Crypto Newsletter

Bitcoin (BTC) Mining Difficulty Drops Another 5% But Hashrate Picks Up

In the latest adjustment on Saturday, July 17, has dropped by another ~5% in its fourth consecutive drop. The previous adjustment saw the highest drop in percentage terms dropping 28% a fortnight back. With the latest drop, the Bitcoin mining difficulty has had a new low since January 2020.

Billionaire Mark Cuban Accumulating New Crypto Asset – Here’s the Latest on His Ethereum Wallet

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban is accumulating a new decentralized finance (DeFi) asset.

A dive into one of Cuban’s publicly known Ethereum wallets shows the Shark Tank star added 75 Olympus (OHM) to his portfolio on Saturday.

Dolce & Gabbana to Launch High Fashion-Inspired NFT Collection in Venice

This week the Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1985 in Legnano by Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana has announced the firm is launching a non-fungible token (NFT) collection. Dolce & Gabbana also known as D&G will reveal the first-ever Alta Moda NFT collection called “DGGenesi.”

Bank of England’s Deputy Governor: Cryptocurrencies Aren’t Big Enough to Pose Financial Stability Risk

Bank of England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe believes that cryptocurrencies are not big enough to pose financial stability risk. “They’re not of the size that they would cause financial stability risk, and they’re not connected deeply into the standing financial system,” said the deputy governor.

Here’s one way to trade Bitcoin even as BTC price teeters over an abyss

In the last 29 days, Bitcoin (BTC) has been ranging from $31,000 to $36,000 as the impact of the recent China ban and a $1.4 billion Grayscale GBTC share unlocking continue to pressure markets.

China’s government implemented a series of measures to curb cryptocurrency mining and trading by ordering the immediate shut down of some operations and instructing domestic banks to suspend the bank accounts of entities involved in the industry.

Hong Kong Regulator Warns About Unregulated Cryptocurrency Trading Platforms and Binance

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a warning about unregulated cryptocurrency trading platforms, particularly Binance. The regulator said that the crypto exchange is offering the trading of “stock tokens.”

Bank Of America To Roll Out Bitcoin Futures Trading To Wall Street Investors

For many years, the idea that a traditional financial institution could venture into the bitcoin space was considered laughable. Recently, however, we have witnessed immense interest in crypto from banks.

Bank of America, the second-biggest bank in the U.S. by assets, is wading deeper into the $598.23 billion bitcoin market, offering some Wall Street investors a way to interact with the cryptocurrency.

Ethereum, Solana, Polygon & Co Form A New Hot Market Of Blockchains

Blockchains are proliferating almost at the rate of cryptoassets. There are now blockchains for decentralized finance (DeFi), decentralized exchanges, smart contracts, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), video content, for cloud computing, gaming, marketplaces, and who knows for whatever else.

How the Sports World is Embracing Crypto

Sports and crypto may seem like two unrelated worlds, but they have much to offer each other under closer inspection.

Ukraine’s ‘Largest Illegal’ Mining Facility May Have Been a FIFA Bot Farm

A data center busted by Ukrainian law enforcement this month for suspected electricity theft may have had a purpose different from mining cryptocurrencies. Ukraine’s security service described the facility as the “largest underground crypto farm” found to date but media reports are challenging that assertion.