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Central bank digital currencies have the power to upend global finance
26.10.2020
Central bank digital currencies will fundamentally change our conceptions of money and its uses
Former PwC partner to launch New Zealand ‘Power Dollar’ stablecoin
16.10.2020
Power Finance, led by former PwC partner, plans to launch a New Zealand digital dollar stablecoin early next year
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Agrees to Deal That Cuts Electricity Costs by 38% With US Power Company
15.10.2020
Nasdaq-listed Marathon Patent Group has agreed to a joint venture deal with U.S. independent power producer Beowulf Energy to deliver cheap electricity for its bitcoin mining operations in the country’s north. In a statement on Tuesday, Marathon said that it will co-locate a bitcoin mining...
Blockchain Bites: Ethereum Power Users, Composability Questions, Staking Solutions
14.10.2020
This special edition of Blockchain Bites covers everything you need to know from invest: ethereum economy and the news from elsewhere in the cryptoverse
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Calls on Power Users to Move to Layer 2 Scaling
14.10.2020
Talking at CoinDesk's invest: ethereum economy event, the Ethereum founder called for users of the second-largest blockchain to move over to scaling solutions that are “already here."
China Using Blockchain Power to Boost Post-COVID 19 Tourism
14.10.2020
The GuanYin of Nanshan statue in Hainan. The Chinese island province of Hainan wants to use a blockchain technology-powered “points” program to boost tourism to the region. The project will operate alongside a recent project that will see Hainan create the nation’s first blockchain free trade...
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Eyes Profitability Boost Through Joint Venture with US Power Provider
13.10.2020
The joint venture will see Marathon co-locate a bitcoin mining facility within Beowulf's Big Horn Data Hub at its 105-megawatt power station in Hardin, Montana
Solana set to launch decentralized Ethereum bridge to power DeFi
8.10.2020
Ethereum liquidity will no longer have to go through FTX to reach Solana
Elastos Info Team Integrates Chainlink to Power Its Stablecoin Protocol
30.9.2020
Blockchain platform Elastos has announced its integration with a Chainlink powered ELA/USD price reference data feed to support its upcoming cross-chain stablecoin. Chainlink is one of the top decentralized oracle networks for deploying the ELA price feed on the Elastos platform. It is also one...
The Biggest Story in Crypto: The Stablecoin Surge and Power Politics
27.9.2020
Nic Carter appears on our new Opinionated podcast to discuss the $20 billion stablecoin phenomenon and its implications for the global financial system
Global Hashpower Exchange Launches World’s First Exchange Dedicated to Hashpower Futures – GHPEX.com
22.9.2020
September 22, 2020 – Global Hash Power Exchange today announced the launch of GHPEX.com, the world’s first crypto exchange devoted to trading hashpower futures, signaling the next evolution of crypto trading. Designed for traders and miners in mind, GHPEX.com offers traders the ability...
Iran Grants Bitcoin Miners Exclusive Access To Electricity From Three Power Plants
22.9.2020
Iran has granted bitcoin miners exclusive access to electricity generated from three power plants for their mining activities, according to state power utility Thermal Power Plant Holding Company (TPPH). Mohsen Tarztalab, managing director of TPPH, told a local news agency on Monday that...
Thinking About Power Usage and Websites
22.9.2020
Gerry McGovern asked if I had any insight into energy consumption and websites. He has a book, after all, about the digital costs on the planet. He was wondering about the specifics of web tech, like…
If you do this in HTML it will consume 3× energy but if you do it in JavaScript it will...
Binance's 'Innovation Zone,' Iranian Power Plants Eye Bitcoin Mining + More News
21.9.2020
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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Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao, announced the creation of the so-called Innovation Zone, which the post said will allow users to trade...
Bitcoin—the Power Needs Over $10k to Set an All-Time High
21.9.2020
Bitcoin and its price have been a talk of the investor’s town due to its recent volatile movement. It was during the weekend when the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was seen trading above $11k, while currently has recorded a steep dip wherein BTC lost over 3% from the highest...
Three Iranian Power Plants Plan to Sell Electricity to Crypto Miners
21.9.2020
Three Iranian power plants with enough output to supply half of New York City will begin selling some surplus power to crypto miners
Publicly Listed Energy Firm Equinor Exploits Gas Flaring in North Dakota to Mine Bitcoin
21.9.2020
Just recently, the firm Arcane Research recently revealed a number of screenshots from the publicly traded energy firm, Equinor. The pictures show the multinational company leveraging natural gas flaring to power bitcoin mining operations. In recent years, using the unorthodox gas flaring scheme...
Blockchain Bites: MicroStrategy’s BTC Buy, Bitmain’s Power Struggle, Paxful’s Goodbye
15.9.2020
MicroStrategy has bought even more bitcoin, Paxful is pulling out of Venezuela and the Bitmain power struggle appears to have found a short-term solution
Hash Power Broker Nicehash Denies It Enables 51% Attacks on ETC Network
9.9.2020
Hash power broker Nicehash denies that it enables bad actors to use its hash renting platform to launch 51% attacks on blockchain networks. The broker insists that it does not have any way of monitoring or determining which blockchain is benefitting from a particular algorithm hash data. Only...
European Crypto Tax Companies Announce Merger to Power US Expansion
8.9.2020
The merger means Blockpit and Crypto Tax can look at taking their newly combined regtech offering to the lucrative U.S. market