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  • Billion-Dollar Startups Flourishing in Switzerland’s ‘Crypto Valley’

    Billion-Dollar Startups Flourishing in Switzerland’s ‘Crypto Valley’

    The top 50 cryptocurrency and blockchain-related companies in Switzerland’s version of Silicon Valley are now worth $44 billion combined, underscoring the steady growth of the Swiss crypto industry. Altogether, cryptocurrency firms employ about 3,000 people throughout the small country. Included among the top 50 are five “unicorns,” or startups with a market valuation of more…

  • New Venture Capital Fund Secures $100M to Invest in Crypto Startups

    New Venture Capital Fund Secures $100M to Invest in Crypto Startups

    Dragonfly Capital Partners, a new crypto-focused venture capital firm, has announced the launch of its first $100 million fund dedicated to investments in crypto assets. Its investors include Okex, Bitmain and other well-known names in the industry. Also Read: Exchanges Roundup: Coinbase Volumes Hit 1-Year Low, UK Exchange to Fire Most Staff Meet Dragonfly Capital…

  • Bitcoin Mining for Retailers Unprofitable, Bitmain Shifts Focus to Manufacturing Business

    Bitcoin Mining for Retailers Unprofitable, Bitmain Shifts Focus to Manufacturing Business

    The famed Bitcoin mining industry boasted of record revenues in the first half of 2018, surpassing all of 2017. However, research from Diar shows the network’s increased hashing rate meant mining firms paying retail electricity prices faced a net loss for the first time in September 2018. Big on Paper, Not on Fiat The extended…

  • China-Based Crypto Exchange Coinex Pays Interest in BCH

    China-Based Crypto Exchange Coinex Pays Interest in BCH

    Crypto exchange Coinex will pay out long-term dividends, interest, in bitcoin cash (BCH) for coinex token (CET) holders, according to its website announcement. “If your CET holdings are on Coinex, we’ll calculate the dividends into BCH and allocate directly to your accounts,” the company explained. Also read: Bitcoin Cash Speaker Series II Brings Leading Bitcoiners…

  • Kill Switch Engage: Sia Cryptocurrency to Block Bitmain and Other Big Miners

    After months of debate, Siacoin’s founder is announcing a fork. That’s good news for his other project, which will have the coin’s only working ASICs.

  • The Daily: Coinbase Launches Bundles, Coinswitch Supports Trading Without Account

    The Daily: Coinbase Launches Bundles, Coinswitch Supports Trading Without Account

    Crypto exchange Coinbase will present its clients with the option to buy bundles of multiple cryptocurrencies and access useful information about leading digital coins. Also in The Daily on Friday, users of exchange aggregator Coinswitch can now take advantage of the best rates across multiple platforms without the need to create an account, Neo launches…

  • Bitmain Bids for Public Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

    Bitmain Bids for Public Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

    The China-based mining manufacturer Bitmain Technologies has filed its initial public offering (IPO) prospectus in order to gain approval to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Also Read: Japanese Regulators Urgently Respond to Zaif’s Hack Bitmain Officially Files for IPO Status in Hong Kong The large mining firm Bitmain has officially initiated its attempt…

  • Ebang Announces 44 Terahash E-11 Miners With 10nm Chips

    Ebang Announces 44 Terahash E-11 Miners With 10nm Chips

    The China-based Ebang Communication, one of the largest ASIC mining chip makers in the region has announced a new series of mining rigs this week at the World Digital Mining Summit in Tbilisi, Georgia. Ebang has revealed three new bitcoin mining rigs for its Ebit Miner E-11 series that claims to boast hashrate speeds between…

  • Bitmain Announces Next-Generation SHA-256 Antminer Chips

    Bitmain Announces Next-Generation SHA-256 Antminer Chips

    Bitmain, one of the largest cryptocurrency mining ASIC manufacturing companies, announced on Sept. 21 the release of new SHA-256 mining rigs at the World Digital Mining Summit in Georgia. SHA-256 is a common cryptographic encryption algorithm used in several industries and is what Bitcoin uses to secure its network. Bitmain’s most recent SHA-256 ASIC is the Antminer…

  • Bitmain Announces Next-Generation Antminer Equipped With 7nm Chip

    Bitmain Announces Next-Generation Antminer Equipped With 7nm Chip

    At the World Digital Mining Summit in Tbilisi, Georgia the blockchain firm and mining manufacturer, Bitmain Technologies, announced a new Antminer will be launched soon equipped with 7nm semiconductor technology. The firm’s CEO Jihan Wu reported that Bitmain’s next-generation ASIC BM1391 Finfet chip integrates more than a billion transistors for optimal SHA256 mining performance. Also Read: Japanese…