Day: May 5, 2022

Bitcoin celebrates halfway to the halving with new hash rate record

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Bitcoin (BTC) marks a milestone mining journey on Thursday, crossing the halfway point on the way to its next halving.  In Block number 735,000, mined at approximately 10:29 UTC, Bitcoin crossed the halfway point to the next halving. The block was mined by Poolin, earning 0.16215354 BTC ($6,402.45) in fees.  Halvings occur every 210,00 blocks, and May 5 marks the cross-over point into the second leg of 105,000 blocks. For some Bitcoiners, such as Samson Mow, the Bitcoiner pioneering Bitcoin nation-state adoption, the halving is a reminder to stack more SATs:…

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Binance Provides Blockchain Education to Francophone Africa, Narrowing the Financial Gap

To offer lifelong financial and career development to French-speaking Africans, leading crypto exchange Binance is offering blockchain education in Cameroon and Francophone Africa. Binance has been carrying out multiple educational events to enlighten the French-speaking Africans about the opportunities rendered by the crypto space and how they can make a living from them.  The crypto exchange has already educated more than 541,000 Africans about cryptocurrencies and how to detect bad actors or scams since the Binance Masterclass Education Series was launched in January 2020. Per the announcement: “Through regular…

Bitcoin trader keeps $40.8K BTC price target amid warning over risk asset ‘pain trade’

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Bitcoin (BTC) consolidated below $40,000 on May 5 after United States economic policy excitement saw a  spike to one-week highs. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Fed sparks little crypto reaction Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView confirmed an overnight peak of $40,050 on Bitstamp following comments from the Federal Reserve and Chair Jerome Powell. The U.S. central bank had conformed to market expectations with a 0.5% key rate hike, also suggesting that similar repeat hikes would follow. With that, a modest market rally left Bitcoin eerily lacking volatility…

Dubai Virtual Assets Regulator Establishes HQ in the Metaverse – Metaverse Bitcoin News

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The Dubai virtual assets regulator, the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), has established its metaverse headquarters in The Sandbox virtual world. By establishing a presence in the metaverse, the regulator said it hopes to make itself accessible to all stakeholders. World’s ‘Virtual Assets Capital’ Dubai’s digital assets regulator, the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), has established its metaverse headquarters (HQ) in the virtual world of The Sandbox, a statement from the regulator has said. The regulator said its objective for setting up the metaverse HQ is to ensure VARA “is…

What is STEPN (GMT)? | CCG

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Many have tried, many have failed, but it looks like the play-to-earn fitness project STEPN could be the first app to successfully pay people to stay in shape. If it succeeds, it could become one of the first blockchain games to truly break out of the crypto ecosystem and gain widespread adoption. Launched in November 2021  by a Australia-based team, STEPN has received over $5million in funding from VCs including Folius Ventures, Sequoia Capital India,and Solana Ventures. It’s now valued at $1 billion.   What makes the app different? Previous…

Chainlink set to power Latin American real estate platform

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The tokenization of global property markets has been an ambitious goal of the blockchain space and decentralized finance (DeFi) could offer a novel solution for the sector to pick up pace. Decentralized oracle network Chainlink (LINK) is set to power a tokenized real estate platform serving the Latin American property market. LaProp will allow investors to buy tokenized shares in various real-world properties, which will yield a percentage of income from rental payments. LaProp will look to leverage Chainlink Keepers’ node operators’ track record in securing billions of dollars invested…

Argo Blockchain to Open Flagship Texas Mining Facility Next Week; Shares Rise

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