The use of renewable energy for cryptocurrency mining has seen considerable growth, according to a new report. The rising energy demand of proof-of-work cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) has been a hotly debated topic. But the 3rd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study by the University of Cambridge shows that 76% of cryptocurrency miners use electricity from […]
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A blockchain-centered company has gone public on the stock market. Following a $20 million capital raise and reverse merger, digital finance company Diginex’s stock has listed on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker EQOS. Diginex is “the first Nasdaq-listed company that covers the full virtual currency ecosystem,” Diginex CEO Richard Byworth told Cointelegraph in an […]
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Institutional trading platform Wootrade has raised $10 million in a private fundraising round that will be used to expand its team and launch leveraged trading products. Wootrade, a Taiwan-based liquidity provider platform and crypto asset exchange aimed at institutions, has concluded a $10 million private investment round led by Dragonfly Capital. Investors in the round […]
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Bitcoin SV users appear to have got very excited ahead of the conference. Active addresses and transaction counts on the Bitcoin SV network saw unbelievable growth in the two days leading up to the CoinGeek Live conference in New York this week. Active BSV addresses grew from 110,000 on September 28, to 947,400 addresses today. […]
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This potential move will swap the native AGI token from ERC20 to Cardano SingularityNET, the AI company behind the expressive robot Sophia, is “seriously discussing” a migration from Ethereum to Cardano, after announcing a collaboration with IOHK. IOHK is run by the founder of Cardano, Charles Hoskinson, and drives the development of the blockchain platform. […]
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Emerging Ethereum-powered predictions platform Polymarket produced six-figure volume amid the first presidential debates. The first debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential election had no clear winner, but crypto-powered prediction platforms are having a field day. Election futures on crypto derivatives exchange FTX boomed, with the platform’s CEO reporting more than $4 million in open interest […]
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has called out Coinbase for seeking to suppress political activism and suggesting employees who think differently should leave. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has taken major U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase to task over its open letter to employees published on Sep 28. The letter, written by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, explained why […]
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This and other changes come as part of the protocol’s recent mainnet upgrade. Dash Core Group, the entity responsible for developing the privacy-focused coin DASH, publicized fresh changes to the asset’s proof-of-stake network on Sept. 30. “Dash Core v0.16.0.1 binaries are released and ready for deployment on mainnet by node operators,” said an announcement on […]
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Bitcoin price has been flat for nearly a month but on-chain data shows a bullish surge in new participants joining the network. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has remained relatively flat for September and the strong decline in altcoin and DeFi token prices seems to be making the situation worse for many investors. Despite this […]
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Will this ultimately prove to be a significant step for mainstream adoption, or a publicity stunt? SBI esports, a subsidiary of Japanese financial services conglomerate SBI Group, announced that its esports players would receive salaries in Ripple (XRP) going forward as part of a sponsorship deal with venture capital firm, VC Trade. According to the […]
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