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There has been a tremendous transformation in the Bitcoin mining landscape since. Different countries have become the new harbors of miners. One European country has emerged as the world’s largest hash rate producer per capita. Owing to cheap electricity, Iceland is one of the first countries to see industrial-scale Bitcoin mining. According to Bitcoin mining researcher Jaran Mellerud, the country’s entrepreneurial locals can also be attributed to the growth of the sector....

Cathie Wood of Ark Investment Management said that she feels bitcoin – the world’s number one digital currency by market capitalization – could wind up hitting a price of $1.5 million by the year 2030. Cathie Wood Is Predicting Big Things for BTC This is a tad different from the comments she made in early January of this year. During that time, Wood was confident that bitcoin would only reach a price of $1 million by the year 2030. Now, it looks like she’s upping the...

The Solana-based Wormhole Bridge was hacked for $325 million after the attacker managed to exploit a security flaw, making it one of the largest exploits in crypto history. A year later, a group of white hats, along with two crypto firms, launched a “counter-exploit” against the malicious entities and clawed back a portion of stolen assets tied to the exploit. “Counter Exploit” The counter exploit was jointly conducted by the decentralized finance platform Oasis and Web3...

Bitcoin didn’t react well to the latest PCE data coming from the US and dropped by almost a grand to a ten-day low. The altcoins also sit deep in the red, with the most substantial losses coming from MATIC, DOT, UNI, and others. Bitcoin Fell to $23K The end of last week went a lot better than this one as BTC skyrocketed by double-digits to chart a six-month high above $25,000. It failed to decisively overcome that line at first but kept trying. However, all three attempts saw...

Fungibilität ist ein Konzept, das in verschiedenen Bereichen der Wirtschaft und Finanzen von entscheidender Bedeutung ist. Fungibilität bezieht sich auf die Austauschbarkeit von Waren oder Vermögenswerten, insbesondere auf die Möglichkeit, sie ohne Wertverlust oder Unterschiede zu ersetzen. Im Allgemeinen bedeutet Fungibilität, dass zwei Waren oder Vermögenswerte gleicher Art, Qualität und Menge gleichwertig sind und austauschbar sind. App «Swiss Banknotes» Entdecken Sie die neue Note mit der...

Coinbae verschenkt NFTs Coinbase hat kooperiert mit Optimism und hat mit Base einen interssanten Marktplatz auf die Beine gestellt. Was genau Base kann, ist dabei noch nicht ganz klar. Aber um Base zu promoten, verschenkt Base gratis NFTs. Wie dieser Aidrop genau funktioniert, steht weiter unten in diesem Artikel. Im Prinzip ist das alles auch gar nicht so wichtig, es sei denn man will sich einige dieser NFTs ergattern. Viel wichtiger ist, dass...

Bankraub next Level: Wer stoppt die Geldautomatensprenger? | STRG_F In Deutschland und in der Schweiz werden immer mehr Geldautomaten gesprengt. Allein 2022 waren es fast 500. Die Täter gehen skrupellos vor – und gefährden mit massiven Explosionen auch Menschenleben. Die Polizei scheint dem gegenüber machtlos, beinahe hilflos. Auch die Banken tun offenbar nicht alles, was in ihrer Macht steht, um diese Art der Kriminalität zu stoppen. Sebastian...

A recent report by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) revealed that the crypto industry lost over $650 billion after two major scandals that rocked the market last year. The report titled “Crypto Shocks and Retail Losses” explained investors’ trading behavior during and after the scandals, their profits and losses, and the effects of the crypto market turmoil in the broader financial system. Retail Investors Bought the Dip Last year, the crypto space saw a lot of...

Block (formerly known as Square) – an American multinational technology conglomerate founded by Jack Dorsey – disclosed $1.83 billion of bitcoin revenue generated from its Cash App payment service in Q4, 2022.  The figure was nearly $2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021, and the company blamed the decline of the crypto market for the downturn. However, Block’s shares climbed nearly 7% after reporting positive overall financial results. BTC Revenue Drops 7% YoY Block’s...

Indian crypto exchange WazirX has wound up its NFT marketplace operations with immediate effect. Currently, the WazirX NFT site displays a message to this effect.  WazirX NFT Sunsetted “The WazirX NFT marketplace has been sunsetted. You can still trade your NFTs on OpenSea,” the message reads.  In a statement on its site, Wazir said despite creating a “safe and secure” marketplace, the business “did not gain much traction.”         “NFTs are decentralized, and owners have...