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The main opposition party in Canada – the Conservative Party – elected Pierre Poilievre as its new leader. Interestingly, the 43-year-old politician has displayed he is a keen supporter of bitcoin and a critic of the central bank, which allegedly worsened the inflationary environment in the country. Earlier this year, thousands of Canadians protested against the government’s pandemic restrictions. To fight the unrest, Justin Trudeau’s administration requested financial...

Bitcoin’s hash rate continues to move in contrast with the asset’s price as it charted yet another new all-time high recently. This comes even after the latest substantial mining difficulty increase, which was the largest in over six months. Bitcoin Hash Rate New ATH The hash rate is an essential metric in the BTC network as it shows its robustness based on the number of active miners and the computational devices they have plugged into it. Generally, it declines during the...

The Las Vegas-based cryptocurrency miner – Marathon Digital Holdings – steadily improved its bitcoin production levels in August, mining 184 BTC. It also successfully energized 25,000 of its previously installed miners. The process increased the hash rate to nearly 3.2 exahashes per second. Over the next three months, the company expects to activate 65,000 additional miners and thus reach a computing power of 6.9 EH/s. Marathon Makes a Progress One of the biggest crypto...

The demand and interest in bitcoin seem to be further fading among retail investors, at least according to data from Googe Trends. At the same time, the searches for the upcoming Ethereum Merge event have skyrocketed to a new all-time high days before the blockchain’s transition to PoS. No Searches for Bitcoin Google trends data shows the behavior and interest of retail investors as they tend to inquire about certain investments on the world’s largest search engine. The rule...

After the recent volatility, bitcoin seems calmer today but still stands tall above $21,000. Tezos is among the best performers from the mid-cap alts, while Ethereum continues to march towards $1,800 ahead of the long-anticipated Merge. Bitcoin Saw New Weekly High The primary cryptocurrency had a tough week as it plummeted to a six-week low in the middle of it at just over $18,500. This continued the recent trend of losing a lot of value since it dumped below $20,000 at the...

The first iteration of The Bitcoin Academy – Jack Dorsey and Jay Z’ (Shawn Carters) ‘s Bitcoin education program – has come to a close. After 12 weeks, the initiative ended by airdropping $1000 in Bitcoin to all participants who opted to receive a grant.  Jack and Jay Z’s Parting Gift As reported by Business Insider, the entire program, including the final airdrop, was personally funded by both Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey. Though it’s unclear exactly how many people received the...

Bitcoin doubled down on its recent gains by surging to a new two-week high above $21,500. Most altcoins are also in the green once again, with ATOM, XLM, and ICP standing out as the best performers. Bitcoin Saw New Weekly High The start of the month brought a lot of pain to the bulls as bitcoin fell below the coveted $20,000 and was unable to reclaim it. The situation worsened a few days ago when the cryptocurrency suddenly dumped to a six-week low of $18,500. However, it...

The largest corporate bitcoin holder has filed a new filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that will essentially allow it to purchase more BTC for up to $500 million. The news comes as the cryptocurrency surged past the $20,000 level and jumped to a new two-week high. The filing with the securities regulator shows that MicroStrategy plans to sell up to $500 million worth of its stock for “general corporate purposes, including the acquisition of bitcoin.”...

With energy sources getting expensive rapidly, the environmental impact of validating PoW crypto-assets is being studied intensely. The White House’s latest report mentions the excessive usage of energy by several industries, including cryptocurrency mining, was brought up by IOG CEO Charles Hoskinson. He went on to say that the paper, published on the order of President Joe Biden, essentially seeks to ban Bitcoin, which is based on Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism,...

The Toronto-based crypto exchange Coinberry has reportedly lost around $3 million in Bitcoin due to a software glitch in 2020. It was during a software upgrade that erroneously enabled users to purchase BTC with Canadian dollars that had yet to be properly transferred to their accounts. That loss of about 120 Bitcoins was not known until the recent lawsuit filed by the platform in Brampton, Ont., west of Toronto. According to the Finacial Post report, the bug was with the...