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From games to piggy banks: Educating the Bitcoin ‘minors’ of the future
The crypto winter is here. It’s a trying time as prices grind down, but it’s the best moment to build and learn. For some Bitcoiners, the bear market is a time to plant trees or create memes. For those with kids, it’s a welcome recess used to broaden the minds’ of Bitcoin (BTC) minors. Cointelegraph spoke to…
BitMEX exchange operator shuffles leadership in wake of criminal charges
BitMEX's operator has allocated new leadership roles with immediate effect. 586 Total views 10 Total shares The operator of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX has announced a sweep of its top leadership, after United States authorities charged its founders with failing to prevent money laundering and operating an unregistered trading platform illegally. On Oct. 8, BitMEX's operator, 100x Group, announced that…
SEC charges Mango Markets exploiter for allegedly stealing $116M in crypto
The SEC has accused Avraham Eisenberg of manipulating the Mango Markets platform by manipulating the MNGO token, which the company allegedly sold as a security. 1503 Total views 4 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe United States Securities and Exchange Commission has followed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission…
Blockchain may solve Twitter and Facebook’s moderation issues says Aragon exec
Would decentralized governance save social media platforms from polarizing its users with its politics? 217 Total views 6 Total shares Aragon co-founder Luis Cuende told Cointelegraph that the decentralized technology his company has been developing could find its perfect use case on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. In recent months, content moderation practices employed…
Blockchain Infrastructure Firm Blockstream Launches Security Token Platform
Blockchain infrastructure firm Blockstream announced the launch of its security token platform in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on May 15.Per the announcement, the new Liquid Securities platform is a solution for businesses to issue security tokens on the Liquid Network.Blockstream Chief Security Officer Samson Mow claims that while businesses are willing to issue…
FTX subsidiaries on auction block including LedgerX attract 117 interested buyers
Four businesses up for sale as part of bankruptcy proceedings include Embed, LedgerX, FTX Japan and FTX Europe. 48 Total views 1 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as an NFTAs many as 117 parties have expressed interest in buying up one or more of FTX’s independently operated subsidiaries including FTX Japan,…
Ripple’s Garlinghouse disses Bitcoin’s energy use in advance of Biden administration
With Joe Biden being declared the next President of the United States, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is making sure his company’s messaging aligns with the new administration. 1138 Total views 10 Total shares Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse thinks corporations converting cash to Bitcoin (BTC) could be making a costly mistake as a more environmentally-conscious Biden…
Antminer T19 May Not Affect Bitcoin Hash Rate but Keeps Bitmain Ahead
Earlier this week, Chinese mining-hardware juggernaut Bitmain unveiled its new product, an application-specific integrated circuit called Antminer T19. The Bitcoin (BTC) mining unit is the latest to join the new generation of ASICs — state-of-the-art devices designed to mitigate increased mining difficulty by maximizing the terahashes-per-second output.The Antminer T19 announcement comes amid the post-halving uncertainty…