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Separate instances this morning saw a billionaire embrace the crypto sector and a regulator move away from it. One steps into crypto  Dan Loeb, founder and billionaire investor of Third Point, a New York-based hedge fund, said in tweets yesterday that he was “looking into” the crypto sector and assessing the various opportunities it provided.… Continue reading Another billionaire moves into crypto, but New York regulators sound alarm

The publicly listed Canadian bitcoin mining operation Bitfarms has announced the firm is purchasing 48,000 Microbt Whatsminer mining rigs in order to expand capacity. Bitfarms highlights the acquisition of new miners will up the company’s hashpower by approximately 5 exahash per second (EH/s). Bitfarms to Acquire 48,000 High-Powered Bitcoin Miners from Microbt The Canadian bitcoin… Continue reading Bitfarms Purchases 48,000 Bitcoin Miners, Plans to Increase Hashpower by 5 Exahash

Wolfram Blockchain Labs (WBL) and Tezos are forging a full integration of Tezos into Wolfram Language and Wolframalpha. The integration gives easy access to developers that want to interact with the Tezos blockchain and their smart contracts. WBL-Designed Oracle Expands Tezos Developers’ Computational and Analytical Capabilities Amid the accelerating race to simplify smart contract deployment,… Continue reading Tezos Ties-Up with Wolfram Blockchain Labs to Simplify Smart Contract Deployment

Parker Lewis of Unchained Capital joined the “Bitcoin Magazine Podcast” to discuss education, storage and more. Listen To This Episode: Apple Spotify Google Libsyn Overcast This week for the “Bitcoin Magazine Podcast,” host Christian Keroles sat down with Parker Lewis of Unchained Capital to discuss several key topics in Bitcoin. They opened the discussion with… Continue reading Securing Your Bitcoin With Parker Lewis

PRESS RELEASE. xSigma, a decentralized exchange for stablecoin swaps, has successfully launched on the Ethereum network on February 24, 2021. The integrated DEX and liquidity mining platform xSigma, which is backed by a NASDAQ-listed company, has seen great interest in its stablecoin liquidity pools which enable assets to be swapped seamlessly and with minimal slippage.… Continue reading xSigma DEX Launch: More Than $100M in Liquidity Pooled on First Day

Bitcoin-focused businesses Bull Bitcoin and zkSNACKs have granted 0.86 BTC toward development of open-source Bitcoin client Bitcoin Knots. Earlier this week, Wasabi Wallet creator zkSNACKs and Canadian bitcoin exchange Bull Bitcoin announced they would be donating a no-strings-attached grant toward Bitcoin Knots development . The two Bitcoin-focused companies split a 0.86 BTC (or about $40,000,… Continue reading Wasabi Wallet And Bull Bitcoin Grant Bitcoin Knots 0.86 BTC

New York-based cryptocurrency asset managers Grayscale bought over 174,000 Litecoin over the past month. This is the equivalent of 80% of all mined LTC in February. In the past month @Grayscale Trust has purchased over 174,000 Litecoin. This is approx 80% of all Litecoin mined last month… pic.twitter.com/5RmDARZ3dy — litecoin (@litecoin) March 1, 2021 As… Continue reading Grayscale adds 174k LTC to its Litecoin Trust

On March 2, 2021, the average fee on the Ethereum network costs around 0.0083 ETH in gas or around $12.89 per transaction. Transaction fees of this caliber have dampened Ethereum-based decentralized finance (defi) applications and Web3 platforms. On February 23, however, crypto proponents were introduced to an alternative solution called Moeing chain. The Moeing chain… Continue reading An Ethereum and Web3-Compatible Sidechain Is Coming to Bitcoin Cash

The Human Rights Foundation is donating to Jesse Posner, Munn Wallet, Janine Roem and Blockchain Commons. Today, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has announced four new grants as part of its Bitcoin Development Fund , a program launched last year to financially support Bitcoin developers who are working to make the network more private, decentralized… Continue reading Human Rights Foundation Announces $70,000 In Bitcoin Development Grants

Unchained Capital closed a $5.5 million equity seed round led by NYDIG, and the groups now seek to build out bitcoin-native infrastructure. Today, Unchained Capital announced that it has closed a $5.5 million equity seed round led by New York Digital Investments Group (NYDIG). Also participating in the equity round were existing investors Ecliptic Capital,… Continue reading Unchained Capital Closes $5.5 Million Round Led By NYDIG

A division of Sony Europe has joined Theta Labs’ Enterprise Validator and Governance Council Program, the firms said in a release shared with CryptoSlate. Another validator Sony Europe’s R&D Center Europe Brussels Laboratory joins the program as an enterprise validator and member of the governing council to participate in strategic technology planning and ensure the… Continue reading Sony Europe joins Theta Network as ‘Enterprise Validator’

Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region in northern China, is planning to shut down all cryptocurrency mining activities in the area by April 2021, as part of efforts to improve energy efficiency. Regulating the Electrical Consumption in Inner Mongolia The government of Inner Mongolia will also stop approving new projects in energy-intensive industries such as steel… Continue reading China’s Inner Mongolia Plans to Shut Down Bitcoin Mining Operations by April This Year

BlockDown Conference is set to celebrate its first anniversary with its most ambitious event to date on April 15-16, the firm shared in a release to CryptoSlate. High-profile individuals to attend Called BlockDown ‘4.0,’ the event will be a gathering of the greatest minds in the crypto space, celebrating the bull market of 2021 with… Continue reading Akon, Sergey Nazarov, and Mayor of Miami lead line-up for upcoming BlockDown Conference

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) has applied to list the Vaneck Bitcoin Trust, as an exchange-traded fund (ETF) if the fund is approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The filing Form 19b-4, if approved by financial regulators, would allow Cboe to “list and trade shares of the Vaneck Bitcoin Trust.” Cboe… Continue reading The Largest US Options Exchange Cboe Applies to List Vaneck’s Bitcoin ETF

Popularly known as “Mr. Wonderful,” O’Leary was earlier skeptical about the crypto sector but he seems to have turned around on that thought. Shark jumps into Bitcoin Kevin O’Leary is the latest high-profile investor to do a 180-turn on Bitcoin . He revealed an investment into the asset in a tweet yesterday, despite holding a… Continue reading Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary allocates 3% of portfolio to Bitcoin