Bitcoin miners face the tightest margins since 2023, warns theminermag.com’s Head of Research Wolfie Zhao, as hashprice flirts with critical break‑even territory. Trump Tariffs Add Jitters to Miners Already Hit by Rising Difficulty, Study Finds According to theminermag.com data compiled by Wolfie Zhao, hashprice temporarily fell below $40 per petahash per second in early April, […] Original
The growing adoption of cryptocurrencies may pose risks to the traditional financial system and exacerbate wealth inequality, according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). In an April 15 report, the BIS warned that the number of investors and amount of capital in crypto and decentralized finance (DeFi) have “reached a critical mass,” with investor protection becoming a “significant concern for regulators.” The size of the crypto market signals that authorities should be worried about the “stability of crypto over and above the role it may have for TradFi and…
Once at the center of major enforcement actions, Binance now appears to be advising countries on creating strategic crypto reserves. Despite facing criminal charges in 2023, Binance now seems to be advising governments and sovereign wealth funds on how to create national strategic Bitcoin (BTC) reserves and set digital asset regulations, Binance CEO Richard Teng told the Financial Times. In a Thursday interview, Teng said that the exchange has received “quite a number of approaches by a few governments and sovereign wealth funds” on the establishment of “their own crypto…
A Russian finance ministry official has reportedly said the country should be developing its own stablecoin after a recent freeze on wallets linked to the sanctioned Russian exchange Garantex by US authorities and stablecoin issuer Tether. Deputy director of Russia’s Finance Ministry’s financial policy department, Osman Kabaloev, said the Kremlin should be exploring the possibility of developing a stablecoin like Tether’s (USDT) to avoid similar actions in the future, according to April 16 reports by Reuters and the state-owned news agency TASS. “We do not impose restrictions on the use…
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Wholesale bitcoin selling is cooling but not vanishing, Cryptoquant researchers write, as data flags a market tilted toward broad caution. Cryptoquant: Accumulation Rate Hits Two‑Month Lull Cryptoquant’s report observes that daily bitcoin ( BTC) outflows from large holders have retreated to 300,000 BTC, down from 800,000 BTC in late February, yet its analysts note the […] Original
Coinbase has warned that crypto may be entering a new bear market, but it expects prices to find support between May and June, potentially setting up a stronger Q3. In its monthly report published on Apr. 15, Coinbase noted that the total crypto market cap, excluding Bitcoin (BTC), has fallen 41% from its $1.6 trillion peak in December 2024 to about $950 billion. At the same time, venture capital investment in crypto remains 50–60% below the highs seen during the 2021–2022 cycle. These developments, along with global tariffs and ongoing…
Publicly listed bitcoin mining company Bitdeer is preparing to manufacture its mining equipment in the United States, a move shaped by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies. Trump’s Tariffs Push Bitdeer Toward Self-Mining and American-Made Bitcoin Miners Facing the Trump administration’s tariffs, bitcoin mining rig producers are recalibrating their operational strategies. As reported by Bloomberg […] Original
Large language model developer OpenAI is reportedly working on a new social media network, putting the company on a collision course with Elon Musk’s X and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms. Citing anonymous sources, The Verge reported on April 15 that OpenAI is developing an “X-like social network” that combines ChatGPT’s image generation tools and a social feed, presumably to allow users to share their AI-generated pictures with a broader audience. It’s unclear whether OpenAI will spin out a new social media platform or roll the features into ChatGPT, the sources…
US President Donald Trump is venturing deeper into the world of digital assets, with a new project blending gaming and cryptocurrency elements, Fortune reported, citing sources familiar with the project. The project, set to launch in late April, will resemble MONOPOLY GO!, a mobile game where players travel around a board and earn money for constructing buildings in a digital city, according to the report. Bill Zanker, a member of Trump’s circle and part of the team that helped launch Trump’s memecoin and various NFT collections, is behind the game,…