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Bitcoin miner Bitfarms (BITF) has secured two power purchase agreements in Paraguay to add up to 150 megawatts (MW) of hydropower capacity.Bitfarms said on Wednesday that one deal, worth up to 50 MW, is located in Villarrica, close to where Bitfarms already has operations, while the second deal, worth up to 100MW, is located in…

Choppy Bitcoin Price Action Continues Ahead of Friday’s Jobs Report

The price of bitcoin (BTC) remained below $66,000 late in the day during U.S. trading hours Wednesday after a couple of modest rallies were met with quick selling action.At $65,800 at press time, bitcoin was flat over the past 24 hours. Dragged down by 10% declines in bitcoin cash (BCH) and litecoin (LTC) the broader

Stacks Begins 2-Step Rollout of Major ‘Nakamoto’ Overhaul

After years of R&D, the Stacks blockchain is getting an overhaul. The rollout of the popular Bitcoin scaling layer’s largest upgrade to date began at Bitcoin block height 840,360 (around 14:30 UTC), beginning a two-step process that will end sometime in late May.Called Nakamoto, honoring Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, the upgrade will decouple the Stacks block

Lending Platform Maple Prepares New U.S. Treasury Pool; MPL Token Rises 23%

Featured SpeakerBowTiedBullPresidentBowTied JungleThe pseudonymous investor BowtiedBull explores the BowtiedJungle, where citizens swap advice on investing, job-seeking, ...Krisztian Sandor is a reporter on the U.S. markets team focusing on stablecoins and institutional investment. He holds BTC and ETH.Featured SpeakerBowTiedBullPresidentBowTied JungleThe pseudonymous investor BowtiedBull explores the BowtiedJungle, where citizens swap advice on investing, job-seeking, ...Blockchain-based crypto lending…

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24H Low$183.1124H High$192.65PriceMarket Stats24H Average Transaction Fee$0.027833About LitecoinLitecoin is a cryptocurrency launched in late 2011 by former Google and Coinbase engineer Charlie Lee. To create Litecoin, Lee copied the Bitcoin codebase, increased the total supply, and changed the speed at which new blocks are added to the blockchain. Only approximately 84 million litecoins will ever…

Arcane Research: Banking on Bitcoin – The State of Bitcoin As Collateral

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$1 Billion Blockchain Fund Founders Plan Japanese Yen Stablecoin

Founding partners of the $1 billion blockchain fund backed by the government of the Chinese city of Hangzhou are planning to roll out a Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin. Yao Yongjie, one of the founding partners of the Xiong'An (Grandshores) Blockchain Fund, said the work has already started on the project and that the team hopes to…

Cboe Publishes Amended Spot Ether ETF Filings as Industry Renews Approval Hopes

Things appear to be moving ahead of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision to potentially approve an important filing related to the launch of a spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF).Cboe, an exchange associated with five of the issuers of a potential spot ether exchange-traded fund (ETF), published its amended 19b-4 filings in

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Enters ‘Extreme Greed’ Territory; Altcoins Rally

Good morning, Here’s what’s happening:Market moves: Bitcoin enters “extreme greed” territory.Technician’s take: Buyers could return on price dips into Asian trading session.Catch the latest episodes of CoinDesk TV for insightful interviews with crypto industry leaders and analysis.Bitcoin was roughly flat the past 24 hours, trading at about $67,300 at the time of publication. The No.…

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