Mining

After a freefall that led to an almost $2000 drop, Bitcoin’s price is showing signs of stability. From a March vs. September BTC price action comparison chart, however, it’s possible that the pain is just beginning.Why Did Bitcoin Price Crash Last Week?Several possible reasons can be attributed to Bitcoin’s near 20 percent crash. Miner selloff is one of the strongest possibilities, as suggested by CryptoQuant. After the price drop, the on-chain/data provider shared statistics that pointed to...

Centralized exchanges are facing the harsh reality of losing out to DeFi protocols that don’t have as many costs involved with transacting. The only way to get back in the game is to launch their own DeFi products to lure customers back, and liquidity farming is the most popular activity in the industry at the moment.Huobi Hunting DeFiThe Singapore-based crypto exchange, Huobi Global, has just announced a DeFi liquidity mining campaign beginning today, September 7. The incentive is the first...

A recent report indicated that as proof-of-work-based cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Monero were increasing in value in 2020, the cryptojacking cases worldwide have surged after a year of continuous decline.Cryptojacking On The Rise In 2020The term cryptojacking refers to when an unauthorized person gains access to a computer for mining (or minting) digital assets. These attacks can sometimes be so precise and critical that the victim fails to comprehend what is draining his device’s...

Russia’s On Digital Financial Asset (DFA) legislation has received yet another set of proposed amendments that can push the country into launching a full-scale ban on cryptocurrency usage, with three exceptions – inheritance, bankruptcy, and enforcement proceedings.Russia’s DFA Sees New PropositionsThe world’s largest country by landmass has been rather indecisive, to say the least, in its approach towards cryptocurrency regulations. The nation successfully passed the DFA bill in July after...

The coronavirus pandemic has proven rather devastating to the bitcoin mining community. Many have had to shut themselves down given that they are not considered essential businesses. However, some of these companies – like Layer1 – are finding new ways to make a profit while the virus continues to meander across the globe, and these ways are proving to be quite innovative.Layer1 Is Staying Innovative – and ProfitableSeveral cryptocurrency mining firms – such as Digital Farms in California –...

Being a DeFi community governance token, the SUN token is a ‘meme’ coin designed with encryption and artistic expression in focus.The Tron Foundation has announced the launch of its DeFi governance token dubbed SUN named after the foundation’s CEO Justin Sun. Per the foundation’s open letter to the community about the SUN Genesis Mining, the blockchain-based firm hopes that SUN will become a nexus for sincere community-builders to collaborate on the TRON ecosystem.The SUN token is “Designed...

Kazakhstan’s new Digital Development Minister, Bagdat Mussin, has reportedly asserted that the country is already in talks to attract a significant investment worth over $700 million to expand the cryptocurrency mining sector in the Central Asian nation.Kazakhstan Aims For $700M Investment For Crypto MiningThe plans for attracting 300 billion tenges ($715 million) of investments in the cryptocurrency mining field were initially revealed in a Senate hearing in mid-June.The former Minister of...

Launched just last week as a fork of Uniswap, SushiSwap has gained traction as the hottest thing in DeFi at the moment. It aimed to build on the popular token swapping protocol but offer a native token as a reward to liquidity providers.Uniswap only offers a 0.3% share of its trading fees to those that deposit collateral on the platform. Clearly, this isn’t enough for avaricious yield farmers who, over the past few days, have been moving their liquidity over to SushiSwap.Sushi TVL Tops a...

Barry Silbert – crypto entrepreneur and the leader of the Digital Currency Group (DCG) – has announced that he is looking to remove some of the heavy bitcoin business that’s been going on in China and move it back to the United States. How will he do this? Through a company he’s created called Foundry, via which he will invest roughly $100 million into mining operations situated throughout North America.Barry Silbert: Now Is the Time for the U.S. to ShineThe fact that China has become so...

Recent data indicated that the HODLing mentality towards Bitcoin prevails as the number of coins that haven’t moved in two or more years has reached a three-year high.At the same time, miners are following suit as their BTC holdings have reached a two-year high.HODLing Mentality Among BTC Investors PrevailThe analytics firm Glassnode follows the behavior of Bitcoin investors by examining the BTC movements (or lack of) from their addresses. According to recent research, HODLers have increased...