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Several Bitcoin communities and industry leaders have issued a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clear up confusion and educate the public about Bitcoin’s power consumption. Among its 55 signatories are MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor, and “Block Head” Jack Dorsey. Proof of Stake is Not the Answer The letter – shared by the Bitcoin Mining Council – was designed as a response to a previous congressional request to review mining facilities’ compliance with...

Over 4 Million transactions from Solan’s NFT minting bots have brought the network down for seven hours this past weekend. It marked the seventh time the network was down this year due to security issues. The Seventh Outage of the Year An unprecedented number of 4 million NFT transactions sent out by bots through Candy Machine, a Solana-based project, collapsed the Solana network again, making validators unable to get transactions through. The network was down for 7 hours –...

Popular cryptocurrency exchange CryptoCom has come under fire following its latest decision to slash its staking rewards. In a blog post published on Sunday, the platform revealed that effective June 1, it would cut down Cronos (CRO) rewards on card usage. CryptoCom Slashes Card Rewards As per the update, users with lower-tier cards, including the Midnight Blue and Ruby Steel, would get 0% on CRO rewards. Those with Royal Indigo and Jade Green would receive 0.5%; Icy White...

On May 1, the NEAR Protocol Rainbow Bridge was attacked. The cross-chain bridge had temporarily been suspended for maintenance after detecting abnormal activities. In a detailed post, Alex Shevchenko, CEO of Aurora Labs, revealed that the attack was stopped automatically as the bridge architecture was designed to resist such events. No funds were lost during the event, Shevchenko added. The Attack It all started when the attacker sent some ETH through the popular coin mixer,...

Web 3 and blockchain infrastructure provider Coinbase Cloud has announced a new partnership with Acala Foundation, the DeFi hub of Polkadot, by first bringing KSM liquid staking on Karura. KSM is the native token of the Kusuma network, a public pre-production environment for Polkadot. Unlike traditional staking in proof-of-stake networks, Liquid staking allows asset delegators to access their funds while staking their tokens. In this way, validators can put their staked...

Major Dubai-based real estate developer Damac Properties has revealed that it would receive payment for property in cryptocurrency. Buy Property With Bitcoin and Ether According to Khaleej Times, Damac said it would add payments for any of its properties that can be made in Bitcoin and Ether, the two largest crypto assets by market capitalization. The company noted that enabling such payment will give more options and will be convenient for real estate investors. Also, the...

The exploiter behind Ronin’s massive $625 million bridge attack has managed to move thousands of ETH to privacy tool Tornado Cash. A month after, what many consider the largest exploit in DeFi history, on-chain data shows that 15% of Tornado deposits are from the Ronin attacker. This was revealed by Alex Svanevik, CEO of the blockchain analytics platform Nansen. 15% of Tornado deposits are from the Ronin exploiter pic.twitter.com/yYsisOzJvu — Alex Svanevik? (@ASvanevik)...

Several countries have started to explore regulatory frameworks as cryptocurrency adoption remains high. Adding to the trend, Belgium regulators have imposed a new law in place for individuals and entities wanting to provide exchange services between virtual currencies and legal currencies or custody wallet services. Belgian cryptocurrency exchanges and custodial wallet services will have to register with the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) to operate in the...

Mexico has reportedly gotten another Bitcoin Automated Teller Machine (ATM), and this time it is located in the Senate building in Mexico City. Interestingly, some local politicians, such as Miguel Ángel Mancera, were behind the move. Bitcoin ATM at the Senate’s Front Door According to the local coverage, the Mexican authorities installed the 14th Bitcoin ATM in the Senate’s building in the capital Mexico City, hinting at a further future interaction with the digital asset....

Arthur Hayes, the co-founder and former CEO of leading crypto derivatives platform BitMEX, has predicted that Bitcoin’s price will reach the $1 million mark by the end of the current decade. In a blog post published on Wednesday, Hayes gave a comprehensive breakdown of how the leading cryptocurrency would reach $1 million in eight years, a value that is 2,500% higher than its current price. The Doom Loop Hayes described a phenomenon he calls “The Doom Loop,” which represents...