Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
Double Jump.Tokyo, a Japan-based Web3 gaming company, has secured over $10 million in its Series D first closing led by SBI Investment. The round, which had the participation of Sony Group Corporation and others, will allow the company to continue de...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is actively exploring the potential of central bank digital currency (CBDC) on an international scale, according to Governor Shaktikanta Das at the Global Fintech Fest. The RBI is focusing on enhancing CBDC’s int...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
The CEO of cryptocurrency deposit service Haru Invest was stabbed in the neck during his fraud trial in Seoul. The attack occurred in the courtroom, carried out by a man in his 50s. Lee survived the attack with non-life-threatening injuries and was t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was reportedly unaware of an arrest warrant issued against him in France, according to a source from the Paris prosecutor’s office. The French investigation was not linked to any U.S. actions. Neither President Emmanuel...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
The CEO of Binance has responded to allegations that the cryptocurrency exchange seized all funds from Palestinians at the request of the Israeli Defense Forces. Ray Youssef, CEO of Noones, criticized Binance, accusing it of yielding to external pres...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
The Russian government has warned France that pursuing criminal charges against Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, could be considered “political persecution.” Durov, a Russian-born French citizen, was detained in Paris for allegedly f...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
A report presented to the Paraguayan Congress highlights the low level of employment associated with the country’s bitcoin mining activity. According to data from the Social Care Institute, the entire bitcoin mining industry is responsible for...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
This week, Cipher Mining Inc. revealed that it has acquired a sprawling 250-acre property in West Texas, which includes a 300-megawatt (MW) data center. The company also highlighted that this location is ideal for high-performance computing (HPC) ser...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
Hamster Kombat, the TON-based tap-to-earn game, has announced the date for its token generation event (TGE) and the subsequent airdrop. The team revealed that the expected event will occur on September 26th, despite reports of the project facing lega...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
Threshold Network has proposed a plan to enhance the stability and security of Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) by replacing its centralized custody model with Threshold’s decentralized system. This move comes in response to recent concerns within the de...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
Bitcoin miner and high-performance computing (HPC) firm Iris Energy Limited has secured 10 exahash per second (EH/s) of Bitmain’s S21 XP Antminers, positioning the bitcoin mining company to reach 30 EH/s by the end of 2024. Iris Energy Expands...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
A new report reveals a significant increase in wealthy crypto asset holders, with bitcoin (BTC) millionaires rising 111% to 85,400 and individuals with crypto assets worth $1 million increasing 95% to 172,300. Dominic Volek of Henley & Partners...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
The bitcoin market has hit a phase of tranquility, where investor enthusiasm has cooled, and speculative activity has sharply decreased. According to a thorough report from Glassnode, this quiet spell might be setting the stage for an uptick in marke...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
On Thursday, former President Donald Trump posted a video on X, where he announced his intention to chart a course for making the United States the “crypto capital of the planet.” As the video concludes, the logo of World Liberty Financia...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
There’s a new meme coin making waves, and it’s caught the attention of industry experts. Crypto All-Stars (STARS) is trying to break the mold of typical meme tokens. Instead of just depending on a cute mascot, it’s aiming to bring something fresh to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
On Wednesday, spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced $105.19 million in outflows, while spot ethereum ETFs managed to break their nine-day losing streak, pulling in $5.84 million in inflows. Spot Bitcoin ETFs Face $105M Outflow, Ethere...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
On Aug. 28, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty bumped up by 2.99% at block height 858,816, pushing the metric from 86.87 trillion to a hefty 89.47 trillion. This tweak adds a bit more challenge for bitcoin miners, especially with hashprice values ling...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
Sanctor Capital is a sanctuary where bright minds can find the support they need to maximize their impact on the industry. They have a long successful track record of guiding early-stage projects to Web3 market success. Ilya Abugov is a Partner at Sa...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has launched a sandbox to test the use of tokenized assets in real-world scenarios. The sandbox aims to promote interbank settlement using tokenized currency and central bank digital currencies. The HKMA will collabor...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
B2BROKER, a developer of the advanced copy trading platform B2COPY, has recently integrated its B2COPY platform with Spotware’s cTrader, the premium and first Open Trading Platform™. This integration enables cTrader’s brokers and traders to leverage...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
Decideai, a Web3 company focused on creating artificial intelligence (AI)-based large language models (LLMs), has deployed its GPT-2 LLM fully onchain via the Internet Computer (ICP) blockchain. This development leverages ICP’s capabilities to suppor...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
The Bitcoin Lightning Network’s Stacks protocol has completed its Nakamoto upgrade, finalizing a series of enhancements that began in April 2024. This latest phase, delivered on August 28, 2024, introduces stronger transaction finality guarantees, re...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
A Missouri man, Daniel Rhyne, was arrested for attempting to extort his former employer, a New Jersey-based industrial company. Rhyne, a former core infrastructure engineer for the company, allegedly sent an extortion email on Nov. 25, 2023, claiming...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
Bitfarms Ltd., a bitcoin mining company, announced on Tuesday that it has taken control of its new data center in Sharon, Pennsylvania. “This site represents Bitfarms’ first mega-site in the U.S. with access to up to 120 MW,” the company...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
Justin Bons, founder and CIO of Cybercapital, a Europe-based cryptocurrency fund, has warned about the effect that the rise of Ethereum L2s is having on the main chain. Bons stated that the activity that Ethereum should be experiencing is happening o...
