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Today in Crypto: Binance Shows Greater Net Flows Resilience, Capital is Flowing Out of US into Asia, OKX Applies for Hong Kong VATP License
24.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Diego Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. __________ Market news Contrasting with the crisis experienced by exchanges like FTX, Binance has demonstrated greater resilience...
Antminer, Foundry Battle in Hashrate War as Bitcoin ETF Nears
24.11.2023
The Bitcoin hashrate has been climbing steadily all year, and Antpool has edged ahead of Foundry while stockpiling bitcoin
Is Illuvium Going to Zero? ILV Price Suffers 6.2% Fall as Strange Mining Token Steals the Limelight
24.11.2023
Rising GameFi project Illuvium, the decentralized studio building the world’s first interoperable blockchain gaming universe, has seen a -6.2% retracement move for ILV price, and some worried bag-holders are now asking ‘is Illuvium going to zero?’. This comes following something...
Bitcoin Mining Pool F2pool Acknowledges OFAC Transaction Censorship; Backpedals After Community Backlash
24.11.2023
F2Pool, a Bitcoin mining pool, has admitted to filtering transactions coming from Bitcoin addresses flagged by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). After the situation was discovered by 0xB10C, a Bitcoin developer, F2pool co-founder Chun Wang acknowledged that his pool was indeed applying...
Best Crypto to Buy Now November 23 – PYTH, UNI, BLUR
24.11.2023
The top 5 best crypto to buy now include PYTH, UNI, BLUR, BTCETF, and BTCMTX. Image by cryptonews.com. The PYTH Network’s PYTH price is on the rise, having surged over 14% in the past 24 hours, while Uniswap and Blur are also in the news along with crypto presales Bitcoin ETF Token...
Bitcoin Hashrate Hits Historic 500 EH/s Peak
23.11.2023
On November 22, 2023, data revealed that Bitcoin’s hashrate, as calculated on a seven-day moving average, attained an unprecedented level of 500 exahash per second (EH/s), which is tantamount to about 0.5 zettahash per second (ZH/s). Additionally, with just over a week remaining until...
Bitcoin User Unwittingly Pays $3.1 Million in Single Transaction Fee
23.11.2023
Onchain data reveals a staggering incident where a bitcoin user inadvertently paid a fee of 83.65 BTC, amounting to a costly mistake of $3.1 million, in a single transaction. This blunder occurred in block 818,087, mined by Antpool, marking the highest fee ever recorded on the Bitcoin blockchain....
Bitcoin Sender Struck With $3.1M Transaction Fee, Largest in History
23.11.2023
Someone paid $3.1 million in transaction fees for a bitcoin [BTC] transfer on Thursday. Bitcoin miner Antpool was rewarded for mining the block, it received the standard 6.25 BTC as well as 85.2163 BTC in fees for all transactions included in the block, on-chain data shows
Satellite Images Show Bhutan’s Secret State-Owned Bitcoin Mining Facilities
23.11.2023
Image Source: Pixabay Satellite images have uncovered Bhutan’s undisclosed state-owned Bitcoin (BTC) mining operations. The landlocked Himalayan nation, known for its seclusion and breathtaking landscapes, has transformed itself into a crypto haven under the rule of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel...
Today in Crypto: Matr1x Gaming Platform Raises $10 Million, Bybit’s Portfolio Margin Mode Gets Spot Trading Capabilities, MapMetrics Expands to Peaq Blockchain
23.11.2023
Source: matr1x.io/games Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. __________ Investment news Matr1x, the platform facilitating the mobile shooting game Matr1x Fire within the Web3 domain, secured...
Is Polygon Price Going to Zero? MATIC Drops 15% as This Novel Mining Project Secures $4.3 Million in Funding
23.11.2023
Leading layer-2 solution Polygon has tumbled in recent days, with MATIC price dropping -15%, and with some panicked bag-holders asking ‘Is Polygon price going to zero?’ – lets dig in. This comes following the breaking news that the emerging Swiss crypto city of Lugano (led...
Bitcoin Hash Rate Taps All-Time High Ahead of Next Year’s Halving
23.11.2023
Source: Pexels Bitcoin’s (BTC) hash rate is at an all-time high few months away from the next halving with bulls anticipating another run to wipe the losses of the bear market. According to data from blockchain.com, the Bitcoin hash rate hit 491 exahashes per second (TH/s) on Nov...
Social Media Speculates if F2Pool is Censoring Transactions, Founder Responds
22.11.2023
0x10BC, a Bitcoin development blogger, has unveiled data potentially suggesting that F2Pool has censored a number of recent transactions. What 0x10BC’s data says 0x10BC, who runs a mining pool observation project with the aim of detecting potential unrecognized potential Bitcoin transactions...
Bitcoin's Anti-Censorship Ethos Surfaces After Mining Pool F2Pool Acknowledges 'Filter'
22.11.2023
After a blockchain sleuth reported that the Bitcoin mining pool may have censored a transaction from an address blacklisted by U.S. authorities, critics responded, and so did the project's co-founder
Is Celestia Price Going to Zero? TIA Dumps 11% in 24 Hours as Attention Shifts to Innovative Mining Project – How to Buy?
22.11.2023
As modular Layer-1 blockchain Celestia battles against a retracement move, TIA has dropped 11%, but with buy-pressure quickly eating up the fall – is Celestia price going to zero? Retracement has swept into the Celestia price chart following rejection at the top end of a sensational run, in...
Analysis Claims Discovery of Selective Transaction Filtering in Bitcoin Mining Pools
21.11.2023
A recent analysis by 0xB10C, a developer and onchain analyst, has uncovered intriguing findings in the Bitcoin network. The study, which focuses on the mining pools’ transaction selection processes, revealed that certain transactions from U.S. Treasury-sanctioned addresses were missing from...
Crypto Miner Phoenix Group’s IPO Sales 33X Oversubscribed
21.11.2023
Source: Brian Wangenheim/Unsplash Multinational crypto mining and blockchain giant Phoenix Group has achieved a significant milestone in its initial public offering (IPO) raise. According to a press release, the mining company was able to close its IPO raise after investors oversubscribed 33 times...
Digital Asset Miner Hut 8 Reports 44% Increase in Carbon Credits Amid Sector’s Energy Consumption – Mining Making a Comeback?
21.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Photocreo Bednarek Cryptocurrency miner, Hut 8 partnered with Sparta Group’s ERS International to establish neutral carbon emissions in 2025 and has recorded massive wins this year. The Canadian-based crypto miner joined the carbon credit program with a vision toward 2025...
Bankrupt Crypto Lending Firm Celsius Shifts Focus to Bitcoin Mining Amid SEC Feedback on Reorganization Plan
21.11.2023
Source: Adobe/Canva Crypto lender Celsius has amended its reorganization plan, opting for a singular focus on bitcoin mining instead of the initially proposed combination of mining and staking. In a court filing on Monday, Celsius signaled its departure from the earlier Plan that combined both...
Bitcoin Minetrix Presale Enters Stage 9: Last Chance to Buy Before Price Hike
21.11.2023
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 – The highly anticipated Bitcoin Minetrix presale is set to enter its ninth stage tomorrow morning, marking a significant price increase in one of the most talked-about Bitcoin derivative projects of the year. This pivotal move comes as the Bitcoin Minetrix presale...