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Marathon Expands Miner Deployment Deal With Compute North, Aims to Power 100K+ Miners With Renewables
3.12.2021
Marathon Digital Holdings, a Nasdaq-listed bitcoin mining-based company, has announced a new deal with Compute North, a data center service provider, to host more than 100,000 mining machines in its data centers. The deal is an expansion of an earlier deal that secured positioning for 73,000 mining...
Pandemic Drove Adoption but Information Dissemination Just as Important: Kenya-Based Blockchain Advocate
2.12.2021
The adoption of blockchain technology and the use of cryptocurrencies by people in Africa surged to unprecedented levels in 2020. While many have attributed this to Covid-19, blockchain advocates believe their work is partly the reason many are turning to digital currencies. Importance of Education...
Alternative Investments Like Crypto Form Half of Russian Non-Qualified Investors’ Portfolios
2.12.2021
Investments in alternative assets such as cryptocurrencies account for over half of the portfolio of non-qualified Russian investors, a recently held survey has indicated. Almost half of them consider digital currencies like bitcoin as a potential hedge. Cryptocurrencies Outperform Traditional...
Indonesia’s Central Bank Considers Issuing Digital Currency to ‘Fight’ Crypto
2.12.2021
Bank Indonesia, the country’s central bank, is reportedly considering issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to fight the use of cryptocurrency. “A CBDC would be one of the tools to fight crypto. We assume that people would find CBDC more credible than crypto,” said...
House committee announces crypto CEOs will testify at Dec. 8 hearing on digital assets
1.12.2021
The hearing, named Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Understanding the Challenges and Benefits of Financial Innovation in the United States, is the latest from Congress to explore the issues concerning crypto assets
GameStop Pushes Employees To The Breaking Point During Holiday Rush
1.12.2021
It’s been a gangbusters year for those at the top of the GameStop pyramid. Revenue is down and stores are closing, but the stock price continues to hover around an unprecedented $200 a share, forging gilded parachutes for its fleeing C-Suite. For many at the bottom, however, it’s been one of...
ZCash surges 7% after Digital Currency Group CEO announces $85M purchase
1.12.2021
The price of ZEC surged to $243.84 following Silbert’s announcement but has still fallen more than 20% since reaching a six-month high of more than $300 on Thursday
Ethereum Market Cap Is Less Than 50% Away From Flipping Bitcoin — ETH Nears All-Time Price High
1.12.2021
The second-largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization, ethereum, has come awfully close to reaching the digital asset’s all-time high ($4,878) it reached 21 days ago on November 10. While bitcoin dominance has slid below the 40% zone, ethereum’s market dominance, or $557...
Physical and Digital Art Worlds Collide as LGND Comes to Miami Art Week With Superstar Participating Artists
1.12.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Miami, Florida – The reality of the recent past has changed many aspects of life, from the way live events get hosted to the frequency with which we use up bottles of hand sanitizer. While not all of the changes have been improvements, the rise of digital art and NFTs have...
Putin Warns Cryptocurrencies Carry Risks, Admits They May Have Future
1.12.2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin has again spoken about cryptocurrencies, noting the “high risks” associated with the virtual assets. However, the Russian leader has also acknowledged that digital currencies may have a future and it’s necessary to follow their development....
Afterward to The Conference.NFT: A Real Phenomenon in Today’s Digital World
1.12.2021
On November 27, 2021, together with The Conference.NFT, we deep-dived into the world of NFT or “non-fungible token,” which captured the cryptocurrency and art market in 2020. Following the success of The Conference.NFT (online edition) from the AroundB organizers, which took place...
Grayscale Launches Solana Trust — Company Now Manages $54 Billion Across 16 Crypto Investment Funds
1.12.2021
Grayscale Investments has launched a solana trust. The company now has nearly $54 billion in total assets under management. The new trust, which is the company’s 16th crypto investment product, will solely invest in solana (SOL). The CEO of Grayscale said that investors are increasingly...
Galaxy Digital Plans to Raise $500 Million in Debt Market to ‘Accelerate Growth Initiatives’
30.11.2021
Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. has revealed the firm is looking to raise $500 million in an exchangeable senior note offering. The investment company, founded by billionaire investor Mike Novogratz in January 2018, aims to use the funds to “accelerate growth initiatives across its business...
Watch: Concordium's Chairman on Digital Identity, Growth Plans, Crypto Trends, and More
30.11.2021
One of the most underdeveloped use cases of blockchain technology is digital identity and it could also help improve interoperability between different protocols, according to Lars Seier Christensen, Chairman of Concordium, an enterprise blockchain solution for businesses. ...
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Fed Chair on Higher & Not Transitory Inflation, Yellen On Stablecoins + More News
30.11.2021
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
Read More: Fed Chair on Higher & Not Transitory Inflation, Yellen On Stablecoins + More News
SBI Boss Says that China Is Leading the CBDC Race – Ahead of the USA and Europe
30.11.2021
The CEO of the Japanese financial heavyweight and crypto player SBI Holdings Yoshitaka Kitao has spoken out about central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) – and says China is currently leading the world in digital fiat technology.
Kitao was quoted by the domestic media outlet Dime as stating:...
BIS Innovation Hub partners with Fed to support analysis of digital assets
29.11.2021
Jerome Powell cited CBDCs and digital assets in his speech to open the New York Innovation Center at the Federal Reserve's local offices
Galaxy Digital raises $500 million in convertible debt to fund business expansion
29.11.2021
The move comes after the company increased its net profits by over ten-fold in the last quarter
Nigerian Central Bank Wants Financial Institutions to Develop Products Based on Its CBDC
29.11.2021
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it wants players in the country’s payment industry to develop and help introduce products based on its central bank digital currency, the e-naira. Central Bank Open to Suggestions In its bid to deepen the adoption of the e-naira, the Central Bank...
Collective #690
29.11.2021
Image Optimizer * Pglet * cccolor * There Is No Digital World * Underline Fill Effect in CSS
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