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It’s Genesis Block Day. Do You Know Where Your Bitcoin Keys Are?
3.1.2021
"Not your keys, not your bitcoin." This week, two events want to help you on your road to financial self sovereignty
1,000 Decade-Old Dormant Bitcoins Moved Today on Bitcoin’s 12th Anniversary
3.1.2021
12 years ago, Bitcoin’s inventor Satoshi Nakamoto launched the network after revealing the cryptocurrency concept via the white paper a few months prior. At approximately 18:15:05 UTC, the network launched its first block and since then, over 664,000 bitcoin blocks have been mined. Moreover...
Chinese Miners Migrate to Nordic Regions, Mining Exec Says Hashrate Migration One of the ‘Biggest Developments’
31.12.2020
China has the largest concentration of bitcoin miners worldwide with estimates noting the country captures anywhere between 50-65% of the global hashrate. Xinjiang, the autonomous region of the People’s Republic of China, ostensibly accommodates 35% of the hashrate. This week a regional...
Genesis to Suspend XRP Trading, Lending
30.12.2020
In an email sent to clients Wednesday, Genesis announced it would be halting XRP trading and lending in the new year
Phantasy Star III Is A Flawed, But Ambitious, Entry Into The Series
27.12.2020
Phantasy Star III was a game I wanted to love, especially since its predecessor was a science fiction classic and arguably one of my favorite games on the Sega Genesis. I still remember when I first heard about Phantasy Star III, which released for the Genesis in 1991, I was blown away by the idea...
Play Dozens of Classics on the Sega Genesis Mini, Now Down to $50
21.12.2020
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Genesis Mining Is Converting Excess Bitcoin Datacenter Heat Into Greenhouse Power in Sweden
20.12.2020
One of the largest bitcoin mining operations in the world, Genesis Mining, has been working on an experiment with Systemair, Lulea Technical University, Research Institute of Sweden, and the local Boden municipality. The teams in Sweden are developing a system that converts excess heat from...
Survey suggests most investors think Bitcoin won’t top $50K by 2030
15.12.2020
A survey from Genesis Mining has found that most Bitcoin investors aren't expecting a $50,000 BTC price in 2030 — although 3.5% of respondents tipped prices exceeding $500,000
OMG Rallies as Genesis Block Ventures Acquires OMG Network
4.12.2020
OMG helps speed transactions and lower fees on the Ethereum by handling transactions off-chain
Hong Kong OTC trading firm acquires OMG Network
4.12.2020
Second-layer Ethereum scaling solution OMG Network has been acquired by Hong Kong-based OTC trading firm, Genesis Block
In Echo of Bitcoin’s Genesis, Mining Pool Embeds Reuters Headline on the Blockchain
3.12.2020
Slush Pool has immortalized a potentially iconic Reuters headline on the Bitcoin blockchain
Ethereum 2.0’s Beacon Chain Just Launched — in a Very Low-key Way
1.12.2020
When Bitcoin’s genesis block first launched, a profound message was included within. It quoted a headline from The Times ofContinue Reading
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Ethereum 2.0 is go: Genesis block of beacon chain winks into existence
1.12.2020
Ethereum's proof-of-stake transition takes another step towards completion
New analysis suggests Satoshi Nakamoto was a Londoner
26.11.2020
A new take on an old investigation potentially sheds light on the whereabouts of Satoshi Nakamoto — at least while he was working on Bitcoin
New Research Suggests Satoshi Nakamoto Lived in London Creating Bitcoin
26.11.2020
The hunt for the mysterious Bitcoin inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto continues to this day, as new data-driven research has been recently deployed in order to figure out the creator’s location while he/she or they worked on the network. The researchers analyzed Satoshi’s 539 Bitcointalk...
Ethereum 2.0’s Genesis Day Is Officially Set for Dec. 1
24.11.2020
The biggest update in Ethereum’s history will officially begin its first phase on December 1 when the Ethereum 2.0 Beacon chain goes live
ETH 2.0 set to launch Dec. 1 after late surge in deposits
24.11.2020
Ethereum’s beacon genesis event is set to take place on Dec 1, with the ETH 2.0 deposit contract reaching more than 94% of its target with just 12 hours to go
Crypto Long & Short: Bitcoin Gets Ready for a New Type of Hedge
8.11.2020
Traditional 60/40 portfolio allocations to equities and bonds is doing a disservice to savers. It’s time for a new type of hedge
ETH 2.0 Scheduled for December, Vitalik Deposits $1.4M Worth of Ether Into Phase 0 Contract
7.11.2020
This December the cryptocurrency community may see the first introductory phase of the highly anticipated Ethereum 2.0 consensus change. On Wednesday, the Ethereum Foundation published ETH 2.0 specifications explaining how the genesis phase will be invoked. Moreover, on November 5, Ethereum’s...
Genesis Doubles Crypto Loan Issuance for the Third Quarter to $5.2 Billion
1.11.2020
Crypto lender Genesis provided $5.2 billion in new loans in the third quarter of 2020, more than double its previous record of $2.2 billion in the preceding quarter. Issued to corporate borrowers such as hedge funds and trading firms, the loans are mainly denominated in bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH)...