Bitcoin (BTC)

Madhur Deora – CFO of Paytm – recently said that his company might enable Bitcoin offerings if it gains permission from Indian regulators. Paytm is one of India’s largest mobile payment platform, meaning over 330 million users could gain access to simplified Bitcoin payments if the company follows through. Waiting on Regulator’s Permission The CFO hinted at possible Bitcoin services in an interview with Bloomberg this Thursday. In conversation with Haslinda Amin and Rishaad...

Erstes Büro in der Schweiz: Bitmex plant nach Europa zu expandieren. Das sind mal News, denn Bitmex ist eine der granz grossen Bitcoin-Börsen. Erhält die Schweiz endlich eine echte Bitcoin-Börse? Mit Hauptsitz auf den Seychellen, einem Inselstaat im Indischen Ozean, ist Bitmex eine der weltweit führenden Kryptobörsen für Bitcoin-Derivate. In einer Mitteilung am letzten Sonntag gab das Unternehmen bekannt, im Januar 2022 ein Büro, entweder in Zug...

The town of Rockdale, Texas is small and doesn’t have much of a population. It may not seem like the city has much to offer, but for bitcoin miners, the amount of open space combined with low energy costs is a dream come true, and two big companies – Bit Deer and Riot Blockchain – are duking it out for dominance over the area. Rockdale Is the Envy of Major BTC Miners Both companies are within proximity of each other. In fact, Bit Deer – a division of Bitmain, arguably...

Dans le cadre d’une discussion publique entre Changpeng Zhao (Cz) et Cédric O [1] qui s’est déroulée hier à Bercy, le CEO de Binance [2] a annoncé qu’il envisageait d’investir 100 millions de dollars pour soutenir les entreprises françaises et européennes du secteur des cryptomonnaies et pour créer un centre de recherche à Paris. Selon Gregory Raymond, journaliste au magazine Capital, cet investissement sera toutefois...

CME Futures, the futures-exchange giant that offers regulated bitcoin services, has secured a massive investment from Google worth $1 billion aiming to transfer its core trading systems to the cloud. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, and informs that the tech giant will provide its cloud services to CME to “power markets that handle trillions of dollars in trades each day.” The two parties have agreed on a ten-year partnership. CME will strive to onboard...

The leader of the Iran Blockchain Association (IBA) – Abbas Ashtiani – opined that the country’s central bank (CBA) is not capable of implementing a comprehensive regulatory framework on digital assets. As such, the authorities need to develop an “independent counsel” to resolve the issues. How Will Iran Regulate Crypto? Imposing regulations on the digital asset industry is a policy that each government takes quite individually. While China completely banned crypto mining and...

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Das letzte grosse Bitcoin-Upgrade ist bereits vier Jahre her und spaltete damals die Community – im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. Das Update namens SegWit ging 2017 an den Start und führte effizientere Transaktionen auf der Bitcoin-Blockchain ein. Gleichzeitig sorgte das Update für einen so genannten „hard fork“, eine Abspaltung im Bitcoin-Netzwerk. Ab diesem Zeitpunkt gab es nicht nur Bitcoin, sondern auch die Kryptowährung Bitcoin Cash. Beim neuen...