Riot acquires 13% Bitfarms stake as CEO decries ‘poison pill‘ strategy

The SEC originally wanted LBRY to pay millions of dollars in penalties, but now concedes the defunct firm can’t pay up that amount. 460 Total views 3 Total shares The United States securities regulator is seeking to revise its $22 million punishment against decentralized content platform LBRY, acknowledging it is unlikely to be able to…

Beyond the obvious financial risks, there are a number of technical risks DeFi users should be aware of. 1169 Total views 2 Total shares A November report by data and research company BraveNewCoin has highlighted a number of serious ‘non-financial’ risks in decentralized finance.The financial risks involved with DeFi have been well documented, but the…

Elon Musk and COVID-19 have something in common: They have both panicked investors — at least once — into dumping their Bitcoin (BTC) holdings.The similarities notched up higher in the previous six days as Musk doubled down on his chaos-inducing perspective toward Bitcoin. The billionaire entrepreneur engaged in a Twitter spat with top cryptocurrency advocates…

Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX has launched Bitcoin (BTC) options trading on Jan. 11.FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried announced in a tweet yesterday that options were listed on the trading platform. Furthermore, later the same day he also claimed that options trading volume on the exchange reached $1 million in about 2 hours.Noteworthy volumeWhile the announcement does…

Investment bank strategists say that BTC could climb as high as $73,000 if markets remain frothy. 1728 Total views 21 Total shares American multinational investment bank JPMorgan has put a price on Bitcoin and it is a lot less than the asset currently trades for.In a report to investors as part of the bank’s inaugural…

The co-founders of crypto media Bankless are seeking to separate their brand from BanklessDAO some two years after the launch of DAO. 156 Total views 1 Total shares Amid the ongoing controversy around cryptocurrency media Bankless and the associated decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), BanklessDAO, the founders of Bankless have suggested separating the brand from the

This year Bitcoin’s (BTC) average daily price change was the lowest value reported in the past nine years, self-proclaimed professional cypherpunk Jameson Lopp tweeted Dec. 30.This year, the average daily value change for Bitcoin was -0.33 percent, according to Lopp’s tweet. In second place for lowest average daily price change was 2014 at -0.25 percent.The…

Thailand is among the countries capitalizing on China’s crypto crackdown, with retail investors increasingly mining crypto. 814 Total views 7 Total shares Retail cryptocurrency mining in Thailand has apparently received a boost due to the capitulation of Chinese miners triggered by the country’s new crypto mega ban enforced in September.Thai entrepreneurs and cryptocurrency businesses have…

According to CoinGecko, nearly $85 billion worth of crypto falls under the category of “alleged SEC securities.” 113 Total views 8 Total shares CoinGecko launched a new index tracking the biggest crypto tokens viewed as likely securities by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The ‘Top Alleged Securities Coins’ page sorts the selection of…