Day: December 5, 2023

Why Are People Spreading Falsehoods About Bitcoin’s Water Use?

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Bitcoin miners in aggregate pay for electricity to process blocks of transactions, and the number of blocks is predictable (one every 10 minutes or so). The calculable metric is consumption (of electricity or water) per block. Each block can contain one or thousands of transactions, depending on demand and size (in terms of memory consumption). Currently, there are around 3-4,000 transactions per block, but earlier this year, the number was more like 1,000. Original

SEC pushes deadline to decide on Grayscale spot Ethereum ETF

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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has delayed its decision on whether to approve or disapprove of a spot Ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund, or ETF, offering from asset manager Grayscale. In a Dec. 5 notice, the SEC said it would designate a longer period on whether to approve or disapprove of a proposed rule change that would allow NYSE Arca to list and trade shares of the Grayscale Ethereum Trust. The commission’s announcement was one of the first following an appellate court ordering the SEC to review Grayscale’s Bitcoin…

US crypto firms spent more on lobbying in 2023 than before FTX collapse: Report

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Companies connected to the crypto and blockchain industry in the United States reportedly spent roughly $3 million more on lobbying in the first three quarters of 2023 than over the same period in 2022. According to a Dec. 5 Reuters report citing data from U.S. government transparency group Open Secrets, crypto firms spent roughly $19 million on lobbying from January to September 2023, roughly 19% more than they did over the same period in 2022. Coinbase reportedly led the spending on lobbying at more than $2 million, followed by Crypto.com,…

Crypto Expert Delivers Top 8 Altcoins To Buy On Binance

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As the crypto market enters into what could be considered to be another bull market, one analyst known as MacnBTC has come forward to give a list of altcoins that could do well going forward. The list includes altcoins currently listed on the largest crypto exchange in the world, Binance, making them very easy to get. The Top Altcoins To Buy On Binance Thorchain (RUNE) Appearing at the top of the list is RUNE, the native token of the THORchain network. The decentralized cross-chain liquidity protocol has been garnering a…

Marathon Digital mined 1,187 BTC in November amidst record network difficulty

Marathon Digital Holdings bolsters its position as North America’s most prominent public Bitcoin miner, producing 1,187 BTC in November and boosting its combined unrestricted cash and Bitcoin holdings to $802.3 million. Achieving a significant milestone, the company increased its domestic energized hash rate by 20% to 23.1 exahashes, completing the energization of its facility in Garden City, Texas. The miner’s November production slightly decreased from October’s figures, attributed to a 9% sequential increase in network difficulty.  Marathon Digital Holdings’ November #Bitcoin Production Update is here: – Achieved 23 EH/s Goal;…

New Binance CEO Teng Evasive in First Marquee Interview Since Getting One of the Biggest Jobs in Crypto

“I’ve asked you where Binance’s global headquarters is, I’ve asked you whether Binance is going to undergo an audit, how many employees the company currently has on its books and whether you’re applying for a license in the UK, which is what Binance told us during our last FT crypto conference. You haven’t answered those questions,” Chipolina said after repeatedly trying to get an answer from Teng. Source

New Jersey bill would make crypto sold to institutional investors a security

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The New Jersey General Assembly may consider a bill that would decide when a digital asset or “virtual currency’ is a security under state law.  All virtual currencies issued and sold to institutional investors would be considered securities in the U.S. state of New Jersey under the bill introduced by Democratic Assemblymember Herb Conaway, Jr. on Nov. 29. According to the short text of the bill, the legislation would supplement the New Jersey Uniform Securities Law, which currently makes no mention of virtual or digital currency or cryptocurrency. The bill…

Profits Soar Above $1 Billion Amid Bull Market

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Tether, known for its USDT stablecoin, has recently made headlines with its Bitcoin holdings soaring in value, generating a profit exceeding $1 billion. Notably, this significant financial gain can be attributed to the stablecoin issuer’s approach of buying Bitcoin using a portion of its net profits. This move has proven highly lucrative amid the recent surge in BTC prices. According to reporter Wu Blockchain, Tether’s holdings currently stand at 57,576 BTC, valued at an estimated $2.4 billion. These holdings were acquired at an average rate of $22,480 per BTC, reflecting…

IBM unveils new air-gapped cold storage solution for digital assets

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IBM announced the launch of IBM Hyper Protect Offline Signing Orchestrator (OSO), an air-gapped cold storage solution for digital assets, on Dec. 5.  Working with digital asset manager Metaco, an IBM partner and Ripple subsidiary, and tier-1 banks, IBM developed the end-to-end asset encryption service to address common vulnerabilities found in typical cold storage solutions. Per an IBM blog post: “When it comes to offline or physically air-gapped cold storage, there are limitations, including privileged administrator access, operational costs and errors and the inability to truly scale. All these limitations…