Day: May 17, 2023

The Evolution of Crypto Mining – Sponsored Bitcoin News

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sponsored On January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto mined the Genesis Block on a small server in Helsinki, Finland, and received a reward of 50 bitcoins, which marks the beginning of crypto mining. From CPU to ASIC In Satoshi Nakamoto’s initial vision, BTC mining could be performed using CPUs installed on PCs. During its infancy, Bitcoin remained obscure and offered no value. It wasn’t until 2010 when Bitcoin enthusiast Laszlo Hanyecz argued that GPUs could perform more computations per second than CPUs and tried to use GPUs for mining, and he…

Anchorage Digital opens up DeFi voting for custody clients

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Institutional clients of crypto custody firm Anchorage Digital can now voice their concerns on proposals for tokens they hold without paying hefty gas fees. According to a May 16 statement, Anchorage will integrate off-chain, gasless multi-governance client Snapshot to allow its “token-holding community users” to vote on governance proposals with their tokens, without incurring any gas fees. Anchorage Digital is pleased to announce that clients can now participate in Snapshot voting using their Anchorage Digital address. Our WalletConnect integration enables: + Voting from within qualified custody with no movement of…

Distributed ledger tech could save TradFi $100B a year: Lobby group

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Around $100 billion a year or more could be saved if distributed ledger technology (DLT) was used in traditional markets, claims a new report from the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA). In a May 16 report, the traditional finance sector lobby group, along with international consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and others, asked both regulators and traditional financial institutions to take a more serious look at the upsides of the technology. A distributed ledger is an umbrella term for a system that records transactions and digital information. A blockchain…

Celsius adds over 428K stETH to Lido’s lengthening withdrawal queue

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Bankrupt crypto lending firm Celsius is anxious to get its staked Ether (ETH) stash back from liquid staking platform Lido, which enabled withdrawals this week. Celsius initiated the process of withdrawing its Lido Staked ETH (stETH) from the protocol. According to transaction data, it has requested the withdrawal of 428,084 stETH in batches of 1,000. The stash is valued at approximately $784.7 million at current prices. The move follows a transaction of a similar amount of stETH on May 15 in preparation for withdrawal. Once the withdrawal process is complete, Celsius…

Celsius adds nearly 429K stETH to Lido’s lengthening withdrawal queue

Bankrupt crypto lending firm Celsius is anxious to get its staked Ether (ETH) stash back from liquid staking platform Lido which enabled withdrawals this week. Celsius initiated the process of withdrawing its Lido Staked ETH (stETH) from the protocol. According to transaction data it has requested the withdrawal of 428,840 stETH in batches of 1,000. The stash is valued at approximately $784.7 million at current prices. The move follows a transaction of a similar amount of stETH on May 15 in preparation for withdrawal. Once the withdrawal process is complete,…

Indonesia Introducing New National Payment System to Protect Against ‘Geopolitical Consequences’ – Economics Bitcoin News

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Indonesia is introducing a new national payment system as the country furthers its de-dollarization efforts and protection against “possible geopolitical consequences.” The new payment system will replace Visa and Mastercard in state-owned institutions and companies, a top central bank official said. “We expect that very soon it will become widespread.” Indonesia Establishes New National Payment System Indonesia will introduce a new national payment system that will replace Visa and Mastercard in state-owned institutions and companies, according to Dicky Kartikoyono, Bank Indonesia’s Head of Strategic Management and Governance Department. The central…

Crypto retail trading should be regulated as gambling: UK lawmakers

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The trading of so-called “unbacked cryptoassets” such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) should be regulated as gambling rather than a financial service, a panel of British lawmakers said in a new report.  The United Kingdom is currently working on a crypto regulatory framework that would mix existing financial asset laws with new crypto-specific rules. However, in a May 17 House of Commons Committee report, the U.K. Treasury Committee “strongly recommended” regulating retail crypto trading and investment activity as gambling, consistent with the principle of “same risk, same regulatory outcome.”…

Lightning Labs launches rebranded ‘Taro’ amid Bitcoin’s BRC-20 bottleneck

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Bitcoin (BTC) users have been given a possibly more efficient way to mint new assets on the blockchain aft an updated edition of the recently-rebranded Taproot Assets Protocol was released by Lightning Labs. In a May 16 blog post, Lightning Network infrastructure firm Lighting Labs criticized the current methods by which assets are inscribed on the Bitcoin blockchain calling them “particularly efficient” and pointed to cumbersome protocols that write asset metadata “directly into block space.” Today we’re excited to announce the newest version of Taproot Assets , a scalable protocol…

BRICS Nations Discuss Expansion Plan as Membership Interest Grows – Economics Bitcoin News

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The BRICS countries are developing guidelines in response to increasing demand from countries seeking to join, according to South Africa’s Foreign Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor. “BRICS is attracting a lot of interest from a number of countries, and our sherpas are working on the concept of how the group can respond to this interest,” she detailed. “Many countries are looking for a multipolar forum that is modern, inclusive, and focused on the common good.” Interest in BRICS Membership Rises South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor has…