EU blockchain projects shifted ‘beyond the hype’ to practical applications: Report

After terminating mining operations in Russia's mining-rich region of Siberia in February, SBI still continues running some mining activity in the country. 734 Total views 32 Total shares Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings has partly terminated cryptocurrency mining in Russia due to geopolitical uncertainty and the crypto winter.SBI Holdings suspended mining operations in Russia’s crypto…

Under bail conditions, only Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers are exempt from security checks, now they've asked if this can be extended to “close friends." 73 Total views 1 Total shares Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried wants to be able to have his “close friends” visit him at his parent's home without them being subject to security…

Bitcoin (BTC) price witnessed a sharp dump to $50,900 on April 18, which some analysts attribute to a drop in hash rate and rumors of possible action by United States regulators against unnamed “financial institutions” alleging crypto-related money laundering.While it is difficult to pinpoint a single reason, the sale of roughly $5 billion worth of COIN…

Today, March 30, Celsius Network (CEL) begins using Chainlink’s (LINK) price data feed oracles while offering treasury management servicec to the oracle platform.The CEO and founder of Celsius, Alex Mashinsky, told Cointelegraph about the rationale behind the partnership:“Celsius wants to be more transparent and more decentralized and that is the main driver for partnering with Chainlink.”The…

Ubisoft, the game development giant behind the videogame Assassin’s Creed, partnered with EOS-based game distribution platform Ultra.According to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Nov. 21, Ubisoft will be a corporate block producer on the testnet version of Ultra’s EOS sidechain, dubbed UOS. As such, the company will help maintain the network and approve…

With a reported net worth of roughly $7.5 billion, the veteran hedge fund manager said he still has a “very minor allocation” of Bitcoin. 483 Total views 21 Total shares

On June 12, Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool Slush Pool mined block 687,285 with the transaction including a Taproot upgrade activation signal. That particular block was the 1,816th to include a signal for Taproot activation by a BTC miner within the difficulty epoch that lasted from May 30 to June 13.With 2,016 blocks created every difficulty…

Afterpay spoke as part of the Senate inquiry into “Australia as a Technology and Financial Center” and Lee Hatton said there would be enough consumer demand to offer crypto services. 81 Total views 2 Total shares Australian buy now pay later (BNPL) giant Afterpay — now part of Jack Dorsey's Square — has said that…