Category: Blockchain

Mining company Argo Blockchain to Launch Flagship Mining Facility in Texas

The London-listed Bitcoin mining company Argo Blockchain will officially launch its flagship mining facility Helios in Texas next week. According to the company’s filings with the London Stock Exchange, The first phase of development of Helios will utilize 200 MW of power generation capacity, and Argo’s hash rate will increase by 243% and is expected to reach 5.5 EH/s by the end of 2022. Per the filing, Helios also has up to 600 MW of additional generating capacity, enabling Argo’s operations to grow significantly to more than 20 EH/s. Argo…

Hedge Fund Marshall Wace Forms Workforce, Focusing on Blockchain Investments

Investment firm Marshall Wace is forming a blockchain team to focus on investing in private blockchain-related companies. The company has also hired William Benattar, who has made technology investments in UK property developer Nick Candy’s family office, to prepare for its crossover investment The firm aggressively raised a new digital finance fund last July to invest in high-tech companies in areas, such as blockchain technology, digital payments and stablecoins. Marshall Wace LLP is a hedge fund based in London, founded by Paul Marshall and Ian Wace in 1997. As of…

Tron Blockchain Launches USDD Decentralized Stablecoin by Tron DAO Reserve

Justin Sun, the founder of the Tron blockchain network, said that he has launched a USDD decentralised stablecoin pegged to the US dollar at a ratio of 1:1 through the Tron DAO Reserve in cooperation with top blockchain institutions. Tron, known as TRX, is for decentralising the web. The official website describes Tron as “one of the largest blockchain-based operating systems in the world,” led by Justin Sun- the Founder and CEO of TRON. The USDD protocol runs on the TRON network with an initial total supply of 100 million. It has been launched…

Argo Blockchain facility in West Texas expects to start mining Bitcoin in May

Crypto mining company Argo Blockchain’s plans to open a data center in West Texas are likely nearing completion following an inauguration ceremony. In a Thursday announcement on Twitter, Argo said it expects to begin mining operations at its Helios facility in Dickens County, Texas starting next week. The announcement came more than a year after the mining firm purchased a 320-acre land plot to construct the facility, first breaking ground on the 200-megawatt data center in July 2021. We are thrilled to announce the energization and opening of Helios, our…

Cometh Raises $10M to Boost Blockchain Game Adoption

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Paradigm, A16z Back $12M Round for Blockchain Game Platform LootRush

Popular play-to-earn game Axie Infinity is currently the only game available to play on LootRush. Users can create an account quickly with a username and password, select the playing program that best suits their needs and then pay a small entry fee and, if desired, the NFT rental fee using a payment card. The platform plans to roll out additional titles throughout the year, including CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot. Source link

DOT rallies 12% in a day as Polkadot gears up to solve a major blockchain hacking problem

Polkadot (DOT) price ticked higher in the past 24 hours on anticipations that its new cross-chain communications protocol would solve a long-standing problem in the blockchain sector. DOT price gains 12% on XCM launch Bulls pushed DOT’s price to $16.44 on May 5 from $14.72 a day before, gaining a little over 12% as they assessed the launch of XCM, a messaging system that allows parachains — individual blockchains that operate in parallel inside the Polkadot ecosystem — to communicate with each other. DOT/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingView As Cointelegraph…

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…

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

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California governor issues blockchain executive order building on US President’s regulatory efforts

Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, has signed an executive order aimed at harmonizing a regulatory framework for blockchain between the federal government and the U.S. state as well as spurring innovation in the space. In a Wednesday announcement, the California governor’s office said executive order N-9-22 and the California Consumer Financial Protection Law would allow the state to create “a transparent and consistent business environment for companies” in Web3 and the crypto space, including blockchain and financial technology firms. According to the order, the California state government will need…