“The government will work with the regulators and industry to identify any further legislative provisions that need to be brought into scope, and if necessary can facilitate this via further statutory instruments amending the DSS,” the consultation response said. Source
Recent court documents indicate FTX’s creditors’ digital asset claims will be based on the near-bottom crypto prices at the time of the disgraced exchange’s collapse back in November 2022. A recent disclosure statement shows that FTX’s lawyers are proposing that claims regarding digital assets will be calculated and processed by converting the value of the crypto into cash based on the exchange rate on November 11th, 2022, the day the now-defunct exchange commenced its Chapter 11 case. Crypto prices had cratered at the time due to the FTX turmoil and…
Marathon Digital secures a cash deal with Generate Capital and a PBC subsidiary to acquire two operational Bitcoin mining farms, expanding its capacity to around 390 megawatts. As stated in the Dec. 19 release, the transaction marks Marathon’s shift from an asset-light organization to managing a diversified Bitcoin mining portfolio, acquiring its first fully owned sites. Currently holding 584 megawatts, with 3% owned and 97% hosted by third parties, the acquisition will bring the total capacity to approximately 910 megawatts. Following the deal, 45% will be on Marathon-owned sites, expanding opportunities…
The acquisition, which will add 390 megawatts of capacity, will be paid in cash from Marathon’s balance sheet, the company announced on Tuesday. Across the two sites, around 21% is vacant and available for expansion, 63% is occupied by bitcoin mining tenants and 16% is already occupied by Marathon. Marathon said it expects the acquisitions to reduce the cost per coin mined by around 30%. Source
“I think Bitcoin is going to go into the stratosphere,” Saylor commented when asked about Bitcoin’s 56% value surge since October. During a recent interview with CNBC, Michael Saylor, the Executive Chairman and co-founder of MicroStrategy Inc (NASDAQ: MSTR), expressed his unwavering confidence in Bitcoin’s (BTC) long-term path. He highlighted certain fundamental aspects that will position BTC as the digital equivalent of gold, making it a crucial component of institutional investment portfolios worldwide. Michael Saylor on Bitcoin While the broader cryptocurrency landscape faces uncertain prospects in the eyes of many…
The United Kingdom Financial Services and Markets Act’s provisions on a digital securities sandbox are scheduled to come into force in January 2024 after being presented to Parliament. In a Dec. 18 publication, the U.K. government announced the Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS) regulations of the 2023 Financial Services and Markets Act, which were laid before Parliament, paving the way for crypto firms to test products and services in the country. According to the government, the regulations will take effect on Jan. 8, with the Bank of England and the U.K.…
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The pause was put in place to give the company time to adjust its current business crypto offering to make sure all of the new requirements set by the U.K. regulator in the “back end” Direct Offer Financial Promotion (DOFP) rules, which will be entering into force on Jan. 8, 2023, are met, a source told CoinDesk. Source
“We are really bringing a lot of attention to privacy, but also transparency, control of the data. And with the blockchain, there is a technical aspect that can bring us that. And that’s really, for example, the interoperability between the application in France, Italy and Spain,” Michel said. Source
The CEO of investment management firm VanEck says he can’t see a world where Bitcoin (BTC) is overtaken as the leading store of value on the internet. “I think it’s impossible for me to imagine some other internet store of value [will] leapfrog Bitcoin,” Jan van Eck said in a Dec. 16 interview with CNBC. “There’s 50 million users of Bitcoin, so it’s got network effects.” The CEO — $76.4 billion in assets under management — also crushed accusations that Bitcoin is in a “bubble,” — explaining that no asset…