While the crypto mining industry is staring to emerge from a brutal crypto winter that saw major names like Compute North and Core Scientific (CORZ) file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Hut 8 had to turn off about 8,000 machines in its Ontario facility due to a dispute with its energy provider in mid-November. Since then, it has managed to bring only about 1,000 back online. Source
The stringent measures that appear to have been established against crypto in New York, the acceptance of stablecoins for bail bonds is a win. The city of New York is currently planning to add stablecoin payments as a form of bail. According to a May 10 bill, the city is proposing legislation that will allow defendants to use fiat-backed stablecoins for bail bonds. Noting that current methods allow the use of cash, credit cards, and insurance, the new bill seeks an amendment that will make room for stablecoins as well. Per…
Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied The US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has given Bittrex crypto exchange the go-ahead to borrow an initial 250 BTC ($6.8 million at current prices) to fuel its bankruptcy proceedings. Bittrex filed for bankruptcy in the US on May 8. Having successfully filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US earlier this week, the Bittrex crypto exchange has been approved by US Bankruptcy Judge Brendan Shannon to obtain bitcoin (BTC) loans from its parent…
Both parties look forward to partnering on opportunities that support their visions and promote a thriving digital asset ecosystem. Banking corporation Standard Chartered plans to launch digital asset custody services in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). While the plans are still subject to regulatory approval, Standard Chartered said the new digital asset custody services in Dubai will focus on institutional investors. Also, one of the banking corporation subsidiaries, Zodia Custody, will power the new custody services. The institutional-grade crypto asset custodial platform recently secured approximately $36 billion in a funding round.…
Amid the ongoing spike in Bitcoin (BTC) transaction fees, some cryptocurrency exchanges have moved to adjust the cost of withdrawing BTC from their platforms. The United States-based exchange Kraken has increased Bitcoin withdrawal fees to match the current fees on-chain, the company’s customer support manager wrote on Reddit on May 10. “This helps ensure withdrawals are processed on-chain in a timely manner,” the support manager noted. Kraken’s representative also referred to the company’s public list of cryptocurrency withdrawal fees and minimum withdrawal amounts. According to the data, Kraken charges 0.00035…
Bitcoin crossed above $31,000 on April 14, hitting the highest since June 2022, per CoinDesk data. Since then, the cryptocurrency’s price has dropped by 12% to $27,500, while Nasdaq has risen by over 2% since mid-April. The Nasdaq-to-S&P 500 ratio, which bitcoin has closely followed in the past, has also increased by over 2% during that time period. Source
Palantir also revealed that it closed the quarter with $1.62 billion in US Treasury securities. Software company Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has sold all the gold bars it acquired in August 2021. The company invested $50.9 million to buy 100-ounce precious metal, which it said will be initially kept in a secure third-party facility in the northeastern United States. At a time when many companies put their money in Bitcoin and other digital assets, Palantir said the gold bars investment was a hedge against economic crisis. The crypto market was booming during…
The majority of crypto companies attracted by the once favorable Estonian regulations have either abandoned or lost their licenses. According to the latest numbers released by the Baltic nation’s anti-money laundering bureau, only 100 businesses are currently authorized to provide digital-asset services. Most Estonian Licenses for Provision of Crypto-Related Services Expire A total of 389 authorizations issued by the Estonian government to virtual-asset service providers are no longer valid, the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) announced this week. As of May 1, 2023, there were 100 active authorizations, the bureau…
With a market capitalization of approximately $126 million, the Milady Meme Coin saw its trading volume rally above $199 million. Tech billionaire and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, has once again proved his influence in the meme coin industry through a tweet of Milady NFT. As a result, the price value of Milady-related tokens skyrocketed in the past 24 hours with increased demand demonstrated by a sharp uptick in traded volume. For instance, the floor price of Milady NFTs jumped to a high of about 7.8 ETH from…
Lawmakers in the European Union have forwarded their measures for artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, to the next phase after concluding a vote from two lawmakers’ committees. In a vote on May 11, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) agreed to include in the highly anticipated AI Act banning the use of facial recognition in public spaces, along with predictive policing tools. MEPs also agreed to impose new transparency measures which will affect generative AI tools. The measures were proposed in the previous meeting and entailed that AI tools must…