Analyst Questions Bitmain’s Revenue as Crypto Miner Seeks IPO

news Bakkt is finally here. After two delays and 13 months of questions, the Intercontinental Exchange-backed bitcoin warehouse and futures contract facilitator is launching Monday, opening the door for institutional investors to take positions on the cryptocurrency in a federally regulated venue. Trading is set to open at midnight UTC and close at 22:00. For…

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Jan 7, 2021 at 8:54 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 7, 2021 at 9:28 p.m. UTCBitcoin mining revenue measured by terahash per second (TH/s)Bitcoin Miners See Revenue Per TH/s Nearly Triple in 3 MonthsBitcoin mining revenue has nearly tripled in the past three months measured by dollars per terahashes per second (TH/s). In early October, miners were…

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning consumers warns about a new type of bitcoin scam aimed at blackmailing men.

Tuesday's U.S. manufacturing data is likely to show continued contraction, signaling weakness in the dollar index and strength in bitcoin. Traders should watch out for an August-like growth scare in risk assets. Friday's U.S. jobs data could extend the dollar weakness, according to ING. Bitcoin (BTC), the leading cryptocurrency by market value, fell over 10%

news A 25-year-old man from Westwood, Los Angeles, is said to plead guilty to federal charges for having exchanged up to $25 million in cash and crypto without a license and anti-money laundering program. Kunal Kalra, also known as “Kumar,” “shecklemayne” and “coinman,” was indicted on Friday for allegedly trading cash and crypto for individuals including…

Internet search giant (and much more) Google has added ethereum to its big data analytics platform BigQuery. Making the announcement in a blog post on Saturday, the company said that, while an API exists for commonly used functions such as checking transaction status or wallet balances, it's not so easy to access all of the data stored…

Dec 10, 2019 at 19:30 UTCUpdated Dec 10, 2019 at 18:25 UTCJill Carson, co-founder of Open Money InitiativeThis post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world.Jill Carson is co-founder of the Open Money Initiative, a non-profit research organization…

The U.S. Department of Justice filed its proposed set of jury instructions for Sam Bankman-Fried's October trial a day before he is set to be arraigned on a new superseding indictment.Prosecutors filed the document, titled "the government's requests to charge," late Monday, adapting from various previous sets of jury instructions including past statements from Judge…