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Fighting Bears: Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Hashrate Reached an ATH in 2022

The Colorado-based bitcoin miner – Riot Blockchain – reported a total revenue of nearly $260 million for 2022, a 22% increase compared to 2021. It mined 5,554 BTC and boosted its hash rate capacity to an all-time high of 9.7 EH/s. The positive results come in spite of the devastating bear market that reigned during the bigger part of the year, and Riot’s shrunk production levels in the summer due to a heat wave.  Against All Odds Riot produced 46% more bitcoin in 2022 than in...

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Michael Saylor: Charlie Munger Needs More Time with BTC

Charlie Munger hates bitcoin. He’s made that clear from the get-go. By contrast, Michael Saylor – the former CEO of MicroStrategy – loves bitcoin. Recently, the latter gave his thoughts on the former, and stated that Munger needs to spend more time with BTC so he can understand what it’s all about. Michael Saylor on Charlie Munger: He’s Not 100% Off Not long ago, Munger published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal claiming that no form of crypto could qualify as a...

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Meetup BeCrypto à Soignies

Le prochain meetup Becrypto aura lieu le mercredi 15 mars à 18h30 à Soignies. Oui, encore des présentations en mars ! Becrypto vous gâte avec un meetup qui, cette fois, sera décentré dans le Hainaut, au MAD Coworking , 37 rue de Mons à 7060 Soignies. L’infrastructure sonégienne nous accueille à nouveau pour des présentations par nos membres hennuyers, notre trader Cédric (aka ‘Cara’) et André Stilmant (aka ‘Dédé la mitraille’)....

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EOS Soars 8% While Bitcoin Marked 18-Day Low: Weekend Watch

Bitcoin’s massive crash on Friday drove it south to just under $22,000 to mark its lowest price tag since February 14. The altcoins experienced similar enhanced volatility, but most have calmed since then. Ripple’s XRP and EOS are among the few alts with notable gains. Bitcoin Slipped Below $22K Despite the rising volatility at the end of February, bitcoin managed to close the month with a slight increase and stood at around $23,000. The first few days of March saw a price...

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Court Dismisses Tax Fraud Charges Against Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy

The Superior Court of the District of Columbia has dismissed a civil complaint against American business intelligence company MicroStrategy, which alleged that the firm helped its co-founder Michael Saylor evade income tax payments. According to a recent filing, Saylor and MicroStrategy filed a motion to dismiss the complaint in October, and the court ruled in favor of the request on February 28. Court Dismisses Civil Complaint Against MicroStrategy Recall that in August, the...

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How Bitcoin’s Price Will Moon During a Potential Oil Crisis: Arthur Hayes

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes published an essay on Thursday outlining “realistic potential situations” that could make oil prices boom, and make Bitcoin’s price skyrocket as a result.  The former CEO argued that such a scenario could spur central banks across the world – including the Federal Reserve – to return to a market-friendly loose monetary policy. Oil and the Money Printer In his blog post titled “Curve Ball,” Hayes described three possible futures that could lead...

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Bitcoin Crashes 7%, Silvergate Bank Issues Intensify, ETH Shanghai Inches Closer: This Week’s Recap

This week was a complete rollercoaster in terms of price action as the majority of cryptocurrencies found themselves stuck in a chopping range before the ultimate leg down. Bitcoin was trading at around $23,300 this time last week, and a couple of days later, it attempted the first push toward $24K. it was unsuccessful, and at around the end of the week, BTC found itself below $23K. However, this dip was immediately bought up, and the price tapped $24K on Wednesday. The bulls...

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Tim Draper Tries to Promote BTC Use in Sri Lanka

Billionaire investor Tim Draper recently took a trip to Sri Lanka to promote bitcoin to the nation’s central bank only to be kicked out unceremoniously. Tim Draper Tries to Bring BTC to Sri Lanka While he wasn’t kicked out in a literal sense, regulators of Sri Lanka didn’t welcome Draper with open arms and commented that the use of crypto or bitcoin would never occur within the nation’s borders. Draper initially sought to push bitcoin as a financial tool that could not...

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The Company Behind the BAYC Rides the Idea of a Newly Inscribed Existing Project

[PRESS RELEASE – Berlin, March 3 – 2023] The Fold12 project has just announced the release of its Bitcoin blockchain NFT collection, which runs on the Ordinals protocol; meanwhile, Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club, after being caught stealing their logo, BAYC decided to borrow the idea of an existing NFT collection from the fold12 project. Fold12 launched its first auction on the Bitcoin blockchain and via the Ordinals protocol this week: the...

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