CleanSpark to raise $550M via bond, not buy BTC with proceeds

Bitcoin (BTC) price tumbled more than 10% today to hit a low near $31,000 and at the time of writing it looks like the sell-off has a bit further to go. In a weekly report from crypto fund provider, CoinShares, some institutional investors seem to be booking profits and the analysts also cited the strengthening…

The State Duma of the Russian Federation has deferred consideration of the bill “On Digital Financial Assets” to April 2019,  local media outlet TASS reported on March 20.The second reading of the draft federal law “On Digital Financial Assets” has reportedly been rescheduled for April, following a decision made at the morning voting on the…

The ten most valuable tech firms in the world are all involved in developing technology for the robotics industry.

A poll of voters in New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania found 55% would be less likely to vote for anti-web3 presidential candidate, said Coinbase. 475 Total views 18 Total shares Crypto exchange Coinbase says it will focus its "Stand with Crypto" campaign on nine states in the U.S., including four “swing states” with voters

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) provider Digital Asset is collaborating with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) to develop a new tool that can support the use of smart contracts for derivatives trading. The news was revealed in an ISDA press release on April 9.The two parties’ collaboration focuses on creating interoperable technical solutions that…

From Jan. 29 to 30, Tehran hosted the eighth annual conference on Electronic Banking and Payment Systems, which was promoted by the Monetary and Banking Research Institution, the research arm of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI). Among the announced topics under the theme of the “Blockchain Revolution,” it was the unveiling of the Iranian…

Blockstream CEO Adam Back — inventor of the hashcash Proof-of-Work (PoW) system later used in Bitcoin’s (BTC) mining algorithm — has controversially compared Ethereum (ETH) with the now-defunct biotech startup Theranos.  As part of a Twitter exchange published on Nov. 26, Back claimed that Ethereum’s allegedly overweening promises could be compared to the failures of Theranos.…

They pointed out that the CFTC is attempting to regulate foreign individuals and corporations operating outside the United States, going beyond the limits of its statutory jurisdiction. 56 Total views 1 Total shares Crypto exchange Binance and its co-founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) have requested the dismissal of the lawsuit filed by the United States Commodities…

Until recently, cryptocurrency debit cards appeared to fall short of expectations. Despite many failed efforts in recent years, crypto debit cards are enjoying a second wind thanks to a surge in crypto prices over the summer. With some of the crypto world’s biggest names launching crypto debit cards, Cointelegraph takes a look at the latest…