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How The Ethereum Merge Could Impact Staking Yields
10.6.2022
Max Shannon, Digital Asset Analyst at major European digital asset investment firm CoinShares._____
The Merge aims to move Ethereum from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS), and provide the foundation for increased scalability and reduced energy consumption. Detrimental trade-offs...
Hawkish ECB Intentions, Tether on Tezos, Osmosis Promises to Cover Losses + More News
9.6.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Read More: Hawkish ECB Intentions, Tether on Tezos, Osmosis Promises to Cover Losses + More News
New Law Will Ban Crypto Pay in Russia (Again) as Miners Struggle to Convince Central Bank to Legalize Industry
9.6.2022
Crypto advocates are still facing an uphill struggle in Russia – where MPs are expected to vote in favor of a proposal that will ban the use of “monetary surrogates” as a form of payment. And it appears that crypto miners are yet to persuade the influential Central Bank Governor Elvira...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Ticks Up, Solana's USD 100M Bet, NFT Ticketing + More News
8.6.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Read More: Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Ticks Up, Solana's USD 100M Bet, NFT Ticketing + More News
French Lawmaker Releases New Report to Push for Crypto Legislation
8.6.2022
Pierre Person, a lawmaker from France’s ruling La République En Marche! (LREM) party, has unveiled a new report which introduces a number of legislative proposals related to crypto and digital assets, pushing for the adoption of crypto legislation in the French parliament. ...
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Outgoing French Lawmaker Calls for Fossil-Based Crypto Mining Ban, DAO Legal Status
8.6.2022
Europe needs to stop dithering and capture the crypto opportunity, Pierre Person says
New York Governor yet to commit to signing Bitcoin mining ban into law
8.6.2022
“We’ll be looking at all the bills very, very closely. We have a lot of work to do over the next six months,” said Governor Hochul
Bitcoin Miner Mawson Exchanges Mining Rigs for Stake in Tasmanian Data Center
7.6.2022
The move comes as more miners have begun using alternative sources of funds to support their expansion
Russia Edges Closer to Crypto Regulation as Ruling Party, Energy Ministry Push for Legislation
7.6.2022
Crypto regulation is likely to come sooner rather than later in Russia, leading politicians hope – with the ruling United Russia party throwing its weight behind legislative proposals and the Ministry of Energy voicing its support for crypto mining....
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Bitcoin Miners May Get Another Break This Week as Network’s Mining Difficulty Is Expected to Drop
7.6.2022
Bitcoin miners may catch another break this week as the network’s mining difficulty is estimated to see a reduction tomorrow. Every two weeks Bitcoin’s difficulty adjustment algorithm (DAA) changes, and during the last DAA change, the difficulty dipped by 4.33%. Currently, at...
Argo Blockchain to Build Intel-Based Bitcoin Mining Rigs With ePIC Blockchain
7.6.2022
The partnership is an extension of a 2021 deal in which Argo agreed to buy $8 million worth of ePIC's miners
Director of Listed Chinese Company Embezzles $8 Million, Uses Funds to Purchase Bitcoin Mining Rigs
7.6.2022
A Chinese prosecutor is reported to have given a thumbs up to the arrest of a listed big data company director accused of embezzling $8 million and using the funds to buy bitcoin mining rigs. Although Li Qunnan has denied the allegations, executives insist their evidence implicates him....
Kazakhstan’s central bank ‘isn’t going to ignore’ the crypto market
7.6.2022
According to the chairman, the central bank will decide on implementing its own digital currency by the end of 2022
Law Decoded, May 30–June 6: Terra’s aftermath in China, Japan and South Korea
7.6.2022
Last week brought some notable reactions to the stablecoin’s depegging in the East Asia region
Traders think Bitcoin bottomed, but on-chain metrics point to one more capitulation event
6.6.2022
BTC price gravitates around the low $30,000 zone, luring traders to believe the bottom is in, but data from Glassnode warns of another final sell-off
Crypto Miner Hive Blockchain Selling Ether to Pay for Intel Mining Rigs
6.6.2022
The miner expects to have a bitcoin-equivalent hashrate of 6.2 exahash per second (EH/s) in the next 12 months
Bitfinex Bitcoin longs hit a record-high, but does that mean BTC has bottomed?
6.6.2022
A key derivatives metric used by margin traders has hit a record-high, but there’s plenty of risk and a catch to consider
New York Mining 'Ban' Is a Green Opportunity
6.6.2022
Bitcoin Ends Record-Long Losing Streak, BTC Inflows Grow, Ethereum Sees Outflows
6.6.2022
As bitcoin (BTC) ended a 9-week-long losing streak on Sunday, when a green weekly candle finally appeared on the bitcoin chart. The positive weekly close kicked off a green start of the new week on Monday, with gains across the board in the crypto market....
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New York's push to ban crypto mining triggers response from community
6.6.2022
In a tweet, Lawyer Jake Chervinsky expressed his hopes that the governor will veto the bill “for the sake of New York.”