Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week struggling with $26,000 as August becomes its worst month of 2023. BTC price strength remains dubious after a snap crash 10 days ago, with bulls unable to wrestle back control of the market to provide a relief bounce. The outlook is similarly uncertain, with September traditionally a poorly performing
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Laos state-owned electricity distribution company Électricité du Laos (EDL) has announced that it will suspend electricity supply to crypto mining operations in the country, citing various reasons such as the struggle to generate enough power amid drought conditions. According to the announcement, Laos experienced drought in the first half of 2023. The extreme heat resulted
At least two major crypto exchanges followed Binance by excluding Russian banks under international financial sanctions from their payment options. Tinkoff Bank and Sberbank are no longer available on the list of peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions on Bybit and OKX. According to Russian media, local users can no longer receive fiat money in exchange for their
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a global collaboration on formulating crypto regulations during the Group of 20 (G20) summit. G20 President India has taken up the task of advocating for a comprehensive global framework for regulating cryptocurrencies. G20 is the premier forum for international economic cooperation that plays a critical role in strengthening
In a new blog post today, Shytoshi Kusama, the lead developer of Shiba Inu, announced that Shibarium is now live and scaling optimally. Kusama stated, “Shibarium is LIVE and operating well! Now that we’ve proven that all funds are safu (as we said), and that Shibarium is ready for prime time, we will reopen our
Bitcoin mining revenue or “hash price” — a measure of dollars earned per TH/s per day — has slumped to levels not seen since the collapse of FTX in November 2022, while hash rate has reached new highs. Over the past week, Bitcoin network hash rate topped 414 exahashes per second (EH/s) on Aug. 18
The parent company of subscription platform OnlyFans has become the latest firm to reveal its cryptocurrency holdings, showing it invested nearly $20 million into Ether (ETH) in 2022. According to an Aug. 24 financial filing to the UK corporate registry, Fenix International reported that it had purchased some $19.9 million worth of ETH between 2021
Despite the recent hype around riend.tech, some decentralized social networks are still having a tough time getting users to sign up and stay on their social media platforms. Two executives in the decentralized social (DeSo) media space told Cointelegraph that as much as 99% of users moving into DeSo for the first time will end
Bitcoin (BTC) has gone silent over the weekend. CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju said in a recent post on X (formerly Twitter) that Bitcoin’s velocity has declined to a 3-year low. He said this could either be considered positive as whales were holding on to their positions or negative because the transfer to new investors
Several prominent crypto commentators have criticized the new crypto tax reporting rules recently put forth by United States president Joe Biden. On Aug. 25, in an effort to catch crypto users avoiding taxes, the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) proposed brokers follow new rules for selling and trading digital assets. Brokers would use a new form
Paolo Ardoino, chief technology officer of stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT), recently found himself addressing rumors about images of large industrial containers online. These speculations led him to rejecting questions about where Tether is mining Bitcoin (BTC). On Aug. 26, in a post published on X (formerly known as Twitter), Ardoino shed light on the curiosity sparked by the photo
The cryptocurrency market’s recent downtrend appears to be coming to an end, as JPMorgan’s latest research suggests that most long-position liquidations have been completed. According to a Bloomberg report, analysts for the American bank estimate that the liquidations are “largely behind us.” The prediction is based on the open interest in Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts
Top Stories This Week Tornado Cash co-founders charged with money laundering, sanctions violations United States officials pressed charges against the co-founders of crypto mixer Tornado Cash on Aug. 23. Roman Storm and Roman Semenov were both charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit sanctions violations and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting
There have been speculations that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could drag Ripple Labs’ founders into the regulator’s long-running legal battle against their company. However, pro-XRP legal expert Fred Rispoli has outlined why this is unlikely. SEC Unlikely To Sue Ripple Founders Rispoli stated in a tweet that the SEC is unlikely to
Crypto blockchains are designed to be fully decentralized so that no single person or group has control. However, new data has shown that the top 10 Ethereum addresses control over 35% of the total ETH supply. For a network that was designed to be decentralized, this has sparked some serious concerns over how centralized ETH
Bitcoin (BTC) on-chain activity is at levels last seen before its run to 2021 all-time highs, data shows. In an X (formerly Twitter) post on Aug. 25, Ki Young Ju, CEO of analytics platform CryptoQuant, revealed multiyear lows in Bitcoin velocity. Bitcoin supply stagnates at $26,000 Bitcoin is becoming increasingly static at current price levels
Pro-XRP attorney John Deaton says that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) erred in filing aiding and abetting allegations against Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse. Deaton highlighted that testimony from former SEC officials Bill Hinman and Jay Clayton during the SEC vs. Ripple Labs case would have categorized XRP (XRP) as a non-security early on,
Crypto asset management company Hashdex has joined the competition for a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States. The firm has submitted an application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a Bitcoin futures ETF that will hold spot Bitcoin. ETFs are investment funds that trade on a stock market,
The circumstances behind the mysterious $16 million withdrawal from the Pepecoin (PEPE) project’s multisig wallet have seemingly been revealed, with the finger being pointed at three ex-team members who went rogue. On Aug. 24, the price of PEPE plunged by roughly 15% amid fears of a potential rug-pull after the community spotted that $16 million
Antonio Juliano, the founder of decentralized exchange dYdX thinks that crypto builders should forget about serving customers in the U.S. over the next five to 10 years, experiment in other markets and then return once the time is right. In an Aug. 25 X (Twitter) thread, Juliano argued that builders should prioritize markets outside the