The hardware manufacturer beat Wall Street expectations on adjusted earnings, as executives remain upbeat about the coming quarter. United States transnational IT firm Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) over delivered on Wall Street expectations for earnings, the company confirmed in a press release on April 30. AMD, which had previously seen volatility in its performance amid […]
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Digital currency mining hardware market is set to expand by 2023, according to a report from market research firm Reportlinker. Digital currency mining hardware market is set to expand by 2023, according to a report from market research firm Reportlinker published on April 29. Per the analysis, the rising number of product launches will facilitate […]
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Technology entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sparked a conversation with Vitalik Buterin. Technology entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sparked a conversation with ether (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin with his laconic one-word tweet “Ethereum” on April 29. The tweet, which Musk swiftly ironized by adding “jk” within the same thread, prompted Buterin […]
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Quebec energy regulator Régie de l’énergie has released new rules for cryptocurrency miners. Régie de l’énergie, the energy regulator of the Canadian province of Quebec, has released new rules for cryptocurrency miners. The development was announced by major Canadian electricity provider Hydro-Quebec on April 29. Under the new regulations, the Régie de l’énergie has ordered […]
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Bitcoin Generation’s suspension comes amid concerns about the validity of information about its business practices. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has temporarily suspended trading in the securities of crypto exchange Bitcoin Generation, the government agency announced on April 29. In a statement, the SEC said the suspension will be effective from 9:30pm […]
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More than 25% of the funds raised so far in 2019 have come from the United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been the world’s biggest contributor to crypto token sales so far this year, according to data recently released by CoinSchedule. More than 25% of funds raised since the start of 2019 […]
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Ethereum core developer Hudson Jameson announced that an audit of the ASIC-resistant Proof of Work algorithm ProgPoW has been funded. Ethereum (ETH) core developer Hudson Jameson announced that a third-party audit of the Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)-resistant proof-of-work algorithm ProgPoW has been funded. The dev made the announcement during the latest bi-weekly Ethereum core […]
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An analysis of the bitcoin price movements from a leading Italian economist. Marcello Minenna is the director of the quantitative analysis and financial innovation unit in Consob (Italian Companies and Exchange Commission), —Italian government’s authority responsible for regulating the Italian securities market — as well as an adjunct professor of stochastic finance at the London […]
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Illicit “cryptomining against consumers is essentially extinct,” declares a report released by cybersecurity company MalwareBytes. Illicit crypto mining — or cryptojacking — against consumers “is essentially extinct,” declares a report released by cybersecurity company MalwareBytes on April 23. Per the report, after in-browser mining service CoinHive shut down in early March — when the team […]
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In the full fiscal year ending on March 31, 2019, SBI Virtual Currencies recorded a profit before tax of around $3.2 million. New Japanese crypto exchange SBI Virtual Currencies (SBIVC) achieved profitability in the first year of its launch, Cointelegraph Japan reports on April 26. SBIVC exchange, launched by Tokyo-based financial services giant SBI Holdings, […]
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