
Bitcoin and a slew of digital currency markets are seeing significant losses on Sunday as a majority of coins are down between 2-15% during the last 24 hours. The entire crypto-economy has dropped more than 6% and bitcoin dominance is down to 40% the lowest the metric has been in two years. Crypto...
Bitcoin crisis, Elon Musk criticized, Ether thrives, Dogecoin survives: Hodler’s Digest, May 9–15
16.5.2021
Bitcoin crashes after Tesla abandons the cryptocurrency as a payment method, the crypto world criticizes Elon Musk and DOGE staves off competition from a furry rival
Elon Musk Doubles Down on Dogecoin, Tweets About Ideal Improvements
16.5.2021
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Spacex, has doubled down on its bet that dogecoin can become a currency able to address Tesla’s new set of environmental requirements. The entrepreneur has tweeted he is now working with Dogecoin developers to improve the currency, hoping it can evolve to be more...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, XRP, DOT, XLM, SOL
16.5.2021
Bitcoin price remains under pressure but select altcoins like XRP, DOT, XLM and SOL are showing signs of resuming their uptrend
Bitcoin slips below $46K as correction deepens; institutions keep accumulating
16.5.2021
After failing to reclaim the $50,000 level, BTC faces renewed selling pressure in the short term. However, short-term headwinds don’t negate the bull market
Caitlin Long reveals the 'real reason' people are selling crypto
16.5.2021
"Markets now can safely predict Bitcoin and crypto prices will likely exhibit high correlation with credit markets," said Long
Mark Cuban to Elon Musk: Accepting Bitcoin Will Actually Benefit the Environment
16.5.2021
Shark Tank star and the owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, has made an argument that accepting cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, will actually help the environment. He told Elon Musk, whose electric car company Tesla has suspended accepting bitcoin, citing environmental...
Norwegian Billionaire: Bitcoin Becoming Mainstream Is Inevitable — Elon Musk’s Comments ‘Haven’t Changed Anything’
16.5.2021
Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Rokke says bitcoin becoming mainstream is inevitable. Unlike Tesla, which stopped accepting cryptocurrency, Rokke’s company is now considering accepting bitcoin as a means of payment, emphasizing that Elon Musk’s comments about the cryptocurrency’s...
Solana pumps to all-time high as Bitcoin, altcoins lag
16.5.2021
SOL was one of the top-performing cryptocurrencies on Sunday, outperforming Bitcoin and Ethereum by a considerable margin
John Lennon’s Son Defends Bitcoin- Musician Highlights Carbon Footprint Tied to Consumerism
16.5.2021
Over the course of the last week, the concern tied to the environmental impact bitcoin mining produces continues to be a very topical discussion. On May 14, the musician and activist, Sean Ono Lennon, the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, said that he’s more concerned with consumerism than...
Inflation winds stiffen as Bitcoin ballast on balance sheets proves its value
16.5.2021
Firms with iconoclastic leaders, like Musk and Dorsey, “would be the most likely to take the plunge” and commit sizable cash balances to crypto
Bitcoin Cash Upgrades Successfully: Network Works as Intended
16.5.2021
On May 15, the Bitcoin Cash upgrade was applied successfully to the blockchain, bringing a slew of features directed toward improving the overall experience of users. This particular upgrade marks the start of a new upgrade schedule that will allow developers to invest more time in testing...
Cobie Livestream Raises $800,000 in Crypto to Pay Child’s Cancer Treatment
16.5.2021
Cobie, the host of the Uponly podcast and a popular crypto Twitter personality, bolstered a fundraising session for John Oliver, a six-year-old kid that is currently battling leukemia. The initiative was quite successful, getting the attention of the likes of FTX executive Sam Bankman Fried,...
Iranian Tax Agency to Profile Owners of Cryptocurrency Exchanges
16.5.2021
Cryptocurrencies have been a cause for concern in Teheran as the digital assets have attracted capital from other, traditional markets. The parliament’s leadership has now asked the tax agency to profile the owners of Iranian platforms facilitating cryptocurrency trading and report to...
Major Music Festival Exit Takes Bitcoin for Tickets
16.5.2021
A popular international music festival, Exit, is now accepting cryptocurrency for tickets, products, and services. This year’s 20th-anniversary edition of the European event will be held in early summer and the festival’s online store already offers discounts for impatient music fans...
While Bitcoin Energy Concerns Grow, Nobody Discusses the Carbon and Military Violence Backing US Dollars
16.5.2021
This week a great number of bitcoin supporters and skeptics have been arguing over whether or not bitcoin mining is harmful to the global environment. However, crypto supporters have been saying that concerns over the Bitcoin network’s energy supply are absurd, in contrast to the carbon used...
Grayscale Fund Touts ETF Conversion as Price Discount Issue Solution
16.5.2021
Grayscale, one of the largest cryptocurrency fund managers, has declared it is trying to morph the bitcoin trust GBTC into an exchange-traded fund (ETF) to solve its price woes. The exchange rate is now at a 20% price discount compared to its bitcoin holdings, a fact that has many worried about...