Does Bitcoin Have an Energy Problem?

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest PricesTop StoriesIt was a slow start for futures-based ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on their first day of trading. A total of nine of the ETFs offering exposure

The company purchased 7,420 bitcoin between September 13 and 19 for at an average price of $61,750. The firm upsized this week's convertible note offering to $1.01 billion principal amount from $700 million, and used the proceeds for the BTC acquisition. 01:53 U.S. Adds 206K Jobs in June; Mt. Gox Begins Repayments in Bitcoin and

Apr 7, 2020 at 15:02 UTCUpdated Apr 7, 2020 at 15:20 UTCReady to rock? (Credit: Shutterstock/dwphotos)First Mover: Bitcoin’s Back in the Black for 2020Bitcoin (BTC) traders are used to the mood swings that come with extreme price volatility. They were elated when prices shot up 30 percent in January, the best start to a year…

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest PricesTop StoriesUniswap, a decentralized exchange built on Ethereum, has seen its governance token, UNI, rally over the past 24 hours. UNI climbed over 15%, outperforming the rest

Mar 6, 2020 at 20:16 UTCUpdated Mar 6, 2020 at 21:17 UTCBitcoin’s $9,000 Price Stays Steady as Sentiment Stays PositiveAs global equity markets continue to get pummeled, bitcoin’s return to the $9,000 level may have been driven by some of the same forces causing a rally in bonds – a desire for respite from a…

Data provider Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), designed to help build cross-chain applications and services, is now live for early access users on the Avalanche, Ethereum, Optimism and Polygon blockchains.CCIP was being tested by at least 25 partners that are now beginning to move to the mainnet; decentralized finance protocol Aave and decentralized liquidity platform…

news The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has for the first time penalized what it dubs a “peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchanger” for breaking anti-money laundering (AML) rules. The U.S. regulator announced Thursday that California resident and cryptocurrency trader Eric Powers failed to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act’s (BSA) registration and reporting requirements during 2012–2014. While conducting…

Featured SpeakerAlex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.Stephen Alpher is CoinDesk's co-regional news chief, Americas. He holds BTC above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.Featured SpeakerAlex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.Electric…

Popular decentralized finance (DeFi) no-loss savings game PoolTogether has overhauled their architecture with the launch of its v4, a protocol upgrade tailored to the little guy.For users, the most important changes coming refers to wins percentages.“The problem we have is that when we launched the POOL token, we initially got a lot of growth, and…