Hut 8 has secured $150 million from Coatue Management, causing its stock price to rise by at least 4%. Other Bitcoin miners who provide AI-related services also saw their stock values increase because of the news. Soluna Holdings (SLNH) jumped 17%, and Applied Digital (APLD) rose 10%. The investment depicts Bitcoin miners expanding their computational capabilities to AI firms. Miners are trying to increase revenues, which have taken a hit across the board because of the Bitcoin halving. Hut...
Read More »The Two Reasons Bitcoin’s Price Is Taking A Beating: Bitwise
Bitcoin’s price took a steep tumble early this week, driving over $300 million in crypto market liquidations in a single day. Why the sudden volatility? Gayatri Choudhury, Quantitative Research Analyst at Bitwise, says there have been two key drivers of the selloff – and neither relates to the Bitcoin ETFs. Miners Are Dumping The analyst first noted on Tuesday that the activity of Bitcoin miners – a cohort “often overlooked” by market watchers. Since the fourth Bitcoin...
Read More »U.S. Congressman Pitches Bill To Allow Federal Tax Payment In Bitcoin
A popular Republican congressman introduced legislation that would require the United States Treasury to accept tax payments in bitcoin. Pay Taxes With Bitcoin The bill, authored by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), would order the Treasury Secretary to “develop and implement a method to allow for the payment with bitcoin of any tax imposed on an individual.” The legislation marks the first official national-level efforts from a U.S. politician to bring bitcoin closer to being a...
Read More »Bybit is Now the Second-Largest Crypto Exchange: Kaiko
The Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has overtaken its rival, the U.S.-based Coinbase, to become the second-largest digital asset trading platform after Binance. According to a press release citing a report from crypto analytics platform Kaiko, Bybit’s market share has surged from 8% to 16% since October 2023, while Coinbase’s share increased by 1% over the same period. Due to the steady growth, Bybit surpassed Coinbase in March to become the second-largest...
Read More »Ordinal Hive and Merlin Chain Join Forces to Revolutionize Ordinals Trading
[PRESS RELEASE – Los Angeles, California, June 25th, 2024] Ordinal Hive, a cutting-edge player in the Bitcoin ecosystem, has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Merlin Chain. This collaboration aims to create the first Ordinal trading protocol specifically designed for professional traders, addressing a significant gap in the current market landscape. The partnership between Ordinal Hive and Merlin Chain represents a major step forward in the evolution of...
Read More »Metaplanet Floats Offshore Entities to Double Down on Bitcoin
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Read More »Cega Unveils Innovative DeFi Shark Fin Products
[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, June 25th, 2024] Cega, a leader in DeFi structured investment products, is thrilled to announce the launch of its latest offering—Shark Fin vaults. Cega aims to address a gap in the market for conservative investors and DeFi lenders that want to outperform existing lending rates, while protecting their principal and maintaining a delta-neutral profile. The “Bull Shark” vaults deliver on both these objectives. In addition, Cega supports...
Read More »Australian Crypto Firm NGS Crypto Changes Name to Hiddup amid Scandal
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Read More »Can Ethereum Flip Bitcoin? Major On-Chain Metrics Have The Answer
The recent impressive momentum of Ethereum (ETH) has reawakened the long-standing debate of Ethereum flipping Bitcoin (BTC). Is this ever going to happen? Well, several experts believe it’s a long shot, but ETH is poised to outperform Bitcoin (BTC) in the short term, as on-chain metrics show. In other news, a new Ethereum-based platform for trading tokenized ETFs, ETFSwap (ETFS), has taken the market by storm. Its ongoing presale has drawn massive interest from retail and institutional...
Read More »« Aux armes, et cetera ! » – Les Bitcoineurs parlent aux Français
Peste brune ou rouge et centro-européistes béats : le discours public a institué trois camps en attendant que les législatives donnent un gagnant. Ou pas. Gagnant qui sera aussitôt contesté, ou contourné. Les urnes, la rue, l’administration forment une course à obstacles déprimante. Car les électeurs savent que leurs impuissants suffrages passeront ensuite comme bêtes mortes dans la machine à corned-beef. Les politiques bricolent déjà...
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