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Coinbase Now Allows Cardano Staking Services, Firm ‘Plans to Continue to Scale Staking Portfolio’ – Bitcoin News

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On March 23, the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced the platform will now allow cardano staking services. The company’s senior product manager Rupmalini Sahu mentioned that cardano is one of the top ten crypto assets by market cap and its proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain “seeks to be more flexible, sustainable, and scalable.” Coinbase Now Offers Cardano Staking Services Cardano (ADA) holders can now leverage the cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase to stake their ADA, according to an announcement from the Coinbase executive Rupmalini Sahu. The firm’s senior product manager said that while people…

US Bitcoin mining firm turns to harmful coal waste for cleaner energy

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Stronghold Digital Mining (SDIG), a crypto mining company in Pennsylvania, is turning waste from old power plants into energy to power hundreds of Bitcoin mining rigs. The company collects coal refuse, a leftover waste material from the process of coal mining, and burns it in what it says is an emissions-controlled environment at its energy generation facilities. Coal refuse can cause a raft of environmental problems, such as water and air pollution, and acid mine drainage, the acidic water which comes from coal mining operations. Collecting this waste and safely…

US Fintech Firm Acorns Adds Crypto Exposure Investing via Proshares Bitcoin ETF – Bitcoin News

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The American financial technology (fintech) firm Acorns has announced customers now have the option to add bitcoin exposure via the Proshares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO). Acorns’ clients can now allocate up to 5% of their funds into BITO. Acorns Customers Can Add Bitcoin Exposure to Their Portfolios U.S. fintech company Acorns detailed on Tuesday that it has seen increased demand for cryptocurrency investments. The Irvine, California-based company specializes in micro-investing and robo-investing. Acorns was launched ten years ago by the father and son team Walter Wemple Cruttenden III and Jeffrey…

Bitcoin (BTC) Supply on Crypto Exchanges Drops to Three-Year Lows, According to Analytics Firm

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Blockchain analytics firm Santiment is pointing out some on-chain metrics developing behind the scenes for Bitcoin as BTC rallies above $42,000. The intelligence firm says that the overall supply of Bitcoin on crypto exchanges has slipped down to its lowest level in over three years. “Bitcoin’s ratio of supply sitting on exchanges continues dropping hard, down to its lowest level since December 2018. There is 13.5% less BTC on these exchange wallets compared to just two months ago, amounting to 1.6% less of the overall supply.” Source: Santiment/Twitter Santiment also…

Japanese Fintech Firm Kyash Raises $41 Million, Jack Dorsey’s Block Participates in Funding – Fintech Bitcoin News

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A Tokyo-based financial technology company called Kyash has raised $41.2 million in a Series D funding round which saw participation from the Block (formerly known as Square). The investment into the Japanese mobile financial app firm is the Block’s first investment in the Asia Pacific region, according to the announcement. Fintech Firm Kyash Gets a Capital Raise Boost From the Block According to a report by Nikkei, the financial technology (fintech) company Kyash has raised $41.2 million in a Series D financing round. Kyash was founded in 2015 and is…

Why This 111-Year-Old Investment Firm Is Launching a DAO

Kurzweil said there are five core components of what Bessemer hopes the DAO will do and how it will provide portfolio support for founders and companies: talent introductions, business development through networking, community, tokenomics and, eventually, an education track around investment themes and areas of innovation. Source